[Schaumburger]

Originally Posted by Larry Wilson

This is a feel good thread.
I was a basketball player and she was the cutest head cheerleader. Problem was she was dating another basketball player. I just moved in and told her how much I loved her..... It worked. Happily married since 1973.

38 years --- way to go Larry and Mrs. Larry!!!

[Trish Crocker]

Steve and I met online in January of 2004,...we talked for 2 weeks then met at Bahama Breeze for a drink...the next week we went out to see a movie ("Something's Got to Give" with Diane Keaton), we've been together ever since. We got married in December of 2007, our wedding was beautiful..between Christmas and New Year with about 50 of our friends and family, it seemed almost magical. My daughters stood up for me, my sons gave me away, and his son was his best man. Ever since then, we spend our lives trying to make each other happy and it's working!

[Schaumburger]

Originally Posted by Trish Crocker

Steve and I met online in January of 2004,...we talked for 2 weeks then met at Bahama Breeze for a drink...the next week we went out to see a movie ("Something's Got to Give" with Diane Keaton), we've been together ever since. We got married in December of 2007, our wedding was beautiful..between Christmas and New Year with about 50 of our friends and family, it seemed almost magical. My daughters stood up for me, my sons gave me away, and his son was his best man. Ever since then, we spend our lives trying to make each other happy and it's working!

Trish -- Nice!! That's how it should be.

[kb8tpw]

This must go down as the best TOTV thread ever... Some are sweet stories, some are cute, but all are "our generation" with a few from previous generations.

Mine is simple but probably pretty typical, it all started on March 15, 1958, yep I remember the precise date. My good friend David, his girl friend Jackie, invited Barbara and myself to take a afternoon ride to the Dairy Queen. We started dating, I left for the AF a couple years later, and two years later we were married and she joined me in NC. Our first was born in Tampa, our second was born in Alaska, and for the next 49 years, seven months and 23 days the AF and Barbara were my life. We returned to Indiana last month, had a Dilly Bar at the same Dairy Queen to commemorate where it all began and in February will celebrate our 50th year together. The Villages is a great "icing on the cake" to it all. We do have our favorite exit on I-75 (Exit 2 in Ga) to stop on trips north to get a Dilly Bar - now sugar free of course..

[tainsley]

Thanks BK...what a great thread! Keep the stories coming! I can't wait to log on to TOTV for new posts! My heart is smiling! May we all live happily ever after in our castles at The Villages!

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Originally Posted by skyguy79

Nice story Bob!

Now THAT.................was funny!!!

Bill

[ajdeck]

Originally Posted by bkcunningham1

Another poster told a beautiful, funny story about how their aunt and uncle met. At the suggestion of Richie, I thought I'd start a new discussion where you can tell us about your marriage or the marriage of someone you know.

How did you meet your spouse? How long have you been married? Do you have a story about how someone you know met that you'd like to share?

My grandfather traveled on horseback for two days to catch a train that would take him to his future job as a school teacher in a rural Southwest Virginia town on the Tennessee border. The conducter forgot to stop at my grandfather's stop and he got off in a different town.

As a stranger in the town, people were curious about who he was and what he was doing in town. He told them his story about his new job and how he missed his stop. Soon, everyone was telling him about a neighboring little coal mining town that was in dire need of a school teacher. He met with the superintendent of the county's schools and signed a contract to teach in a one-room school on a mountaintop.

He boarded with a family whose oldest daughter turned out to be his future bride. I always loved that story. Please share some of your own.

Me - had a bad day which ended up by meeting a great gal.

aj

[another Linda]

My husband and I met in a psychiatric hospital. Hm-m-m. Actually, I was there on a rotation as a student nurse and he was there as an extern in medical school. We were both getting coffee before a staff meeting when they brought in a patient who was the guy I was currently dating! I was so shocked and upset that I spilled scalding hot coffee down the front of this nice extern. Not only did he forgive me for that, but he even asked me out. The big complication was that I was in the Army. Long story short, we got married and he joined the army too (I keep telling him he would have gotten drafted anyway.) 44 years, 4 kids, 3 grand kids later we're having a wonderful life despite the ups and downs.

[RichieLion]

Originally Posted by another Linda

My husband and I met in a psychiatric hospital. Hm-m-m. Actually, I was there on a rotation as a student nurse and he was there as an extern in medical school. We were both getting coffee before a staff meeting when they brought in a patient who was the guy I was currently dating! I was so shocked and upset that I spilled scalding hot coffee down the front of this nice extern. Not only did he forgive me for that, but he even asked me out. The big complication was that I was in the Army. Long story short, we got married and he joined the army too (I keep telling him he would have gotten drafted anyway.) 44 years, 4 kids, 3 grand kids later we're having a wonderful life despite the ups and downs.

Now that's a great story; OMG!! Fate is a wicked prankster sometimes. Turn around, bang, splash, and there he is. Thanks for the laugh and the smiles.

[jackz]

As a recently discharged Veteran and a newly minted Honolulu Cop, I was struggling to make rent payments living in Waikiki in a shared 3 bedroom apartment with roommates. Another Cop and I decided to share a condo so my vacancy was advertised in the local newspaper. Long Story short, Dianne showed up as the applicant to take my place in the apartment, we met, she moved in , I moved out. We started dating and eventually married and had two sons.

The honeymoon was the best part as we were living payday to payday so we rented a house on the beach in Kailua and held our reception at the house and honeymooned in it for a week. Guests to the wedding were advised to bring swimming attire and after leaving the church went to the rental house changed and swam, played beach volleyball and ate a buffet that Dianne's father and I had cooked all night prior to the Wedding Day.

Married 32 years, so we must have done something right.

[2BNTV]

That's our story.....thanks for reading it (if you made it this far)!

Bill [/QUOTE]

Bill:

Do I get brownie points if I read this several times?

As usual, your are a funny dude, Bill errr Bob errr Bill.

Great story and very well written. Loved it.

[texasfal]

My sister set me up on a blind date to meet my hubby at an office x-mas party. Hubby was her boss. I came at 8pm, he showed up at 11:30, drunk with 6 other drunk guys. He ignored me. I told him to dance with me or talk with me or I was leaving. He danced with me one time and then went to hang with his homies. I left and he caught me in the parking lot and said my sister said he had to take my number. I said tough ca-ca but eventually he got it. He called me the next week and we've been together ever since. I found out 3 months later that he didn't even know I was going to be at the party. My sister lied to get me to come. We've been together 31 years now. Guess some little white lies can be good.

[dancerbill]

How I Met Violet

The first time I saw Violet was when I judged her in a dance contest at the Gold Coast Hotel in Las Vegas.

The dance contest was run in heats of 3-5 couples dancing on the floor at the same time. Violet was competing with her dance partner, and I could not take my eyes off her. She was the most beautiful and enchanting person I'd ever seen! At the end of each heat, I was required to submit score cards to the contest coordinator containing the scores that I had assigned each couple in the heat. Each time, I had to frantically assign scores to the other couples that I had not really judged because I watched only Violet and her partner. Luckily, there were other judges to restore some semblance of fairness.

I was married at the time -- happily, I thought -- and went home after the contest, although troubled and confused. There was someone new in my heart. Several years went by, I continued to see Violet at dance contests around the Southwest, until I started producing dance events in Las Vegas in 1994. I needed 100 volunteers to help run the festivals, and she volunteered each year, and I enjoyed being around her during the three days of each festival.

In 1998, my wife (and dance partner) was injured in an accident and, after recovery, decided that she wanted to retire from dance, and seemed to want to retire from me. I needed a new partner to help with classes and to compete in dance events. I called Violet and asked if she would like to help me. She agreed, and things went well as dance partners until, one evening, I asked her to dance with one of the students whose partner was absent that evening. I was observing the class, and realized for the first time that I was deeply in love with her and had been for several years. That night I kissed her after class for the first time.

Things became complicated for a time. My wife and I worked out a mutual agreement that it was time for us to part. I convinced Violet that I loved her and waited to see if she could learn to love me (she did), and we let time pass to ensure that our feelings for each other were true.

Three years later, Violet and I married in 2002 on the beach at sunset at Waikaloa, Hawaii, and have been together ever since. My greatest events in life were marrying her, moving to the Villages, and finding my little dog, Mimi. My greatest regret is that I did not meet and marry her 30 years earlier. She is the best thing that ever happened to me and being in my life proves every day that God loves me. Only He could have sent someone so wonderful to someone like me.

[ladydoc]

I was sitting at my brand new Mac computer waiting for some friends to pick me up to go to a movie. I had never been in a chat room, so I looked for one that seemed safe enough...an over 50 one. I was 48 at the time, but what the heck, seemed close enough. I just listened for awhile and then someone posted something with an avatar of the cutest little boy I had ever seen. I asked him if that was his grandson, and he said no, it was him. We talked for awhile and I left to go with my friends. That was August 15th, 1997. We talked a lot more both online and on the phone. I wanted to wait until Thanksgiving to meet. He would have no part of that. He came out to California from Texas on September 17th and we were married on November 2nd, 1997. I had always said I did not ever want to get married..I had a great career, a nice house, lots of friends,etc. But when I met the hubs, I knew this was the one and we have never looked back!

[sandybill2]

I was new to the Big City (Richmond, Va)--almost 18--fresh out of High School (small coal mining town in KY) and started working part-time in a grocery store while attending Business College. These two brothers came in to shop--came through my line--I had to subtotal their groceries almost after each item to make sure they had enough money to pay.) Both drove convertibles and were roommates in an apartment. I was in awe!!!! (even with their obvious lack of funds) To make a long story short---I had my first date with my husband (the older of the brothers and just out of the Army) around July 12, 1965--we were married October 8, 1965--just seemed "right"--guess we both knew it from the start. One wonderful son and one beautiful granddaughter and almost 46 years later we are still together--best friends-- still in love and living the Village Life. (His brother's spin on "our story" is that it was a three bedroom apartment and the third roommate was drafted and they needed a third person in apt--they flipped the coin and Billy lost!---I did move into the apartment until the lease was up so there might be some truth to the story--although Billy obviously won in acquiring me as his one and only.)