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indiana_jToday, 30 years ago, Joe and Terry Watkins got hitched during a blizzard in Thurso, Scotland (led by a drunk priest with a crazy eyeball).
The story goes that while they knew of each other (the base in Thurso was small), their real connection came during a party in January. My father was being chased through the party by what probably could have been called the town bicycle. Wisely having nothing to do with the woman or her diseases, he spotted my mom and made a beeline to her. Throwing his arm over her shoulders, he begged her to say she was his date ... and, well. Soon after, they did start dating.
And 3-4 weeks (it depends on which one is telling the story) later, they were married.
A month of dating led to 30 years of marriage, two grown children, 6 countries and a hell of a lot more moving around than that. I'm proud to say that my parents are as stupidly in love with each other as they were 30 years ago. I just wish that I was near enough to them to help them celebrate.
And yes, getting married on Groundhogs Day was deliberate, as my dad said "I knew I'd end up forgetting the date because I know myself, so I wanted a day that was easily memorable and something that wasn't Valentine's Day".
The story goes that while they knew of each other (the base in Thurso was small), their real connection came during a party in January. My father was being chased through the party by what probably could have been called the town bicycle. Wisely having nothing to do with the woman or her diseases, he spotted my mom and made a beeline to her. Throwing his arm over her shoulders, he begged her to say she was his date ... and, well. Soon after, they did start dating.
And 3-4 weeks (it depends on which one is telling the story) later, they were married.
A month of dating led to 30 years of marriage, two grown children, 6 countries and a hell of a lot more moving around than that. I'm proud to say that my parents are as stupidly in love with each other as they were 30 years ago. I just wish that I was near enough to them to help them celebrate.
And yes, getting married on Groundhogs Day was deliberate, as my dad said "I knew I'd end up forgetting the date because I know myself, so I wanted a day that was easily memorable and something that wasn't Valentine's Day".