Gerhard, Gregory, and Carter

My friends and I have this running joke about my Mr. Right. Awhile ago, when I was feeling all "I hate being single" and just couldn't wait for the right guy to come along (Okay, I still can't wait) my friend and I made up a fictional person, whose name was Gregory--not Greg, Gregory--who was the hypethetical person I would someday marry. He was my other half, perfect match, etc. Whenever I was feeling bad about something, she would tell me "Gregory is probably watching you right now thinking how beautiful you are" or something to that effect. It always made me laugh and smile, and I would temporarily forget my problems. Now we laugh about if the guy I DO marry is named Gregory, how ironic it would be.

On a related note, I was talking with another friend of mine who is a writer like me, about how there was never main characters with my name (My real name, Shae is a pen name). She thought about it and said I was right, and said she would right a character with my name for me, and she did (well, started to). The man that she had me end up with was named Gerhard, also known as Carter. So it became the joke that Gerhard was my Mr. Right, and that either Gerhard or Gregory better show up because I was getting impatient! After a while, we decided they were the same person, and the name Carter was added to Gregory, creating an entire persona, Gregory Carter with the personality of the character Gerhard.

(Now that you know the background) Tonight I was working at the Inn when a couple came in. It was like, 11:30, and I could tell they were dead beat and tired, and just needed to lay down and sleep. I asked for the woman's driver's license to put some information into the computer and almost burst into hysteric laughter when I discovered that her last name was Gerhard!! It's such a unique name, I found it completely amazing and hysterical! Of course, I held my laughter for afterwards when I immediately texted my writer friend about what had happened. The couple, however, was married, and the guy wasn't even cute, so it couldn't have been my man. However, as my friend wisely pointed out, he could have a cute brother or something that would work...

I was on Facebook the other day (I love facebook) and decieded to search for "Gregory Carter" and see what came up. What I found was mostly black guys and military guys. When I told my writer friend this, she found it funny, as I had, and said I was destined to be with a military man. I said I was okay with this because military muscles were hot. She agreed. (We also established tonight that accents were sexy).

The moral of the story? If your name is Gregory Carter, are a military man with an accent and a ruggedly handsome appearance, please show yourself! See my contact page and let me know you exist!! (Picture required).

Shae