Well, my friends, again I am sorry about the time elapsed between posts, but I am just finishing up moving out of and cleaning up our beloved Romance Centre. I realize that this truly is the end of a chapter of my life. We have been here three wonderful years and I have countless memories that I will take away from this house.
On June 1, 2003, we moved into this crappy old barn with mickey-mouse electrical, cupboards that fell apart when you opened them, pipes that hum LOUDLY after you have finished washing your hands/in the shower/flushing the toilet, and ugly, ugly carpeting. That being said, we only paid $325 per month each for rent and had the use of a full, four-bedroom home! Through all the parties, girlfriends, late night chat sessions, fights, and friends the guys who lived here became what I consider a family, different though we all are from one another. Leaving has really affected people outside of our immediate circle as our friends, many who spent almost every day here, lament our departure and reminisce about the good times had at 4313 Torquay Drive. On behalf of Jason, Frank, Chris, Matt D. and myself, thank you to everyone who crashed here and hung out with us. We are glad you felt welcome, safe, and comfortable here and we know you had a good time. It's been a slice! Cheers...
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Reading this left a tear in my eye.. I have so many great memories of living in the Romance Center..
I can say for sure that those three years living there have totally changed me, from who I was before I moved in.
I will miss it all the more..
Thanks to all the boys, for all the great memories..
FRANK..
Dear fellow friends of the Romance Center:
I am sad to say that today is the final chapter in the book of the Romance Center, which all came together as a dream exactly three years one week and 4 days ago (give or take a day). I was looking through the adds here at work looking for a place for Frank, Jason, Matt and myself to move when I came across an add for a house in Gordon head that was almost to good to be true. It was worded $1300 for a five bedroom home, we quickly phoned and met to look at it. I gave my notice where I was living, and the other three moved in 5 days after looking at it, in the later part of June I joined them. I had a sign that said "Romance Center" we got together and spiked it above the entrance way and BANG, the Romance Center was born.
I can't begin to say all the memories that I have had in the two great years that I was privileged to spend there. For two reasons, one I can't type that long, and two I will cry too much.
Jason and I met in the summer of 2000 at Sr. Coed at Imadene, and grew to be great friends in that week. by the end we said that one day we will live together, three years later it is amazing how we find that God could make that happen. Frank was living in Colwood and he and I have been talking for weeks of finding a place, I have been blessed to have grown up in Nanaimo with him and now live and work with him in Vic. And Matt, he heard roomers that we were looking for a place and approached me the weekend before at the Place stating to me, "If you move out, I want in", only to find that two weeks later he was moving out and his mother had no clue.
A few memories that are left with me.
Labeling bags for work to purchase things for our home. Our Foose Ball Table, Countless Movies, the Flag that lit up the living room, the dead Palm Tree in the back yard.
The birth of Ultimate frisbee. Decorating our house with Christmas lights, going to cut down our christmas tree. The ants invading our Beer Fridge, cookies from Mrs. Smith, as she walked by with her three little dogs. Wondering when you were going to get eaten alive by the 4 racoons living in our 40 foot hedge when you stepped outside at night. The countless number of cars and trucks that Frank has parked in the driveway, the late night talks and video games with Jason, and the wonders of phrase that Matt could come up with after a drink or two.
I have to thank the Three of you for the memories that you have left me, and to the rest of you who have stopped in in my two years of life as we knew it, "The Romance Center".
Chris Rempel
i'll add to the memories now..( with a few tears...sniff sniff)
I remember when we...
moved you friends in, the excitement of setting up a new house...I remember it vividly.. supplying homemade cookies and beer(lots).. countless chats with matt, movies with the gang, and parties after parties... birthdays,halloween, christmas, canada day, new years.. you name it.. it happpened..the romance centre was always open, always a "home".. I can't even count how many endless hours i spent there..you all have been treasured friends, still are, have made an impact on my life...and I will cherish the memories that i have( some of the best ones so far) cheers to all the memories created, friendships formed.. and whatever adventure lies ahead.. I love you all..
alanna
This has the potential in being a long rememberance of the romance center. But instead of doing that I would just like to focus on some of the bigger more important things that have happened. The joining of freinds and the meeting of others, the marrying of 2 of the members(Matt is close enough on that one - technicality), the talks (whether late into the night, in in the middle of the afternoon I think many of us had some pretty serious conversations with one another that have changed who we are from where we were 3 years ago), the get togethers, and ultimate frisbee. There is not much more to say then that, because all of us have our memories and if you take a minute right now and look back on them, you could fill a book. All good things must come to an end. Thank you romance center, you may be gone but never will be forgotten...
Michael Lambert
The last chapter was writen yesterday as Jay, Matt D, Bing and I packed alll are stuff out. And then cleaned the whole house .. It is now over, we have moved out and in to our new place ...I hope to one day tell my Kids all about the memories and the friends we all made....
I think we will have to have a five year reunion in 2011.
Frank
P.S. Mike (aka buzzsaw) meeting you and becoming good friends has to be one of my many highlights...
Friends what blessed lives we have been given to be able to look back over the past three years with joyful tears. How fortunate we are to have had a home to share where we could meet and make life long friends. Thank you boys for being so generous and hospitable. Through the hard times and the good The Romance Center has been there for me. So much has changed and happened over the past three years from Frisbee to drinking my first beer to learning how it feels to be humped by another man. I have to admit, when I first met you Bing I wasn't so keen on ya, but now you are one of my best friends. Although Romance 1 has come and gone Romance 2 is going strong and I intend to be there just as much. I look forward to many more dining-room-table conversations, spaghetti Tuesdays, wrestling matches, Halo parties, and invasions of personal space. What I look forward to most is continuing to share my life with the family that I love so much. You’ve touched and changed my life for the better. Frank, Jason, Chris, Matt, and Matt, I’m glad that we’ve had this time and that we will be life long friends. You are my closest brothers and I’ll love you till the day that JC takes us up to the big romance center in the sky.
-Andrew Dean
I can't leave a comment cause I'm too busy crying...
PS - Matthew I love you!
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