Reply #41: It was 3 years on September 10

[Bertha Venation]

We met 10/24/99, on line (not chat, not a dating site -- a message board). Neither of us was looking. On Sept. 10 the following year, we packed Harry & Richard in the back of the Tercel and drove from Huntington Beach, CA, to the DC area. Took ten days, stopped at the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, the Petrified Forest, the OKC Memorial, Knoxville, TN to see her folks, then to my new home.

And it's permanent. We realize the harships that will come, but our love & committment are permanent. This is 'til death do us part.

I want to tell this story to every single person who does not believe that we marry and commit for life. Sure, most of them would accuse me to my face of lying, but I'd just tell them to stay in touch w/ me over the years and see.