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freshman year high school... 20 years ago.

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High school. Didn’t date until late in college though.

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Through a friend but introduced over AOL IM.

Senior year of college, in a pub playing darts. Married now 30 plus years

Wine Bar, both attending a Meetup.com group for Young Professionals...attended with another person I was dating at the time actually 😏

Saw her at a grocery store right after college... been married 16 years through all the highs and lows, 4 kids, and still really like each other. I’ll call it a win.

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