Jessica’s expectations were modest when she came to CatholicMatch. After going through the pain of her first marriage ending, she wasn’t in a rush to find someone. “My daughters wanted me to find a good man,” she said, recalling her initial motivation.
The early returns on CatholicMatch were as modest as Jessica’s original expectations. The first dates the 35-year-old health care worker from San Antonio went on weren’t prepared to date a woman with kids. “I was ready to end my one month trial when I responded to one last man that sounded interesting.”
Gordon was that man, a 39-year-old electrical engineer who also lived in the San Antonio area. He’d spent seven years serving his country in the Navy, had never been married and as Jessica would soon find out, he was very open to embracing her daughters as his own.
“He seemed too good to be true,” Jessica said. “I didn’t feel like typing notes back and forth forever, so I just said ‘You sound interesting, call me if you want to get to know me better.’” Her phone indeed rang.
Hiking is a shared passion for Gordon and Jessica
