After a lot of cold feet and being nervous to take the plunge on trying for a real card that's not secured or a Synchrony card, I pulled the trigger on the BCE AMEX card. Let me tell you, it's been a long time since I've felt butterflies like that.
The result...
I was approved!! My SL was set at $10,000 which almost knocked me out of my desk chair!! (Kinda makes me think I could fire off one more application without worry, but I'm not going to test fate.)
I cannot express how happy I am at the moment. It's taken me two years to get to this point after avoiding credit cards altogether for MANY years. I owe this forum a HUGE DEBT OF GRATITUDE AND THANKS!! All the advice I've received from comments and postings really made this happen today.
Gosh...I'm still in SHOCK!! Now to find $1000 worth in the first 3 months so I can get my $200 bonus. I'm not one to let money pass by. ;-)
Forum drinks for everyone on me!!!! 
@dsotm76 wrote:After a lot of cold feet and being nervous to take the plunge on trying for a real card that's not secured or a Synchrony card, I pulled the trigger on the BCE AMEX card. Let me tell you, it's been a long time since I've felt butterflies like that.
The result...
I was approved!! My SL was set at $10,000 which almost knocked me out of my desk chair!! (Kinda makes me think I could fire off one more application without worry, but I'm not going to test fate.)
I cannot express how happy I am at the moment. It's taken me two years to get to this point after avoiding credit cards altogether for MANY years. I owe this forum a HUGE DEBT OF GRATITUDE AND THANKS!! All the advice I've received from comments and postings really made this happen today.
Gosh...I'm still in SHOCK!! Now to find $1000 worth in the first 3 months so I can get my $200 bonus. I'm not one to let money pass by. ;-)
Forum drinks for everyone on me!!!!
Congrats! I'll take a Hendricks and tonic
Congratulations!!
That's a great SL, they really like your profile. You probably have a year or 15 months at 0% on purchases, too. With Amex, I thought it best to not take advantage of that - I want to keep that relationship in the honeymoon stage indefinitely. 
I wanted to take a moment to say THANKS to everyone for the comments and kudos. I'm still on cloud 9 today!! I'm definitely going to use it very sparingly and wisely.