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2017-02-19 9:19:50 AM  
I always want to see cutesy things like this wind up in bitter, acrid divorces that ruin everyone involved, but I am a miserable prick who hates happiness.

That aside, why the fark is this an article? No one cares about your potentially destructive impulsiveness, and the message of "seize the day" will almost always fall on deaf ears and is pretty well pointless, especially when you tie it to a rash, impulsive, stupid decision that stood a very good chance of ruining your life.
 
LewDux [OhFark]  
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2017-02-19 10:00:39 AM  
Strange: Woman proposes to man on their first date. Stranger: He accepts. Strangest: A decade on, they're still marriedrunk
 
Delta1212  
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2017-02-19 10:03:07 AM  
If, by accepts, you mean "Said no, but continued to see her and proposed to her many, many months later" then yes, that is exactly what happened.
 
jmr61  
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2017-02-19 10:06:30 AM  
I'm going to need a picture of this impulsive wench to determine whether this is acceptable or not.
 
2017-02-19 10:07:20 AM  
The multiple vow renewals reek of desperation.
 
i.r.id10t  
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2017-02-19 10:07:49 AM  
My dad lived here in Fl, my mom in California.  They met in an elevator at a convention in Cincinnati and got married 3 weeks later, lasted 27 years until Dad died.
 
2017-02-19 10:08:44 AM  

SharkInfested: The multiple vow renewals reek of desperation.


Maybe the next one will be where she convinces herself she didn't make a horrible mistake!

I wonder how many marriage saving children they've had?
 
2017-02-19 10:08:55 AM  
I have dozens of women proposing to me every day, and I don't know a single one of them!

I don't think it has anything to do with my recent $23 million lottery win, though. I'm just a wonderful guy.
 
Gspark  
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2017-02-19 10:08:57 AM  

FirstNationalBastard: I always want to see cutesy things like this wind up in bitter, acrid divorces that ruin everyone involved, but I am a miserable prick who hates happiness.

That aside, why the fark is this an article? No one cares about your potentially destructive impulsiveness, and the message of "seize the day" will almost always fall on deaf ears and is pretty well pointless, especially when you tie it to a rash, impulsive, stupid decision that stood a very good chance of ruining your life.


Would you rather the endless stream of Trump articles?
 
NoahBuddy  
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2017-02-19 10:08:59 AM  
I did the opposite on a first date : "Look, I'm not interested in getting married...".

Received a quizzical look and a good-night kiss.

/Ended up in wildly-abandoned sex and a broken heart
//Mine
 
jso2897 [TotalFark]  
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2017-02-19 10:09:23 AM  

jmr61: I'm going to need a picture of this impulsive wench to determine whether this is acceptable or not.


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2017-02-19 10:10:03 AM  

Gspark: FirstNationalBastard: I always want to see cutesy things like this wind up in bitter, acrid divorces that ruin everyone involved, but I am a miserable prick who hates happiness.

That aside, why the fark is this an article? No one cares about your potentially destructive impulsiveness, and the message of "seize the day" will almost always fall on deaf ears and is pretty well pointless, especially when you tie it to a rash, impulsive, stupid decision that stood a very good chance of ruining your life.

Would you rather the endless stream of Trump articles?


I'm not that much of a miserable prick.
 
puny [OhFark]  
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2017-02-19 10:10:50 AM  
My dad proposed to my mom on their first date. My mom laughed it off, thinking it was a joke. He proposed again on the second date, this time she said yes. They were married almost 35 years until his passing. I never got a good explanation as to why she actually said yes so soon. She now has alzheimer's, so I probably never will.
 
2017-02-19 10:17:32 AM  

puny: My dad proposed to my mom on their first date. My mom laughed it off, thinking it was a joke. He proposed again on the second date, this time she said yes. They were married almost 35 years until his passing. I never got a good explanation as to why she actually said yes so soon. She now has alzheimer's, so I probably never will.


She fell in love.
 
2017-02-19 10:18:22 AM  

puny: My dad proposed to my mom on their first date. My mom laughed it off, thinking it was a joke. He proposed again on the second date, this time she said yes. They were married almost 35 years until his passing. I never got a good explanation as to why she actually said yes so soon. She now has alzheimer's, so I probably never will.


That's just how it was back then.  My parents got married after 3
Months of courtship. Made it 20+ years but only because my mom is an angel
 
2017-02-19 10:18:51 AM  

jso2897: jmr61: I'm going to need a picture of this impulsive wench to determine whether this is acceptable or not.

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She's going to fry and eat his penis, isn't she?
 
Russ1642  
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2017-02-19 10:19:09 AM  

puny: My dad proposed to my mom on their first date. My mom laughed it off, thinking it was a joke. He proposed again on the second date, this time she said yes. They were married almost 35 years until his passing. I never got a good explanation as to why she actually said yes so soon. She now has alzheimer's, so I probably never will.


She got a look at your dad's huge... wallet.
 
2017-02-19 10:20:13 AM  
I know this man and woman that haven't even been on an actual date, but they've been to marraige counseling like 3 times already......
 
lawboy87  
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2017-02-19 10:20:28 AM  
I had a boss who asked the woman who would become his wife to marry him after knowing her for 3 days.  He was 17 and she was just shy of 16.  She got an aunt to sign a permission slip for her to get a marriage license, but she still lived at home and didn't work up her courage to tell her parents she was married until about 3 weeks later.

That was in the early/mid 60's and they're still married and he ultimately became very rich by starting his own home design firm.
 
i.r.id10t  
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2017-02-19 10:20:55 AM  

LiberalConservative: puny: My dad proposed to my mom on their first date. My mom laughed it off, thinking it was a joke. He proposed again on the second date, this time she said yes. They were married almost 35 years until his passing. I never got a good explanation as to why she actually said yes so soon. She now has alzheimer's, so I probably never will.

She fell in love.


Yup.  But we have it easier now in society.  Girls don't gotta get married before giving up some of the good stuff, you can live with someone for years, etc.  Heck my wife and I are each other's one night stands that never left... we're hitting 25 years together this September, and our 18th wedding anniversary is in July.
 
2017-02-19 10:24:39 AM  
They had a 4 hour first date organized around political interests deep enough to spend 4 hours at politicking.
 
2017-02-19 10:26:57 AM  

FirstNationalBastard: SharkInfested: The multiple vow renewals reek of desperation.

Maybe the next one will be where she convinces herself she didn't make a horrible mistake!

I wonder how many marriage saving children they've had?


Article says 3.
 
TheYeti  
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2017-02-19 10:29:03 AM  
Sure, it can work.  You'd just have to wonder if impulsive actions spills over into other parts of their lives.

"YES, WE SHOULD TOTALLY GET PAYDAY LOANS TO FINANCE A DOG YOGA STUDIO!  Let us celebrate with face tattoos!"
 
2017-02-19 10:30:32 AM  
My parents eloped six weeks after a blind date.  Florida at the time had a waiting period, but Georgia didn't, so they drove to the first chapel over the state line.  They had been married 42 years when he died.

My dad had four brothers; three of them eloped to the same chapel, and two of them stopped to borrow my parents wedding rings for the ceremony.   All were lifetime couplings.
 
2017-02-19 10:31:31 AM  
I am guessing she does anal.
 
2017-02-19 10:32:32 AM  
Not exactly married, but my now fiance (wedding in April) and I moved in together after spending a total of three weeks in rach others' presence. We did talk long distance for months, though.
 
wax_on [BareFark]  
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2017-02-19 10:32:55 AM  
This doesn't seem all that unusual. Arranged marriages work out all the time and frequently there's no meeting beforehand.
 
2017-02-19 10:36:57 AM  
puny - My dad proposed to my mom on their first date.   .  .  .  They were married almost 35 years until his passing.

Same thing with my parents, though my dad died only 22 years later.
 
2017-02-19 10:39:43 AM  
Mrs death moved in after a very brief courtship. Not even really sure what happened, 7 years and two kids later here we are.

I really don't know what happened.  I plan my life. So does she. Dumbas* luck for both of it worked out.

I am not advocating this way of making decisions, just pointing out sometimes it works out.

Then again,  the sun shines on a dog's ass at least once in it's life. What do I know ?
 
idrow  
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2017-02-19 10:42:44 AM  
I went on a blind date with my (now) husband and it didn't go well at all.  I thought he was a dick.  He happened to mention his most hated perfume, and I happened to have a full bottle of it in my purse (wasn't wearing it at the time).  Before I left, I hosed down his bathroom with the stuff and left with a smile on my face.

3 months later, I saw him again in a bar with some friends and since there was no expectation, there was no pressure, and we got along great.  I think we had 2 more dates before I suddenly needed a place to stay.  He said I could stay at his place until I found my own.  I ended up staying.  That was 26 years ago and we're still married.
 
leevis  
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2017-02-19 10:44:02 AM  

i.r.id10t: My dad lived here in Fl, my mom in California.  They met in an elevator at a convention in Cincinnati and got married 3 weeks later, lasted 27 years until Dad died.


My dad was 18, my mom was 15. He knocked her up and they got married four months before her birthday. They just had their 59th anniversary a couple weeks ago.
 
Far Cough  
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2017-02-19 10:46:33 AM  

Delta1212: If, by accepts, you mean "Said no, but continued to see her and proposed to her many, many months later" then yes, that is exactly what happened.


This is the only relevant post.  She did something stupid and cute and only borderline acceptable and only if you're a girl.  The rest was relatively normal progression.  Not a story.  She is awfully self-involved and self-satisfied though.  Outlook not so good.

/magic 8-ball
 
2017-02-19 10:46:45 AM  
Carpe diem!

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BTW: Still alive! She was 15 when they opened the Golden Gate Bridge! Personally knew Augustus Caesar! OK, made that up. But still...
 
advex101  
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2017-02-19 10:47:19 AM  
Met my wife at a party at a friends house.  I was 23 and she was 18.  Moved in together two weeks later.  Got married a year later.  We have been married for 35 years.
 
DarkVader  
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2017-02-19 10:47:53 AM  

FirstNationalBastard: jso2897: jmr61: I'm going to need a picture of this impulsive wench to determine whether this is acceptable or not.

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She's going to fry and eat his penis, isn't she?


Those are crazy eyes.  Very, very crazy eyes.

In other words:

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2017-02-19 10:47:56 AM  
If only they would make a TV show out of this plot.
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heater  
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2017-02-19 10:48:15 AM  

Gspark: FirstNationalBastard: I always want to see cutesy things like this wind up in bitter, acrid divorces that ruin everyone involved, but I am a miserable prick who hates happiness.

That aside, why the fark is this an article? No one cares about your potentially destructive impulsiveness, and the message of "seize the day" will almost always fall on deaf ears and is pretty well pointless, especially when you tie it to a rash, impulsive, stupid decision that stood a very good chance of ruining your life.

Would you rather the endless stream of Trump articles?


Do they have Trump articles in your safe spot?
 
2017-02-19 10:53:19 AM  

i.r.id10t: My dad lived here in Fl, my mom in California.  They met in an elevator at a convention in Cincinnati and got married 3 weeks later, lasted 27 years until Dad died.


Now that's a great story. Sorry about your Dad
 
2017-02-19 10:55:10 AM  

jmr61: I'm going to need a picture of this impulsive wench to determine whether this is acceptable or not.


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she was the author, you could've just clicked oh her name and her picture comes up
 
mama2tnt  
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2017-02-19 10:56:23 AM  

jso2897: jmr61: I'm going to need a picture of this impulsive wench to determine whether this is acceptable or not.

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Wrong woman.

This is the picture of the woman in the story:

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TWX  
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2017-02-19 10:56:39 AM  

jso2897: jmr61: I'm going to need a picture of this impulsive wench to determine whether this is acceptable or not.

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Well, that could be a little startling in the morning but could be quite a bit worse...
 
TWX  
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2017-02-19 10:59:16 AM  

mama2tnt: jso2897: jmr61: I'm going to need a picture of this impulsive wench to determine whether this is acceptable or not.

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Wrong woman.

This is the picture of the woman in the story:

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Maybe she was just a fan of the David Tennant era episode of Doctor Who, "Blink"...
 
TWX  
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2017-02-19 11:02:47 AM  

Delta1212: If, by accepts, you mean "Said no, but continued to see her and proposed to her many, many months later" then yes, that is exactly what happened.


I'm thinking his thought process went something like this, "This is a little strange. She's hot though and I had a good time these last several hours though, and other than this she doesn't seem crazy. What the hell, I'll ask her out again sometime, but I'll be bringing my own rubbers just in case."
 
2017-02-19 11:04:17 AM  
Sometimes it works out and it is a lifetime of bliss. Sometimes it doesn't, it falls apart quickly and you move on....

  Or worse: you end up in the miserable limbo of "somewhere between the two."
 
starsrift  
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2017-02-19 11:18:17 AM  

FirstNationalBastard: I always want to see cutesy things like this wind up in bitter, acrid divorces that ruin everyone involved, but I am a miserable prick who hates happiness.

That aside, why the fark is this an article? No one cares about your potentially destructive impulsiveness, and the message of "seize the day" will almost always fall on deaf ears and is pretty well pointless, especially when you tie it to a rash, impulsive, stupid decision that stood a very good chance of ruining your life.


Let's get married.
 
2017-02-19 11:23:46 AM  

starsrift: FirstNationalBastard: I always want to see cutesy things like this wind up in bitter, acrid divorces that ruin everyone involved, but I am a miserable prick who hates happiness.

That aside, why the fark is this an article? No one cares about your potentially destructive impulsiveness, and the message of "seize the day" will almost always fall on deaf ears and is pretty well pointless, especially when you tie it to a rash, impulsive, stupid decision that stood a very good chance of ruining your life.

Let's get married.


But I don't feel like being ruined this week!
 
2017-02-19 11:24:02 AM  
Anyone else pick this out of the article?

"I had made him a matching singlet and undie set, as you do".


My wife buys me pjs in the hopes i might wear them, but I sleep and wander around the house as god intended, god damn naked.

A home made pair of undaroos would send turn the crazy the crazy volume to 11.
 
GRCooper [OhFark]  
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2017-02-19 11:24:05 AM  
It happens. I didn't believe in love at first sight until I saw "her".

Unfortunately, she still doesn't believe in love at first sight. Or second. Or third, etc. etc.
 
Far Cough  
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2017-02-19 11:24:30 AM  

advex101: Met my wife at a party at a friends house.  I was 23 and she was 18.  Moved in together two weeks later.  Got married a year later.  We have been married for 35 years.


And how is that anything like asking to marry someone 4 hours after meeting them?
 
2017-02-19 11:26:59 AM  

GRCooper: It happens. I didn't believe in love at first sight until I saw "her".

Unfortunately, she still doesn't believe in love at first sight. Or second. Or third, etc. etc.


They made a movie like this years ago in Spain.  Called Lucia y el Sexo. Staring Paz Vega, the gal in Spanglish, is is number three on my list my wife has to give me a pass with.

Lucia works in a restuarant and sees a guy who goes into a bar across the street, and walks in and says "i am in love with you" and he says "ok lets get drunk".  Great flick.


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