My parents have a great story on how they met. It amazes me to no end. Some people are not as amazed by it as much as scared, which is why I stopped telling guys I dated about them until quite a while into a relationship. Mom and Dad, forgive me if I tell the story wrong.
One day, about 34 years and 4 months ago, my mom was walking across campus with a girlfriend of hers who was in the architectural school. My dad, being a fellow architectural student, stopped to say hi and was introduced to my mom. And apparently, it was love at first site.
My dad asked my mom out on a date, and she accepted. However, he got German Measles in the mean time, and had to break out of quarantine to see her. The date went so well that within two weeks of their first date, right around my mom's b-day in February, my dad popped the question. My mom, being the practical lady that she was, went away on her previously planned girlfriend b-day weekend, thought about it, and then said yes.
Apparently, she then called up my grandparents and told them that she was going to get married to that Israeli she had a date with a couple weeks ago. This cracks me up. I wish I could have been there to see my grandma's reaction.
My mom was a senior in college and my dad was in the 4th year of a 5 year program, so my mom quickly withdrew her applications to graduate school up north and decided to stay on at Tulane another year and do her master's there. Boom, done.
4 months later, my mom skipped gradation in favor of a wedding. (Wearing snazzy white platform embroidered boots at that!) And they've been happily married for 34 years.
So in case I run out of time to call you before my final, Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad. I hope that in 34 years, someone can be saying the same thing about me and Sam.
Posted by dahl at June 6, 2005 3:59 PM
Lest you think that Dad was that forward (remember it was more than 34 years ago), he first asked Mary, the mutual friend, for a date in order to get my number! Well done, Dahlia!! It brought tears to our eyes.
It may have taken you and Sam more than a year to decide to marry, but Dad predicted it the first time he saw the two of you together, Thanksgiving 2003, I believe.
what a great story, dahlia (and dahlia's folks!). i like the adendum about you and sam, too!
Sweet story!
I just wanted to say that after reading that sweet post about your parents. My parents are not married. Both mum and dad were previously married but mums husband bill had an affair and dads wife had an affair. So consequently they decided to keep it a partner affair and not get married. Did not see the importance of the event and are happy in love celebrating anniversary!