# What? Another Doper Engagement? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2002, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542 "2002-07-24T10:38:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/1 "2002-07-24T10:38:43Z")
Yep. Two more dopers are going to tie the knot. Well, **JustPlainBryan** and I are now engaged to be married. Now, even though the both of us are dopers, we were together _looooong_ before we discovered The Straight Dope (ok, I was the one who discovered it and became addicted). But, in the two years I’ve been a part of this board, we’ve gone to many a dopefest together and have become real-life friends with several of you fine folks. We’ll be getting hitched next year in May; we’re looking at a small and private ceremony on the beach (probably Malibu or thereabouts). And, I just wanted to say how funny it seems that a message board has become a part of our lives. Not only is it a topic of discussion at least once or twice a week for us, but for the friendships and the community that has come about from such a rag-tag grouping of folks around the world. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/2 "2002-07-24T10:52:51Z")
best wishes, java maven! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/3 "2002-07-24T11:28:01Z")
Wah-hey! Congratulations guys! Great news. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/4 "2002-07-24T11:47:41Z")
Way-hey! Congratulations, **Javamaven1** and **JustPlainBryan**. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/5 "2002-07-24T12:01:11Z")
They should change the name of this place to “the message board of looooooove”\* \*said in a Disco Stu from the Simpsons voice ---
**Author:** ![RickQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/6 "2002-07-24T12:09:48Z")
Congratulations to you both. Rick ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/7 "2002-07-24T15:19:27Z")
Woo hoo! Congratulations to both of you. And a beach wedding in Malibu sounds like a fantastic idea. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/8 "2002-07-24T15:45:51Z")
Mazel tov! ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/9 "2002-07-24T15:53:02Z")
Good lord, it’s an epedimic! Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/10 "2002-07-24T16:02:12Z")
Jesus! _I_ haven’t gotten engaged to anyone without realizing it, have I? ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/11 "2002-07-24T16:08:44Z")
Go Jen! Go Bryan! I just know you’re going to have a beautiful ceremony. Congratulations and best wishes for a happy life together. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/12 "2002-07-24T16:40:54Z")
Congratulations, Javamaven1 and JustPlainBryan. Your situation is much like **Spider Woman** and I. We were together before she found the SDMB, and then got me addicted. May 2003, hmmm, a trip back to my home state and my family is due. We’ll see. Congrats you guys. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/13 "2002-07-24T17:09:22Z")
Congratulations to both of you!! Have there been any dopers who met through the board, as opposed to being friends before they found SDMB? ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/14 "2002-07-24T17:25:31Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by Eve_ > Jesus! I haven’t gotten engaged to anyone without realizing it, have I? **Eve** , I’m so hurt. How could you forget me so quickly? ☹ If you think I’m returning your ring now you can just forget it, missy! 😃 Congrats to the happy couple! Enjoy the beach, and don’t forget to post pics. bella _Fixed coding - UB_ ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/15 "2002-07-24T17:27:02Z")
well shit. ::hangs head in coding-shame:: ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/16 "2002-07-24T17:48:55Z")
Congrats, you two crazy kids! 🙂 > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ivylass \* > \*\*Have there been any dopers who met through the board, as opposed to being friends before they found SDMB? \*\* Uh, just a few. Among the married and engaged who met through the SDMB (so many lately, I won’t claim to remember them all): **Montfort** and **Anniz** **Shayna** and **Spiny Norman** **Weirddave** and **GingeroftheNorth** (nuptials this Saturday) **MrCynical** and **Miss Creant** **Brynda** and **RickQ** **Geobabe** and **UncleBill** **Verrain** and **TruePisces** **Airman Doors** and **MsRobyn** All of whom either got married or engaged (or both) in the past year, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/17 "2002-07-24T18:08:48Z")
**Gunslinger** and **racinchikki** (ahem) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/18 "2002-07-24T18:35:23Z")
[Jeanette MacDonald voice]: Isn’t it romantic? Yet another Doper pair to wed! Isn’t it romantic? Cupid must be posting to their thread! I search my dictionary for a perfect rhyming pun, Some word that will sound nice with “Javemaven1.” Isn’t it romantic, SDMB always leads to bliss. Isn’t it romantic? Let us pull the shade so they can kiss! Post smilies by the dozen— Does this mean even _I_ might have a chance? Isn’t it romance? ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/19 "2002-07-24T18:48:18Z")
Congratulations and all the best to you both!! ---
**Author:** ![Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smashed_Ice_Cream)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542/20 "2002-07-24T20:03:43Z")
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Congratulations, congratulations!! I love wedding season!!! Mavel Tov! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-doper-engagement/120542.md?page=2)