Anyone met their Signicant Other this Way ?

9 years ago

Yep, met my wife through a recommendation from a friend in Texas, email introduction and then phone calls for several months. Finally flew over there (Houston) and met her for the first time in person at the airport gate. Stayed for three weeks.

She came to the UK later, in the summer and we got married there.

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Frank Donovan 9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

Finally flew over there (Houston) and met her for the first time in person at the airport gate. Stayed for three weeks.

Yeah, I heard Houston Airport's Customs are pretty thorough.

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Dan Riffle

9 years ago

I met my wife the normal way: I saw her on the street and promptly stalked her for three months.

Actually, we met at work and she pursued me. A point I bring up whenever possible. Like now.

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tagiscom

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

I met my wife the normal way: I saw her on the street and promptly stalked her for three months.

Actually, we met at work and she pursued me. A point I bring up whenever possible. Like now.

We won't ask WC, about this, might need a AO+ or higher rating?

Me, no, not yet!

The only long distance relationship l had was with a con artist, pond scum, ^&*&*, so l am not crazy about them.

Certainly waiting at the airport for more than 3 hours, and clocking up a $65 parking bill didn't help.

I knew that l should have parked at Maccers and ordered a soft cone every hour?

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lanfear63

9 years ago

I asked Claude's wife, "What first attracted you to the millionaire, Claude Whitacre?"

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WalkingCarpet Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

I asked Claude's wife, "What first attracted you to the millionaire, Claude Whitacre?"

Displacement in tons??
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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

I asked Claude's wife, "What first attracted you to the millionaire, Claude Whitacre?"

Ha......ha..................ha, ha, ha..................................HA!

She came into my store 27 years ago. I asked her out (I never asked a customer out before). Three months later, we got married.

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lanfear63

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Ha......ha..................ha, ha, ha..................................HA!

She came into my store 27 years ago. I asked her out (I never asked a customer out before). Three months later, we got married.

That's an extreme way to ensure you honored the lifetime warranty on the expensive vacuum cleaner she bought from you.

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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

That's an extreme way to ensure you honored the lifetime warranty on the expensive vacuum cleaner she bought from you.

5 years later, she came in the store with her vacuum cleaner. I told her, "This warranty was registered with a different last name. That voids the warranty".

That evening, my soup smelled an awful lot like pee.

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lanfear63

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

5 years later, she came in the store with her vacuum cleaner. I told her, "This warranty was registered with a different last name. That voids the warranty".

That evening, my soup smelled an awful lot like pee.

You were overreacting, it was probably just Pee Soup

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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

You were overreacting, it was probably just Pee Soup

Now, how in the heck did I not see that coming?

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9 years ago

Speaking of Claude...

What would have happened if Claude's wife was in the same scenario as that young woman in video?

Would she have run the other way or straddled him like a bronco ??

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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

Originally Posted by discrat

Speaking of Claude...

What would have happened if Claude's wife was in the same scenario as that young woman in video?

Would she have run the other way or straddled him like a bronco ??

She would have never sought out a date that way. It really took a lot of effort on my part to get her interested. She really really didn't want to go out with someone.

I think I'll share the straddling idea though, I kind of like it.

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Dan Riffle

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

She would have never sought out a date that way. It really took a lot of effort on my part to get her interested. She really really didn't want to go out with someone.

Yep, that's it.

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9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

She would have never sought out a date that way. It really took a lot of effort on my part to get her interested. She really really didn't want to go out with someone.

I think I'll share the straddling idea though, I kind of like it.

"It really took a lot of money, drugs, hypnosis, alcohol, brain washing, and black mail on your part to get her interested."

Fixed it for you...

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Claude Whitacre 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

"It really took a lot of money, drugs, hypnosis, alcohol, brain washing, and black mail on your part to get her interested."

Fixed it for you...

You forgot sodium pentothal.

Hey, you go with what works.
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- Kurt 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre
  
  You forgot sodium pentothal.
  
  Hey, you go with what works.
  
  Why would you use truth serum on yourself? The truth is the last thing someone like you needs.
  
  PS. IMO, sodium pentothal would fall into the "drugs" category. Did you learn different at the Hippo Campus?
  
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lanfear63

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

She would have never sought out a date that way. It really took a lot of effort on my part to get her interested. She really really didn't want to go out with someone.

The amount of extra vacuum bags and accessories you had to give away must have been very painful

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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

The amount of extra vacuum bags and accessories you had to give away must have been very painful

This is not a joke. When she was in the store, I had a vacuum cleaner for $399. I told her it was on sale for only $129. That was under my cost. I just wanted her phone number. I figured I'd get a check, and it would also say if she was married.

I called her that evening...not even knowing if she was married. Her big brother answered the phone. I almost hung up. The first couple of dates ....I had to talk her into another date....

It was really slow going, at first. But she was beautiful, intelligent, quirky, and funny.

I was pretty smitten right away. It took longer for her.

I remember asking her to marry me. She said, "Shave the goatee. Real men don't wear goatees".

(Sorry, I can't help myself)

Originally Posted by Kurt

Did you learn different at the Hippo Campus?

I told my wife about "Hippo Campus" today. She said, "That's pretty witty. I like it.". I said, "Kurt said it".

She said, "It's stupid. I hate it".

(I really did tell her about Hippo Campus, and your original joke. She laughed too)

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Kurt

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

I told my wife about "Hippo Campus" today. She said, "That's pretty witty. I like it.". I said, "Kurt said it".

She said, "It's stupid. I hate it".

(I really did tell her about Hippo Campus, and your original joke. She laughed too)

Remind me to add "steal jokes" to my list above....

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lanfear63

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Now, how in the heck did I not see that coming?

I bet you said, this soup has an interesting flavour dear, does it come from a can, no she says, it comes from "The" Can.

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tagiscom

9 years ago

Originally Posted by WalkingCarpet

Once I was chatting online with this chick when I was in Oz those days.
She said lets meet at the beach. She said I am gonna wear this and come. I am gonna suck your banana.
I went to said beach and F&$# me, she had come with her whole effing family. LMAO.
I just took off.

Hmmmm, "MA+"?

Originally Posted by lanfear63

I asked Claude's wife, "What first attracted you to the millionaire, Claude Whitacre?"

His ability to not take nonsense?

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

It was really slow going, at first. But she was beautiful, intelligent, quirky, and funny.

I was pretty smitten right away. It took longer for her.

I remember asking her to marry me. She said, "Shave the goatee. Real men don't wear goatees".

I agree your wife is h,....ahem looks good, a bit like Yin and Yang, when seen together.

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Claude Whitacre 9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

I bet you said, this soup has an interesting flavour dear, does it come from a can, no she says, it comes from "The" Can.

Thank you for giving us 100% of the remaining value...squeezed from that joke.
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- lanfear63 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre
  
  Thank you for giving us 100% of the remaining value...squeezed from that joke.
  
  These are Split Pee jokes.
  
  Alright, alright, I will stop now.
  
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Dan Riffle 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

That evening, my soup smelled an awful lot like pee.

Here's a tip, Claude: That giant bowl attached to the floor in your house? Not a soup bowl.
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Dan Riffle

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Three months later, we got married.

She must've really needed that green card.

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lanfear63 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

She must've really needed that green card.

Please don't remind me about the Green Card, That's something I have to renew before the end of this year. I hate dealing with immigration. I came to live in Houston.
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whateverpedia

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

She must've really needed that green card.

Or an alibi.

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Mike Anthony

9 years ago

Originally Posted by whateverpedia

Or an alibi.

No one tries to avoid a bad consequence by choosing a worse decades long sentence.

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MissTerraK

9 years ago

Heavens no!

I'm more of a hands on kind of girl. Up close and personal, you know.

I don't know, it would be sort of like ordering shoes on line. You don't know if they'll fit right regardless of how cute they looked on line, Haha!

But sending them back would be a bit more difficult.

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Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Heavens no!

I'm more of a hands on kind of girl. Up close and personal, you know.

I don't know, it would be sort of like ordering shoes on line. You don't know if they'll fit right regardless of how cute they looked on line, Haha!

But sending them back would be a bit more difficult.

Terra

That's what she said.

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Claude Whitacre 9 years ago

Originally Posted by WalkingCarpet

That's what she said.

Yes. That apparently is what she said....since she just posted it.

Claude "Destroyer of jokes" Whitacre
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9 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

I don't know, it would be sort of like ordering shoes on line. You don't know if they'll fit right regardless of how cute they looked on line
Terra

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Frank Donovan

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Mike Anthony

Men everywhere - Beware of women who compare relationships to wearing shoes. You are likely to be tread on and then called a heel for complaining

Yes - what they really want is a sole mate.

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tagiscom 9 years ago

Originally Posted by WalkingCarpet

You copied my tag line- Veni Vidi Vici.

I came, l saw, l didn't conquer, he, he!
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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

Yes - what they really want is a sole mate.

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Sorry Frank. I can't thank this post with a clear conscience. I think you are better than this easy joke.

If Riffle said it however, I'd think it was unusually clever of him.

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lanfear63

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Sorry Frank. I can't thank this post with a clear conscience. I think you are better than this easy joke.

If Riffle said it however, I'd think it was unusually clever of him.

You obviously don't appreciate jokes that are just Cobbled together.

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MissTerraK

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

Yes - what they really want is a sole mate.

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Wrong!

If we want to tread over men, we compare them to boots...

"These boots are made for walking
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots
Are gonna walk all over you"

Just to show them they're nothing but a heel anyway!

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Frank Donovan

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Sorry Frank. I can't thank this post with a clear conscience. I think you are better than this easy joke.

I'm really not. But I promise to stamp out all the shoe jokes.

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Wrong!

If we want to tread over men, we compare them to boots...

Actually, you're comparing men to what the boots are treading on. But I'll forgive you because of the Nancy Sinatra reference.

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MissTerraK

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

I'm really not. But I have been trying to stamp out all the shoe jokes.

Actually, you're comparing men to what the boots are treading on. But I'll forgive you because of that Nancy Sinatra reference.

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Up for a little stomp dancing?

Haha! I kid, I kid!

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9 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Up for a little stomp dancing?

Haha! I kid, I kid!

Phew! For a minute, I though you said swamp dancing.

http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topi...yesterday.html

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MissTerraK

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

Phew! For a minute, I though you said swamp dancing.

http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topi...yesterday.html

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Okay, that created a big ole belly laugh!

Haha!

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tagiscom

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

I'm really not. But I am trying to stamp out all the shoe jokes.

Actually, you're comparing men to what the boots are treading on. But I'll forgive you because of the Nancy Sinatra reference.

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Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Up for a little stomp dancing?

Haha! I kid, I kid!

Terra

This thread is a load of old cobblers!

Chantoozies - Witch Queen (1987) - YouTube

I thought that this music video had a swamp in it, the landscape is sort of swampy, oh, well at least it has a cat in it!

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9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

I asked Claude's wife, "What first attracted you to the millionaire, Claude Whitacre?"

As I read the punctuation, Claude's wife is being asked what attracted her to a millionaire. The millionaire is not Claude, but he is the reason for the attraction.

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lanfear63

9 years ago

Originally Posted by kindsvater

As I read the punctuation, Claude's wife is being asked what attracted her to a millionaire. The millionaire is not Claude, but he is the reason for the attraction.

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Thanks for pointing that out. I'm hoping he will now drop the lawsuit he filed against me for defamation of character over that post.

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Once I was chatting online with this chick when I was in Oz those days.
She said lets meet at the beach. She said I am gonna wear this and come. I am gonna suck your banana.
I went to said beach and F&$# me, she had come with her whole effing family. LMAO.
I just took off.

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9 years ago

Originally Posted by WalkingCarpet

Once I was chatting online with this chick when I was in Oz those days.
She said lets meet at the beach. She said I am gonna wear this and come.
I went to said beach and F&$# me, she had come with her whole effing family. LMAO.
I just took off.

Always take your bodyguards with you! :-)

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HeySal

9 years ago

I can't imagine calling anyone I had never actually seen in person before my "boyfriend". That's just a weird concept to me.

I've never met anyone I dated in a strange way - it's always been either at work or via a friend at a party and ways like that. I'm still hoping for that Indiana Jones run-in out in the hills next time. That would answer a lot of my questions about the guy right from the get. At least nobody here has asked for a date then told me I had to pick him up at his mom's because he doesn't have a car (or house, or job).

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9 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

At least nobody here has asked for a date then told me I had to pick him up at his mom's because he doesn't have a car (or house, or job).

DOH!!! (he says as he makes a mad scramble to delete the PM he's just sent you).

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9 years ago

[QUOTE=whateverpedia;10004981]DOH!!! (he says as he makes a mad scramble to delete the PM he's just sent you). [QUOTE]

When I said "here" I meant in NV. When I was in Oregon I was besieged with guys who apparently thought that women in my age bracket are needy and don't mind a guy with serious faults - such as refusing to support themselves. I swear where I just moved from, every guy in the territory from 40 to 65 that had no car, job, or home hit me up for a date. I also got asked out for coffee a few times that the guy was actually too cheap to spring for my coffee. Sorry, but I was always taught that the person doing the asking is supposed to at least offer to spring the price of the date. Glad to be out of there.

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9 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

When I said "here" I meant in NV. When I was in Oregon I was besieged with guys who apparently thought that women in my age bracket are needy and don't mind a guy with serious faults - such as refusing to support themselves. I swear where I just moved from, every guy in the territory from 40 to 65 that had no car, job, or home hit me up for a date. I also got asked out for coffee a few times that the guy was actually too cheap to spring for my coffee. Sorry, but I was always taught that the person doing the asking is supposed to at least offer to spring the price of the date. Glad to be out of there.

First world problems.

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salegurus 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

So, that begs the question: how is she as the boss?

Dan, i realized long ago that there is only one way and that is "Happy Wife, Happy Life" if you follow that principle you can't go wrong...

Originally Posted by WalkingCarpet

You copied my tag line- Veni Vidi Vici.

No actually you copied me, i had that tag-line long before you joined...
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  Originally Posted by salegurus
  
  Dan, i realized long ago that there is only one way and that is "Happy Wife, Happy Life" if you follow that principle you can't go wrong...
  
  She was standing right behind you as you typed that, wasn't she?
  
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  Dan, i realized long ago that there is only one way and that is "Happy Wife, Happy Life" if you follow that principle you can't go wrong...
  
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  When I was young and dumb and before I was Married I mistakenly believed that in any kind of relationship everything must be Fair and Equal.
  
  But I soon learned after I was married that this could not be further from the Truth !
  
  And there is ABSOLUTELY nothing Fair in a Relationship between two married people.
  
  The sooner people ( men) realize this the happier they will be in their Marriage.
  
  i.e. there are things my wife can say, there are things she could do, these are emotions she can let loose anytime and anywhere...that I cannot do.
  
  Its just a fact !!
  
  But there are also things I can do...like getting by with "the clueless husband/dad " persona which lets me make mistakes with things that happen around the house or in our Life like my children getting out of hand, causing trouble etc..etc..
  
  Society will not let my wife get away with that stuff. She has to remain on her 'toes' all the time
  
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9 years ago

My wife worked for me as a food and beverage manager at one of the Pubs i owned, she quit after 2 weeks because according to her i was "the worst boss"...

Needless to say i took that as a challange, been married now for 17 years....

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9 years ago

Originally Posted by salegurus

My wife worked for me as a food and beverage manager at one of the Pubs i owned, she quit after 2 weeks because according to her i was "the worst boss"...

Needless to say i took that as a challange, been married now for 17 years....

So, that begs the question: how is she as the boss?

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Originally Posted by salegurus

My wife worked for me as a food and beverage manager at one of the Pubs i owned, she quit after 2 weeks because according to her i was "the worst boss"...

Needless to say i took that as a challange, been married now for 17 years....

You copied my tag line- Veni Vidi Vici.

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MissTerraK 9 years ago

Originally Posted by WalkingCarpet

You copied my tag line- Veni Vidi Vici.

I'm afraid you have it completely wrong.

He had that way before you even showed up here. So who copied who?

Terra
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salegurus

9 years ago

No, but i can see my bedroom from my office and she just woke up which means it's time for me to take 5 and get her some coffee...

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Rod Cortez

9 years ago

I met my current girlfriend on Yelp. It all started with her asking me a question about a restaurant I reviewed. Then I asked her for a recommendation for a certain type of cuisine. We exchanged messages on Yelp for about 3 months.

She then invited me to a "Yelp Event" and when we finally met, we talked to one another as though we were old friends. We totally hit it off. We went out a couple more times before we actually started dating.

It was a nice courtship.

We both don't want to get married, so that's a big plus for me.

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Dan Riffle 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Rod Cortez

We both don't want to get married, so that's a big plus for me.

RoD

She set the trap and you didn't even see it coming.
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- Rod Cortez 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Dan Riffle
  
  She set the trap and you didn't even see it coming.
  
  Hahahah, you're probably right Dan!
  
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dremy154

9 years ago

Met mine at a German-American Freundschafts Fest on Cambrai Fritsch Kaserne in Dar start Germany in 1988. Married 6 months later in Ohio, then in Germany in a church in 89.

Unfortunately she's no longer my significant other

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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

OK, I'll tell the story of how I really met my wife.

I met her at The Bunny Ranch. After I paid her $1,000, she made me a happy man.

So, I said, "How would you like to do the same thing, with me, every day...for the rest of your life...and not ever get paid?"

Her eyes brightened, and she said, "Could I also clean for you, do your laundry, make you meals, and help out at your business? Could you still guarantee that I'll never get paid?"

I said, "Well, you drive a hard bargain, but OK"

She cheered with delight. "Sign me up!" she cried.

Master Salesman, indeed.

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lanfear63

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

OK, I'll tell the story of how I really met my wife.

I met her at The Bunny Ranch. After I paid her $1,000, she made me a happy man.

So, I said, "How would you like to do the same thing, with me, every day...for the rest of your life...and not ever get paid?"

Her eyes brightened, and she said, "Could I also clean for you, do your laundry, make you meals, and help out at your business? Could you still guarantee that I'll never get paid?"

I said, "Well, you drive a hard bargain, but OK"

She cheered with delight. "Sign me up!" she cried.

Master Salesman, indeed.

Back in those days, you were known as Hugh Heffer

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Claude Whitacre 9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

Back in those days, you were known as Hugh Heffer

You spelled Hefner wrong.

Wait.................................wait......... .......................................something about "Heffer".........wait.......Nope, lost it.
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Dan Riffle 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

I met her at The Bunny Ranch. After I paid her $1,000, she made me a happy man.

I don't get it. You paid her a grand to bring you a box of glazed donuts and some Yoo-Hoo?
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  I don't get it. You paid her a grand to bring you a box of glazed donuts and some Yoo-Hoo?
  
  Yoo-Hoo, Ho-hos...and their boring generic Ho-Hums.
  
  Actually, in Las Vegas, a Ho-Hum costs about $200.
  
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JagSEO

9 years ago

Great thread I have nothing to contribute in this thread, just passing by reading some thoughtful thoughts that makes me smile.

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