# I'm Getting Virtually Married!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 20, 2000, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623 "2000-10-20T03:17:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/21 "2000-10-20T14:26:27Z")
Hmmmmm… Those threads dont interest me, I havent opened them… I figgered this one would be different, so I opened it. I got to go with Hammy here, well said my dear! But even more so, I would like to say how totally tired I am of a few people trying to dictate how everyone else should act: Dont post that crap, its boring, its gross, its too personal, its too nasty, its too redundant… ad nauseum…infiniti… But I suppose telling people NOT to tell people what to post is the same as what I am complaining about. Whatever. I just know that I wont start posting in latin becasue a half dozen posters declare it ‘cool’ to do so. I value individuality and freedom of expression too much to conform If virtual marriage, or laminated lists make you happy, go for it. If preaching and forcing people to get along does it for you, have at it. Whatever floats your boat. ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/22 "2000-10-20T15:52:11Z")
Hamadryad, where shall I send that drink? ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/23 "2000-10-20T17:02:03Z")
It’s not that the marriages are “cliquish” or “high school” - It’s more of a [kindergarten](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=42380) thing, really. The upside, we can only pray, is that the legions of newlyweds will be so wrapped up in each other, they will stop jumping into every thread to flirt with everything in sight once they take their vows. ---
**Author:** ![cleosia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@cleosia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cleosia)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/24 "2000-10-20T19:39:34Z")
The best part of virtual weddings is the fact that if you want a divorce, you just hit the “DELETE” key! ---
**Author:** ![aenea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/25 "2000-10-21T00:09:36Z")
I’m buying that second drink for you! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/26 "2000-10-21T04:18:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh, what the hell ever. You’re on list after list after list, and you’re one of the “I have to hijack this thread for a second to get another point toward my flirting wings” folk. I could see your pique if you left them alone or never got mentioned or never participated…but you’re like the guy at the kegger taking the moral high ground because he ONLY had eight beers. Actually, I’m _not_ on “list after list”, but it doesn’t bother me anymore. And I’ve already been told by iampunha that I’m not flirty (I think he was just insulted that I wasn’t flirting with him when he IMed me once). And I barely post on marriage and crush threads. I did post to Una’s because I found it interesting and different from the other threads. (Una, no offense taken by you not wanting to marry me, but we can be friends, right?) ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/27 "2000-10-21T12:40:06Z")
I like those threads (but then, I like just about everything, so I don’t count). So Silo, when’s the big day? [Welfy, who is the spider in your sig? May I be the spider in your sig, pleeeaaasse?] -----😛 —////\\ [I like your posts Hamadryad, although I don’t always agree with you. But what fun would it be if everyone always thought alike?] ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2000, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/28 "2000-10-21T19:31:49Z")
You know, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Welfy flirt, let alone do so egregiously. You sure you’re not waxing vitriolic against the wrong poster, Hama? ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/29 "2000-10-22T03:48:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lux Fiat \* > \*\*You know, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Welfy flirt, let alone do so egregiously. You sure you’re not waxing vitriolic against the wrong poster, Hama? \*\* Lux, thanks for seeing it my way! That’s, like, so cool of you! _giggles like a schoolgirl_ Maybe we should get married!! (the above was said in sarcasm; the real Welfy would not be saying such things, not to say that she isn’t extremely grateful for being defended by Lux) And Spider Woman, of _course_ that’s you mentioned in my sig! What other spider would it be? ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/30 "2000-10-22T12:18:25Z")
See you at Silo’s virtual un-wedding! Maybe we’ll sit together. What are you going to bring as a gift? I like to decorate things with lots of nice, silvery webs. -----😛 —////\\ ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/31 "2000-10-22T14:00:24Z")
It’s possible I was wrong. But this: you’re like the guy at the kegger taking the moral high ground because he ONLY had eight beers. …was still a good line. \ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@The\_Pit\_and\_The\_Pendulum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pit_and_The_Pendulum)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/32 "2000-10-22T21:12:56Z")
What a nice surprize. I was sure the next virtual wedding would be a threesome or foursome. But a UNI-Couple wedding? That’s **really** stretching the envelope! Way to go. Hope you and yourself are always happy together!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/33 "2000-10-23T00:59:55Z")
> [@](#): > > But this: you’re like the guy at the kegger taking the moral high ground because he ONLY had eight beers. > …was still a good line. Yeah, I’ll agree it’s a good line. Spider, I think I’ll bring a big tacky candy dish for Silo. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/34 "2000-10-23T01:08:31Z")
I think I’ll bring the tacky candy. -----🙂 —////\\ And I’ll try not to make loud tacky candy smacking noises during the ceremony. ---
**Author:** ![Yue\_Han](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eada6e/32.png) [@Yue\_Han](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yue_Han)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/35 "2000-10-23T01:15:06Z")
Well, if memory serves, I was the first one to get virtually engaged in this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32876](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32876) and continued briefly in this vewry short one: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32898](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32898) and I’m sorry. It was just a little throw away joke by Noctunre in a threaad by Nocturne, so it wasn’t even technically a hijack. But here we are now with these things all over the place. I don’t know, I hate the endless flirting but at least these threads vacuum it all up into one place, which is a lot better than throwing it all over the board. So, the same way I don’t open threads by skuggi or hypergirl, or threads with their names in the title, I now don’t open threads with the phrase “virtually married” in the title. On the other hand, these do drive other threads off the front page. So possibly a truly interesting and thought-provoking or fun MPSIMS/IMHO thread is replaced by the same 6 people talking about their underwear in new and increasingly pathetic ways. –John ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/36 "2000-10-23T01:22:57Z")
Welfy, will you be my date to the virtual wedding? I know it is weird and all, being at a wedding and flirting and whatnot. But I will protect you from the sheer monstrosity of Silo’s package! Welfy, you have every right to not be flirty on the boards. That’s what IM is for between the two of us. And you only live 8 hours away. So when should I pick you up, and should we get Satan to preside over the wedding? I hate these damn marriage threads too. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/37 "2000-10-23T01:28:29Z")
I want to sit with her too. I hope you don’t mind spiders. And of course none of us would ever flirt. -----😉 —////\\ ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/38 "2000-10-23T14:53:07Z")
> [@](#): > > On the other hand, these do drive other threads off the front page. So possibly a truly interesting and > thought-provoking or fun MPSIMS/IMHO thread is replaced by the same 6 people talking about their underwear in new and increasingly pathetic ways. Exactly! > [@](#): > > Welfy, will you be my date to the virtual wedding? I know it is weird and all, being at a wedding and flirting > and whatnot. **But I will protect you from the sheer monstrosity of Silo’s package!** You will not. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/39 "2000-10-23T22:54:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Welfy, will you be my date to the virtual wedding? I know it is weird and all, being at a wedding and flirting and whatnot. But I will protect you from the sheer monstrosity of Silo’s package! I suppose I can accompany you to it, just as long as I get to wear my long-sleeved gown with the high neckline. Yes, you can protect me from Silo. We must not make any eye contact or have any touching in any way, unless there is dancing at the reception. > [@](#): > > Welfy, you have every right to not be flirty on the boards. That’s what IM is for between the two of us. And you only live 8 hours away. Agreed. Why can’t _other_ people keep their flirting in IM boxes? > [@](#): > > So when should I pick you up, and should we get Satan to preside over the wedding? Yeah, Satan’s a nice guy; bring him along. You can pick me up whenever, unless I have play practice. > [@](#): > > I hate these damn marriage threads too. Will you marry me, red dragon? I’m sure Ray won’t mind. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623/40 "2000-10-23T23:12:48Z")
Silo, hands off! You are getting married to Rosie Palms! Welfy, the dress will just add to your foxiness. Grrowwl! And I am sure Ray won’t mind. Ever seen Braveheart? I am a noble, I can do it anyway 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-virtually-married/37623.md?page=3)