This is a spin-off thread. I really wanted to talk about how my parents met, but it didn't seem like it fit into the "How Did You Meet Your Wife/Husband" thread.

The funny thing is, I've found that many people have no idea how their parents met. I mean, c'mon... if they hadn't we wouldn't be around.

When my Father was a young man, he was quite a ladies man. He often was going out with two women at the same time. On the same night. He'd tell the girl he went out with after work that he had to get home early, and then go pick up the other girl who he had told that he had to work late. One night, he and a buddy of his went up to the
hospital to visit a friend, and my Dad spotted my Mom, who was in nurses training. Of course, they weren't my Mom and Dad yet.. Dad was very infatuated with her and asked her to go out with him. As it turns out, my Mom was engaged to be married to Alfred (a real catch... the Captain of the high school basketball team ... there were only 22 kids in the graduating class, so he probably didn't have a lot of competition.) At first, Mom refused Dad's advances, but my Father bought some tickets to an Amateur vaudeville show at the local theater and asked my Mom to go with him. She finally gave in, as a couple of the nurses were in the show.

That night, while Mom and Dad were at the vaudeville show, Alfred showed up after work to see Mom and the other nurses told him that she'd gone to the vaudeville show with my Dad. He was furious, and heartbroken.

Now, the story is more complicated than that. You see, Velma, who was a classmate of Mom and Alfred's was in love with Alfred, and was pining in the wings. And, Mom's brother, my Uncle Walt married Alfred's sister Edna. And the story goes:

ALFRED

"Alfred told my Mom that he would be her one and only,
But she'd have to be his one and only, too.
And if he ever caught her going out again with Elmer (my Dad)
That their courtin' days would sure be through

CHORUS:

Cause Alfred loved my Mom but she was crazy 'bout my Dad
'Course he wasn't my Dad back then
And Alfred hardly noticed that Velma existed
Though she thought he was the living end

Elmer bought some tickets for a night at the Apollo
So that they could see the vaudeville show
And even though she knew that she was bound to catch the Devil,
My mom decided she would go

CHORUS

After work that night when Alfred came around to call
They told him that my Mom was at the show
And when he found she'd gone with Elmer, Alfred blew his top
Just to think that she would disappoint him so

CHORUS

Alfred told my Uncle Walt (who married Alfred's sister Edna)
After Mom and Dad were wed
He took a train to Appleton, or maybe it was Fondulac
Because it made him feel so bad

CHORUS

After Mom and Dad were married, Alfred finally noticed Velma
And he came around to call
And when he finally got around to asking Velma for her hand
She thought the wait was worth it all

What about that? A double happy ending..

Any stories?

Jerry