sally sally@webspresso.com
Senseless Survey: How did you meet YOUR "significant other"?
I'll go first - I met John at a fraternity party. He was too shy to ask me to dance (he says NOW!). Anyway, he caught my eye early on . . . tall, dark, very handsome, sexy mustache....I approached him and asked him to dance with me, he said "I don't dance" I said, "Yes you do!" We danced! He's been taking orders from me ever since! LOL

Abigail bobnabi@hto.net
Senseless Survey: How did you meet YOUR "significant other"?
I met my husband when we were 12 yrs old we were best friends all through high school and then we decided to go on a date together. Since that day we knew we would be together forever well we married when we were 18 and have been married for almost 6 yrs now and we are still best friends. Not a real romantic story but having my husband as a friend and my husband is the most romantic thing in my eyes. Now this is for my mom(Linda) you better wait for me I want to see what you get maybe I will wait till the next day to come over(lol) just kidding mom.

Candi Kcbcar@cyberramp.net
Senseless Survey: How did you meet YOUR "significant other"?
I met Kobi at work. I had been there for three years and was just getting over a bad breakup. my ex's name was Coby, so when one of the girls I worked with started to tell me about this hunky guy that just apllied for a position I was totatally turned off! it's such an unusual name that I thought it had to be a bad omen! :-) Well I got over THAT pretty quickly. A few weeks later I was slacking off in the stock room with some of the older ladies I worked with (I was almost 19 at the time :-) And HE came down from the office carrying his new work shirt and he smiled and said hi to us speechless women :-) He had me right then! He left the room and even the oldest of those ladies was week in the knees :-) We ALL giggled like school girls. He has that affect on women of all ages! Such a cutie! Dark eyes and hair and the sweetest smile :-) We were engaged a month and a half later (on Valentines day) :-) It's four years and one 1 year old baby later and he still makes me week in the knees when he smiles :-)Sorry Vickie if I have embarassed you :-) But your son is the best thing that ever happened to me ;-) Except maybe for HIS son :-) Happy Valentines Day every one!!

Vickie bvdcarminati@morgan.net
Sally... you sure know how to bring out the "Romance" on Valentine's Day!!I would like to tell you that I met my hubby in some romantic, far away place... BUT... we met at the Dairy Queen; over a pineapple shake in 1968...before anyone had walked on the moon or ever heard of "Woodstock". I was 16... he had just gotten out of the service. After 28 years of marriage...he is still my "Sweetheart"!!...And."no" Candi... you didn't embarrass me:o) A mom never gets tired of hearing good things about her "baby"...

Debi
Senseless Survey: How did you meet YOUR "significant other"?
This is kinda long and kinda goofy but I'm gonna do it anyway a little background so maybe it makes sense: I started working for the people who owned a gift and pharmacy store here when I was 15 (which by the way is now where I get most of my Boyds) the owner was big time into Porsche cars so I knew everybody in town that either had one or wanted one because I worked with him in the pharmacy and these Porsche people were in and out all the time. One day I had to go to the Post Office for work and I was on my way back to the store and I looked up and saw a Porsche I had not ever seen before then I saw the guy driving the Porsche and thought who cares about the stupid car good grief look at the guy driving it!! I immediately get back to work and ask my boss hey who drives this car? He has no idea he's never seen it before. Well needless to say the entire store went into overdrive trying to find this guy for me. Well we found him and he lived right across the street (we live there now too) to a lady we had been delivering medication to for years! DUH!!! So I drive by and see this dumb statue in the upstairs window (thought it was a kid) and I think great, this guy's married. Well after some snooping with the lady across the street I finally got to talk to him and he was a sophomore when I was a senior and he says I was too busy with my nose up in the air to pay any attention to him back then. So he thought he'd try again. But he had a girl friend; I got rid of her pretty quick! Needless to say he loved my son and was more than happy to take us on. So that is why I call him my KISA and that's the word I use. Sorry this is so long but it is just really funny the lengths I (and everybody around me) went to to find out who this guy was and then I knew him all along!!!!

Glennis LuvMyBoydsBears@hotmail.com 
Senseless Survey: How did you meet YOUR "significant other"?
Hang on to your socks... My "ex" gave me to him...Let me begin by saying not all my choices in Life have been good ones. When I blow it, I really, truly blow it, monumentally! When <i>I</i> said "for better or worse" I meant it, but the "worse" part got pretty bad, and he certainly didn't mean anything he'd vowed! The upshot is, without that I certainly wouldn't be with Bruce! Now for our story!I knew my relationship had dried up and blown away like a dandelion. My then-husband was off on a camping trip with Bruce. He hadn't left on a happy note, and while he was gone lie after lie was uncovered. They called me on the 4th of July and as Bruce put it in his journal... "Glennis declares her independence!" It was scary, then-husband was NOT a kind and gentle man (Tami, I have a clue). I had to take some of Bruce's things back to him (camping left-overs like his wallet and checkbook), and he'd had a visit from "then-husband" and he was worried for my safety.Bruce has been watching over me ever since. He has the strength to let me be myself; he has the sense to let me do what I will; he has the patience to let me find my own way; he has the heart to wait for me to find my inner voice. It's been 17 wonderful years. I pray there are many more for us to share! Bear Hugs to all!

Priscilla twowens@earthlink.net
Senseless Survey: How did you meet YOUR "significant other"?
He was a blind date, and after one not so great experience I said I would never go on another one. He was a friend of a very good male friend of mine who promised if I would go out with his friend from Kilgore, TX that it would be a double date with him and his date. As it turned out, the day of the date, Bobby canceled out due to working over and Ken called and asked if I would still consider going out with just him for dinner and a movie. Reluctantly I said yes, mostly for my friend, Bobby and had a wonderful time.I can't remember who was smitten first -- he says me and I know it was him, but we started dating in June, were engaged in December and married the following February and that was 40 years ago, three children and five grand children later. We have had ups and downs along the way but have never forgotten nor regretted the commitment we made 40 years ago to an until death parts us relationship. Love changes and deepens as you grow older together and yes, even romance remains -- even though he did give me a new wallet I really need for Valentines. He really loved the Carver's Choice Chester Big Heart I gave him and jokingly said next year he will get me a new power tool for Valentines so he can keep it for me in his shop. Can I help it if I happen to have the perfect spot for his gift?

Tami dtstandley@msn.com
Senseless Survey: How did you meet YOUR "significant other"?
Okay, Okay, I gotta do this one too :o) My story is nothing they would put in a movie or anything but, oh so very sentimental to me. Dave and I worked together in a hospital cafeteria and kitchen together. He was a cook/supervisor there and I was just working a few evenings and weekends during high school. It was love at first sight, BUT......I had a boyfriend at the time...UGH!!Boy, I loved to go to work. He was tall, dark and very handsome too (no mustache though, Sally) Anyway, I couldn't take my eyes off of him. He waited to ask me out until I turned 18. I told him "NO".....was I insane or what????It's just that this boyfriend of mine, whom I didn't even like anymore, well, I'll just say that he made me afraid to break up with him. Soooo, anyway after Dave asked me out I was so mad at myself for saying no, that I finally broke up with him. YEAH!!A couple weeks later Dave asked me out again, and we've been joined at the hip ever since. Isn't love wonderful?~~~

 Sharon Mbus@Webtv.net  
Senseless Survey: How did you meet YOUR "significant other"?
We had summer cottages next-door to each other, both of us going into our sophomore year (high school). Started dating, and were married almost 41 years, before he died of cancer (ill a very short time). I have my family close by..2 sons, 4 grandchildren, I give thanks for that.

Emmary jenich@earthlink.net  
Senseless Survey: How did you meet YOUR "significant other"?
I hope you all are ready for this one:
I met my sweetie right here...on line..over the internet. I found his 'ad' on a singles site...took three weeks to answer it. I finally answered him and we emailed each other for about 2-3 weeks. He lived across the mountain from me..about 45 minutes away.
I went on vacation to San Antonio..got back and we went on our first date on 7 Aug 96. He proposed on 11 Sept 96 and we were married on 18 Jan 97.
Poor mom only had 4 months to plan a wedding!!! LOL

Lizzie lizbeth@via.net  
Senseless Survey: How did you meet YOUR "significant other"?
Jim was my neighbor in the same condo complex where I lived on Maui. I actually had the hots for his roommate who was playing hot and cold mind games with me. Then I moved elsewhere on the island and Jim kept calling me. Finally, I said, okay, I'll go out with you! I'm sure glad he didn't give up on me and now I see he's not a quitter in anything. Here's the clincher, girls: I didn't marry until I was 40 years old (hang in there, Sunny!); I had lived different places, worked different careers, dated many different men, but I ended up with a rugged, mountain man carpenter from Alaska and Utah country who wanted little 'ole me! And we met on a tiny little island. Our Priest who married us (Episcopalian, too, Emmary) remarked at our outdoor oceanfront service that "here's two people who have lived in such vastly different places all their lives and done such different things, have miraculously been brought together and have met on this island."

Sue dynasue@aol.com
Senseless Survey: How did you meet YOUR "significant other"?
My husband (Tom) and I are high school sweethearts. We have known each other for 23 years, married 15 in June. I actually was dating Tom's best friend for two months. When he broke up with me I was devasted and needed a shoulder to cry on - picked the right shoulder (Tom's) and the rest is history. After a couple of weeks of crying, he asked me to skip school with him to go fishing with a couple of his buddies and I immediately said yes - so there I was, fishing with Tom and 10 (a couple?) of his buddies on a lake very close to our school. We found a secluded place and he kissed me. Knew right then and there that this was the guy I was going to marry. Well - 8 years later, after some rocky times, I got sick and tired of waiting for him to pop the question, so I sent him flowers at his work and on the card I put "how about June 16th?" We got married June 16th of that year (1984) and almost 15 years later and three wonderful kids, are still acting like we are in high school!!!

Nancy scoot1130@aol.com
Senseless Survey: How did you meet YOUR "significant other"?
Dave and I work together. We had alot of the same friends and were in the same places at the same time but never really thouht about each other in a dating situation. Come to find out later both of us were thinking about it but we weren't sure how the other one felt. One night I was working late and he called to get his schedule, he confessed later that was just an excuse. He was hoping I'd be the one to answer the phone. He asked me if I'd like to meet him after work, but of course with Scooter I couldn't make such last moments plans. So he suggested a video at my house. So we did, we watched Toy Story! We had our ups and downs not sure if we wanted a commitment or not but 3 years later here we are, just moved into our 1st place together. We both hope to get married, but we aren't sure when yet. Money being the main problem. I say we elope but Dave is very old fashioned in some ways and he wants a wedding. You will all be the first to know when we come up with a plan.

I haven't been by since Saturday, WOW I had a lot of reading to do. I love the stories. I read quite a few of them to Dave. Especially the ones where you got married real quick!!!

Shelley mollymae59@hotmail.com  
Senseless Survey: How did you meet YOUR "significant other"?
I guess I'll go ahead and add my story here. I met my husband, Gary, when he was dating my best friend's sister-in-law! I don't believe I actually stole him away - because their relationship was at a stand-still. However, I do remember the night he stopped by my friend's apartment to drop off his dog for her to sit with while he was going away on a trip. I asked Lisa (my friend) why the good ones were always taken.

Lisa told me I didn't stand a chance with Gary because he was about to give Lucy (sister-in-law) a ring.

Well, to make a long story short, there was no ring for Lucy; and Gary and I started dating about two months later. Our first date was on New Year's Eve. Gary proposed to me on Easter of that year, and we were married in mid-August. Then, Claire came along one year later in early August - but that's a (whole) nother story!

Bonnie
Senseless Survey: How did you meet YOUR "significant other"?
Ok how I met Barry, he worked with my older sister Kim. But the funny part was he asked my twin sister Bev out first! She turned him down cause he was too nice of a guy for her (you know no one wants nice guy's when there young). She's been kicking herself in the butt ever since! Well anyway there was this carnival in town end of June with fireworks on the last nite and everyone from their work was going and I tagged along with my Big sis. I had broke my heel and was on crutches so it was hard getting around but to make long story short Kim left me with Barry at carnival and he ended up taking me home that nite and asking if I'd like to go out on 4th of July. I said yes cause I was tired of the Bad Boys so to speak and we've been together ever since.T hat was 1984 and we were married in 1986. By the way when Bev complains about her Husband I tell her she had her chance for the BEST and passed Him up!! Boy I'm GLAD too!!!! Bonnie

Doris shelby@odyssey.net
Senseless Survey: How did you meet YOUR "significant other"?
Pete and I will celebrate the 35th anniversary of our first "date" on Feb. 19th. If you're doing the math, that means we started dating when I was 15 and we were high school and college sweethearts. I'm still thanking my best friend who was dating him first and introduced us because she thought we'd be perfect for each other! As a couple of others have said, some days we're more perfect than others, but I wouldn't trade him or my two great sons for all the bears in the world!

So off they went to see the premier of The Wizard of Oz on the Big Screen. After coming out of the movie my father was so smitten with Mom that he said to her " My dear ... Won't you come Some where Over the Rainbow with Me?" Then and there they knew they were meant to be together forever. They were married the next May 23 1940 after Mom and her parents all moved out here to Vancouver.

My Mom then helped him raise my half sisters now 69 and 67. Then while my half sisters were busy having their babies, I came along when my mom was 43 and then my brother at 45. Oooooooeeee! All over again. They were together in life for the next 56 years until my Dad passed away in Sept 96. My mom is still kicking at 88 and now she is just waiting to have the chance to go ' Somewhere Over the Rainbow' to be together again.

Sniff, Sniff. I get teary just thinking about it. They had the greatest love. Gordon adored Elsie with his Soul. They were meant to be. The Wizard of Oz is a very special Movie to our family.