# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Penchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Penchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penchan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/41 "2005-12-21T09:11:25Z")
**TonyF** almost dragged me to the boards kicking and screaming. And I gotta say, after my free membership expired, it grew enough on me that I actually paid for a membership. Who knew? But it’s nice, we look at different threads so we pretty much do our own thing on the sdmb. I call IMHO and MPSIMS whereas he goes for GQ, Cafe and the Pit. At least we have eclectic tastes! ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/42 "2005-12-21T09:47:08Z")
I have not yet convinced Mr. Stasaeon to join, nor do I think it will happen anytime soon. I read him all the interesting threads I come across (there’s usually some sort of synchronicity going on around here; whenever he and I are discussing something we’d like to learn more about, up springs a thread in GD, General Questions, or even IMHO that asks the exact question on both of our tongues), and sometimes link a thread or two to him, but he has no real interest in joining. He doesn’t even lurk. He figures I report anything of any real interest to him, anyway. I suppose that has its benefits. I was able to list all of his Christmas gifts here in a recent thread without worrying that he’d find it. He says he thinks this place would rile him up too much. Fair enough, he knows his limits. I’m not easily riled, so I’ll be sticking around. Lucky\* you\*. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/43 "2005-12-21T11:52:11Z")
> [@Large Marge](#): > > **Dr. LoveGun** and **Inkleberry** are both members, but I don’t know whether they met here. They have little **Tinkleberry**. They did not. Another two couples spring to mind: Coldfire and Heloise - although, to be fair, they met at a wedding, of Spiny Norman and Shayna. ---
**Author:** ![Stillwell\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Stillwell\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stillwell_Angel)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/44 "2005-12-21T12:09:35Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > all in all I prefer not having him on the boards. I like a place to talk where I can be without him. This is my stance as well. He knows I come here, I occasionally talk about things I read here and I have seen him lurking on the debate board a few times. He has never asked my user name and I have never offered it, though I would if he asked. He would never pay a membership for this type of thing, so my little haven is safe should I ever have a gripe or embarrasing problem to vent about. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/45 "2005-12-21T17:28:30Z")
> [@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. Heh, heh. I accidentally got **Stonebow** banned once by using his name to post. TPTB thought I had two user accounts. Admittedly, it was the result of my own inability to read the stickies. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/46 "2005-12-21T20:22:01Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > 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) So the moral of this post is not to marry a fellow doper or you’ll get pregnant? (Or puppies.) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/47 "2005-12-21T21:04:19Z")
> [@phall0106](#): > > So the moral of this post is not to marry a fellow doper or you’ll get pregnant? (Or puppies.) Pregnant, puppies – or stop posting. Hm. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Hello\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Lady)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/48 "2005-12-22T04:02:05Z")
You can add **j\_sum 1** and myself to the list. He got me hooked when we first started going out and after lurking for a few months I paid my registration. That was a couple of years ago. We’ve been married now for 9 months. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/49 "2005-12-22T04:14:57Z")
> [@phall0106](#): > > So the moral of this post is not to marry a fellow doper or you’ll get pregnant? (Or puppies.) Oh, I met **auntie em** through the SDMB, and so far neither of us is preggers. We do have puppies, but I’m sure that wasn’t our litter. Lessee… **sperfur** and **withaK** (married) met through here as well as **Erika** and **Wikkit** (not so married). ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/50 "2005-12-22T04:18:03Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > Another two couples spring to mind: > Coldfire and Heloise - although, to be fair, they met at a wedding, of Spiny Norman and Shayna. Nope, they met at DTF in 2001. I remember being surprised that **Heloise** was a Doper because a. she seemed attached to **Coldfire** so I assumed she was his girlfriend, and b. I thought she was too pretty to be a computer dork! Heh! I dated a Doper for several months. He doesn’t post a lot, but I see him around from time to time. It’s now been long enough since we dated that any hard feelings have faded away. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/51 "2005-12-22T06:42:03Z")
Add \*\*Rhiannon8404 \*\*and I to the list. I was here first, but she posts much more often than I do. Of course, she is a self-proclaimed “message board junkie”. ---
**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/52 "2006-01-05T05:47:05Z")
> [@Large Marge](#): > > **Dr. LoveGun** and **Inkleberry** are both members, but I don’t know whether they met here. They have little **Tinkleberry**. DrLoveGun and I met in high school in 1991. We dated for a year in college, broke up, and then got back together almost 10 years later and awhile later had Petey. DLG was introduced to SDMB by me. However, I was introduced to SDMB by my exboyfriend MaxtheVool back when we dated in 2002. So I am or have been part of at least 2 Doper couples, and it wouldn’t surprise me to find out I had another ex floating around here and I wasn’t aware of the IRL connection. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/53 "2006-01-05T06:49:08Z")
I met **SolGrundy** through the SDMB. We’ve been together for a year, now. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/54 "2006-01-05T06:53:51Z")
Me, **Skipmagic** , **Siege** , **JayJay** , **Vivalostwages** , **Twickster** , **Homebrew** , **Zeldar** , **Angua** , and **Biggirl** have been living in a communal open marraige for lo these many years. ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/55 "2006-01-05T07:20:55Z")
My ex-gf, **SpasticKitty** , and I were active SDMB members at the same time until we broke up our long-distance relationship in Jan 2003. I introduced her to the SDMB. She remained an active member until it was no longer free but she recently told me that she still lurks now and then. I go through long phases where I only lurk and search archives, but I have been posting more often lately since I have time off between college semesters and am not working. Dang! I’ve been single three years now. ---
**Author:** ![silk1976](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@silk1976](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silk1976)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/56 "2006-01-05T15:23:07Z")
**Mithril** introduced me to the board when we started dating, and I spent quite a while being a lurker and only chiming in now and again. I lurk when I dont have much else going on, and am looking for entertainment, but **Mithril** lurks quite a bit, as she frequently tells me about various threads she’s read. I really started paying more attention to the board when she emailed me the link to [The horror of blimps](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160851&highlight=horror+blimps) a couple years ago. Everyone at the office got a real kick out of that one. ---
**Author:** ![Aangelica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aangelica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aangelica)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/57 "2006-01-05T16:45:55Z")
My husband ( **Nanook** ) directed me here lo these many moons ago - before we even started dating. Since he only lurks (and plays in the poker games, my does he play in the poker games), and I mostly lurk, I’m not sure we qualify as a Doper couple. So sorry 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/58 "2006-01-05T16:53:14Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Me, **Skipmagic** , **Siege** , **JayJay** , **Vivalostwages** , **Twickster** , **Homebrew** , **Zeldar** , **Angua** , and **Biggirl** have been living in a communal open marraige for lo these many years. Sssh! Don’t say it too loudly. What if **Bonzer** finds out? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316/59 "2006-01-05T17:00:40Z")
> [@taxi78cab](#): > > \*\*KeithT \*\*and I met here! It’s a great place to meet like-minded (i.e. crazy) people. 😃 Can I give an update on my own post? \*\*KeithT \*\*and I are now an engaged Doper couple! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-couples/336316.md?page=2)