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November 1998

Four years ago tonight I was sitting at my computer, a bitter, angry recently divorced bitch who had sworn off men for all time. I was seriously thinking of going into the lesbianism business.

I was in the midst of month long bout of acute insomnia. To kill the boredom of late night tv, I would often go online and talk to friends. Oh, who am I kidding? I was always on line. On AOL, no less. I was one of them.

So it was 1am and I decided I had enough. I was going to swallow some more NyQuil and try the sleep thing again. I was just about to sign off of AOL when fate intervened.

An instant message popped up on my screen. I didn't recognize the name.

The person asked me a question. From the tone of the question, I could tell that he mean to instant message someone with a name quite similar to mine. I would get that all the time. I politely told him he had the wrong person.

Five hours later, we were still chatting.

One week later we took our chats to the phone.

Four months later, I met him for the first time at Penn Station.

Six months later he moved to New York.

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In August of this year we were married.

I'm no longer a bitter, angry bitch. Really, stop laughing like that.

Four years and a million stories between that one errant message and now. Four years and a whole lotta love.

Happy "Day We Met" Anniversary, Justin. You are and always will be my knight in shining armor.

Posted by on November 25, 2002 09:09 PM |

Comments

Great Story! Sometimes serendipity really does work, even with AOL as the catalyst :)

Posted by: dave | November 25, 2002 09:58 PM

See, AOL ain't so bad...

Posted by: Billy | November 25, 2002 09:59 PM

Happy day you met!

Posted by: anotherLisa | November 25, 2002 10:08 PM

Awwww..... :-)

Posted by: Jenna | November 25, 2002 10:42 PM

Oh wow. I met my husband online, too. We should start a club or something. lol

Happy "Day You Met" Anniversary to you both. ;)

Posted by: skits | November 25, 2002 10:56 PM

So much for the bloodthirsty warbloggerbitch.

She has a softer side everyone...

Move along :-)

Posted by: Vinny | November 25, 2002 11:08 PM

Wonderful! A hearty mazal tov :)

Posted by: Kinneret | November 25, 2002 11:27 PM

Happy IM-iversary!

Posted by: Da Goddess | November 26, 2002 01:12 AM

Awwww...!

Posted by: Asparagirl | November 26, 2002 01:30 AM

Wow! I met my hubby online in the wee hours of Jan 1, 1998..face to face 1/5/98..married 7/14/01.

and yes...it was AOL. :-)

Congrats! and ain't it grand???!!!

Posted by: Darleen | November 26, 2002 02:20 AM

Happy anniversary michele. Love ya

Posted by: mike | November 26, 2002 03:28 AM

Are you sure I can't talk you into going back down the lesbian path??? :P

Whaddaya mean I have to actually be a lesbian first?!?!?

Posted by: Sekimori | November 26, 2002 03:40 AM

Congrats! Happy meeting day!

Met my husband online too...it would be interesting to see how many bloggers & readers met their S.O.'s online.

Posted by: Rita | November 26, 2002 06:01 AM

My wife and I also met through AOL. As much as I vilify AOL as "the devil", I do have to give them credit for getting at least ONE thing right!!

Congratulations!

Posted by: Jack Cluth | November 26, 2002 07:09 AM

awwwwwwwwww.

congrats on happiness.

Posted by: stephanie | November 26, 2002 08:24 AM

What a nice beginning.

Posted by: sandy | November 26, 2002 08:34 AM

Congrats and mazal tov!

Posted by: marek | November 26, 2002 09:45 AM

all the good chicks met their husbands online. i can't even express how jealous i am. happy for you, sure, but seething with the blackest jealousy. seethe seethe

Posted by: tanya | November 26, 2002 10:22 AM

you mean relationships can actually work for extending periods of time? maybe there is hope..
congratulations.. hope it keeps being happy..

Posted by: Wesley Dabney | November 26, 2002 10:40 AM

Mucho happiness to you. Always.

Posted by: Solonor | November 26, 2002 10:56 AM

Congrats!

I'd like to say I met my wife online, but we were in the sixth grade when we met and the word "online" hadn't been invented yet. Well, at least not meaning what it means today.

It was September 1964.

God, I feel old all of a sudden...

Posted by: yak | November 26, 2002 12:16 PM

Congrats! I met my SO online, met in person 1/1/2000, and we moved in together in July. I love hearing stories like yours, and happy that there is finally somewhere where the good ones aren't all taken!

Posted by: Shelby :) | November 26, 2002 12:27 PM

Sitting here with tears!!! Happy tears but bitter over the non-lesbian thing!

Posted by: Bon | November 26, 2002 01:25 PM

sniff!
(fumbles for kleenex)

Posted by: -e- | November 26, 2002 01:53 PM

>>I was seriously thinking of going into the lesbianism business

You mean you were gonna charge for it?

Posted by: Ravenwood | November 26, 2002 02:17 PM

I grudgingly credit AOL for how I met my husband, too. In fact, at one point, we contemplated giving away AOL CDs as wedding favors. We quickly came to our senses and then dumped AOL for greener, stable pastures. Happy anniversary!

Posted by: Mariann | November 26, 2002 03:52 PM

That's really sweet. Thanks for sharing, and congrats to the two of you.

Posted by: Keith | November 26, 2002 05:00 PM

Ohhhhhh... so that's my problem. I don't use AOL.

And Michele: Awwwwwwwww.

Posted by: Meryl Yourish | November 27, 2002 12:24 AM

Congrats Michelle and Justin. Don'tcha just love the internet?

I met my hubby 12/8/95 in a mIRC undernet chatroom. I'm only 5 years older than him though...hehe. Moved 1100 miles on 12/29/95. Arrived in Annapolis on New Years Eve 1995. Married 10/96. Squeezed out my son 10/98. Life is Grand! Love is Grand! Let's make Marguaritas!!!

Posted by: GardenFanny | November 27, 2002 11:34 AM

Awww---that is incredibly sweet! Congrats to you both and may you live happily ever after! :o)

Posted by: J3nnif3r | November 27, 2002 12:15 PM