Happy Doper Milestones thread

[steatopygia]

Congratulations to both you and your wife.

[Siam_Sam]

@Siam_Sam

(At Chulalongkorn, she carried the title Associate Professor, the title reserved in Thailand for non-doctoral university lecturers.)

Oops. I meant Assistant Professor, not Associate Professor. Oh well, it’s Doctor now.

[TruCelt]

Congratulations Mrs. Sam!

[Tangent]

@TruCelt

Congratulations Mrs. Sam!

I think you mean Dr. Mrs. Sam.

[TruCelt]

@Tangent

I think you mean Dr. Mrs. Sam.

I stand corrected. Congratulations to the Dr. Formerly known as Mrs. Sam.

[Sunny_Daze]

Congratulations to Dr. Sam! That is really impressive. It’s extremely hard to get through graduate school at all, let alone keep coming back and starting over. She has my whole-hearted respect.

[AHunter3]

I’ve Got The Cover for my Book!

[ftg]

@AHunter3

I’ve Got The Cover for my Book!

Fixed link.

[AHunter3]

Thanks ftg! The board was being weird and wouldn’t refresh after I edited. Kept giving me timeout messages. Figured it would be one time when I did need to review my edit…

[Misnomer]

@AHunter3

I’ve Got The Cover for my Book!

Nice! Congrats!!

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@Roderick_Femm

This 6-week period between Memorial Day and July 4th represents 25 years with my now-husband (only 2+ years formally married). We met on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend 1992, and moved in together on July 1.

I don’t think anyone, least of all me, would have predicted that this relationship would last. We are complete opposites in many ways, he was on the rebound from a 13-year relationship, but I was just finishing up 2 years of therapy and I was very open to taking chances. I said to myself “what’s the worst thing that can happen?” and jumped in with both feet.

Earlier this year I persuaded him to visit his family in Japan by himself for once (nice people, but I get so bored). We had never been apart for so long before, and especially I had never stayed at home while he traveled before, and it was a very long two weeks. We have problems and issues like any couple does, I suppose. Growing older, even together, is no picnic; and I begin to understand what happens to the survivor of a long-term couple when the other one dies first. But I dread to think what I would have turned into if I had never met him.

This is so sweet. The fact that you have perception sufficient to ask that type of question about your fate seems to suggest that you are too hard on yourself, if I may say so. You are each very lucky to have found the other. Congratulations!

[Olentzero]

Might as well throw one in to kick off 2020…

Friday marked the 11th anniversary of my arrival in Sweden, and the first one that saw me (finally) the bearer of both Swedish citizenship and a Swedish passport. It ain’t been easy, but these days I have a sweet job doing something I’m freakin’ good at, my own place, and a life I’m actually pretty satisfied with.

A guy could do worse at 50 for sure.

[dropzone]

I thought you’ve always been in Sweden. It just shows how reliable my memory is.

Welcome home here!

[Reeses_Monkey]

Eight years ago today (7/30/12) we closed on our house. With perseverance and a bit of extra income from a rental property, we managed to pay it off back in June! Next month marks five years since my thyroid cancer operation, so I’m half a decade cancer-free!

[Airman_Doors_USAF]

I doubt you’re ready for this. I certainly wasn’t.

Bomb Bay Doors turned 18 today. He’s now legally an adult.

Yeah.

[Beckdawrek]

Many returns of the day, Dad and Son.

[Shoeless]

This week is my 25th anniversary with the same… employer? I can’t really say “company” since it has been bought and sold and changed names four or five different times in that span. But my employee ID is essentially the same as the day I started.

[Spice_Weasel]

I had a baby in March. He’s so cute it’s redonk.

[Beckdawrek]

Congrats!!!

[janis_and_c0]

Cite?