How did you meet your spouse or SO
Friday, April 25, 2003 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
If you're married or dating, how did you meet them?
I met my wife back in 1992. We had two Electrical Engineering classes together and a EE lab. In the lab, I accidentally started a fire due to some...mistakes with my circuit. This got her attention.
Soon after we started studying together and became friends. A few weeks later, my roommate in college told me he was going to be moving in with an old friend of his who was transferring which meant I needed to find a place to live. But it was so late in the semester that it was looking like I'd end up being in a dorm room with some random freshman which I didn't want.
My friend (Debbie who would become my wife) said that she and her 3 friends (all girls) were renting a house next year and were looking for a 5th person. I'm a guy. LIve with 4 girls? Sure!
Eventually we got engaged and got married in 1994 and lived happily ever after.
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Oil2003
Reply #22 Friday, April 25, 2003 8:40 PM
Reply #22 Friday, April 25, 2003 8:40 PM
I met my wife on the internet (www.matchmaker.com) 2 1/2 years ago. I lived in Edmonton, Canada, while she was in Near Toronto (the other side of the country). We chatted on the internet and then she called me everyday (a nice phone bill for her). A month later I moved to Toronto, leaving my family and friends behind. We moved in together right away and a year and a half later we bought a house and got married. I still get home sick all the time and have only been back home once in the past 2 1/2 years but don't regret it at all. 
DavidK
Reply #23 Friday, April 25, 2003 9:48 PM
Reply #23 Friday, April 25, 2003 9:48 PM
I opened a stained glass shop on Cannery Row in Monterey and my next door neighbor was an old friend who was a jeweler. While I was building the shop for a couple weeks I noticed this cute girl spending a lot of time at my friend's shop. He wouldn't tell me who she was until I finally confronted him while she was there to introduce me.
She was his apprentice and he introduced her as "an amazing artist, she does oils, pencil work, embroidery, fiber arts, she plays guitar, sings, she even made the clothes she's wearing and she's a gourmet cook". So I blurted out "Marry me!".
Three weeks later we were getting married. 30 years later we're still married. 
She was his apprentice and he introduced her as "an amazing artist, she does oils, pencil work, embroidery, fiber arts, she plays guitar, sings, she even made the clothes she's wearing and she's a gourmet cook". So I blurted out "Marry me!".
Three weeks later we were getting married. 30 years later we're still married.
Jafo
Reply #25 Friday, April 25, 2003 9:58 PM
Reply #25 Friday, April 25, 2003 9:58 PM
Yep....for murder you get 20 years but for marriage you get life....
bakerstreet
Reply #26 Friday, April 25, 2003 10:05 PM
Reply #26 Friday, April 25, 2003 10:05 PM
Dave: 3 weeks!!! man, you lucked out, huh? People have had 'gender surprises' in more time that that, lol. Reminds me of the quote from The Importance of Being Earnest:
"To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other’s character before marriage, which I think is never advisable."
You didn't know a marine biologist when you lived on Cannery Row, did ya?
"To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other’s character before marriage, which I think is never advisable."
You didn't know a marine biologist when you lived on Cannery Row, did ya?
DavidK
Reply #27 Friday, April 25, 2003 10:09 PM
Reply #27 Friday, April 25, 2003 10:09 PM
There's actually a long story leading up to the stained glass shop... it was destiny.
I was living with a group of artists in Northern California called the Ooga Booga Bead Band. I had a vision, like an epiphany if you will, that what I needed to do was get married, have kids, buy a house get a Cadillac and live the straight life of a householder. It was something I had never experienced or understood, being "normal", so I set off to accomplish my new found goal.
I left for New York to set up a stained glass factory. I had gotten an offer of tons-of-money to do that so I figured I'd spend a year in NY, get tons-of-money and go to Carmel and get married and settle down.
On my way to NY I went by a lot of old friends' places to say goodbye (two months worth) and when I finally got to Carmel my friends there were freaking out saying they'd been trying to reach me for two months! It turns out a stained glass shop on Cannery Row had closed and they were holding it until they could reach me to see if I would take it over.
I said no thanks I'm on my way to NY cause I need to get tons-of-money so I can move back here and get married and become a normal type guy living a straight life which is my new religious conquest.
A good friend (not the jeweler) talked me in to cutting out the other bit and just staying there to pursue my quest. Within a couple months, I was married, bought a house, had a kid on the way and someone gave me a Cadillac (vintage 1962 CoupeDeVille in showroom condition).
It was fate... it was a bold experiment in conciousness... and the 'straight' part was the only mistake.
I was living with a group of artists in Northern California called the Ooga Booga Bead Band. I had a vision, like an epiphany if you will, that what I needed to do was get married, have kids, buy a house get a Cadillac and live the straight life of a householder. It was something I had never experienced or understood, being "normal", so I set off to accomplish my new found goal.
I left for New York to set up a stained glass factory. I had gotten an offer of tons-of-money to do that so I figured I'd spend a year in NY, get tons-of-money and go to Carmel and get married and settle down.
On my way to NY I went by a lot of old friends' places to say goodbye (two months worth) and when I finally got to Carmel my friends there were freaking out saying they'd been trying to reach me for two months! It turns out a stained glass shop on Cannery Row had closed and they were holding it until they could reach me to see if I would take it over.
I said no thanks I'm on my way to NY cause I need to get tons-of-money so I can move back here and get married and become a normal type guy living a straight life which is my new religious conquest.
A good friend (not the jeweler) talked me in to cutting out the other bit and just staying there to pursue my quest. Within a couple months, I was married, bought a house, had a kid on the way and someone gave me a Cadillac (vintage 1962 CoupeDeVille in showroom condition).
It was fate... it was a bold experiment in conciousness... and the 'straight' part was the only mistake.
DavidK
Reply #28 Friday, April 25, 2003 10:22 PM
Reply #28 Friday, April 25, 2003 10:22 PM
Baker - there were quite a lot of Marine Biologists around after they built the Aquarium. There's a Marine Biology Institute right down from Cannery Row. I met some of them but I can't remember any names right now. There was a lady Oceanographer that was a friend, I think her name was Jane (my wife isn't remembering her name either). That was a long time ago... early to middle '70's.
c242
Reply #29 Friday, April 25, 2003 11:58 PM
Reply #29 Friday, April 25, 2003 11:58 PM
You wouldn't believe it, I met my wife on the internet in a guestbook of a music site. Soon we dated for a chat on ICQ also (first time I used it)and then of course met in real life. She came to a event where I was dj'ing, said 'Hi!' and I was lost. 
We married a year later (last october), still happy. Now we are always making jokes like sending little notes on ICQ. (We are both in the same room at our computers then ) The best thing is we are both pc- and internet maniacs, so no problem in this field. As alredy mentioned we are in the same room when sitting in front of our pc's we can talk a lot of course . I couldn't convince her to buy an OD subscription yet, but well... Okay, both gone to buy a dvd-burner now.
Soon we dated for a chat on ICQ also (first time I used it)and then of course met in real life. She came to a event where I was dj'ing, said 'Hi!' and I was lost. We married a year later (last october), still happy. Now we are always making jokes like sending little notes on ICQ. (We are both in the same room at our computers then ) The best thing is we are both pc- and internet maniacs, so no problem in this field. As alredy mentioned we are in the same room when sitting in front of our pc's we can talk a lot of course . I couldn't convince her to buy an OD subscription yet, but well... Okay, both gone to buy a dvd-burner now. 
Sugaree
Reply #30 Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:05 AM
Reply #30 Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:05 AM
For some reason BStreet looks alot like Nick to me now...yummy
goodmorphing
Reply #31 Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:08 AM
Reply #31 Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:08 AM
If there were a place on earth I would leave Hawaii for it might be Monteray/ Carmel. Cannery Row... is it still there? I thought I heard it burned down. 
bakerstreet
Reply #32 Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:09 AM
Reply #32 Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:09 AM
China: “Once again the world was spinning in greased grooves.”
(One of my favorite movies of all time. Not nearly as depressing as the book.)
“Once again the world was spinning in greased grooves.”(One of my favorite movies of all time. Not nearly as depressing as the book.)
DavidK
Reply #33 Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:29 AM
Reply #33 Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:29 AM
GM - it's not the same and hasn't been for over a decade. The whole Monterey Peninsula is turning into a new San Diego. Cannery Row is still there (just asked some friends from there that are visiting tonight, I live in Oregon now). They're trying to put an IMax theatre at one end of the Row and all the shops and restaurants have changed into souless expensive brand-name shopping mall clones. All the cool stuff is gone. Carmel's been culturaly eviscerated and over-run with arrogance. Carmel Valley was forced to succumb to unchecked development of 1,000's of condos and dozens of golf courses.
Hawaii sounds like a nice place though...
Hawaii sounds like a nice place though...
Sugaree
Reply #34 Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:29 AM
Reply #34 Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:29 AM
I love that movie too! Spinnin in gressey groves or just twirln'..It was always Fun!
heh You're forever gonna be Nick to me now.
heh You're forever gonna be Nick to me now.
goodmorphing
Reply #36 Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:42 AM
Reply #36 Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:42 AM
Imax! 
But.... but.... Cannery Row was 'hallowed ground'.. in my thoughts. ***sigh***
Hawaii is nice.
But.... but.... Cannery Row was 'hallowed ground'.. in my thoughts. ***sigh***Hawaii is nice.
bite me.
_Martin_
Reply #39 Saturday, April 26, 2003 4:50 AM
Reply #39 Saturday, April 26, 2003 4:50 AM
I met my wife at university. We were doing the same course. One of the first things I told her was that she should let me know if her friend ever split with her boyfriend so I could have a crack. I later found out this didn't go down too well
However, much vodka, pool and late nights on (3 months) we were engaged. 10 years after that we got married. After 9 of those whilst on holiday in Thailand she decided I could afford a better engagement ring. I concluded she wouldn't be brave enough to throw 2 engagement rings in my face, so we got married and I'm even more of a happy man than I way before
However, much vodka, pool and late nights on (3 months) we were engaged. 10 years after that we got married. After 9 of those whilst on holiday in Thailand she decided I could afford a better engagement ring. I concluded she wouldn't be brave enough to throw 2 engagement rings in my face, so we got married and I'm even more of a happy man than I way before
Frogboy
Reply #40 Saturday, April 26, 2003 10:28 AM
Reply #40 Saturday, April 26, 2003 10:28 AM
Looks like quite a few people met their wives/husbands in college.
That's where I met mine. I sometimes wonder what would have happened had I not met her. How things would have gone drastically different (not in a good way). Pity I can't get her to come on the site.
That's where I met mine. I sometimes wonder what would have happened had I not met her. How things would have gone drastically different (not in a good way). Pity I can't get her to come on the site.
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Reply #21 Friday, April 25, 2003 7:30 PM
No even close to the excitement of Jafo's first meeting, kind of boring actually ...
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