(me and Missus Hawtness, 1992)
OK, can you believe it, met the missus 20 years ago today, last day of November 1989. Famously, of course, we knew each over 3 years before we even had a date in 1992, after which we quickly got married December 24, 1992. This pic is from July of 1992.
I currently teach pottery classes at Cornell and work in the Pot Shop. It was the same 20 years ago at University of Illinois at Chicago. Both Cornell and Illinois have open studios for anybody to use and there were non-credit pottery classes people could take, and Illinois had 2 studios. I had moved with my art degree to Chicago to get a graduate degree in special education. Just so happens my future wife was the director of one of the 2 studios at Illinois, but I worked at the other.
You must keep in mind that I am super shy, almost crippled by shyness sometimes.
In late fall 1989 Maude had decided to run a made in the 2 craft shops exhibit for Christmastime. I needed to take my teaset and pitcher to the second studio and exhibition space which I had never visited, and there was a very pretty woman at the desk. I could not meet her eye but just ran in and said "here is my entry" and ran out. Soon thereafter I moved my workspace and started working at her studio, teaching pottery classes there, and was artist in residence for awhile too. In fall of 1991 I was breaking up with the person I was with, and mentioned this to Maude who said she would help me move my stuff. I thanked her and said I didn't need help, but it is always a special friend who offers to help you move. A few months later, the end of January 1992 I had a party and gave her the first kiss, and well, that was it, we were TOGETHER.
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23 comments:
Just like I said on FB... "AWWWWW". :)
Congrats on so many happy years together. :D
I wish long skirts like that would come back into fashion.
what a great love story. you two were destined to be together.
So sweet! Happy meeting day to you both! :-)
Nothing better in the morning than a great love story and of course some Zepplin!!!
Congrats.
I'd love to hear Maude's take on this love story... how she saw the shy guy... :)
Lovely photo.
I think she is wearing that skirt today, actually :)
What a great love story. Hard to imagine you as really shy, Gary! Congrats on 20 years. That's awesome!
That's a very sweet story.
amigo... congratulations! it was very nice to meet maude and you last week, didn't realize you'd been together for 20 years, wow!
Adorable! You and your Missus are just adorable! <3
This is a great story. Do you have a special dinner with candles and flowers planned for this evening?
Fabulous photo...fabulous story!
Congratulations from Belgium!
A touching story and a stunning picture.
I only wish that one day I'll be that lucky!
YOU, shy? I remember meeting you and that was definitely not my impression. But congrats on 20 years of friendship and (almost) 17 years of marriage.
Awww. This is so sweet.
I feel like you're a reformed shy person, but still identify as shy.
Wonderful meet-cute. Wonderful couple. Wonderful life.
Special dinner? I gave her a lottery ticket :)
Some situations make me quite shy and anxious, they just do.
Such a sweet story, congrats to you both.
And you are STILL together!I don't know about your shyness, Gary:)...how can a person who's so funny, be shy?
I saw one of the comments, In California long skirts are back in (they started coming the stores a year ago)!
yay! :D! I love that! Congrats!
Congratulations on 20 years. May the next 20 be even more terrific.
=) You guys are so cute! =)
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