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Thanks friends for all of the good info. I've never put much thought into the non-baby aspects of marriage 'til now since it seems to me to be a much bigger deal than I ever thought.
I was 26 knocking around with some "new" friends on Whidbey Is. They had been there for some time and knew where the females were. One day it occurred to me that if I wanted kids, I'd better get busy and find a wife. So I mentally made a "wife" specification and started a search. One of our hang outs on Saturday nights was a rather neat dance hall in a converted barn up in Burlington WA. Mostly Scandinavian music. I was (and still am) a very poor dancer, but that is where the females were. Anyway, my buddies and the usual gang of females plus one were there one Saturday night. I asked the "new" one for a dance. She was my equal on the dance floor. ho ho...Anyway a bit later the gang had a night beach party and you might guess who was there -- yep Flora. We spent a nice evening around the camp fire. It really was a great gang. I asked her for a Saturday date - ok. She had to do "duty" that evening at the town festival. While waiting for her to get off duty, I ended up at the bingo tent. Last game of the night was all participants stand and when one of your numbers was called, sit. Well you might guess who was the last one standing!..Won a biggie ham. So of course I gave the ham to Flora. I was invited to her home for a ham dinner. And the rest is -- well you know 54 good years of marriage. I still love ham. haha BTW, six weeks after meeting, we were engaged. I was off on an Alaska assignment for some many lonesome months. Back to Whidbey and we were married a few weeks after my 27 th BD. Ten months later, our first baby was born. Great experience.
oc...and that is my love story --- who's next? |
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