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Originally Posted by Alura Have you both always lived in Minnesota?
How did y'all meet?
Alura |
Minnesota? Hey - no need to get personal here, pal.
We're
close to Lake Wobegon, somewhere between Lake Wobegon and Port Asbestos - within easy driving distance of Rome, WI and all parts in between. We always joke about Lake Wobegon with our friends elsewhere because Garrison Keillor really hits the nail on the head with his descriptions of life in the Upper Midwest.
We met under unusual circumstances. I (W) was spending the night at friends after attending a bachelor party. When I got to their place, there was this chick on the sleeper sofa I usually crashed on. I'd met her briefly that evening, some sparks were present, but nothing that I was going to bet the next few decades on.
Being a gentlemen, I snagged a couple of pillows and went to sleep (albeit fitfully) on the floor. And then to what to my wonderous ears should be heard? "Look, if you're uncomfortable, why don't you come up here?"
We actually held ourselves back from doing anything major - both to our surprise. That weekend, sparks were firmly established and we spent the rest of the weekend flirting and making out whenever we got the chance.
A few weeks later, with blood test results in hand, we spent a very loooong weekend together - and fell deeply, madly and irrevocably in love with each other.
Then I was deployed for six months and our entire relationship became distilled to letters (pre-email - remember love letters on actual paper? You could scent them, it was cool) and maybe two or three phone calls. Those six months firmly established our relationship and gave us a nice litmus test - no matter what, we knew after that separation that we were stuck together for good.