I met Patricia and Robert Winnie at the Lenoir County Fair in North Carolina. Patricia runs the Wacky Shack and Robert is in charge of the kiddy rides even though he told me he can manage just about every ride at the carnival and that’s exactly where these two lovebirds met.
Over a year ago Patricia says she spotted Robert and although it wasn’t love at first sight she confessed, “I thought he was cute” and decided to pursue her carnie co-worker.
Like so many women have done before her, Patricia lured him in with food. Robert says she marched over everyday with two mini Butter Fingers and a Pepsi, quickly gave them to him, and backed away without a word. Cupid must have been hungry too because it worked.
Robert and Patricia have been married for over 11 months and have settled down in Kinston, North Carolina. Although they’ve given up traveling with the fair, every time the carnival comes to town they pitch in to help and rekindle that first flame.
But they aren’t the only ones taking a romantic spin on the Ferris Wheel these days, Patricia’s daughter also works with the carnival and tells me she too has fallen in love with someone who works at the fair, which means a bit of a family tradition is forming for the Winnies.
On my ride home that night I had to smirk at the Winnie’s love story. Could it be that easy? Two Butter Fingers, a Pepsi, and the notion, sometimes you don’t have to look very far for love….lesson learned.
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