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Post by The Captain on Jun 3, 2020 9:32:45 GMT -5
I wanted to create a thread where our members could post things that they are celebrating. I know that people have been using the "Meanwhile" thread for these kinds of announcements at times, but I think that with the free-for-all nature of that thread, things like this can get lost in the shuffle and that is unfortunate.
I'll start. Today I am celebrating the 20th anniversary of my first date with the woman who would eventually significantly lower her standards and agree to become my wife. We met online in May 2000 when I posted a personal ad and she responded; interestingly enough, it was the only personal ad I ever posted and the only one she ever responded to.
After a couple of weeks of chatting through AOL, we set a date for Saturday, June 3. We met at a neutral site, went into downtown Pittsburgh to walk around the annual Arts Festival for a little while, then attended a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game at the old Three Rivers Stadium (it was set to be replaced the following year by PNC Park). The game was a dud, as the Pirates lost an inter-league match-up with the Kansas City Royals by a score of 16-3, but that gave us a chance to sit and talk for a large portion of the game. Afterwards, we went to a local restaurant for a quick late night bite, and then headed our separate ways, neither of us knowing that two decades later, we would still be together.
So have at it! Use this thread to proclaim anniversaries, graduations, new jobs, new relationships, birthdays, really anything that you want to share that is important to you and that you feel is worth raising up to the community.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 3, 2020 10:02:10 GMT -5
That's a great idea, Captain!
Today is the 12,687th day since my wife and I started dating, and although I hadn't thought of it before reading your post, I will definitely tell her later so we can celebrate a little!
What's so special about the 12,687th day? Nothing... except that with her by my side, it's the best day ever! (like all the previous ones, but it still counts).
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Post by shaxper on Jun 3, 2020 10:11:44 GMT -5
I'll start. Today I am celebrating the 20th anniversary of my first date with the woman who would eventually significantly lower her standards and agree to become my wife. We met online in May 2000 when I posted a personal ad and she responded; interestingly enough, it was the only personal ad I ever posted and the only one she ever responded to. After a couple of weeks of chatting through AOL, we set a date for Saturday, June 3. We met at a neutral site, went into downtown Pittsburgh to walk around the annual Arts Festival for a little while, then attended a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game at the old Three Rivers Stadium (it was set to be replaced the following year by PNC Park). The game was a dud, as the Pirates lost an inter-league match-up with the Kansas City Royals by a score of 16-3, but that gave us a chance to sit and talk for a large portion of the game. Afterwards, we went to a local restaurant for a quick late night bite, and then headed our separate ways, neither of us knowing that two decades later, we would still be together. WOW! Today just happens to be mine and my girlfriend's two year anniversary. We met in an online chat room where I was bitching about how I was going to be alone for the rest of my life because I'd never find a partner who would understand that my kids come first. After getting lots of support from total strangers (as well as being hit on by one), this one know-it-all had the gall to tell me it wasn't hard to make dating work when your children are your number one priority -- she does it all the time. I considered telling her to take a long walk off a short bridge over boiling lava, but decided to take the high rode. I responded politely, she responded, we went back and forth for a minute or so. Then, the next day, she wrote to me again and, somehow, we literally spent ten hours just writing back and forth about life, living, and everything. I was in love. That was June 3rd, 2018. |
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Post by brutalis on Jun 3, 2020 10:31:21 GMT -5
Woke up today and didn't find my name in the obituary column! Bills all paid for the month. Have a roof over my head. Food in the fridge. Car is running well. Still have a job. Tomorrow is Pay day. Gene Autry 8 movie DVD delivered by Amazon last nite and on my porch this AM. Pile of comics (always) to read. In middle of new paperback and read a chapter this morning before leaving to work. Plenty to be thankful for! Happy happy joy joy for today and bring on tomorrow. with more of the same..
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 3, 2020 10:42:29 GMT -5
That was a great story, shaxper! Very happy for you! |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 3, 2020 10:59:06 GMT -5
My boys went to a candlelight vigil/protest in Boise last night and came back safe and sound. I raised them to stand up for their beliefs and to have empathy and compassion for others. I celebrate the young men they've become.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 3, 2020 11:01:00 GMT -5
I'll start. Today I am celebrating the 20th anniversary of my first date with the woman who would eventually significantly lower her standards and agree to become my wife. We met online in May 2000 when I posted a personal ad and she responded; interestingly enough, it was the only personal ad I ever posted and the only one she ever responded to. After a couple of weeks of chatting through AOL, we set a date for Saturday, June 3. We met at a neutral site, went into downtown Pittsburgh to walk around the annual Arts Festival for a little while, then attended a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game at the old Three Rivers Stadium (it was set to be replaced the following year by PNC Park). The game was a dud, as the Pirates lost an inter-league match-up with the Kansas City Royals by a score of 16-3, but that gave us a chance to sit and talk for a large portion of the game. Afterwards, we went to a local restaurant for a quick late night bite, and then headed our separate ways, neither of us knowing that two decades later, we would still be together. WOW! Today just happens to be mine and my girlfriend's two year anniversary. We met in an online chat room where I was bitching about how I was going to be alone for the rest of my life because I'd never find a partner who would understand that my kids come first. After getting lots of support from total strangers (as well as being hit on by one), this one know-it-all had the gall to tell me it wasn't hard to make dating work when your children are your number one priority -- she does it all the time. I considered telling her to take a long walk off a short bridge over boiling lava, but decided to take the high rode. I responded politely, she responded, we went back and forth for a minute or so. Then, the next day, she wrote to me again and, somehow, we literally spent ten hours just writing back and forth about life, living, and everything. I was in love. That was June 3rd, 2018. I didn’t know your gf had kids. |
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Post by shaxper on Jun 3, 2020 11:41:31 GMT -5
WOW! Today just happens to be mine and my girlfriend's two year anniversary. We met in an online chat room where I was bitching about how I was going to be alone for the rest of my life because I'd never find a partner who would understand that my kids come first. After getting lots of support from total strangers (as well as being hit on by one), this one know-it-all had the gall to tell me it wasn't hard to make dating work when your children are your number one priority -- she does it all the time. I considered telling her to take a long walk off a short bridge over boiling lava, but decided to take the high rode. I responded politely, she responded, we went back and forth for a minute or so. Then, the next day, she wrote to me again and, somehow, we literally spent ten hours just writing back and forth about life, living, and everything. I was in love. That was June 3rd, 2018. I didn’t know your gf had kids. Where did you think the boy in all my family photos came from?  |
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Post by brutalis on Jun 3, 2020 11:51:36 GMT -5
I didn’t know your gf had kids. Where did you think the boy in all my family photos came from? Well this is a Comic Book Forum. So could be that we all just presumed he was a clone? Or a hired underling (start em young and train properly). Or a failed lab experiment (is there any successful in comics)? Or an orphan you adopted and trained as your sidekick. Or an alien symbiote and the attachment to you is hidden. Or he might be a hologram. Or he could be a synthetic life form you created in the shape of a boy. Or....shall I continue? |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jun 3, 2020 16:47:16 GMT -5
Where did you think the boy in all my family photos came from? Well this is a Comic Book Forum. So could be that we all just presumed he was a clone? Or a hired underling (start em young and train properly). Or a failed lab experiment (is there any successful in comics)? Or an orphan you adopted and trained as your sidekick. Or an alien symbiote and the attachment to you is hidden. Or he might be a hologram. Or he could be a synthetic life form you created in the shape of a boy. Or....shall I continue? I was definitely going with a stand in for Tim Drake. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2020 7:04:11 GMT -5
Today is my 27th wedding anniversary. We met working at McDonald's as teenagers, got engaged when I was halfway through my military service, and here we still are.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 12, 2020 14:19:38 GMT -5
Today is my 27th wedding anniversary. We met working at McDonald's as teenagers, got engaged when I was halfway through my military service, and here we still are. Congratulations. |
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Post by The Captain on Jun 12, 2020 14:38:35 GMT -5
Today is my 27th wedding anniversary. We met working at McDonald's as teenagers, got engaged when I was halfway through my military service, and here we still are. I love hearing this kind of story, when people meet young and make it work long-term. Out of all of the girls I dated in HS, only one of them would have still been "my type" by the time I graduated college, and I'm sure the converse would have been true as well. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 12, 2020 15:19:57 GMT -5
On Saturday, June 10, 1972, probably around 7 or 7:30 pm, I was working at the gas station down the street from my house when a VW Bug driven by the most beautiful girl I had ever seen pulled up to the pumps for a couple of bucks' worth of gas.
When I looked longingly at the tray of cupcakes in the passenger seat that she was bringing to a graduation party, she took pity on the perpetually hungry me.
I mustered up the courage to ask her out after she'd come in a few more times and realized that she was as bright as she was beautiful. We went out later that summer.
I'll cut to the chase.
To paraphrase Jane Eyre, "Reader, she married me."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2020 15:23:09 GMT -5
Today is my 27th wedding anniversary. We met working at McDonald's as teenagers, got engaged when I was halfway through my military service, and here we still are. Congratulations. Thank you. My wife's Facebook posting today on the subject was less matter-of-fact and more... warm, but when I try that kind of thing, I can't help but put a in little bit of humor that most people wouldn't recognize as humor, and I think I come off snarky or mocking. |
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