# Doper Couples **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 19, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316 "2005-12-19T17:41:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/21 "2005-12-20T20:41:51Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > My wife said no don’t bother, I’m just not a joiner. > Thanks for the quick response TubaDiver. Pity it was for nothing, my wife will continue to Lurk. Well, good on you for making the effort. A lot of times with places like this, I’ll just continue to lurk until I run across a thread or conversation that I just can’t resist participating in. Hopefully, the same may happen with your wife at some point. I mean, sure, she can have you post on her behalf once in a while, but to fully participate in a thread, she’ll be far better off joining on her own. Besides, how can she post all the secretive gossip about you that you never wanted anyone else to know if she has to ask you to say it for her? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/22 "2005-12-20T20:44:22Z")
There are tons of us. Just off the top of my head, couples who met here and have married: Myself and Weirddave (we’ve got a baby) MsRobyn and Airman Doors, USAF (they’ve got a toddler) lno and elenfair (they have many dogs) true pisces and Verrain (baby on the way) bristlesage and Dynosaur (I don’t think either of them post anymore) ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/23 "2005-12-20T21:03:41Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > There are tons of us. Just off the top of my head, couples who met here and have married: I see how I rate now! See if I invite you to my wedding again! 😉 My new wife Iris does post here sometimes, and we’re also expecting a baby soon. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/24 "2005-12-20T21:10:10Z")
Myself and **Bonzer** met through the boards. We’d both joined independently, and met at a Dopefest in late 2003. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/25 "2005-12-20T21:12:49Z")
Sternvogel and I are a couple. He knew of the SD forever (even has some of Cecil’s books), and he mentioned interesting threads enough times to peak my interest. After lurking for a while I joined. I read it every other day or so, while Sternvogel practically lives here. We rarely read the same threads as I’m a BBQ pit, parenting, pets, and breastfeeding type of person while he’s heavily into the games and wordplay side of things. We both intend on entering the death pool, however. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/26 "2005-12-20T21:16:30Z")
**Pepper Mill** was briefly a member of this Board, but she hasn’t my interest in it (unless there’s a _really good_ thread – but then she relies on me to tell her), and she stopped coming long before the user fee. My daughter **MilliCal** has occasionally posted under my name. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/27 "2005-12-20T21:18:49Z")
I met **Arwin** online and dragged him to the boards. There has been talk of marrying later this year. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/28 "2005-12-20T21:23:43Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Sternvogel and I are a couple. He knew of the SD forever (even has some of Cecil’s books), and he mentioned interesting threads enough times to peak my interest. After lurking for a while I joined. I read it every other day or so, while Sternvogel practically lives here. > > We rarely read the same threads as I’m a BBQ pit, parenting, pets, and breastfeeding type of person while he’s heavily into the games and wordplay side of things. > > We both intend on entering the death pool, however. One of the things that happens to couples is that one of them signs into the straight dope using their handle on the other person’s computer. Then when that second person posts without checking they make the first person appear to have a bad case of self-love. Sorry about that - it’s Long Time First Time and Sternvogel, not Sternie with himself. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/29 "2005-12-20T21:47:54Z")
I’m actually of the opposite tendency. I don’t want my wife reading what I post here, in the sense that I would like to reserve the right to complain here, without fear of repercussion and/or animadversion, about her habit of THROWING THE BAND-AID WRAPPER ON THE COUNTER WHEN THERE’S A TRASH CAN TWO FEET AWAY. This is a purely hypothetical example, of course. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/30 "2005-12-20T21:55:14Z")
> [@Sal Ammoniac](#): > > I’m actually of the opposite tendency. I don’t want my wife reading what I post here, in the sense that I would like to reserve the right to complain here, without fear of repercussion and/or animadversion, about her habit of THROWING THE BAND-AID WRAPPER ON THE COUNTER WHEN THERE’S A TRASH CAN TWO FEET AWAY. This is a purely hypothetical example, of course. Well we found the SDMB at the same time, there is no chance of her ignoring the dope. It just I am very talkative and opinionated and she isn’t. My only saving grace is she rarely reads anything but GQ & Cafe. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/31 "2005-12-20T21:56:12Z")
My husband Demo and I were both posting somewhat frequently when we met through the SDMB. We stopped checking the boards for awhile. I’ve been finding myself here everyday again since becoming a WoW widow this past year. I think he still checks the board every couple of months or so, though he rarely posts. ---
**Author:** ![tiltypig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@tiltypig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiltypig)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/32 "2005-12-20T22:15:44Z")
My boyfriend Cagey Drifter convinced me to join. I was super-skeptical about joining a board I would have to pay for–but now I use the boards way more than he does. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/33 "2005-12-20T22:16:59Z")
So what happens when a Doper couple breaks up? Does one usually leave the board? What if it is a nasty breakup? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/34 "2005-12-20T22:32:15Z")
> [@Long Time First Time](#): > > One of the things that happens to couples is that one of them signs into the straight dope using their handle on the other person’s computer. Then when that second person posts without checking they make the first person appear to have a bad case of self-love. See, despite the fact that both **Bonzer** and myself will check the boards on each others’ computers, we’ve never managed to post under each others’ usenames (well, I almost did once, but I stopped myself), I suppose having two different computers, and not living with each other (yet – down to me needing to finish my PhD in Birmingham), helps on that front. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/35 "2005-12-20T22:53:53Z")
> [@Edward The Head](#): > > I see how I rate now! See if I invite you to my wedding again! 😉 > > My new wife Iris does post here sometimes, and we’re also expecting a baby soon. I was thinking only of those who met on the boards, weenie. PS: I forgot, we’ve got more baby stuff for you. I guess this means a trip to wherever-the-heck-it-is that you moved. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/36 "2005-12-20T22:58:49Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > So what happens when a Doper couple breaks up? > Does one usually leave the board? > What if it is a nasty breakup? I dated another Doper, met through the boards; we broke up after a few months and after a short break I post regularly again and he posts about once a week though not in the same threads. That’s not deliberate or anything (at least on my part, don’t know about him as we don’t talk), we just have different interests on the Dope. It wasn’t a ‘nasty breakup’ per se but it wasn’t pleasant by any stretch. While we were dating, I found that I didn’t like having someone on the boards that I was accountable to; also found that I used it to see if he’d been honest w/ me about times and such as we were long distance. That felt bad. That alone would prevent me from dating another active Doper. (Yes, I realize that failing is mine but it just sort of happened.) ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/37 "2005-12-21T03:26:00Z")
I introduced **New and Improved Scott** to the boards, but he didn’t stick around for pay-to-post. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/38 "2005-12-21T05:12:51Z")
Drachillix lured me into his bedroom with the SDMB. He made me a nice dinner and wanted to show me a cool site, just read those sig lines, isn’t this an interesting thread? I joined soon after, we are both charter members now and SDMB is on the toolbars of both our computers. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/39 "2005-12-21T05:58:35Z")
**Dr. LoveGun** and **Inkleberry** are both members, but I don’t know whether they met here. They have little **Tinkleberry**. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/40 "2005-12-21T08:33:04Z")
**available light** is my wife, although we didn’t meet here. Instead, we both met the same dude on a BBS and ended up going to a D&D game at his house. It was geek love at first random encounter. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316.md?page=3)