Just curious, are there any couples out there who have met through the board? If so, tell us your stories!
I called Weirddave a name in a thread. He sent me an ICQ asking what that name meant, and it went from there. We met in person November 2001, and we were married July 27/02.
RickQ and I met in a flirting thread (oddly enough, titled A Thread For People Who Don’t Get Flirted With) and started ICQing shortly after. Within weeks we knew we wanted to meet and a few months later I was flying to England. We got engaged about a year later and married 6 months after that. Last month we celebrated our one year anniversary.
I haven’t kept up, but I think at least 10 couples have met on the dope and are married or in a committed relationship. It is quite the meat market. 
Awesome stories! Keep 'em coming.
Well I am just bursting at the seams! The reason I asked this question is because I recently met someone very special through the board too! Since it’s kind of early, I won’t divulge any names, but I can’t help but tell everyone, because I am so happy! Heheheh 
I sat on some guy’s lap at ChiDope. Now we’re married.
I’m pretty sure Montfort and Anniz met via the SDMB, but they don’t post much since they moved to Europe. (Sweden?)
–Cliffy
Robyn and Airman Doors not only met through the boards and are married, but they have a Doper Kid too! Greeted by Cecil himself! Though I’m sure one of them will be here any time now to fill you in on the details.
I wonder who it could be.
[sub]no, it’s not me! stop looking at me like that, you guys![/sub]
[hijack] birdgirl, you an Orioles fan? [/hijack]
I have a one-track mind…
What about Mudshark & OrangeSkinner? Did you’ns meet on here?
This thread put a big fat smile on my face.
Hmm. Wonder who the guy could be.
There are no secrets within the MADs. Nope.
Especially not when it’s in a thread title… heh
Why what on EARTH could you be talking about? A mere coincidence, I tell you! 
Hi Sweetie!
I met auntie em in a BBQ Pit thread she started, where she was eloquently discussing the depression one faces when the bottom falls out of those hoax-ish, spam-gathering “Someone has a crush on you–guess who it is!” e-mails.
The word “fuck” was used a lot.
I misunderstood her profile’s location (I thought “Oz” was typed in because she was a fan of the books; turns out that she just lives in Kansas), and so was immediately smitten by her [faux] literary background. So smitten, in fact, that I dueled Homebrew for her affections (he won) and managed to set up a Dopefest just to meet her.
Despite Homebrew’s joyous victory, I still ended up with auntie em because: 1.) I lived closer; 2.) Homebrew, although obviously more successful with the women-folk, doesn’t swing that way; and 3.) Satan gave me magical powers.
So, this past June 30th we swept into Vegas as single people living the high life, and stumbled out as married curmudgeons who both secretly wish they had ended up with Homebrew.
See, I set up dates and had to deal with those gut-wrenching moments where I wasn’t sure she liked me well enough to continue seeing me. Turns out that she originally thought I was gay (and pursuing her as a potential “hag” cover), so before she discovered those two tiny mold spots holding up in my toilet (“Very manly, that,” she said) and stuck her tongue down my throat (I thought we were still trying to “be friends”; and although I was in the middle of my devious scheme to convince her otherwise, I wasn’t quite prepared to win so soon), I think it was assumed that I really was going to end up sharing a toaster with Homebrew.
Your way was much easier, Geobabe. I’m gonna go see if she’ll practice that simplified courtship dance with me this weekend…
No, we go to school together. I did introduce her the boards, though.
Plus, we are only 17.
galen ubal and I did (technically) meet on the SDMB, since our first contact was a White Elephant where he was my victim. However, nothing came of that - we didn’t start to talk or anything. That happened on the UnaBoard.
Regardless, since here was our first contact, maybe the SDMB - or whoever it was that ran that White Elephant - can claim a little bit of the credit.
If you put enough sexually frustrated, celibate losers together, a few of them are going to end up mating. It’s inevitable, it’s a numbers game.
(Incidentally, that’s why the member testimonials published on dating sites mean practically nothing.)
Uh, speaking as one of those “sexually frustrated, celibate losers”, I am going to politely take issue with your comment. It may be a numbers game, but believe me, there is nothing loserish about the people who post here on a regular basis. [sub]It’s a shame this isn’t the Pit.[/sub]
I met Airman Doors, USAF after I posted something particularly snarky in a thread of his. He became intrigued, and we started talking. We met at Dope-A-Ween 2001, and married in May 2002. Aaron was born August 1 and greeted by Cecil not long after. (See sig.)
Robin
Well, let’s be fair. Some of us are losers. Let’s not paint everyone with the same “they’re not a loser” brush.