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[luvmyteddy4]

My parents met at a big dance hall after WW2. They married within the year and were married for a very long time. 

[Still Raining]

Once, long after my dad became very confused, he smiled and remembered she had the nicest blue dress on when they met at the dance more than 60 ago.  And my mom smiled too. 😢

[ProudMa]

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE GREAT STORIES....

A book-movie in every one.

it struck me that as a society we "admire" and want to know all about so called celebrities...when the person next door or in your family is more worthy of admiration and emulation.....

these are the stories to tell....NOT the Kardashians...

[QVCkitty1]

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@ProudMa wrote:

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE GREAT STORIES....

A book-movie in every one.

it struck me that as a society we "admire" and want to know all about so called celebrities...when the person next door or in your family is more worthy of admiration and emulation.....

these are the stories to tell....NOT the Kardashians...

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@ProudMa , I agree, but I think we don't appreciate these stories till we are older and have been through some tough times. 

[SoX]

My mom and dad grew up and went to elementary school together ... in fact, my dad's mother married my mom's uncle (his stepdad).

It went even further ... my mom's older sister married my dad's older brother.

When I reached fourth grade, my teacher asked if I was related to _(insert my dad's name) who was also her student in fourth grade ... when I told her he was my father, she laughed and said "I hope you're not a 'chip off the old block'  " ... I had no idea what that meant.

[Susan Louise]

My biological parents met in high school. My adopted parents met through a blind double date w/friends who hooked them up and it worked out.

After my adopted mother passed away when I was 9, my adopted father and step mother met while square dancing.  

[Jordan2]

My parents met on a blind date, sort of I'll explain. My father was on a double date with a friend of my mother's. It was maybe a first date, anyway my father saw a picture of my mother and liked what he saw. He got his friend to set them up on a blind date ( blind to my mother not my father). My mother didn't know her friend had a date with my dad, the girlfriend liked my dad, my mother's friendship with her was over. My mother lost a friend but gained a husband!

[wilma]

@ProudMa 

Really interesting thread. I’ve enjoyed reading all the stories. 

My mom corresponded with my dad though a letter writing campaign to local soldiers stationed overseas in WW2. When the war ended, and he came home, they met face to face. They married a few years later. 

I met my husband through mutual acquaintances. A coworker of mine was dating one of his friends. We were all at the same fundraiser. We sat at one of those large round tables with about 12 people. I was there with a male friend. DH’s blind date did not go well - she was rather rude & snobby. The next day my friend & her boyfriend called me & told me that DH wanted my number. We had our first date a couple weeks later & married about 2 years after that. 

[RedTop]

High school.

[twinny70]

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@SoX wrote:

My mom and dad grew up and went to elementary school together ... in fact, my dad's mother married my mom's uncle (his stepdad).

It went even further ... my mom's older sister married my dad's older brother.

When I reached fourth grade, my teacher asked if I was related to _(insert my dad's name) who was also her student in fourth grade ... when I told her he was my father, she laughed and said "I hope you're not a 'chip off the old block'  " ... I had no idea what that meant.

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Sox, thanks for the laugh. I needed it today.