Wild Texas Forums: Parks, Travel & Recreation - View Single Post

Shannon · 10-09-2007, 11:47 PM

Major sappy post follows. Apologies to any of the guys here who get chills at sappy posts --

Justin and I met {drumroll} online, back in the days before the Internet and World Wide Web, roughly 19 years ago. We were both active in dial-up hobbiest computer Bulletin Board Systems (BBS), and we became best friends through our online messages and real-time chats. I was 14 and he 17 when we first "met" each other online, but we didn't even meet in person for almost a year. We definitely became best friends first, with romantic love building on that over time. I still remember the first time I heard his voice--we still hadn't met in person yet, but we chatted more and more (for HOURS on end, into the wee hours of the morning) and one night he seemed so desperately sad so I dug through the phone book and called the nearest likely number to his Bulletin Board System's number, which I knew by memory. Well, it was well after midnight and it turns out the J. Moore I had dialed was his SISTER. After some confusion and surprise at the late night call, she got Justin on the line. It was a very short call, but it was the first moment I realized I cared for him more than "just" as a friend.

We first met each other in person at Sea World of Texas, of all places. I used to spent a lot of time there during my summers as a teenager.

It boggles my mind, now, how we met so young and how our lives fit so well in every way. I don't cry in public, but I cried during my vows on our wedding day in December 1998 because we'd been together 10 years by then and it was so wonderful to finally call him Husband. That, and we didn't live together or stay over at each other's place until we got married (we both were slow to leave the nest, and still lived with our respective families), so it was grand to finally begin our lives together in a formal, tangible way.

10-09-2007, 11:47 PM	#2
Shannon Founder, WildTexas.com Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 1,404	Re: How/Where did you meet your spouse... Major sappy post follows. Apologies to any of the guys here who get chills at sappy posts -- Justin and I met {drumroll} online, back in the days before the Internet and World Wide Web, roughly 19 years ago. We were both active in dial-up hobbiest computer Bulletin Board Systems (BBS), and we became best friends through our online messages and real-time chats. I was 14 and he 17 when we first "met" each other online, but we didn't even meet in person for almost a year. We definitely became best friends first, with romantic love building on that over time. I still remember the first time I heard his voice--we still hadn't met in person yet, but we chatted more and more (for HOURS on end, into the wee hours of the morning) and one night he seemed so desperately sad so I dug through the phone book and called the nearest likely number to his Bulletin Board System's number, which I knew by memory. Well, it was well after midnight and it turns out the J. Moore I had dialed was his SISTER. After some confusion and surprise at the late night call, she got Justin on the line. It was a very short call, but it was the first moment I realized I cared for him more than "just" as a friend. We first met each other in person at Sea World of Texas, of all places. I used to spent a lot of time there during my summers as a teenager. It boggles my mind, now, how we met so young and how our lives fit so well in every way. I don't cry in public, but I cried during my vows on our wedding day in December 1998 because we'd been together 10 years by then and it was so wonderful to finally call him Husband. That, and we didn't live together or stay over at each other's place until we got married (we both were slow to leave the nest, and still lived with our respective families), so it was grand to finally begin our lives together in a formal, tangible way. __________________ - Shannon Moore Your Host @ WildTexas.com http://www.twitter.com/ageekgal Last edited by Shannon : 12-12-2007 at 02:20 PM.