Do you believe in love
at first sight? Well whether
you do or don’t, this is a
story about two who felt it
from the moment they met
at Save-A-Lot.
“I swear I knew her
from somewhere. She was
wearing a brown turtleneck
dress down to her feet,
white shoes and had pretty
blue eyes,” said Larry
Carter, 20, a film major.
Larry started working at
Save-A-Lot in June 2009.
He said Mary Jenkin of
Levittown was someone
quite special.
“The first thing she said
to me was ‘Hello sonny;’ at
that point I was already
attached,” said Larry.
Since Mary was the
manager, she and Larry
spent a lot of time together.
“While she was training
me on the register, she
would take glances my
way. She would tell me I’m
such a handsome boy,” said
Larry.
On Larry’s third week of
working, he brought her
flowers.
“The moment she saw
them she smiled. I couldn’t
help myself, I was falling
in love faster than a cheetah
running and that’s
quick!” said Larry.
The fourth week he
asked her on a date. She
accepted.
They went to the Golden
Dawn, a local diner.
Everyone her age gets the
lunch discount special.
They shared chicken
tenders together. After that
Mary said she was tired
and wanted to head home.
As a gentleman, Larry
walked her up to the door
to say goodnight.
“I knew what I wanted
to do. I was going to go for
it. I kissed her,” said Larry.
“To my surprise, she did it
back.
I asked her on another
date and she said ‘yes.”
Larry was so convinced
they were meant to be
together that he started
thinking about wedding
plans and kids.
“I really wanted to start
my life with her. Only her,”
said Larry.
Others who worked
with them weren’t too
sure about the
couple.
“I knew they
were getting a
little close, but I
had no idea
they would go out
on a date!
That is nuts.
There’s something wrong
with that boy,”
said Anita Roy,
23, an
employee at
Save-A-Lot.
Martin Sure,
25, another
employee said,
“I was thinking
about asking her
out myself, but
plans change.
What are you gonna
do? Is that a slice of pizza
you’re eating? Can I have a
bite? Okay. That’s all I
have to say.”
“To be honest, I think
it’s sick. They don’t even
look good together,” said
Brenda Marin, 24, another
employee.
For the next couple of
weeks they went out to the
movies, the mall, to the
park and they even tried
horse backing riding.
“That hurt my butt. I’m not
as young as I used to be.
But I’m falling in love with
Larry. He’s so romantic. He
leaves special notes on my
desk at work. Here I’ll read
you one:
Mary: I love your lips. I
love your long dresses. I
wish you had more
equipped hips. I love your
sweet kisses. I love your
cute laugh. I cherish all the
time that we’ve spent. I
love you.
“Oh. He’s such a
poet and he didn’t even
know it. Ha-ha,” said
Mary joyfully.
A month later and
all of those notes,
Larry asked her to
be his girlfriend.
“I knew her
husband passed
many years ago
and I was sympathetic
to that. I told
her whenever she
needed her space to
just tell me,” said
Larry.
Mary was a little
uneasy about their
relationship at first, but as
time progressed, she let
him have her whole heart.
“Oh Lawrence is such a
sweetheart. I just wonder
why so many people stare
at us as we walk into the
grocery store holding
hands.
“It’s okay. He also taught
me how to text! I love it!”
said Mary.
Larry wanted to ask her to
marry him, but at that
point, they had only been
dating for three months.
“I swear to you, she is the
one for me. I’ve never felt
this way about a woman
before. I love how she
pulls up her socks all the
way up to her knees,” said
Larry.
After their six-month
anniversary they began to
fight more and
more.
” He started
nagging
me about every
little thing.
That’s what my
husband used to
do. It bothered
me, so I broke it
off. ” I need
to date
someone
my own
age anyway,”
said
Mary.
Larry
was heartbroken,
but he found
another lady in early
March. “When she walked into
Save-A-Lot with her gray
hair, I knew she was a
great catch.
I flirted with her as I
rung up her order. I asked
her on a date.
She accepted! Now
we’re just hanging out.
“Who knows what the
future will bring,” said
Larry. “I know one thing; I
like women, not girls.”