@m0minmd I wish I could have eavesdropped on that first conversation! Maybe you shouldn’t led start a thread on how people met their SO’s.
We met in high school. On a class trip. Someone from his hotel room dialed our room by mistake. We talked to them all night. They were from a different state than ours. He and I became pen pals (another thing that won’t happen in today’s world) and wrote back and forth for 8 years. Through high school. Through college. Into real life.
We often tell our kids that things happen for a reason. You might not know why until years later.
We’re married 25 years.
Well, that is awesomely cool. Thanks for sharing 
Pen Pals for 8 years, how wonderfully romantic! Hope you saved all those letters.
@m0minmd I think Nicholas Sparks needs to write a book on your love life!
I agree that your story should be a book and/or a movie! At the very least, you could’ve been one of those adorable, heartwarming couples “interviewed” in When Harry Met Sally.
Thanks all. We did save our letters. Which leads to another entry… postage was (I think) 15¢ !!!
m0minmd, awesome story. Fantastic story.
When you hear the name “Reynolds” and try to join the conversation believing they are talking about “Burt Reynolds” then you realize they are talking about “Ryan Reynolds”.
Who?
When you don’t know who “Ryan Reynolds” is…
^^Get thee to the Deadpool movie, stat! You don’t have to like comic books to enjoy that movie; you just have to enjoy laughing.
Not long ago, while watching (okay listening because I was reading/multitasking) to some sport (football? baseball?), I heard the announce say that Corey Hart dropped the ball. And I could not help but think, of course he did. He was wearing his sunglasses at night!. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Hart_(singer)
Must have been baseball… http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/5973/corey-hart
… when you take YET ANOTHER ski fall (I’m skiing with a torn ACL and fractured ribs) and ask yourself, is the universe trying to tell me something? 
@reclut…the readers have just recently happened to me. It really makes me feel old. I went to the doctor to get prescription readers to wear with my contacts. The drugstore readers are actually much better! Thankfully Walmart refunded the entire $135 for
When you finally understand why old people talk about their ailments.
When you remember working on a package to send overseas. Wrapping it in brown paper, tying string that you had to anchor with your finger while mom slammed down the knot. Waiting for 6 weeks (no on line tracking) for your relatives to schedule an ‘overseas call’ to acknowledge receipt. Hearing the ocean roar over those undersea cables. Being able to send 35 lbs for $40.
…when you walk into a room and forget why.
When your kid’s eyes bug out because you know the words to “I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You” - by (ahem) Ingrid Michaelson.
When same kid speaks of working on a tablet in class, against the rules, and you bug out. She means an electronic device.
When you try to bond with D by watching The Bachelor…and she stares blankly at the OBVIOUS take-off on An Officer and a Gentleman. And you try to explain and she still stares blankly…