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Gadget nee Jemcheeta
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My tragedy is that when I was active on the boards, I didn't meet at all! And I really wanted to, but I backed out.. it was really too bad. I was nervous about meeting internet people in real life, not because I was worried about the people (obv you guys are the best) but because I was worried I would be disliked. Lame 
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:::shaking head vigorously:::JemCheeta wrote:My tragedy is that when I was active on the boards, I didn't meet at all! And I really wanted to, but I backed out.. it was really too bad. I was nervous about meeting internet people in real life, not because I was worried about the people (obv you guys are the best) but because I was worried I would be disliked. Lame
Not lame at all. I have a very hard time keeping friends IRL. I think I'm too intense and needful, and not reciprocating enough. I can only hope I made good impressions at E'Fest, instead of my typical ones IRL.
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drew
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We were both at a New Year's Party.
We were the only two who didn't already have date there so we hooked up. (REALLY Hooked up)
Surprisingly to her, I called her back the next day (and the next and the next
Six moths later we moved in together
A year and ahalf later we had a kid.
A year and a half after THAT we got married.
a year later we had another kid.
A year later we split up.
A few months later we got back together.
a year later we had another kid.
(All years a approximations..we met December 31 1996..the youngest is now 18 months)
We were the only two who didn't already have date there so we hooked up. (REALLY Hooked up)
Surprisingly to her, I called her back the next day (and the next and the next
Six moths later we moved in together
A year and ahalf later we had a kid.
A year and a half after THAT we got married.
a year later we had another kid.
A year later we split up.
A few months later we got back together.
a year later we had another kid.
(All years a approximations..we met December 31 1996..the youngest is now 18 months)
I thought you were a ripe grape
a cabernet sauvignon
a bottle in the cellar
the kind you keep for a really long time
a cabernet sauvignon
a bottle in the cellar
the kind you keep for a really long time
I met my wife through a blind date that my sister set up. She thought I wasn't that good looking, but I pestered her enough through IM for another date, and I impressed a bit more that time 
Been married 4.5 years, and are 12 weeks into our first pregnancy (after trying for a year and a half).
Been married 4.5 years, and are 12 weeks into our first pregnancy (after trying for a year and a half).--Andy
"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur."
Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.
I believe in the One who says there is life after this.
Now tell me how much more open can my mind be?
"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur."
Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.
I believe in the One who says there is life after this.
Now tell me how much more open can my mind be?
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Fist and Faith
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This is easy. I just sent this to Claire, so I can copy & paste. 
I could be an ad for cupid.com. I swear. After my wife and I split up, I met a woman on cupid. I mentioned her a few times. She was very nice, and we dated for several months. But it just wasn't there for me. On the amusing side, I'm 6' 2" and she's 4' 10". I know, you're laughing.
But that's not why I stopped seeing her. I just wasn't in love, and knew I wouldn't be.
So I kept at it. Wrote with a few women. And I had dates with three of them. But only one date with each. One was from Norway, so almost as tall as me. She says she's 5' 13"! (For you non-Americans, I guess that's along the lines of saying you're 5dm 11cm?) But none of them worked out either. And I knew it right off, so didn't try for second dates. Actually, the Giantess and I had a second planned, but I cancelled it. And another one really wanted to go out again, but I couldn't do it.
Actually, I was getting very upset and depressed. I've always thought love is the most important thing in life. The meaning. And it seemed I wasn't going to have it again. But, for no reason I could figure, I kept looking at profiles at cupid. And one day I did yet another search for women 30-50, non-smokers, within 20 (or 50, I'm not sure which it was this time) miles of me, who already had kids and didn't want more. And there was Christy.
It's really funny. She mentioned a Jung personality test. I wrote to her for that reason alone. (Well, also because she looked cute.) I really like the little I know of Jung. So I wrote, she wrote back. She gave me the site to do the personality test. But I stopped taking it pretty soon. I really hate those things, when something sort of vague must be a Yes or No. I told her I had to stop, and said, "Now you're thinking, 'Oh great. What kind of weirdo is this guy who can't even take this stupid test!'" But a couple days later, she wrote back.
We met at Barnes & Noble. We were getting along well enough that we decided to go to the mountains. Some nice cliffs about 20+ miles from B&N. We just sat there for a while, looking out over the world, talking about this and that. And, for the first time, at age 41, I decided to try to kiss a girl on the first date. And miracle of miracles, she kissed me back!! But I won't get into that.
So in the next couple weeks, she told me that when she read that I stopped taking that presonality test, she closed my email. She thought, "Who's this weirdo who can't even take this stupid test!" A couple days later, she looked at the email again, saw my next sentence, and decided to write back again.
So, even though it's supposed to be a mistake, I told her I loved her after a week.
We were watching Sex and the City a couple weeks ago, and they were saying how much a woman doesn't want to hear that after a week, because it means the guy's a wacko. Christy said, "That's for sure." So I reminded her... hehehehe But I knew it then, and I know it today.
THEN... Although neither of us said so in our profiles, we both work with developmentally disabled (almost always retarded) adults. I'm a Habilitation Specialist and she's a Service Coordinator. And we both have sons with Asperger's Syndrome. AND, her mother lives - literally - a stone's throw from where I lived with my family for 9 years, and my family still lives!!Hell, her mother gave my kids candy on Halloween for years!! AND, her father and my son have the same birthday!! Freakin' small world???????
So, it took nearly 42 years to get the best relationship of my life, and there's not a better relationship out there. @#$%ing amazing!!!!
I could be an ad for cupid.com. I swear. After my wife and I split up, I met a woman on cupid. I mentioned her a few times. She was very nice, and we dated for several months. But it just wasn't there for me. On the amusing side, I'm 6' 2" and she's 4' 10". I know, you're laughing.
But that's not why I stopped seeing her. I just wasn't in love, and knew I wouldn't be. So I kept at it. Wrote with a few women. And I had dates with three of them. But only one date with each. One was from Norway, so almost as tall as me. She says she's 5' 13"!
(For you non-Americans, I guess that's along the lines of saying you're 5dm 11cm?) But none of them worked out either. And I knew it right off, so didn't try for second dates. Actually, the Giantess and I had a second planned, but I cancelled it. And another one really wanted to go out again, but I couldn't do it. Actually, I was getting very upset and depressed. I've always thought love is the most important thing in life. The meaning. And it seemed I wasn't going to have it again. But, for no reason I could figure, I kept looking at profiles at cupid. And one day I did yet another search for women 30-50, non-smokers, within 20 (or 50, I'm not sure which it was this time) miles of me, who already had kids and didn't want more. And there was Christy.
It's really funny. She mentioned a Jung personality test. I wrote to her for that reason alone. (Well, also because she looked cute.
) I really like the little I know of Jung. So I wrote, she wrote back. She gave me the site to do the personality test. But I stopped taking it pretty soon. I really hate those things, when something sort of vague must be a Yes or No. I told her I had to stop, and said, "Now you're thinking, 'Oh great. What kind of weirdo is this guy who can't even take this stupid test!'" But a couple days later, she wrote back. We met at Barnes & Noble. We were getting along well enough that we decided to go to the mountains. Some nice cliffs about 20+ miles from B&N. We just sat there for a while, looking out over the world, talking about this and that. And, for the first time, at age 41, I decided to try to kiss a girl on the first date. And miracle of miracles, she kissed me back!!
But I won't get into that. So in the next couple weeks, she told me that when she read that I stopped taking that presonality test, she closed my email. She thought, "Who's this weirdo who can't even take this stupid test!" A couple days later, she looked at the email again, saw my next sentence, and decided to write back again.
So, even though it's supposed to be a mistake, I told her I loved her after a week.
We were watching Sex and the City a couple weeks ago, and they were saying how much a woman doesn't want to hear that after a week, because it means the guy's a wacko. Christy said, "That's for sure." So I reminded her... hehehehe But I knew it then, and I know it today.THEN... Although neither of us said so in our profiles, we both work with developmentally disabled (almost always retarded) adults. I'm a Habilitation Specialist and she's a Service Coordinator. And we both have sons with Asperger's Syndrome. AND, her mother lives - literally - a stone's throw from where I lived with my family for 9 years, and my family still lives!!Hell, her mother gave my kids candy on Halloween for years!! AND, her father and my son have the same birthday!! Freakin' small world???????
So, it took nearly 42 years to get the best relationship of my life, and there's not a better relationship out there. @#$%ing amazing!!!!
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
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You'll find it in the 'stories that make you want to throw up' bin.Menolly wrote:Now, where's Bhakti's and Jove's story?
"Oh of course," the Navigator said with faint mocking in his voice, "you have probably heard of House Praetus. We have a palace on Holy Terra. Like all powerful groups, we also have our enemies. Do you honestly think someone like you matters?" - A dissolute noble.
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O-gon-cho
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m'-l-rd, you may find it so, but my player is interested. :hmph:Nor Yekith wrote:You'll find it in the 'stories that make you want to throw up' bin.Menolly wrote:Now, where's Bhakti's and Jove's story?
Now, while it is buried somewhere in the Pantheon boards, the story of Melirelle becoming the Womb is also romantic, in it's own fashion on her part. You, or she, are more than welcome to share it again here, if you wish.
:bowing head:
i met Ger in January of 1977. went to an audition with my then boyfriend, Steve. a friend of his, Scary Gary the bass player, had called Steve and asked him if he wanted to audition for a band. Steve plays guitar. the audition was at a house on campus (university of ky) on Transylvania Park. my friend Marianne went with us. Ger was a guitarist in the band.
we went. Steve ended up not playing with the band but Marianne and I started hanging out there at the house. it was kind of a party house (several members of the band lived there) i broke up with Steve later and started dating the drummer. Marianne started dating the sound guy. they needed another roomate in the house and so Marianne and i moved in and shared a room. Ger and i became good friends. he was the best musician i'd ever met. he was a monster guitarist. played Page and Hendrix and Fripp like he wrote it. just brilliant.
but life intervened. the house broke up. the band broke up. me and the drummer broke up. the world moved on.
then, on October 31st of 1987, i went to the Convenient store to get some stuff and i was staring at the juice section trying to decide and the voice behind me says, "excuse me, aren't you Cyndi?" and i turned around and saw this nerdy looking guy with big nerdy glasses and a houndstooth jacket on and it took me a minute to recognize him so i must've had a blank look on my face cause he said "oh i'm sorry i thought you were someone i used to know" and when he spoke i recognized Ger! and i said "wow! gerry steigerwald! well, it IS a night for ghosts!"
and we started hanging out. and then, one night, he said to me on the phone, "i want to be the love of your life!" and i swooned and said, "ok. you got the job!" (edit: i think he was drunk when he said that! hahaha )
(we didn't actually legally marry until June of 2001)
we went. Steve ended up not playing with the band but Marianne and I started hanging out there at the house. it was kind of a party house (several members of the band lived there) i broke up with Steve later and started dating the drummer. Marianne started dating the sound guy. they needed another roomate in the house and so Marianne and i moved in and shared a room. Ger and i became good friends. he was the best musician i'd ever met. he was a monster guitarist. played Page and Hendrix and Fripp like he wrote it. just brilliant.
but life intervened. the house broke up. the band broke up. me and the drummer broke up. the world moved on.
then, on October 31st of 1987, i went to the Convenient store to get some stuff and i was staring at the juice section trying to decide and the voice behind me says, "excuse me, aren't you Cyndi?" and i turned around and saw this nerdy looking guy with big nerdy glasses and a houndstooth jacket on and it took me a minute to recognize him so i must've had a blank look on my face cause he said "oh i'm sorry i thought you were someone i used to know" and when he spoke i recognized Ger! and i said "wow! gerry steigerwald! well, it IS a night for ghosts!"
and we started hanging out. and then, one night, he said to me on the phone, "i want to be the love of your life!" and i swooned and said, "ok. you got the job!" (edit: i think he was drunk when he said that! hahaha
)(we didn't actually legally marry until June of 2001)
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Waddley
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That's sweet, Luc! Like it was meant to be and all that crap 
I met the guy I'm dating on a treasure hunt. That's really all there is to that, and it doesn't really count since we aren't married. Hell, we've been dating for about three months. (Ok, it'll be three months in five days. Not that I'm counting or anything... at all.)
I met the guy I'm dating on a treasure hunt. That's really all there is to that, and it doesn't really count since we aren't married. Hell, we've been dating for about three months. (Ok, it'll be three months in five days. Not that I'm counting or anything... at all.)
"Let my inspiration flow in token rhyme, suggesting rhythm." -Robert Hunter
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Cagliostro
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Lessee....let's go with the significant ones. The ones that lasted over a year.
I met Cindy at Rocky Horror Picture Show. We had both been regulars once upon a time, but hadn't gone in years. She was with all her friends, I was alone, as my best friend was staying the summer with me, and I needed time away from him, as we were both getting on each others nerves. Some friend of hers saw I was wearing a Dead Milkmen t-shirt and commented on it. We got to talking, I said that I was an alternative music dj for the college station in town, and that perked some interest. We all hung out all night, and I was a little hot for the quiet one. I remember her unsuccessfully trying to play footsie under the table with me. I moved my leg as I thought I was taking up too much space (I'm 6'2", so it isn't unheard of), despite her sinking in her chair. I didn't ask for her number, but she showed up where I worked. I had been thinking of her all week, and didn't remember mentioning where I worked. Freaked me out. Fell in love, lived together for years, married for one year.
Elasha I met working at Barnes & Noble. She was working in the cafe, and I in the book section. I am not a coffee drinker, so I'd get frappaccinos so I'd have an excuse. 6 months before we were to be married, she dumped my ass. I still say it was cold feet, but being a Taurus, once she makes up her mind, there is no changing it. We still get along famously.
Took a while to pick myself up from Elasha. I hadn't really dated in years, and pretty much never "dated" dated. More just sort of met someone, fell in love and it went from there. I was still trained not to look at other girls, so it was hard getting started. But I finally decided to pick myself up and make myself available. I tried a friendly sort of date with someone and ended up having more fun talking with her mom than I did her. NOT a good sign. My sister had met someone with the online thang years before, so I thought I'd try the free Craig's List thing. I met someone who I was having a lot of fun chatting via email with, but she kept going on about the Role of Man in a Relationship, and it broke my spirit a bit. Let's put it this way...I'm a little bit girlish. I'm straight (well, 97%...2% reserved for Johnny Depp and 1% for Antonio Banderas in Desperado only), but tend to take the traditional female roles. So, after some night of her making me feel bad for not understanding that I need to be strong and masculiney, I posted my first ever dating ad. It said, "Girly-man looking for humor and intelligence." I did it as a kind of experiment. I figured whoever would respond to such as this might just be someone for me. I was right. I met Carla, and we hit it off. We had a wonderful first day, and laughed and laughed. We stayed up until 3am talking and walking about. And knowing her now, she never stays up that late. We moved in together in March, and it is going well.
I met Cindy at Rocky Horror Picture Show. We had both been regulars once upon a time, but hadn't gone in years. She was with all her friends, I was alone, as my best friend was staying the summer with me, and I needed time away from him, as we were both getting on each others nerves. Some friend of hers saw I was wearing a Dead Milkmen t-shirt and commented on it. We got to talking, I said that I was an alternative music dj for the college station in town, and that perked some interest. We all hung out all night, and I was a little hot for the quiet one. I remember her unsuccessfully trying to play footsie under the table with me. I moved my leg as I thought I was taking up too much space (I'm 6'2", so it isn't unheard of), despite her sinking in her chair. I didn't ask for her number, but she showed up where I worked. I had been thinking of her all week, and didn't remember mentioning where I worked. Freaked me out. Fell in love, lived together for years, married for one year.
Elasha I met working at Barnes & Noble. She was working in the cafe, and I in the book section. I am not a coffee drinker, so I'd get frappaccinos so I'd have an excuse. 6 months before we were to be married, she dumped my ass. I still say it was cold feet, but being a Taurus, once she makes up her mind, there is no changing it. We still get along famously.
Took a while to pick myself up from Elasha. I hadn't really dated in years, and pretty much never "dated" dated. More just sort of met someone, fell in love and it went from there. I was still trained not to look at other girls, so it was hard getting started. But I finally decided to pick myself up and make myself available. I tried a friendly sort of date with someone and ended up having more fun talking with her mom than I did her. NOT a good sign. My sister had met someone with the online thang years before, so I thought I'd try the free Craig's List thing. I met someone who I was having a lot of fun chatting via email with, but she kept going on about the Role of Man in a Relationship, and it broke my spirit a bit. Let's put it this way...I'm a little bit girlish. I'm straight (well, 97%...2% reserved for Johnny Depp and 1% for Antonio Banderas in Desperado only), but tend to take the traditional female roles. So, after some night of her making me feel bad for not understanding that I need to be strong and masculiney, I posted my first ever dating ad. It said, "Girly-man looking for humor and intelligence." I did it as a kind of experiment. I figured whoever would respond to such as this might just be someone for me. I was right. I met Carla, and we hit it off. We had a wonderful first day, and laughed and laughed. We stayed up until 3am talking and walking about. And knowing her now, she never stays up that late. We moved in together in March, and it is going well.
Life is a waste of time
Time is a waste of life
So get wasted all of the time
And you'll have the time of your life