# Happy Doper Milestones thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442 "2012-10-11T18:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/61 "2013-03-26T22:28:21Z")
I got engaged last week. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/62 "2013-04-01T18:39:17Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Seven hours from now, my fiance, daughter and I will be in the car making the overnight drive to Indiana. > > Seven days from now, that’ll be amended to “my wife, daughter and I”. Done! (As documented [in a poorly-executed joke attempt] [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=686630)) ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/63 "2013-04-01T20:14:15Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Done! (As documented [in a poorly-executed joke attempt] [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=686630)) Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![tomandjudy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e4f/32.png) [@tomandjudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomandjudy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/64 "2013-04-02T01:25:12Z")
I hope all of you wedded folk have as much fun in your marriage as my wife does in ours Married forty years and love her more every day ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/65 "2013-04-02T23:26:49Z")
Man that is beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/66 "2013-04-11T16:18:18Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > we thought how great it would have been to have our children together. Another child was not in the plan, though, because the thought of starting over with an infant in my late 30’s didn’t seem optimal. Hey, I became a dad at age 55, and it’s working out great. Late 30s is nothing, people become parents all the time at that age. Congratulations!! ---
**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:** [May 15, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/67 "2013-05-15T18:46:39Z")
**Rhiannon8404** and I were married 20 years ago today! Happy Anniversary, sweetie girl! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/68 "2013-05-15T18:53:22Z")
Ah! I have a good one. I got my grades back and I have straight A’s this semester, in all three courses! That makes my GPA for the semester a lovely 4.0 and for the year, about a 3.95 (two A- last semester.) Woot! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/69 "2013-05-15T20:42:14Z")
That _is_ a good one - congrats! ETA: What do you want to be when you grow up? In one week, it will be 31 years for the Lovely and Talented Mrs. **Shodan** and myself. To celebrate, we may stay up past 8:30pm. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/70 "2013-05-15T22:32:39Z")
Congrats on your grades, **Anaamika**! Happy (early) Anniverary, **Shodan** and **Mrs. Shodan**! May of 93 was a good month to get married. My two friends who also got married that month are all still together with their husbands. Among us, we have 60 yrs of marriage. Happy Anniversary, **Suburban Plankton**! (why yes, I do call him that at home 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/71 "2013-05-16T13:31:56Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Happy Anniversary, **Suburban Plankton**! (why yes, I do call him that at home 😉 ) Supposedly Vince Lombardi got into bed with his wife one winter’s night. She said, “Jesus Christ, your feet are cold!” Vince responded, “My dear, in bed you can call me Vince.” Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![RickG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rickg/32/5174_2.png) [@RickG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickG)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/72 "2013-05-20T22:06:52Z")
Yesterday, my number one child graduated high school with honors (top 20% of her class). She will attend Washington University in St Louis. Very proud papa. ---
**Author:** ![prettydorky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@prettydorky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prettydorky)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/73 "2013-05-27T23:22:09Z")
On March 29th, my son said to my boyfriend at dinnertime that he should stay to eat with us, since he is pretty much one of the family now. It touched bf so much that the asked me later to make note of the date. We joked that our fledgling relationship became “official” then. Last night, he asked me to marry him, and we will make it officially official on March 29th of next year. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/74 "2013-05-28T06:40:21Z")
I signed up for the Dope in May, a decade ago. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/75 "2013-05-28T11:42:34Z")
> [@prettydorky](#): > > On March 29th, my son said to my boyfriend at dinnertime that he should stay to eat with us, since he is pretty much one of the family now. It touched bf so much that the asked me later to make note of the date. We joked that our fledgling relationship became “official” then. Last night, he asked me to marry him, and we will make it officially official on March 29th of next year. Aw. And congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/76 "2013-05-30T17:53:15Z")
I paid off my mortgage yesterday. Seven years early. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/77 "2013-05-30T18:02:24Z")
Wow. Congrats! Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/78 "2013-05-31T17:12:36Z")
This weekend, my 20 year old daughter is graduating from High School. She has ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, and Learning Disabilities. She hated school. The entire thing was a slog through molasses. Sunday, she will be presented with her diploma. I am so proud of her I could (will) cry. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/79 "2013-05-31T19:34:30Z")
There must be something in my eye. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/80 "2013-06-01T01:22:02Z")
**IndyEllen** Yay for your kid !! Yesterday The FemBot™ graduated from college. Triple Major in the same field of study. Honors on all three degrees. Summa Cum Laude. Proud Papa 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442.md?page=5)