Maui Vacation Turns to Maui Relocation??

by R. Kalei P.
(Honolulu, HI)

On a trip with my friend meeting me in Honolulu for a short stay over, then over to Maui for another short stay I had an interesting experience with a friend. Paul who is from Florida gave me a call saying that he wanted to spend a few weeks out here so I figured it was a good idea. Paul and I spent a few days in Honolulu catching up with other buddies before flying over to Maui - nothing really eventful as Honolulu seems to be Paul's least favorite of places.

Anyway, we were at a hole in da wall eatery and I opted for the standard chicken katsu plate lunch. Paul isn't too familiar with some of the items like lau lau, kalua pig, etc. so he turns to a wahine next to us (cute by the way!) and he strikes up a conversation. Paul ends up getting...the squid luau, lol. He didn't eat much, guess Floridians aren't used to eatng food that looks like the "swamp" as Paul calls it. I say bahh!

We got the wahine's number and hung out a couple times with her friends that week. I was ready to fly back home but Paul hasn't left since! It's been nearly 2 years and he's now engaged to the girl we met who made Paul eat the swamp, haha! He's buying a home near Lahaina soon - don't know how he'll afford it. But he's a great guy so I don't worry.

The girl is cute, but I now call her "swamp thing" whenever I visit. The things guys do for the girl, eat swamp, move across the country...we're in trouble.

Hi!

Love your story! Awesome that not only did he move to beautiful Maui, but met a great girl at the same time! You have to love an ending like that!

Sheralyn
:)