Originally Posted by Zephyr
I met my husband of 52+ years on a blind date at Northern Illinois University.
That's in my neck of the woods! Live about 1/2 hour from NIU. Congrats!
To make a long story short, we met on pogo.com in one of the game rooms. There was a lady in the game room that would type in the first line of a song and then tell everyone to sing with her and others would take turns typing in the next line until we'd gone all the way through the song. DH typed in the first line of a song and I type in something like "Oh wow, my mom used to sing that song all the time when I was growing up, but it was the most embarassing thing ever." He wanted me to fill him in about the story in the open room and I refused so we started chatting in a private message and I told him the story. We started checking in with each other every day after work to chat for a few minutes and gradually the time we chatted got longer and longer and after about 2 1/2 months decided he would make the 7 hour drive to meet me in April of 2004. For a little over 2 years one of us would make the drive every 2 or 3 weeks to spend about 48 hours together. He moved in with me in May 2006, married in April 2007. I'd previously been married for 27 years before my divorce and he'd never been married before. My kids adore him and he's done a wonderful job walking into a ready-made family with 2 adult children, a sullen teenager and an alcoholic ex who was causing tons of trouble for all of us. He's been such a great role model for the kids and a stabilizing influence. Now, all 3 kids are adults, 2 have married, we're going to be grandparents for the 1st time and even the ex has gone through rehab and repaired his relationship with all 3 of our children. Life is great!!