# Fortieth anniversary **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 14, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortieth-anniversary/786565 "2017-05-14T01:19:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortieth-anniversary/786565/1 "2017-05-14T01:19:57Z")
May 13, 1977. I was a singer in the “guitar Mass choir” at my parish (I was also in the “Adult choir”, but that’s irrelevant to the story). We were also a social group, and Friday evenings were when we would get together to hang out. This particular Friday the Thirteenth, we were meeting up in the church parking lot, when Shiela mentioned that Eve was going to be bringing a new girl to join us. Apparently her family had moved to the parish a few months before, and her mom had asked the priest who was kind of the de-facto official advisor of the group if there were any youth-oriented social activities he could suggest for her. The priest arranged for Eve to bring the girl (actually a 22-year old woman, but there were very few members who were teenagers – I myself was three days out from my twenty-first birthday). Eve pulled up in her car, and opened the door for the prettiest girl I had ever seen. She happened to be totally blind, and, for a change, I was confident and charming, instead of being shy and somewhat dorky. She was accepted immediately by the group as a whole, but I latched onto her, and stayed with her throughout the evening. She let me drive her home, gave me her number, let me meet her mother and sister, and accepted my invitation to attend the spring concert I would be singing in the next Sunday at the university I was attending. She also agreed to let me drive her to the audition to the Parks and Rec production of Fiddler on the Roof that she needed to be at on Monday (she landed the role of Hodel). By the end of Monday evening, she was (at least in my head) officially my girlfriend, and by the following Friday evening she was (also in my head) officially the girl I was going to marry. There were steps both forward and back in that particular pursuit, but five and a half years later she finally accepted my proposal (New Year’s Eve, 1982), and six and a half years after we met, we tied the knot. Happy Fortieth Anniversary, **kaylasmom**! Friday the Thirteenth has always been my lucky day!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortieth-anniversary/786565/2 "2017-05-14T05:13:39Z")
That’s a lovely story. Congrats on your fortieth anniversary! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortieth-anniversary/786565/3 "2017-05-14T05:50:53Z")
Congrats! Quite an accomplishment. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortieth-anniversary/786565/4 "2017-05-14T07:04:30Z")
Good story! Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortieth-anniversary/786565/5 "2017-05-14T09:09:35Z")
Congratulations! You met on the same day I was born. A significant day indeed! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortieth-anniversary/786565/6 "2017-05-14T10:20:04Z")
Then I wish you a belated happy birthday! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortieth-anniversary/786565/7 "2017-05-14T15:52:12Z")
Happy Anniversary! ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortieth-anniversary/786565/8 "2017-05-14T21:58:00Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Then I wish you a belated happy birthday! 🙂 Thanks! I hope you had as good a weekend as I did. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortieth-anniversary/786565/9 "2017-05-14T22:10:35Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > Thanks! I hope you had as good a weekend as I did. Thank you. It began with a night off of work, and attendance at my favorite niece’s wedding, followed by a night in a fancy Los Angeles hotel from the 1920s, then a nice brunch with our newly-blended families to effectively conclude the wedding festivities. Pretty decent, on the whole, even if **kaylasmom’s** health could be a bit better. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortieth-anniversary/786565/10 "2017-05-15T00:58:58Z")
Wonderful story. I wish y’all many more great years. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortieth-anniversary/786565/11 "2017-05-15T16:17:46Z")
That’s so sweet. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortieth-anniversary/786565/12 "2017-05-15T16:33:37Z")
Congrats. Just realized it’s right around 40 years ago I first met my wife.