Diving Couples Survey

[idocsteve]

You are ruining my warm and fuzzy

Yeah I get a lot of that.

 

[drydiver]

Yeah I get a lot of that.

 

[DA Aquamaster]

Back in the mid 80s, after being certified in college, I flew down to visit my sister in Florida...she was certified too, and we spent a weekend in the Florida Keys. She met a guy on the dive boat, long story short they were together about 20 years but they're now divorced so I'm not sure how much that one counts.

If it was mostly great years and a couple of bad ones it's a plus. If on the other hand it is just regarded as 20 years neither party will ever get back, it not so much a plus, unless they are into misery and despair.

 

[ScubaSam]

actually, you guys are funny, 2 divers who are dating, but haven't dived together yet, that is a new one

Hey, we met when the local dive season ended and are getting to know each other. We will dive together soon.

when i came on sb in 05, da aquamaster (larry) had been here a while. i settle in here & have a ball, and find great mentors & learn to dive. of course i notice him - he posts a lot! - but not in *that* way.

then, a few years later, hmm...we *do* notice each other 'that way'! we pm a while, then email, then phone, then decide to meet in morehead for some dives. he swears he fell in love while i was puking off the back of the boat.

we took full cave together. he's a wonderful buddy & a wonderful guy. he loves my baby. we're moving in together this summer.

Sounds like a great pairing!!!

they aren't here much currently, but charlie j & khagar (charlie & kristi) met here on sb, met in real life, began dating, charlie moved from nc to wv, and they got married.

two former mods, suthnbelle & oe2x (mel & jock) got married after meeting here. she moved from nc to washington state.

so yes, sb can lead to matrimony! be careful!

Holy crapola, now ya tell me....I'm as marriage phobic as they come.

Did you guys live near each other in the beginning? I know a few new couples who met on SB and are doing the long distance bit.

This is my second SB relationship, both were and are long distance relationships, this one is at least in the same time zone.

I am not going to name names They will post if they want to . . . .

Who?

Yes, we did get married on the boat. My dive buddy, a lawyer with her notary stamp, performed the ceremony. Captain Tony borrowed the "uniform", white shorts and white shirt, complete with epaulets, to play the part of the LoveBoat captain. My friends helped to decorate the boat, and I selected some reggae/jazz love songs, played by Beres Hammond. It was quite the informal wedding.

And, for the reception, a couple of months later, we had a catered beach bar-b-que, for about 100 or so friends and family. What fun that was!

Great story, Joyce.

Back in the mid 80s, after being certified in college, I flew down to visit my sister in Florida...she was certified too, and we spent a weekend in the Florida Keys. She met a guy on the dive boat, long story short they were together about 20 years but they're now divorced so I'm not sure how much that one counts.

Ouch, definitely does not count!

 

[Wookie]

I showed up for my first day as mate on a liveaboard dive boat. There was a crazy woman in the wheelhouse. She had quit her job that day, found out her mom had Parkinson's, and her husband had moved in with his girlfriend. Capt. Pierre said "Mel, meet Frank." Her response was "Are you the a$$hole parked on the dock?"

Sometimes when you buy a house, the old owners leave the cat behind. When you buy a dive boat, sometimes you end up with a crazy woman. We have been happily married for 10 years.

 

[DiverLS]

I met my BF on Match.com. My profile screamed I was a diver. I got an email on Match.com from zdiver and he asked Rec or Tec.

I emailed back Rec and he emailed back Tec but I will rec.

So we emailed back and forth for about a month before we arranged to meet to go to Monterey. I could tell with the emailing that he probably wasn't a pervert so I gave him my address. He was in my driveway when I got there to leave for our trip. I had worked 1/2 day.

So we left Reno, driving over I80 to Monterey. Before we turned left on I680 for Monterey, we figured out we had the magic.

So now we have been together every weekend (we live 174 miles apart) except the weekends in April 09 when he went cave diving in Florida and the weenend I was diving in Cozumel, both trips planned and paid for before we met.

Now I'm cave diving with him, did my Intro to Cave last November on a trip we planned together to the N. Florida cave country. He's rec diving with me, I intruced him to the dive boats off S. California. Our first trip was on the Horizon and he had a grin plastered on his face all weekend. :cool3:

I'm an underwater photographer and got him hooked. He just got a Cannon Rebel Xsi and housed it. Of course that will work in a cave too.

And we are going to Cancun in May so I can practice my cave skills I've learned so far. Then in November it's back to Cave Country in N. Florida and I hopefully will get my Apprentice cave cert.

Wahoooooooooooooo

 

[Teamcasa]

ok, this just one couple that inspired my public inquiry . . . don't they just make your little hearts go pitter patter?

They are here on SB, can anyone guess who they are?

It's Marian and Dave (Hislovelybride and Teamcasa)!!!!

They are super sweet to be around, giving me cavities EVERY time!!!

Diving is supposed to be fun, right?

Marian and I frequently go hand-in-hand - but some how I seem to blow through more air than her...Hmmm.

To me, life just doesn't get any better than diving with my lovely bride.

 

[ScubaSam]

Diving is supposed to be fun, right?

Marian and I frequently go hand-in-hand - but some how I seem to blow through more air than her...Hmmm.

To me, life just doesn't get any better than diving with my lovely bride.

Are you gonna tell everyone how you both met or is Marian going to do the honors?

 

[Teamcasa]

Are you gonna tell everyone how you both met or is Marian going to do the honors?

She can tell it. I exaggerate too much But here's a taste...It all started at the NHRA WinterNationals, a race car and and the a chick passing out.

 

[ScubaSam]

She can tell it. I exaggerate too much But here's a taste...It all started at the NHRA WinterNationals, a race car and and the a chick passing out.

Do chicks often pass out when meeting you?