New wife and new life abroad, five years on

I've never done too many truly bold, romantic things in my life, but just about five years ago, after getting a job offer in China, I told my on-again, off-again girlfriend of several years that I wanted to drop by her house to talk to her.

We had dreamed about living in China after a friend had come back from a few years living in Shanghai and Hong Kong and told us all about his experience. Neither one of us had ever been to Asia, but it sounded fascinating.

So when the opportunity came around a few months later, straight out of the blue, I had to see Delores. We were, by the way, off again at that time. But I could not imagine going to China without her. It had been our dream. I realized I loved her and didn't want to lose her.