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November 2009 
How did you meet your partner?
Posted on Dec 25th, 2008
by 
tinkonthebrink
tinkonthebrink
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for December 22, 2008:
I had one of those awful jobs that you only take because you have to pay the rent for a minute and you and they know you're going to leave as soon as humanly possible. I have the ability to enjoy nearly anything and even I was mostly bored there, alternating with apalled and with occasional moments of perverse mischief tossed in. But I liked a lot of my coworkers quite a lot and one of my favorites wasn't eating at our table at lunch like she usually did because her sister had brought her food and they were off by themselves, hunkered down and being all kinds of unsociable. So of course I stopped by their table to interrupt them and say hello and got an introduction to the person with the beanie pulled down to the top of her glasses and these beautiful eyes and she barely even said hello to me and I thought maybe she disapproved of me. But apparently I'm just terrifying.
Then same co-worker invited me to a holiday party at same sister's house and the sister turned out to be much friendlier in that setting. A little while later we both worked at FringeFest and she called me and said "I'm here in town and I have my dog with me and we were going to stay with so-and-so but so-and-so's cat is sick and Maggie would be too much for her I don't want to drive all the way back and..." and I said "are you asking if you can sleep at my house?" and she said yes and they did. And that was January 27 almost 4 years ago and we've been together ever since.
It was the absolute best awful job ever.
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These personal stories of partner-meeting are great! I love how you said: I have the ability to enjoy nearly anything and even I was mostly bored there, alternating with apalled and with occasional moments of perverse mischief tossed in. Well good thing you’re not TOO terrifying, Ms. Tink.
Biggest smile ever,and feeling warm and fuzzy,and wondering just how terrifying you are and thinking if I camped out in your yard after awhile would you and Krissy adopt me ?
I don’t think I’m terrifying in general, only for krissy when she first met me. Here’s her version with a crazy picture of me and I have no idea what was so funny there but we’re gonna talk about that picture…
You were laughing soooo hard and it makes me smile every time I see it.
I liked both stories. I like the fact that a mismatched pair of socks could end up being a perfect match.
“I like the fact that a mismatched pair of socks could end up being a perfect match” - yes!
Bridget, I forgot to tell you that yes, you can camp out in our yard and we’ll certainly adopt you. In fact, why don’t you just come on in the house? We’ve got a big pot of tofu chili and I’ll put on some water to make the coffee.
Not to mention my cupid’s contribution - that’s when I came to visit you the day after I’d first met Krissy and you said “I don’t know if I want any kind of relationship right now.” And I said “Go ahead, what do you have to lose? Get to know her and then decide.” The rest is, as they say, history. I’m pretty proud of that suggestion I gave you.