Comments on: A marriage of like minds - they met at a Meetup!

A marriage of like minds - they met at a Meetup!

onlyconnect — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:50:22 -0800

Anybody else have something fun or strange or lifechanging happen to them as the result of a MeFi meetup? Under "all of the above," for example, the ultimate outcome of this meetup for me was my engagement to NortonDC last weekend! So, thanks, Metafilter. You rock.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:59:22 -0800

mazel tov! : >

lots of strange fun, but nothing lifechanging yet for me.

By: greasy_skillet

greasy_skillet — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:00:37 -0800

woo hoo!

By: scody

scody — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:01:11 -0800

Congrats, you crazy kids! Are all 20,000 of us invited to the wedding? :)

Now where's my hot brainy guy?

By: reflecked

reflecked — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:04:50 -0800

I'm thinking the same thing, scody.

Oh.. yes... congratulations!

By: ramix

ramix — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:09:36 -0800

Metadate?!! Matt, when's that coming out?
Congrats to you both, onlyconnect and NortonDC

By: Mick

Mick — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:15:42 -0800

I married someone who's personel ad mentioned Matt

By: Mick

Mick — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:16:02 -0800

oh, and congrats

By: Arch Stanton

Arch Stanton — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:19:32 -0800

I hope that when you argue, it doesn't spill over into MeTa.

Congratulations! People who are recently engaged are so cute!

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:26:09 -0800

i got my first taste of gambling at mefivegas, leading up to my final and most debilitating addiction.

it hasn't kicked in yet, but it's coming.

FOR POSITIVES.

By: taz

taz — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:31:08 -0800

[this is nuptials]

congratulations! *pops the champagne cork*

By: naxosaxur

naxosaxur — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:32:45 -0800

You are obligated to have a "metafilter theme" at your wedding, and to call your first child either "mathowie", "jrun", or "login"...or "jessamyn" if it's a girl. Seriously, that's really cool. Best wishes, and i hope you raise a clan of internet nerdlings.

By: macadamiaranch

macadamiaranch — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:39:07 -0800

I hope the bridesmaids' dresses are MeFi blue. Congrats.

By: carter

carter — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:39:11 -0800

No.

But, Toot! Toot!

By: mathowie

mathowie — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:51:03 -0800

Great news. I think a lot of people have formed friendships with folks that would have otherwise been strangers, so that in my mind the best thing about meetups.

I'm always amazed at the diversity of people's jobs. Everyone knows mine, but I guess I assume everyone else does web junk when I read them here, and then it turns out they're bakers, candle stick makers and whatnot.

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:57:13 -0800

Hey folks, thanks for the good wishes! Watch for the drunken shout outs from the reception!

Hmm, I guess it'll be another meetup no matter how you slice it. More so if MrMoonPie ends up officiating!

By: fvw

fvw — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:21:17 -0800

Congratulations! Remember to have the bridesmaids hop around with pancakes on their heads.

By: bachelor#3

bachelor#3 — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:58:56 -0800

NortonDC, I just looked at your puppy photos. I may have hurt myself laughing. Despite my pain, I want to wish the two of you a very happy life.

By: sciurus

sciurus — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:34:40 -0800

I shall get drunk off my ass and pass out tonight in your honor, you two. Congrats!

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:06:20 -0800

I hoist my Bud in your general direction, Norton and onlyconnect. I hope your first child is a masculine child.

By: LeeJay

LeeJay — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:14:02 -0800

Congratulations to you both! (Man, I really need to go to one of these meetups.)

By: graventy

graventy — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:18:17 -0800

Congrats, again!

By: Kafkaesque

Kafkaesque — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:20:36 -0800

If pregnancy ensues, make sure to wear a [more inside] tee shirt.

congrats!

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:25:20 -0800

Yow! Congratulations, you nutty kids!

By: melissa may

melissa may — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:55:03 -0800

Best wishes to you both! Make sure to take lots of pictures, since we know you have cameras.

By: DeepFriedTwinkies

DeepFriedTwinkies — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:19:18 -0800

Now where's my hot brainy guy?

Points at sweaty, manly brow and waggles unusually large and virile frontal lobe at scody. Waits.

By: DaShiv

DaShiv — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:35:54 -0800

Well crap. This beats my story of deciding to go spend a week in a desert in the middle of nowhere at Burning Man with someone after just meeting him for the first time at a meetup. I guess I'm forced to concede that a lifetime of marital bliss trumps that. My begrudging congrats.

:)

By: FieldingGoodney

FieldingGoodney — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:41:39 -0800

Congrats to both of you. More and more Norton connect only DC ness on the way (maybe!) !!

By: matildaben

matildaben — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:45:55 -0800

Now where's my hot brainy guy?
What she said.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:47:56 -0800

/swipes jonmc's Bud, hands him a nice cold Orchard Street brew.

congrats!

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:53:44 -0800

It's all the corner bodega had besides Sparks Alcoholic Energy drink and Silver Thunder Malt Liquor, dude.

But thanks.

By: SisterHavana

SisterHavana — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:08:39 -0800

Mazel tov, you two! : )

Now where's my hot brainy guy?

Or mine? I could use one!

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:27:56 -0800

We're having a very MeFi moment, with onlyconnect reading the congrats on her blackberry as we watch our just arrived Puppy Bowl DVD!

By: graventy

graventy — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:40:09 -0800

Awwww. The puppy bowl is on DVD? Can one DVD hold that much cuteness?

By: JoanArkham

JoanArkham — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:51:14 -0800

Congratulations!

(And, er, I still haven't actually made it to any DC meetups...)

By: mathowie

mathowie — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:24:02 -0800

If pregnancy ensues, make sure to wear a [more inside] tee shirt.

Done!

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:27:41 -0800

I just searched for "Puppy Bowl" on Netflix, and it brought up movies about Pope John Paul. Very weird.

Congrats, you two crazy kids!

By: livii

livii — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:51:06 -0800

I'm tempted to order that shirt to keep for future pregnancy. It's just that awesome.

And congratulations!

By: DaShiv

DaShiv — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:02:10 -0800

That pregnancy shirt is great. Now where are the [more inside] boxers for us male-types? *rimshot*

By: tracicle

tracicle — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:14:43 -0800

I can totally get four months of wear out of that shirt. Sweet!

By: dabitch

dabitch — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 01:16:22 -0800

Congrats!
dang, and no meetup will ever happen here. :(

By: andrew cooke

andrew cooke — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 04:17:25 -0800

(what on earth is that street sign on your site, dabitch?)
congrats to the couple obliviously gooing at each other in the corner.

By: orange swan

orange swan — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 06:35:53 -0800

The pregnancy shirt is hysterical. I sat here cracking up laughing and clapping my hands for a solid minute.

Now, I need a hot erudite guy to give me a reason to buy and wear that shirt. I wish it came in orange though:-)

By: DaShiv

DaShiv — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 06:53:33 -0800

Well, referring to yourself as a potential pregnancy is a great way of scaring many of them off. :)

Unless you're using it as a litmus test to find like-minded men, of course...

By: dabitch

dabitch — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 07:16:43 -0800

andrew, that's some strange streetart I found last summer. :) Cute isn't it?

By: orange swan

orange swan — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 08:11:42 -0800

Well, referring to yourself as a potential pregnancy is a great way of scaring many of them off. :)

Oops, you're probably right, DaShiv. I guess I was a little too focused on getting to wear that shirt. Perhaps I should just order the baby doll style MeFi shirt and keep mum [heh!] about my ambition of getting to someday wear the other one.

By: Melinika

Melinika — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 09:42:03 -0800

I totally would get that [more inside] pregnancy shirt, but the size chart says:

Women's Junior Apparel (Jr. Ringer T-Shirt, Jr. Baby Doll T-shirt, Jr. Spaghetti Tank, Jr. Raglan, Jr. Hoodie and Camisole): These items are designed to fit juniors. They fit snug and sizes run small.

At 7 1/2 months, that does not sound like it's going to fit, even in XL. =/

By: Melinika

Melinika — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 09:47:41 -0800

Oh, and congrats to onlyconnect and NortonDC! I haven't had anything like that happen out of a MeFi meetup, but that's because I already met my husband through arranging the first big Fark party back in 2001. So a similar thing, just not MeFi-related. Anyway, many happy years together for you two.

By: andrew cooke

andrew cooke — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:01:45 -0800

Cute isn't it?
not sure that's the word. but i want one.

By: Tarrama

Tarrama — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 18:27:20 -0800

Congratulations and best wishes to you both :-)

Is this the first Mefi engagement?

By: orange swan

orange swan — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 18:58:37 -0800

Sugarfish and moz met through MeFi and got married, but who knows if they were even the first.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 23:30:40 -0800

Late to the party...as usual...but Congrats, you crazy kids!

By: filmgoerjuan

filmgoerjuan — Sun, 13 Mar 2005 07:06:21 -0800

Now, I need a hot erudite guy to give me a reason to buy and wear that shirt. I wish it came in orange though:-)

/me buys "orange cygnet" username and holds ransom

By: johnny7

johnny7 — Sun, 13 Mar 2005 09:07:05 -0800

Not wanting to rain on their parade.
But to answer the question I was astounded by the social ineptitude of those at the only meetup I will ever attend.
Maybe I left too early.

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Sun, 13 Mar 2005 13:51:17 -0800

Mondo congrats to onlyconnect and NortonDC. I've enjoyed all the meetups, vicariously, but have never been to one in person. This is awesome, tho!

By: buzzman

buzzman — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:32:36 -0800

A great person I know became even a more wonderful person in my eyes (and mind) as a result of introducing my sarcrasstic (sarcasm + crass; with regards to "Transformers" movie) neo-lib self to the whole mefi genre.

By: orange swan

orange swan — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:01:37 -0800

/me buys "orange cygnet" username and holds ransom

Filmgoerjuan, I am no end impressed that you just happened to know the term for a baby swan!

But you might not get your ransom. I can always register the user name "Peaches Cygnet" for my hypothetical critter:-)

But this raises the question - what use do I have for the shirt when I only need to lay an egg?

By: orange swan

orange swan — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:05:01 -0800

I was astounded by the social ineptitude of those at the only meetup I will ever attend.

I'm inclined to think you just had plain bad luck, Johnny7. I've met quite a few MeFites now and they were all pleasant and pretty much all highly evolved.

By: filmgoerjuan

filmgoerjuan — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:39:27 -0800

I'm inclined to think you just had plain bad luck, Johnny7. I've met quite a few MeFites now and they were all pleasant and pretty much all highly evolved.

You didn't notice that my thumbs weren't opposable?

(that's my excuse for being so sucky at NTN trivial and I'm sticking to it)

By: johnnyboy

johnnyboy — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 01:13:08 -0800

May I wish you two all the happiness in the world.

*chuffed to bits for Norton and onlyconnect*

By: onlyconnect

onlyconnect — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:46:00 -0800

By the way, I still love you, sweetie! :*

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:56:27 -0800

*smooch*

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:57:30 -0800

Ack! Can't believe I missed this love-fest! Much congrats and hugs and love and toasts to you both, of course. And to think, I was there when it all started.

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:55:06 -0800

And of course my user page photo was taken in your highly photogenic back yard, too. :)