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I met my wife on ICQ. I had random chat turned on and she said, "Hello." That was a long time ago
I met your wife there too.
So what?
We all did.
asl?
18/f/Sealand
You sure it’s not 18/Jawa/Tatooine?
She told me she talked to a guy who just wanted to talk about WoW and his favourite Linux distro. She gave up when he didn't make a move and decided to look for a real man. Was that you?
Would have been WoW and Star Trek if it was me.
Ah.
🤣
Is she single?
Decapitated. Whole big thing. We had a funeral for a bird.
Did she ever meet anyone interesting doing that?
Jk, of course. It was just too good of a setup to ignore.
Not as far as I know.
Me too. I hope they're different people
My standard reply was "hailing frequencies open." Needless to say it was the opening line that let multiple women know that I was single. Surprisingly it had a 100% success rate. I was the best nerd.
Did that line get you laid a lot?
The data is conflicting. I think they had already made up their mind on that topic before messaging me. My reply just reinforced their decision. It's hard to separate causation and correlation in that case.
I met someone I thought I'd marry there in the exact same way around '99.
That feature was powerful, and now we just can't be bothered because scammers and blah blah.
So many scams.
Did you wait until your wedding night to cyber for the first time?
Uh...no. It was all about sex. The whole getting married thing was an accident.
And now you have grandchildren?
Not yet. Our son isn't quite 16 and our daughter is 18 and into girls. It may take a few years yet.