Linda Walton finally decided to silence her well-meaning friends by going out on a blind date after her 28-year marriage ended.

Bill and Linda Walton met online. They've been married 18 months. (Brandi Stafford photo) | ZOOM |

“I was totally out of it when I got divorced,” says the 51-year-old Westwood resident. “I dated a lot. Like I told my friends, 'men are out there.' You have to have at least some sense of humor.”

After a few lackluster dates, she turned to the plethora of Internet dating sites. The men she managed to dodge on blind dates were popping up online. “It was like 'Oh yeah, didn't I tell you I am married?' ” she remembers. “Or 'I took the liberty of getting us a room, that's all right, isn't it?' ”

Then she started clicking through the dating profiles on digitalcity.com. That's how she found success.

“I was checking the ads one night and answered a few,” she says. “Little did I know, I answered two of Bill's (he used different screen names). After a few e-mails and phone calls, we decided to meet.”

Their first date was May 25, 2000. Their first day as husband and wife was April 6, 2001.

“If I had made a list of what I wanted in a person I could have written Linda's name at the top,” Bill says. “We believe that we have really captured lightning in a bottle.”

— Shauna Scott Rhone

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