It was the evening of May, 12th 2005 in Charleston, South Carolina where two different guys would meet for the first (actually second time), we will get to the first original time soon. but for now, let us tell you the story of how we became:)
It was a weeknight and a work night, at the time Lloyd worked for a local clothing store called Rugged in North Charleston. Lloyd was asked by his coworker about going to a local bar called Patrick's , which was located in the West Ashley part of Charleston. Patrick's was one of a handful of LGBTQ clubs in the area and the only one in this part of the city.
So, Lloyd told his cousin that they are going out for karaoke night. Lloyd hasn't been to this club before, so of course he needed company:) not really.
anyways, Lloyds coworker met him at the bar, Lloyd and his cousin was introduced to everyone in the group but one guy. And the reason this was, is because Lloyds coworker liked Lloyd and he happened also to be best friend of this guy. yes, that is right it is Joseph:) but, no worries Joseph introduced himself to Lloyd.
I can say one thing about Joseph, Lloyd was NOT impressed at all. Why you ask? because Joseph was a drunk and very wasted and he does not think this is an attractive thing for a man to be. But, as the evening went on, Joseph sorta got a little sober, and he and Lloyd started to talk more and more.
As the night went on all was great, it was soon to be closing time and Lloyd informed his cousin that he will meet her outside. Lloyd made his was out side before the ugly came on aka lights :) Joseph looked around and only saw the cousin of Lloyd and asked her where did he run off too. She informed him that he went out side and next thing he (Lloyd ) saw was Joseph out side with him:) I guess something really did spark.
Joseph asked Lloyd did he and his cousin wish to head over to Dennys with them for a bite to eat and with some hesitation they agreed . Its was a joyful time visiting and getting to know everyone, even tho one of the group almost got the entire party kicked out for acting a crazy fool.
It was about 6:00 the next morning and Lloyd had to be at work at noon.... it was going to be a long day, a tired day for him. Well,11:30 came and Lloyd was leaving for work (his day job) and when he came out side, guess who was in his driveway and not invited by him, but his cousin....it was Joseph.
He asked him what he was doing and Lloyd told him he was heading to work, so Joseph asked him did he mind if he brought him and Lloyd said not at all. At this time, Lloyd was also working at his morning job at Charleston International airport as a waiter in a restaurant . Well,, I can assure you one thing... Lloyd never made it inside the building that day, for Joseph pulled off and left the airport with Lloyd and asked him would he accompany him to lunch or aka first unofficial date:) and believe it or not it was a Waffle House .
The Waffle House dates was the best:) but now as you can see it was May 13th now, that evening Lloyd happened to be off work at Rugged, so Joseph asked Lloyd if he would go to the beach with him and he said yes. It was IOP (Isle of Palms) west of Charleston . They hung out for ever walking the sands and it was getting late, no-one around but them walking along the beach. Lloyd stopped for a min and wrote something in the sand, that stated will you date me, and of course not knowing much about each other, he (Joseph ) said yes.
o.k, now.. let us jump back to the first paragraph. If you remember I stated that this was actually the second time we met. it was back in 2002, when Lloyd's cousin was living 4 streets over from her current location in a mobile home park, and it happen to be the same one Joseph actually living in... you see, back then I (Lloyd) was visiting my cousin for the summer and it happened to be a a night all hell broke loose in the mobile home park area. You see it was the evening Josephs home was burned down. Many speculations of whom done it , but not one has been charged of doing it. And yes he lost pretty much everything that night in this fire.
After all the commotion, we actually did place eyes on one another.. was a little hard not to when your family lived less then 20 feet away:).... so, this is that one time we noticed each other truly. Yes, we did see each other in passing and really didn't pay much attention at the time, for he was in a relationship... a bad one to be direct. For this is who I took him from, I guess you can say.. a saving grace in a way when neither was looking for a man...
Well, now that we got that out of the way... lets bring ourselves back to current. it is now July 2024, as I'm writing this and it has been many years since our paths did cross...We currently live near my home town of White House, Tennessee up in Portland, Tennessee near the state live just north of our state capital Nashville, Tennessee. We have 4 fur children and they are Dax, Athena, Luna & Weiner aka Hot Dog.
On June 1, 2023... after almost 20 years, we tied the knot:) offically of course. We merged our names together offically.
As of this writing, we havent done a so called honeymoon or anything, we have been asked of course. and even what about a wedding gift registry thing on Amazon, this also would be a nope.. but we do have our Amazon links listed here for you all. That is if you wish to send a gift. Here is our PO Box for ya :)
Lloyd & Joseph Dunn-Smith
P.O. Box 294 Portland, TN 37148 USA
Many have asked where are you guys originally from , well.. we all know that we met in South Carolina. But where we where raised and from includes:
Lloyd was born in Nashville and raised in White House, Tennessee
Joseph was born in Gouverneur and raised in Gouverneur, New York (upstate)
some fun facts about both of our home towns\live
Lloyd was the neighbor of James Albert Varney Jr (Jim Varney) aka Ernest P. Worrell, actor-comedian.
Joseph is from the town where the Life Savers candy are from. The creation of the tin foil and hole in the candy was made. In the entrance to the town is a life size roll of the Life savers candy in Blue .
https://www.villageofgouverneur.org/
Current place of residence Portland, Tennessee is the home of the Middle Tennessee Strawberry Festival.
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