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Offline eskimo2

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How did you meet your better half?
« on: September 13, 2002, 06:34:56 PM »
Seven and a half years ago I met my wife, Joan, on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu Hawaii.   I was walking along the beach and there she was, sitting on a beach towel, reading a book, wearing nothing but a bikini.  I walked by her two times but she seemed engrossed in her book.  On my third and last stroll by, she looked up and made eye contact.  I stopped, we chatted and spent the rest of the day together.  By that evening I knew that I had found my wife.

So, how, where and when did you meet yours?

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« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2002, 06:40:25 PM »
Well, we were both drunk at a big college party....nothing unusual ;).


What is much more special is that we're still together 11 years later, and with 2 kids running around. A lot of friends from college are already divorced....
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« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2002, 06:42:42 PM »
(wipes a tear off his brow at eskimo's story)

Nothing quite so romantic here.  I met my wife at work.  She was working in a different office location in the same accounting firm as myself.  I was "seconded" to help out and met her my first day.  Her first reaction was that I was an egotistical snob and we didn't speak for three days.  She was a total iceberg.  But deep down she dug me!
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« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2002, 06:58:30 PM »
she cormered me with a loaded shotgun. How could I refuse?
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« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2002, 06:58:56 PM »
She picked me up at a bar.

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« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2002, 07:02:19 PM »
I'm not married and this post is clearly disciminatory.  Equal rights for singles!

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« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2002, 07:02:29 PM »
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Originally posted by -ammo-
she cormered me with a loaded shotgun. How could I refuse?


"Location: San Antonio, Tx"

Sounds fitting!

:)

BTW Curval,
Our story sounds romantic, but it was really just a beach pick-up...

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« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2002, 07:04:34 PM »
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Originally posted by funkedup
I'm not married and this post is clearly disciminatory.  Equal rights for singles!


LOL, consider it an advice thread then.  "How geeks met their wives."

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« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2002, 07:09:38 PM »
Met my wife at combat training at McChord AFB / Ft. Lewis.

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« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2002, 07:11:04 PM »
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Originally posted by eskimo2


LOL, consider it an advice thread then.  "How geeks met their wives."

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« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2002, 07:20:58 PM »
I was set up.

Had been a single father for a while, and my company was giving away tickets to Angles baseball games, but since I was in management I wasn't eligible to win them.  A lady I knew in HR called me up and said they had 1 ticket available, and since they were usually given out in pairs they didn't want to give it to an employee as a gift. Would I like it? "Sure" I said. When I got to the game I found I was sitting next to a very pretty blond. We began talking in the 2nd inning, and I missed the entire game.

Turns out almost everyone knew I was being set up except me.

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« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2002, 07:37:04 PM »
I met mine at a daily newspaper we both worked at over 20 years ago. She thought I was clever, I thought she had a great ass, and the editor and the publisher thought I WAS an ass. It was a good time. We've been together 24-7 ever since, she laughs at all my stuff and is my number fan and I love her more every day  than I did the day before. She is my best friend, business partner, confidant and lover. I thank God for her every day. Seriously.

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« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2002, 07:40:38 PM »
nuff said...

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« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2002, 07:46:27 PM »
Met mine through a singles activities group... on my first outing with them. I shoulda gotten a discount on the membership!

We went to a water skiing trip and I got her to ride on a jet ski. Then I got stoopid and asked her if she would like to drive. She tried to kill me 3 times that day, all were good attempts. ( I like that in a woman)

I went skipping accross the lake 3 times without the jetski as she was learning to drive it. Water at 40+mph HURTS!!!! She did come back and pick me up each time though.  :D
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« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2002, 07:58:32 PM »
I went to high school with my wife... started dating 23 years ago... got married 19 years ago.
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