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Scott Flower

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Stana Ruebusch

June 7, 2025

Cincinnati, Ohio

We cast our rods on Plenty of Fish and we both WON!!

Love is Better at Our Age

We met on Plenty of Fish, one of the free online dating sites. I had been on several sites starting in April of 2017 and had done some dating, lol. Scott had only been on Plenty of Fish for about a month. He had lost his fiance to pancreatic cancer after a two year fight. We chatted on the app and then exchanged phone numbers. We added each other to our Facebook friends, you know, so we could stalk each other. After a week or so of online chatting, we decided to meet at Dewey's Pizza. Scott had asked me if there were any wood fired pizza restaurants near me and Dewey's was it. We had pizza and a beverage and talked, alot. I know, shocking....me talk?? We talked about things that maybe you're not supposed to talk about on a first date, but we did. I talked of my past, my 33 year marriage and subsequent divorce. Scott talked about his first marriage and then we talked a lot about Donna, his fiance that had passed. I must admit, I was a little nervous dating someone who had lost their future wife only 2 months earlier. Scott explained that when Donna was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer 2 years earlier, they both knew that her chance of full recovery was not very good. He told me how he moved in with her, her daughter and her Dad to help. He grocery shopped, helped pay bills and was a caretaker and stepfather to Donna's daughter Grace. He told me that he loved Donna with all his heart but the love that Donna gave him, he now had to give to someone else. This is one of the reasons I love him so much. As we left the restaurant, I asked him if I could get a kiss and he said yes!! We made plans for a second date in a week or so. This time we met and I drove....(if you know Scott, you know he really doesn't like to be the passenger) since we were going to Over the Rhein and then to Northern Kentucky. We walked around OTR and then went to Blinker's for dinner and had a really nice evening. On the way home, there was a drunk driver in front of us, swerving all over the place. I called 911 to report them What did I do next....I followed them, given the 911 operator a play by play of where they were, including side swiping a parked car and eventually ending up off the road. The very drunk gentleman made his way up the hill and I was talking to him through the window and asked him his name. Scott, at this time said "I think he may have a gun" The police finally arrived and we left. He told me afterwards "this is the exact same thing that Donna would have done...she would have followed them" I'm not sure, but I think that's when he thought he should give me a real chance! He started texting me every morning when he got to work, which he still does to this day. One month later, while I was at school, he texted me "te amo" I remember looking at that text and thinking "I think that means I love you" but I had to look it up for sure! I messaged him back "I love you too" and he asked me "are you sure?" I was then and I still am now. We enjoy going to concerts, dinner out and simple restaurants, sitting at our firepit, listening to music or just sitting next to each other, doing nothing at all. We've managed to blend our families.....my four kids and significant others, his daughter and Donna's daughter Grace who is still a part of Scott's life. I don't think I've ever felt this way before about another person....he's not perfect, even though my Facebook posts appear that way, but he is perfect for me. He shows me love in so many ways. I think we both look forward to spending the rest of our lives together. We may not have been each other's first loves, but I am certain we will be each other's last loves. The love of our lives.