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  • #1382
    Lau2976
    Registered Users Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭Lau2976


    Picture it. Sicily. 1912…

    :pac:

    We’ve actually been close friends a really long time but I never really even entertained the idea of dating him. It never happened that we were single at the same time for very long. We drifted apart a little and then this whole debacle forced us back together, he’s one of my only mutual friends with her, and we just started spending more time together. We have a lot of the same interests and I had forgotten how much I liked spending time with him.

    We started going for dinner and playing video games and we’d go out with each others friends. It was just sort of a natural progression I guess. One of his friends made a joke about us being an old married couple and then a few days later he asked me out.

    Sadly nothing too exciting :pac:


  • #1383
    Rfrip
    Registered Users Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Rfrip


    Aw that’s very sweet

    Thanks for sharing your story with us


  • #1384
    December2012
    Registered Users Posts: 4,695 ✭✭✭December2012


    Lau2976 wrote: »
    Picture it. Sicily. 1912…

    :pac:

    We’ve actually been close friends a really long time but I never really even entertained the idea of dating him. It never happened that we were single at the same time for very long. We drifted apart a little and then this whole debacle forced us back together, he’s one of my only mutual friends with her, and we just started spending more time together. We have a lot of the same interests and I had forgotten how much I liked spending time with him.

    We started going for dinner and playing video games and we’d go out with each others friends. It was just sort of a natural progression I guess. One of his friends made a joke about us being an old married couple and then a few days later he asked me out.

    Sadly nothing too exciting :pac:


    I think it's very exciting. To go from friends o lovers to marrying! It's perfect.


  • #1385
    soups05
    Registered Users Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭soups05


    whoa, what a ride this thread has been. I started reading it a few hours ago and had to jump in and out while i did other stuff. it just got better and better as it went on.
    its 3am and when i read lau and cakeguy got engaged i threw my hands in the air and scared the crap outta the poor dog, not to mention the wife lol.

    Congrats to you both, thank you for an amazing read and thank you to all the others who contributed t keep it fun. best wishes to you both, now am off to read all the other threads that were linked and i had to bookmark lol.


  • #1386
    WHIP IT!
    Registered Users Posts: 5,881 ✭✭✭WHIP IT!


    Was led to this thread from... somewhere, about an hour ago.

    I can't be the only one reading it thinking a very imaginative OP has led a whole bunch of posters on a merry dance.

    They broke up (again) and the male foreign national was able to just take their Irish-born kids to the States? Anyone with any knowledge of the Family courts in Ireland might know how unlikely (or certainly unusual) that is.

    Every piece of speculation on this thread eventually - and conveniently - became part of the OP's supposed story.

    It was a laugh reading it - but, sorry, I don't buy it.

    On the other hand, if it is true - congrats OP on your impending nuptuals! :)


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  • #1387
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,325 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    BOOOOOOO!!! HISSSSS!!!


  • #1388
    Rfrip
    Registered Users Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Rfrip


    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    Was led to this thread from... somewhere, about an hour ago.

    I can't be the only one reading it thinking a very imaginative OP has led a whole bunch of posters on a merry dance.

    They broke up (again) and the male foreign national was able to just take their Irish-born kids to the States? Anyone with any knowledge of the Family courts in Ireland might know how unlikely (or certainly unusual) that is.

    Every piece of speculation on this thread eventually - and conveniently - became part of the OP's supposed story.

    It was a laugh reading it - but, sorry, I don't buy it.

    On the other hand, if it is true - congrats OP on your impending nuptuals! :)

    Who hurt you.....


  • #1389
    WHIP IT!
    Registered Users Posts: 5,881 ✭✭✭WHIP IT!


    Rfrip wrote: »
    Who hurt you.....

    :D:D:D

    We haven't got time, Mate, we haven't got time!


  • #1390
    Rfrip
    Registered Users Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Rfrip


    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    :D:D:D

    We haven't got time, Mate, we haven't got time!


    :):)


  • #1391
    Morgans
    Registered Users Posts: 4,343 ✭✭✭Morgans


    Only seeing this now. Congrats and thanks for the great story.

    BTW, the screenplay writes itself.

    First scene focuses in on 'the rignorants', the wedding where no-one turns up, meanwhile, in contrast to crass and tacky, the cute friendly couple playing board games, couple of scenes where cake guy sweetly places a dot of flour on your nose, closing scene is a celebratory wedding and a final zoom in on the stand mixer received as a present (whether ye wanted it or not).

    Only a question of when this movie gets made and which A-lister plays who.


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  • #1392
    Bacchus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,699 ✭✭✭Bacchus


    Morgans wrote: »
    Only a question of when this movie gets made and which A-lister plays who.

    In their heyday... this has a charming Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts rom-com written all over it :D

    ... the setting would have to be changed to UK/US to avoid horrendous Irish accents though.


  • #1393
    silvervixen84
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 6,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭silvervixen84


    Can't believe this thread is 3 years old already!

    Congrats to Lau2976 and cakeguy. What a great ending to the story! :D


  • #1394
    Hyzepher
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,659 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hyzepher


    Where do I send the bike?


  • #1395
    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,446 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Jeez, should be banned for bumping this thread. :p


  • #1396
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,325 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Maybe they requested almost-anniversary-guest-specific-gifts, and Hyzepher was asked for a bike...


  • #1397
    Lisha
    Registered Users Posts: 8,693 ✭✭✭Lisha


    I was hoping for an update too :)


  • #1398
    messrs
    Registered Users Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭messrs


    I also thought it was going to be an udpate :confused:


  • #1399
    Paddy Cow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭Paddy Cow


    I hope Lau and cake guy are still together. I've invested too much emotionally for them to throw in the towel :pac:


  • #1400
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,325 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Paddy Cow wrote: »
    I hope Lau and cake guy are still together. I've invested too much emotionally for them to throw in the towel :pac:


    I bet they got a tandem instead of a bike. :)


  • #1401
    hdowney
    Registered Users Posts: 12,921 ✭✭✭✭hdowney


    Mr E wrote: »
    Jeez, should be banned for bumping this thread. :p

    Here here. My heart lept thinking an update and then....dissapointment. 50 lashes for that poster :D


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  • #1402
    Molly1983
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭Molly1983


    I cannot believe this thread is 3 years old 😱😱😱😱😱 anyone else feeling old?


  • #1403
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,325 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    I wonder, are these people related...


  • #1404
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,557 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    €500 is absolutely insane for a gift. Can you do something creative? If not, €100 will suffice.



    If the wedding couple are not happy with that, then you need to re-evaluate the friendship.


  • #1405
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,654 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Folks, Lau hasn’t come back to this thread in a long time, and although my opinion may be unpopular, I think the thread ran its course a very long time ago. I’ll leave it open for another short while, but unless there’s any significant to add, I plan to lock it and let it rest in peace.

    Update: thread locked. If the OP wants to provide an update, feel free to PM one of the mods and we can post it on your behalf.


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