Thanks!

October 8, 2006 4:21 PM

Hello. I just want to thank everyone who responded to my Ask Metafilter question about spouse/fiance immigration.
posted by thirteenkiller to MetaFilter-Related at 4:21 PM (29 comments total)

The people who responded really knew what they were talking about, and the advice I received and links to other more specialized sites were just fantastic. I am so grateful for AskMetafilter, and for the Internet! Yay! We don't have the visa yet, but everything's moving along. I suppose I'll post another joyful thank-you note when he gets approved. I LOVE YOU GUYS.
posted by thirteenkiller at 4:21 PM on October 8, 2006

even you, ortho.
posted by thirteenkiller at 4:22 PM on October 8, 2006

posted by thirteenkiller at 4:22 PM on October 8, 2006

Awesome and congrats. I can only imagine that you and P_G make an awesome pair. And I can only imagine what snarklets your offspring may be. ;)
posted by loquacious at 4:42 PM on October 8, 2006

This concept, while well intentioned, will not scale well. "I'd like to thank..." Metas X75 ( number of AskMe's per day).

Your recent comment in the AskMe thread could have included the above wording. Nuff said.
posted by dash_slot- at 5:03 PM on October 8, 2006

From the askme question:

As long as you have a straightforward case (no previous overstays, nothing in his background or criminal record that would warrant special consideration) I would suggest doing it yourself.

Do multiple mefi bannings warrant special consideration?

(I kid because I love never got a pointy hat.)
posted by dersins at 5:24 PM on October 8, 2006

Thanks for taking that tosspot off our hands America.
posted by cillit bang at 6:22 PM on October 8, 2006

Thanks for taking that tosspot off our hands America.

Don't kid yourself. He's merely on loan for about eighteen months or so. You'll get him back in a reasonable condition.
posted by Mayor Curley at 6:39 PM on October 8, 2006

Now THAT was uncalled-for, Mayor Curley.
posted by dersins at 6:47 PM on October 8, 2006

*touched*
posted by k8t at 6:56 PM on October 8, 2006

You'll get him back in a reasonable condition.
That will be an improvement on his current condition, then ;-)
posted by dg at 8:58 PM on October 8, 2006

I met him once!
posted by ludwig_van at 10:18 PM on October 8, 2006

Weddings!
I'm now too sarcastic and urbane to genuinely emote, but still; weddings!
*confettis wildly*

Elvis in Vegas has already been done, so I would humbly suggest a guest appearance by "Bleeding Gums" Murphy at a drive-thru ceremony.
posted by NinjaTadpole at 2:47 AM on October 9, 2006

*touched*
posted by k8t at 9:56 PM EST on October 8 [+] [!]

Ha! Sometimes I think "touched" means "spilled coffee on" or something, thing.

But congratulations! See! You could do it.
posted by theantikitty at 7:04 AM on October 9, 2006

(minus extra thing)
posted by theantikitty at 7:04 AM on October 9, 2006

So when's the stag night meetup?
posted by terrapin at 8:28 AM on October 9, 2006

are you two by any chance looking to adopt?
posted by quonsar at 9:43 AM on October 9, 2006

Are you looking to get rid of a kid, q?
posted by thirteenkiller at 10:11 AM on October 9, 2006

Maybe he wants new parents.
posted by Pastabagel at 10:12 AM on October 9, 2006

OR maybe he, like me, read this post, got confused, and thought you were a guy, and then concluded that you were marrying another guy, and like many gay couples, would want to adopt. Of course, gay couples can't bring in their spouses under marriage or fiance visas under US law, so that made the fiance visa askme bizarre, to say the least.

Of course the operative phrasing in that post is "Although there are people who care for me, like the person posting this question" is clear as paint, so you can forgive our confusion.

My bad!
posted by Pastabagel at 10:22 AM on October 9, 2006

Maybe the "postingforafriend" tag, the third person update, or the metatalk thread that already addressed this very issue could help you with that, Pastabagel.
posted by thirteenkiller at 10:41 AM on October 9, 2006

LOL, I had already figured it out, thx.

Good luck, and congratulations! (And get your fiance to join metafilter!)
posted by Pastabagel at 11:47 AM on October 9, 2006

(And get your fiance to join metafilter!)

*chuckles*
posted by brain_drain at 11:58 AM on October 9, 2006

ROFL
in-jokes for outlaws.
posted by NinjaTadpole at 12:10 PM on October 9, 2006

We luvs u Pastabagel heartheartheartheartheart
posted by thirteenkiller at 1:39 PM on October 9, 2006

*chuckles*
*laughs out loud*

No, really. It's hilarious when people don't get cultural references immediately. Isn't it? No? Just me? Oh, ok.
posted by dg at 3:56 PM on October 9, 2006

dg: "No, really. It's hilarious when people don't get cultural references immediately. Isn't it? No? Just me? Oh, ok."

I don't think the lack of understanding was the funny part. I think the funny part was the mind-bending irony.

Mefites like their injokes, and nothing makes a better injoke than an ironic comment by someone who apparently wasn't around when, say, matt first installed the CAPTCHA.
posted by koeselitz at 5:20 PM on October 9, 2006

Are you looking to get rid of a kid, q?

pfft! what do you think dumpsters are for? no, i just figured if you and peeg are getting married, i'd be the PERFECT offspring.
posted by quonsar at 4:33 AM on October 10, 2006

awww we lkuvv u quonsar heart heart heart heart of course you can be our child and we will feed you and care for you and take you for walks and keep you clean and teach you our ways
posted by thirteenkiller at 5:17 AM on October 10, 2006