It's all in the telling. I've the soul of a poet (bought it cheap) and I love a good melodrama.
> Great story, MikeyD. > > I met my wife on a tour of Alcatraz (yes, the former prison in San Francisco > Bay), and we were married 7 months later. (Got a life sentence <g>.) > > Anybody else have funny meeting stories?? > > -Ben > > > Oh, the story I could tell. > > She fled to Kansas after our first talk. I stalked her for months till she > > relented and contacted me. When first we met, she went through my wallet. We > > later met my parents. When next we met she took me to a place of judgment and > > later we met her parents. Our third meeting had me dwelling in her home and > > doing the dishes. We later strolled through the graveyard in the light of day. > > Our courtship moved apace until we finally met on the dance floor to decide our > > fate. Before the words could leave my mouth she pounced upon me and captured me. > > I could not escape. Even the pirate wenches could not save me. I was doomed! > > > > :::Translation::: > > > > The above is all true if strangely worded. After our first phone call Judith > > went to Kansas for a writers workshop and didn't tell me. I called her a number > > of times over the summer and past it. She later called me and we met for a date. > > She was so nervous that she looked through my wallet. After the date it was > > raining and we were near my home so I asked my parents to give her a lift to the > > train. > > Our next date was to a writers workshop where they were critiquing peoples > > works. After that we went to her home for supper. There were holidays next and > > Judith's Grandmother died during the holiday. She called me right after and I > > ran over to help out. I cleaned and did the dishes for her. I also slept over > > the night on the sofa. The next day was the funeral. > > We dated a few more months till I was ready to ask her to marry me. I 'mimed' it > > a few times to get my courage up and she was so exasperated about it that the > > next time I did (which was going to be for real) she came out and asked me a > > split second before. > > Sometime after that we were at a SF convention where two pirate wenches were > > coming onto me (oh, what a nice tie). I was totally oblivious and Judith > > explained it to me later. I was hers. :) > > > > > > > We finally learn how Mikey got such a lovely wife... > > > <eg> > > > > > > > > > -- Ben Doom > > > Programmer & General Lackey > > > Moonbow Software, Inc > > > > > > : -----Original Message----- > > > : From: Judith Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > : Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 11:59 AM > > > : To: CF-Community > > > : Subject: Fw: [spam] Girlfriend 4.0 Press Release > > > : > > > : > > > : Okay, people, if you've got problems remembering your > > > : girlfriend's __ and can't seem to get any as a result, here's the > > > : perfect software for you! 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