How we met

Blue thin line

We met at a Mensa convention in Philadelphia. It was the end of the weekend, on Sunday afternoon, October 27th, 1991. Here's how Jon remembers that day:

I saw an attractive woman that I hadn't seen all weekend. She was wearing an Uncle Bonsai t-shirt, and I decided to use that as an ice-breaker and talk to her.

"I know who they are," I said, pointing at the shirt.
"No you don't," she answered.
"Yes, I do," I insisted.

It went on that way for a bit. We chatted briefly and I proved that I did, indeed, understand the significance of the t-shirt.

A few months later, we met again at another Mensa convention in Washington, DC, in January of '92. This time, we spent much of the weekend together. However, when the weekend was over, we went our separate ways.

We did not see each other again until two years later at the next Washington Mensa convention. From then on, we began seeing each other on a progressively more frequent basis. At first, it was every few months, then about once a month, then about twice a month, and eventually up to every weekend.

But that wasn't enough! We wanted to be together everyday, which is what the whole marriage thing is all about.

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