Corrected something on Wikipedia. Ended up meeting my husband. Gg
I started to edit more and more. Turns out the people who are really active basically all know each other (or did at the time.) We started talking and it was a met online story like any other from there.
This is actually a shockingly common story. There are A LOT of married Wikipedians.
I was too broke to move into my own apartment so I asked a work colleague if I could rent the spare bedroom in his basement for a month or two while I saved money and planned my next move. He agreed. Lol then about a week after I moved in he got caught cheating and just up and left his wife and child to be with his mistress. I felt bad about that bc it left them in the lurch really bad so instead of saving up money to move out I covered the rent for a few months. In that few months The lady got involved with another guy and him and his kids moved in with us.
It’s been 12 years and I still live there. They ended up getting married and were so appreciative that I kept them off the streets those first few months they asked me to move into a much bigger house with them where I’d have my own apartment in the renovated garage.
I wouldn’t trade these last 12 years for anything. I love the three kids as my own and watching them grow up into talented and kind adults has been probably the most rewarding and satisfying experience I’ll ever have. For the first time in my life I really felt welcomed and that I had a family that loves and supports me. I laugh out loud when I think about how close I was to just moving back in with my mom back then.
We found out the sewer line was collapsed five days after we moved in and it needed to be entirely replaced. It was absurdly expensive, and fully covered by that $47/year added line insurance.
every university and job application since has said how impressive it was. im pretty sure this helped me get into one of the best universities in the world, which is now equally the most impressive thing that employers mention
it all snowballed from that decision
He was literally the only person there I knew.
That night I met my wife, and made several new, close friends.
Randomly decided to apply for several jobs in my industry that I wasn’t totally qualified for, just because I was bored and felt I should probably do something productive in such a studious environment.
Two hours later I got a call from a recruiter, 2 days later I got a job.
10/10 life decision, no notes.
Cut to the idiots I once associated with smashing everything they found inside to splinters, including several windows. Because that’s what kids think is fun.
Needless to say, I get cold feet and dip. But only after finding a pair of glasses on the ground (I had always wanted glasses, for some reason). And they’re not even, like, a cool pair of shades. Just someone’s pharmacy store, plastic, reading glasses.
So, I make it home and chill out while rocking my new lenses, waiting for my friends to come back. My parents and my friends’ parents ask me where they are, and I cover for them by claiming to have no idea.
Soon, the rest of the group runs back, in high spirits from their vandalism. Little did they know they were being trailed, like the amateurs they were. By a middle-aged couple who had apparently been charged with caretaking the building. And they don’t look happy.
The couple eagerly tell our parents about our crimes. And our parents, in turn, round us all up from our hiding places. Then, they ask the couple to point out who exactly they had seen.
Cut to the couple picking us out of a lineup while I put on the most neutral expression I can manage. “That one. That one. Also, that one.”
Then comes my turn. “Nah. Not that one. None of them had glasses.” And they move on.
Moral of the story: Clark Kent isn’t Superman.
This went on for two months. Some days were so bad I could barely get up and dressed for work.
One day, at Aldi, I came across a pile of super soft (SO goddamn soft), super fluffy pillows for sale.
Everything I’d read said to steer clear of super soft pillows if you have neck pain. I figured I’d tried everything else, so I snatched one up and gave it a try that night.
Four months now with zero neck pain.
**Best $14 I EVER spent**.
**EDIT:** I took a look at the tag. It doesn’t have a brand name on it. It just says “MADE FOR ALDI” and Item # 58447-23.
It turns out the club where they were playing burnt down during the performance, most people died and the ones that survived will never be the same.
I learned to not feel guilty if I feel lazy to do something. Sometimes it changes things in ways you can’t expect.
I’m walking the dogs, see they have Jersey plates and say hi, ask if they are in town for the Springsteen concert which I can in no way afford to go to so I’m jealous. They are and they have extra tickets if I know anyone who wants to go. I said I’d love to but I know what they cost and send them to a few neighbors who are into music and might go.
Few hours later there is a knock, they ask how much I have (hour before show) and I said I got $100 for my bday but I don’t want to offer that, cause it’s too low. They are drunk and say we’d rather have that than nothing so let’s go! I tell them to cancel the Uber, I’ll drive them (I get free parking there) and have an amazing time with new friends. They even sent me a video of my favorite song.
All cause I said hi…
That resulted in a chain of events that moved me across the country, gave me some of the most fun times of my life, and essentially set me up for a successful career which I love, but would never have imagined. Now I’m married to a east coast lady and have no plans to move back west, so that “let’s just try this one” decision 15 years ago completely redirected my life.
Best one so far: after 7 years I was sick and tired of my job and most importantly the company I worked for. On the brink of burnout and reoccurring depression, I decided to apply for other jobs to test the waters.
Got invited to an interview for a position I was barely qualified for and was crazy honest during the interview. Told them what I am struggling with at the current job, what I can and can’t do, what work environment I wish for etc. The 2 managers I had the interview with were awesome. We had a great conversation and they told me that they have a few more candidates lined up and will get back to me in about 2 weeks.
Got a call the same day from HR, that Manager X would actually love to skip the other interviews as he really wants to work with me – and I just accepted because the the f not?
That job changed everything. The manager became a great mentor and sponsor for my career, I got mentally out of that dark place and enjoyed myself again and I got to meet that cute colleague in the office right next to mine, to whom I am married now 🙂
u/kyonkun_denwa added:
Man that was a crazy time. I remember my brother convinced me to buy GME options because “there’s a short squeeze, no way you can lose money bro, I’m telling you throw a good chunk in there and you can’t lose”.
He had a history of risky investments but I still threw in $1,000 of “what the hell” money and ended up turning it into $20,000. My brother, meanwhile, YOLO’d $22k into options and turned it into $418,000. He ended up paying like $80k in capital gains taxes, but even after accounting for that, he was up like $316,000 on a single bet, having started with just $22k. Absolute insanity.
That’s where I met the absolute love of my life and now wife. 25 years together from that day forward. Best “on a whim” decision I’ve ever made.
In the very early days of what became the Internet, I went to a meetup with a group that had been online together for awhile. That wasn’t something people really did back then (most people didn’t even know what “online” meant yet), so it was scary, but my life was trash and I just needed to get away. I met a really sweet guy there, fell for him, and took a way out of character risk and told him so. He’s shy, so he never would have told me first that he felt the same way – that was just over 30 years ago, and we’re still together!
I think what’s unexpected about this decision is that it stuck. I can’t stress enough that this was not a difficult decision spurred on by a deep, long talk with myself about my health. I literally just got up one day and felt restless so I decided to go on a jog.
It wasn’t easy and without help from my dad, it would be impossible. But I had nice savings, with the help from my dad I was able to make the down payment. I just landed a new job with a good salary, but getting a loan was difficult because I was still in the test period at the job (first 3 months, where either party can end the contract for no reason). But in the end, I got a loan, which I later refinanced to proper mortage.
Being in such a big debt is not great, both psychologically and practically. I think I’d never commit to it if it wasn’t for this “let’s just do it” moment. I’d never take the decision back, having a place that is my own is so comforting. Living in fear that I will have to move at any moment because some other person wants to end the rent was so frustrating. I am really lucky I was able to afford it, thanks to my good job and my parents.
To buy a scratcher and let the clerk pic the ticket. Didn’t care how much the ticket was just told him to pic me a winner. He picked a $10 ticket and I’ll be damned if I didn’t win $10,000 US.it was a Friday night so I had to wait till Monday to cash in the ticket since it was a large amount. So, being the responsible adult I am, I kept my nephew and stepson out of school on Monday, and we had a boys’ day. I did whatever they wanted to do once we went to the lottery off and cashed the ticket.these lil reprobates conspired, and we ended up a Wendy’s for lunch. These lil got Double Baconators with chocolate frostys. Now this kids were 11 and 12 and I’ll be damned these little put it all down and asked to go to DQ for Blizzards. Ahh what a day.
Had recently broken up with my girlfriend and reluctantly let a friend drag me to a party I didn’t want to attend. I just wanted to stay home and feel sorry for myself. I wound up meeting my current wife at that party and I’m really glad I went.
Stayed seated on the bus a lot later than usual because I was being lazy.
If I had stood up at my usual time when the bus was still going normal speed, I likely would’ve gone through the window. A car swerved in front of the bus and the busdriver slammed on the brakes so hard that I slammed into the seat in front of me instead.
30yrs ago when buses didnt have a button to press to let the driver know you needed the next stop.
Was up late, and decided to apply for massage school
Got trained, licensed, and a job in the field two years later. Night and day financially, and had enough money to go back to college for tech.
I went from 400$ a week as the head chef of a famous restaurant (absolute nightmare working there), to being an expert in my field + pretty good medical experience.
Being able to communicate (which I learned in massage) is an amazing skillset in tech. I’m by and large in a far better place than someone from my background usually is.
All because I was drunk at 6AM, and sent an email
When I was 17 years old, I walked into a US Army recruiting office.
I am retired from the US Army now.
With my military background, and technical skills I learned in the Army I have never had to spend more than a few weeks looking for a job over the last few decades.
I started to edit more and more. Turns out the people who are really active basically all know each other (or did at the time.) We started talking and it was a met online story like any other from there.
This is actually a shockingly common story. There are A LOT of married Wikipedians.
I was too broke to move into my own apartment so I asked a work colleague if I could rent the spare bedroom in his basement for a month or two while I saved money and planned my next move. He agreed. Lol then about a week after I moved in he got caught cheating and just up and left his wife and child to be with his mistress. I felt bad about that bc it left them in the lurch really bad so instead of saving up money to move out I covered the rent for a few months. In that few months The lady got involved with another guy and him and his kids moved in with us.
It's been 12 years and I still live there. They ended up getting married and were so appreciative that I kept them off the streets those first few months they asked me to move into a much bigger house with them where I'd have my own apartment in the renovated garage.
I wouldn't trade these last 12 years for anything. I love the three kids as my own and watching them grow up into talented and kind adults has been probably the most rewarding and satisfying experience I'll ever have. For the first time in my life I really felt welcomed and that I had a family that loves and supports me. I laugh out loud when I think about how close I was to just moving back in with my mom back then.
We found out the sewer line was collapsed five days after we moved in and it needed to be entirely replaced. It was absurdly expensive, and fully covered by that $47/year added line insurance.
every university and job application since has said how impressive it was. im pretty sure this helped me get into one of the best universities in the world, which is now equally the most impressive thing that employers mention
it all snowballed from that decision
He was literally the only person there I knew.
That night I met my wife, and made several new, close friends.
Randomly decided to apply for several jobs in my industry that I wasn’t totally qualified for, just because I was bored and felt I should probably do something productive in such a studious environment.
Two hours later I got a call from a recruiter, 2 days later I got a job.
10/10 life decision, no notes.
Cut to the idiots I once associated with smashing everything they found inside to splinters, including several windows. Because that's what kids think is fun.
Needless to say, I get cold feet and dip. But only after finding a pair of glasses on the ground (I had always wanted glasses, for some reason). And they're not even, like, a cool pair of shades. Just someone's pharmacy store, plastic, reading glasses.
So, I make it home and chill out while rocking my new lenses, waiting for my friends to come back. My parents and my friends' parents ask me where they are, and I cover for them by claiming to have no idea.
Soon, the rest of the group runs back, in high spirits from their vandalism. Little did they know they were being trailed, like the amateurs they were. By a middle-aged couple who had apparently been charged with caretaking the building. And they don't look happy.
The couple eagerly tell our parents about our crimes. And our parents, in turn, round us all up from our hiding places. Then, they ask the couple to point out who exactly they had seen.
Cut to the couple picking us out of a lineup while I put on the most neutral expression I can manage. "That one. That one. Also, that one."
Then comes my turn. "Nah. Not that one. None of them had glasses." And they move on.
Moral of the story: Clark Kent isn't Superman.
This went on for two months. Some days were so bad I could barely get up and dressed for work.
One day, at Aldi, I came across a pile of super soft (SO goddamn soft), super fluffy pillows for sale.
Everything I'd read said to steer clear of super soft pillows if you have neck pain. I figured I'd tried everything else, so I snatched one up and gave it a try that night.
Four months now with zero neck pain.
**Best $14 I EVER spent**.
**EDIT:** I took a look at the tag. It doesn't have a brand name on it. It just says "MADE FOR ALDI" and Item # 58447-23.
It turns out the club where they were playing burnt down during the performance, most people died and the ones that survived will never be the same.
I learned to not feel guilty if I feel lazy to do something. Sometimes it changes things in ways you can't expect.
I’m walking the dogs, see they have Jersey plates and say hi, ask if they are in town for the Springsteen concert which I can in no way afford to go to so I’m jealous. They are and they have extra tickets if I know anyone who wants to go. I said I’d love to but I know what they cost and send them to a few neighbors who are into music and might go.
Few hours later there is a knock, they ask how much I have (hour before show) and I said I got $100 for my bday but I don’t want to offer that, cause it’s too low. They are drunk and say we’d rather have that than nothing so let’s go! I tell them to cancel the Uber, I’ll drive them (I get free parking there) and have an amazing time with new friends. They even sent me a video of my favorite song.
All cause I said hi…
That resulted in a chain of events that moved me across the country, gave me some of the most fun times of my life, and essentially set me up for a successful career which I love, but would never have imagined. Now I'm married to a east coast lady and have no plans to move back west, so that "let's just try this one" decision 15 years ago completely redirected my life.
Best one so far: after 7 years I was sick and tired of my job and most importantly the company I worked for. On the brink of burnout and reoccurring depression, I decided to apply for other jobs to test the waters.
Got invited to an interview for a position I was barely qualified for and was crazy honest during the interview. Told them what I am struggling with at the current job, what I can and can't do, what work environment I wish for etc. The 2 managers I had the interview with were awesome. We had a great conversation and they told me that they have a few more candidates lined up and will get back to me in about 2 weeks.
Got a call the same day from HR, that Manager X would actually love to skip the other interviews as he really wants to work with me - and I just accepted because the the f not?
That job changed everything. The manager became a great mentor and sponsor for my career, I got mentally out of that dark place and enjoyed myself again and I got to meet that cute colleague in the office right next to mine, to whom I am married now 🙂
u/kyonkun_denwa added:
Man that was a crazy time. I remember my brother convinced me to buy GME options because “there’s a short squeeze, no way you can lose money bro, I’m telling you throw a good chunk in there and you can’t lose”.
He had a history of risky investments but I still threw in $1,000 of “what the hell” money and ended up turning it into $20,000. My brother, meanwhile, YOLO’d $22k into options and turned it into $418,000. He ended up paying like $80k in capital gains taxes, but even after accounting for that, he was up like $316,000 on a single bet, having started with just $22k. Absolute insanity.
That's where I met the absolute love of my life and now wife. 25 years together from that day forward. Best "on a whim" decision I've ever made.
In the very early days of what became the Internet, I went to a meetup with a group that had been online together for awhile. That wasn't something people really did back then (most people didn't even know what "online" meant yet), so it was scary, but my life was trash and I just needed to get away. I met a really sweet guy there, fell for him, and took a way out of character risk and told him so. He's shy, so he never would have told me first that he felt the same way - that was just over 30 years ago, and we're still together!
I think what's unexpected about this decision is that it stuck. I can't stress enough that this was not a difficult decision spurred on by a deep, long talk with myself about my health. I literally just got up one day and felt restless so I decided to go on a jog.
It wasn't easy and without help from my dad, it would be impossible. But I had nice savings, with the help from my dad I was able to make the down payment. I just landed a new job with a good salary, but getting a loan was difficult because I was still in the test period at the job (first 3 months, where either party can end the contract for no reason). But in the end, I got a loan, which I later refinanced to proper mortage.
Being in such a big debt is not great, both psychologically and practically. I think I'd never commit to it if it wasn't for this "let's just do it" moment. I'd never take the decision back, having a place that is my own is so comforting. Living in fear that I will have to move at any moment because some other person wants to end the rent was so frustrating. I am really lucky I was able to afford it, thanks to my good job and my parents.
To buy a scratcher and let the clerk pic the ticket. Didn't care how much the ticket was just told him to pic me a winner. He picked a $10 ticket and I'll be damned if I didn't win $10,000 US.it was a Friday night so I had to wait till Monday to cash in the ticket since it was a large amount. So, being the responsible adult I am, I kept my nephew and stepson out of school on Monday, and we had a boys' day. I did whatever they wanted to do once we went to the lottery off and cashed the ticket.these lil reprobates conspired, and we ended up a Wendy's for lunch. These lil got Double Baconators with chocolate frostys. Now this kids were 11 and 12 and I'll be damned these little put it all down and asked to go to DQ for Blizzards. Ahh what a day.
Had recently broken up with my girlfriend and reluctantly let a friend drag me to a party I didn’t want to attend. I just wanted to stay home and feel sorry for myself. I wound up meeting my current wife at that party and I’m really glad I went.
Stayed seated on the bus a lot later than usual because I was being lazy.
If I had stood up at my usual time when the bus was still going normal speed, I likely would've gone through the window. A car swerved in front of the bus and the busdriver slammed on the brakes so hard that I slammed into the seat in front of me instead.
30yrs ago when buses didnt have a button to press to let the driver know you needed the next stop.
Was up late, and decided to apply for massage school
Got trained, licensed, and a job in the field two years later. Night and day financially, and had enough money to go back to college for tech.
I went from 400$ a week as the head chef of a famous restaurant (absolute nightmare working there), to being an expert in my field + pretty good medical experience.
Being able to communicate (which I learned in massage) is an amazing skillset in tech. I'm by and large in a far better place than someone from my background usually is.
All because I was drunk at 6AM, and sent an email
When I was 17 years old, I walked into a US Army recruiting office.
I am retired from the US Army now.
With my military background, and technical skills I learned in the Army I have never had to spend more than a few weeks looking for a job over the last few decades.
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