How long have you been with your current "significant other"? - Page 3

Pie · 04-11-2009, 12:22 PM

Met my husband in August of 1992 - he was 18, I was 17. Married him on February 7th, 1998. Still very happy.

Alluvial · 04-11-2009, 02:12 PM

1990 was the year I got divorced from my first husband. I was 30. Vive le revolucion!

Clodfobble · 04-11-2009, 03:50 PM

Coming up on our 6th anniversary, and 2+ years before that. We need to make sure to celebrate for real this year, we did absolutely nothing last year because we were broke.

dar512 · 04-11-2009, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

did Mrs Dar take your last name, Dar? and Glatt?

Yes. I was comfortable with it either way. It was her choice.

kerosene · 04-11-2009, 05:16 PM

I hadn't taken my husband's last name until just about a month ago. I finally grew tired of spelling that long German maiden name.

richlevy · 04-11-2009, 05:35 PM

I'm really on the cusp here. Our 26th anniversary is this summer. Counting our engagement and dating, we're really close to 30. It depends on the definition of 'been with'.

richlevy · 04-11-2009, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by case

I hadn't taken my husband's last name until just about a month ago. I finally grew tired of spelling that long German maiden name.

I once went to school with a girl who had a really long German last name. She was class secretary and once misspelled her own name on the meeting minutes.

SteveDallas · 04-11-2009, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by case

I hadn't taken my husband's last name until just about a month ago. I finally grew tired of spelling that long German maiden name.

A while back I heard Kevin Smith's podcast (of Clerks, Mallrats, Dogmas, etc. fame). His wife Jennifer was on it with him, and she mentioned she could never figure out whether it was better to keep her maiden name, Schwalbach, which nobody could spell... or change it, and be one of thousands of "Jennifer Smith"s.

jinx · 04-11-2009, 06:03 PM

My thirst grade teacher was Mrs. Schwartzentruber. She was a mean old bitch and made everyone learn how to spell her stupid name on the first day of school.

Jim had her for 3rd grade too, and she used to dump his messy desk out all over the floor. She was big into public humiliation.

Pie · 04-11-2009, 06:05 PM

I kept my name. It was more a case of "why should I change my name -- I'm still the same person I was yesterday!"

lumberjim · 04-11-2009, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by jinx

My thirst grade teacher was Mrs. Schwartzentruber. She was a mean old bitch and made everyone learn how to spell her stupid name on the first day of school.

Jim had her for 3rd grade too, and she used to dump his messy desk out all over the floor. She was big into public humiliation.

I met jinx's mom when I was 9. how fucking scary is that. she was the
'nice' school nurse at Pickering Valley.

worst part: she remembered me faking a belly ache to get out of math class.

kerosene · 04-11-2009, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

I once went to school with a girl who had a really long German last name. She was class secretary and once misspelled her own name on the meeting minutes.

I have done that...signing a company email!

kerosene · 04-11-2009, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

A while back I heard Kevin Smith's podcast (of Clerks, Mallrats, Dogmas, etc. fame). His wife Jennifer was on it with him, and she mentioned she could never figure out whether it was better to keep her maiden name, Schwalbach, which nobody could spell... or change it, and be one of thousands of "Jennifer Smith"s.

This was exactly my predicament. I now appear to be of Irish descent (instead of German) and there are likely 2 million of me in the state of Colorado. Before, I had not been able to locate another person with the same name as mine. Still, not having to remember military style spelling for phone companies and like for giving my name over the phone is worth it.

footfootfoot · 04-11-2009, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by case

Still, not having to remember military style spelling for phone companies and like for giving my name over the phone is worth it.

"OK, are you sitting down?"

I had a friend with a typical last name as a given name and a typical given name as a last name. It was always fun listening to him try to explain it to whomever was on the other end of the phone.

Crimson Ghost · 04-11-2009, 11:01 PM

I worked with a guy whos last name was Stanislaskuzava.

"How do you spell that?"

"It's spelled just like it sounds."

View Poll Results: How long have you been with your Significant Other?
Single all the way, baby	3	4.84%
Single at the moment	6	9.68%
Less than 3 months	0	0%
3-6 months	0	0%
6 monthe - 1 year	1	1.61%
1-3 years	7	11.29%
3-5 years	4	6.45%
5-10 years	11	17.74%
10-20 years	21	33.87%
20-30 years	7	11.29%
>30 years	2	3.23%
Voters: 62. You may not vote on this poll

04-11-2009, 12:22 PM	#31
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Met my husband in August of 1992 - he was 18, I was 17. Married him on February 7th, 1998. Still very happy. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

04-11-2009, 03:50 PM	#33
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Coming up on our 6th anniversary, and 2+ years before that. We need to make sure to celebrate for real this year, we did absolutely nothing last year because we were broke. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

04-11-2009, 05:35 PM	#36
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I'm really on the cusp here. Our 26th anniversary is this summer. Counting our engagement and dating, we're really close to 30. It depends on the definition of 'been with'. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

04-11-2009, 06:03 PM	#39
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	My thirst grade teacher was Mrs. Schwartzentruber. She was a mean old bitch and made everyone learn how to spell her stupid name on the first day of school. Jim had her for 3rd grade too, and she used to dump his messy desk out all over the floor. She was big into public humiliation. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

04-11-2009, 02:12 PM	#32
Alluvial Phenomenologist Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Central Mississippi Posts: 270	1990 was the year I got divorced from my first husband. I was 30. Vive le revolucion!

04-11-2009, 05:16 PM	#35
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	I hadn't taken my husband's last name until just about a month ago. I finally grew tired of spelling that long German maiden name.

04-11-2009, 06:05 PM	#40
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	I kept my name. It was more a case of "why should I change my name -- I'm still the same person I was yesterday!" __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

04-11-2009, 11:01 PM	#45
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	I worked with a guy whos last name was Stanislaskuzava. "How do you spell that?" "It's spelled just like it sounds." __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

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