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Misty and George Porter
George and Cookie Poe
GEORGE & COOKIE POE
TABLE MANNERS
We met at work in Houston. For our first date, George asked
me to go to lunch with him. I was thrilled. The cafe had a
nice tablecloth and a flower arrangement in the middle of the
table. I was trying really hard to make a good impression. It
was working, until we started to leave. Gathering my things, I
failed to notice that I had snapped the tablecloth into my purse! of the city. On the way back to the hotel my uncle stopped in
As I walked away I heard a crash, looked down and saw the
flower arrangement broken all over the floor, along with our
drinking glasses, dishes and messy food. I had dragged the
whole tablecloth behind me. George walked outside, never said
a word about the incident. That was 58 years ago. What a man!
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GEORGE & MISTY PORTER
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
After completing my enlistment in the U.S. Marine Corps
in 1969 I worked for a year, then took a vacation. I asked
the travel agent to get me a trip to Japan, but when I went to
pick up my tickets they were for a Grand Tour of Europe. The
agent said I had already seen Japan, but not Europe and I
bought it hook, line and sinker! My uncle was living in Paris
at the time, so he picked me up at the hotel and gave me a tour
a corner grocery store and got me two bottles of wine, a wheel
of cheese and two sticks of bread, ensuring I would be set for
my train ride from Paris to Milan the next day. On the train
I discovered a compartment with five American nurses. Each
compartment held six. I may have been dumb, but I was not
stupid, and I sat in that compartment. Four of the nurses had
been up all night and went right to bed, but Misty was a night
nurse and just getting her second wind, so I shared my wine
and cheese. A week or so later we were in Brussels and met at
the Grand-Place for dinner - our first date. The square was lit
in all its beauty, and it was a perfect place to fall in love. The
rest, as they say, is history!
BILL & LYDIA RIVES
GO CHANGE YOUR TIE
Our first date was in 1955 when we were both sophomores in
college. I thought this guy from Texas was pretty cute, so decided
to ask him to join me for a large family dinner at a local fancy
restaurant to celebrate my parents’ anniversary. He didn’t have a
car, so I picked him up. He was looking good: nice slacks, a sports
jacket…and an open neck shirt with a bolo tie. No way would
that pass for a coat and tie at this fancy place! I was mortified
and had to tell him to change and get a tie. Didn’t seem to faze
him, and we’ve since had 54 wonderful years together!
PAUL & MARLENE SCHLOSSBERG
I GUESS I SHOULD START DATING YOUR SISTER
He and my brother
became friends at CCNY.
He’d call the house
regularly – that’s how we
met. We would be on the
phone for hours. I was 14.
He was 18. I guess we
developed a friendship
that just continues on
and on. He was already
driving and came by the
house one day while I
was walking a neighbor’s
German Shepard. Now Paul and Marlene Schlossberg
there was a face to go with
that voice. One day he was talking to my brother and he said,
“I guess I should start dating your sister because I’m going to
marry her one day.” So we starting hanging out together. We
had all the ups and down that couples go through when they
start out. We were luckier than most. We were married ten days
after I graduated from college. This past July we celebrated
our 48th wedding anniversary.
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