# So... I'm getting married and stuff. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 29, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100 "2004-12-29T15:50:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/1 "2004-12-29T15:50:35Z")
In high school, Sandy lived across the street and two doors down. She was the cutest girl on the block. (She’d tell you she was the _only_ girl on the block.) She thought it was cool that I rode a motorcycle, but she was too shy to talk to me. I was too shy to talk to her. Well, she went off and got married and joined the Army. She flew a Black Hawk in the Gulf War. Didn’t hear from her for years. Still, she’d visit my dad when she was in town; and I’d visit her dad when I was in town. When my dad died she wrote me a letter. Her marriage wasn’t going well, and she happened to live in Washington. We chatted on the phone once a month or so. Her mom was ill and had to go into a nursing home. Her dad had cancer, and she felt that her relatives were not giving her accurate information. I’d check in on her dad when I was in town, and let her know how he looked. Eventually she got a divorce, her dad died and her mom died. The once-a-month (or so) phone calls turned into weekly affairs. We’d talk for two or three hours at a time. I asked her to marry me once, but she thought I was joking. (Me? Joke?) I wrote her a heartfelt letter once, and I think I kind of scared her. Still, the phone calls continued. I’d been talking, and talking, and talking about moving to Washington. I guess she got tired of waiting. She moved to a remote area of Tennessee to live near a cousin. We’d joked that by the time I moved up here, she’d have moved away. A few months ago she tricked me into ‘popping the question’. And there you have it! She’s here now, and will be returning to TN on Saturday. She’ll sell her house in April or so, and move out here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/2 "2004-12-29T15:55:28Z")
May I be the first to say congratulations. Great little story. Gives me hope for my love life. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/3 "2004-12-29T15:59:05Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > May I be the first to say congratulations. Too late! **Nymysys** and her husband congratulated me at dinner last night! 😃 (I wish **Scoticher** had been there. Fell better, **Scotti**!) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/4 "2004-12-29T16:01:09Z")
Damn. So must I abandon my hopeless crush from afar? Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/5 "2004-12-29T16:02:25Z")
Congratulations! I’m glad to see something good happening in your life; you deserve it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/6 "2004-12-29T16:03:16Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Too late! **Nymysys** and her husband congratulated me at dinner last night! 😃 > > (I wish **Scoticher** had been there. Fell better, **Scotti**!) Erm… That should be ‘congratulated _us_’, and ‘_feel_ better’. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/7 "2004-12-29T16:25:11Z")
Awesome! Congratulations to you both. ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/8 "2004-12-29T16:31:23Z")
With all of the crap you’ve been dealing with lately, this is great news! Congratulations to you both and I hope this is the start of a long upswing in your life. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/9 "2004-12-29T16:32:27Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/10 "2004-12-29T16:36:11Z")
So, like, congratulations and stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/11 "2004-12-29T16:43:57Z")
Blessings and happieness to you both. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/12 "2004-12-29T16:44:03Z")
Congratulations! That’s a great story. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/13 "2004-12-29T16:45:49Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/14 "2004-12-29T16:49:19Z")
2004 was shit for JLA, 2005 is shaping up to be a good year. Congrats, and I wish you all the happiness in the world. Hey! Didn’t [Meg Ryan](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115956/) fly a helicopter in the Gulf War?!?! DUDE! You bagged Meg! WoooooHoooooo!!! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/15 "2004-12-29T23:56:26Z")
Your story is one of the sweetest things I’ve read in ages. Congrats to you both! ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/16 "2004-12-30T00:42:36Z")
Congrats, **Johnny**!!! Best wishes to both of you. Are you inheriting any stepkids? ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/17 "2004-12-30T01:44:41Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Erm… That should be ‘congratulated _us_’, and ‘_feel_ better’. I’m feeling a bit better, and your news just made my day! Congratulations!!! [sub]you must have had a hard time not laughing at me when I tentatively suggested that maybe Sandy could find a job out here? :D[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/18 "2004-12-30T01:49:36Z")
Excellent! Much happiness to both of you - the Beckwalls ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/19 "2004-12-30T02:13:38Z")
Wishing you both joy and luck in your future together. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100/20 "2004-12-30T02:31:37Z")
YAY! _throws confetti and champagne and smooches **Johnny L.A.** and **Mrs. Johnny L.A.-to-be** _ 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-getting-married-and-stuff/282100.md?page=2)