# OK, who’s dating whom? Who’s married? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072 "2000-02-15T16:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/1 "2000-02-15T16:33:00Z")
I’ve noticed that there seem to be a lot of couples posting to the board, including at least a few who met here. I think it’s time for a complete list. Why? Well, I have no idea why. It just seems like a good idea. So fess up here. Who’s seeing whom? Don’t “out” others, but which of you people is seeing another Doper? If you met through the board, give us the dirt! What about the other persons posts made you say, “Hey, that’s a person I’d like to meet?” How much email/telephone before a personal meeting? How awkward/natural was the first date? When/how did you decide to come out to other Dopers? To repeat: I am encouraging people to tell their stories. I am discouraging people from telling _others’_ stories. ## And if a couple decides to come clean for the first time in this thread, that would be _really_ cool. Livin’ on Tums, vitamin E and Rogaine ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/2 "2000-02-15T16:44:00Z")
Ukulele Ike, Bucky and I are all actually the same person; does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/3 "2000-02-15T16:58:00Z")
Well, I cyber with MoosieGirl every evening. Does that count? * * * **Coldfire** * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/4 "2000-02-15T17:00:00Z")
Well, I was going to tell about manhattan and Phaedrus (who really believes that those $10,000 changing hands was only for a stupid bet), but I guess, according to the rules in the OP, that manhattan will have to come clean of his own volition. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/5 "2000-02-15T17:05:00Z")
You lookin’ for hints, here, Manny, or what? 😉 -Melin ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/6 "2000-02-15T17:05:00Z")
Lion and I are married. (See I overcame the urge to use a bad pun and say Lion and Aye. Aren’t you proud of me ?) * * * Ayesha ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/7 "2000-02-15T17:11:00Z")
Jeez Cold, I cyber with Moosie every evening too… you think maybe she is running a red light district of her own here in jolly ole Canada? * * * We are, each of us angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracing one another ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/8 "2000-02-15T17:17:00Z")
## I dunno Sue. Anybody else who cybers with Moosie on a regular basis? Come out come out wherever you are! **Coldfire** * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/9 "2000-02-15T17:21:00Z")
Damn. Busted again. * * * “I thought: opera, how hard can it be? Songs. Pretty girls dancing. Nice scenery. Lots of people handing over cash. Got to be better than the cut-throat world of yoghurt, I thought.” - Seldom Bucket ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/10 "2000-02-15T17:27:00Z")
Moosie, tell me where you got that great sig line, and I’ll make your life sublime. * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/11 "2000-02-15T17:34:00Z")
back to the OP people, I’m not anyone else, seeing anyone from the board, seeing anyone at all, or cybering with Moosiegirl where does that leave me. * * * J > [@](#): > > Jesus saves, Allah forgives, and Cthulhu thinks you’d make a good sandwich > > -Auntie Pam ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/12 "2000-02-15T17:38:00Z")
I am married but my hubby is not a Doper. He’s a crackhead. ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/13 "2000-02-15T17:43:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Ukulele Ike: > Moosie, tell me where you got that great sig line, and I’ll make your life sublime. It’s from Terry Pratchett’s novel, _Maskerade_. * * * “I thought: opera, how hard can it be? Songs. Pretty girls dancing. Nice scenery. Lots of people handing over cash. Got to be better than the cut-throat world of yoghurt, I thought.” - Seldom Bucket ---
**Author:** ![Prairie\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Prairie\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prairie_Rose)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/14 "2000-02-15T17:56:00Z")
Bons and I are married. See the “To Prairie Rose” thread he wrote me for Valentine’s Day yesterday. 😃 Prairie Rose * * * If you’re not part of the solution you’re just scumming up the bottom of the beaker. ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/15 "2000-02-15T17:58:00Z")
Not dating anyone from this board, not married… * * * We are, each of us angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracing one another ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/16 "2000-02-16T06:04:00Z")
Married to a non-board member. * * * Have you voted for your favorite, huggable Mullinator today? ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/17 "2000-02-16T06:09:00Z")
Neobican and I are married. * * * “…being normal is not necessarily a virtue. It rather denotes a lack of courage.” ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/18 "2000-02-16T06:26:00Z")
Okay, I don’t think anyone really needs me to say who I’m with, right? > [@](#): > > If you met through the board, give us the dirt! What about the other persons posts made you say, “Hey, that’s a person I’d like to meet?” Frankly, for the longest time, I thought he’d just be a cool guy to catch a football game with (his taste in teams notwithstanding). We were buddies for quite a while. It’s easier to develop a friendship between two people of the opposite sex when one is in a relationship and the other is a confirmed bachelorette. Or was, anyway. > [@](#): > > How much email/telephone before a personal meeting? We first started chatting in late June or early August of last year. Our first voice chat was probably in late October, and our first phone call in November. We met in December. > [@](#): > > How awkward/natural was the first date? Our first meeting didn’t really involve a “date,” per se. It was, however, incredibly comfortable–definitely more so than the waiting for it. > [@](#): > > When/how did you decide to come out to other Dopers? Didn’t really decide it ourselves, it just sort of happened. I’d probably be a lot more open about posting pictures and stuff if all that stuff hadn’t gone down, but as is, I decided long before that to keep the details of my relationship to myself unless I felt like sharing them with someone, and that whole incident only cemented my resolve. Speaking of which, whoever had Valentine’s Day in the pool owes us $5, because we’re still together. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jane\_says](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jane\_says](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jane_says)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/19 "2000-02-16T06:32:00Z")
I am married to a Doper. I don’t want to say which one for fear of ruining his playboy reputation 🙂 * * * Careful with that axe, Eugene. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2000, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072/20 "2000-02-16T06:46:00Z")
Well, since Drain broke the ice on being the first couple to post, I’ll step in with my comments… For those who DON’T know, MaxTorque and I are together. > [@](#): > > What about the other persons posts made you say, “Hey, that’s a person I’d like to meet?” Hmmm…well, Max and I met through the chatroom, really. He was sweet, funny, and fun to talk to. And he didn’t mind when I beat him in Satan’s Evil Band Game. ™ And he seemed like a really cool guy. (And he is.) > [@](#): > > How much email/telephone before a personal meeting? Hmmm…we started talking online in October or so, first phone call in December, and first meeting in January. > [@](#): > > How awkward/natural was the first date? Like DB, it wasn’t really a “date.” And aside from the airplane saga from hell, it was very natural. Well, aside from being nervous as hell the week before. > [@](#): > > When/how did you decide to come out to other Dopers? A few people found out before we met, mainly so I could lean on their shoulder, and in DB’s case, so that we could trade stories! _grin_ (“FUCK!” “Stop looking at the clock!!!”) As for everyone else…when I was in Texas, we went into the chat room together, which kinda tipped everyone there off. After that, the SD rumor mill spread the news. And FTR, he’s the biggest sweetie I know. _smile_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-s-dating-whom-who-s-married/14072.md?page=2)