Melissa Gregoryis an Jewish American ice dancer. With partner and husband Denis Petukhov, she is a 2006 United States Olympic Team member and 2004–2007 U.S. silver medalist... (wikipedia)
We started talking via e-mail for a couple of months. Then we decided to bring him over for a tryout. From the first time we skated together, we just knew.
I am happy that we skated really well. Sometimes when you are sick, I think you concentrate twice as much because you don't feel one hundred percent. I think it worked today.
He was like a kid in a candy store. When he found out you could test drive a car, he drove every car he could find.
It felt right, and we didn't care what anybody else thought.
We still have the ticket he never used.
This year we chose Romeo and Juliet, which we think fits us the best because it's a great love story. For the Olympic season we can show it off.
It was disappointing. It was a rough skate. The music felt twice as slow as it has been in practice.
It was like . . . it was so . . . uh. Like butter, like a really good piece of dessert.
I'm just happy that I'm skating really good. Sometimes when you're not feeling good, you concentrate twice as much. I think that was helping today.
If he wants to go hunting with his BB gun, I am right there wearing my high heels and reading my magazines. If I am getting my nails done, he's right there reading a magazine about cars.