Getting to know each other- facts and photos (New Gals Add your Info)

Kris - I grew up in Sunnyside too

Name: Susan
Town: Nesconset since March
Occupation: SAHW
Age: just turned 31 last May
Wedding Date: January 25, 2003
Honeymoon: didn't take one because we bought a house, but we 'sort of' did a pseudo honeymoon 3 nights in Paris when we went to the UK to see his parents last month

Currently making our house a home, but by bit. Spend most of my days doing housework and ungodly amounts of laundry. Nights with DH. Looking forward to a new addition, our ridgeback, Madison, who was born on June 1st. Hoping to start TTC sometime this year...depending on how well I fare with the dog.

DH is a techie. He writes the intranet system for a well known bank. His commute is hell (he's up at 4am) but he loves Long Island and says the commute is worth the quality of life he has since moving out of the city. He's going to be 36 in October.

Hobbies: we mostly like quiet things. Dinners and movies. Entertaining friends. BBQs, now that we bought a grill and furniture...
(I know I promised to host a GTG and I intend on keeping my word before the summer's up!) When we get our pup we plan on being very active in dog shows and field coursing events.

Here's us:

My computer's been down for almost 2 weeks - happy to be back and wanna join in!

Name: Mary
Town: Little Neck, but in contract for a house in East Meadow.
Occupation: Controller
Age: 33 (October 28)
Wedding Date: April 26, 2003 (hence the name )
Honeymoon: Royal Carribbean cruise to the Western Carribbean - we LOVED it!

DH has 4 kids, 19, 16, 15 & 14! Three of them were in the wedding and stay with us every other weekend. We will also TTC, but right now we're focused on the house - estimated closing date July 29.

DH also brought a cat named Cuddles to the marriage! She is the sweetest, cutest, most lovable cat! She is also one who needs lots if attention and love and really does love to cuddle!!

Here is a pic of us on our HM (though not one of my faves, but it's not a wedding photo!):


And here we are with the kids at the wedding:

Name: Elena Age:32
Ocupation: Violin player, freelancer, and private teacher
DH: Alan Age:41
Ocupation: Environmentalist/Sociologist
Wedding Date: May 30th, 2003 Westbury Manor
Location: Bellerose, Queens
Pets: Mystic, a beutiful Black Lab (13 years old)
Babies: not for the next one or two years

I was born and raised in Venezuela, and came to USA to continue my studies in 1998. DH is British/American citizen born in Portugal, he has been in the USA for the past 18 years.

Honeymoon: after I get my permit to travel we want to go to Morroco!

I know I'm not a newlywed but it's really interesting to read all these things!!

Deb, (bearsbabe) what a tangent that was !!!


I think youre in the lead again !

Lisa W, Applesfla and I all share the same b-day! How coincidental! Didn't ever think 11/24 was all that popular!

I love this thread!!

Name :Liz
Age: 35
B'day: 8/11
Occupation: office manager jewelry industry
Born and raised in Bellmore

DH : Mark
Age: 30
B'day - 12/11
Occupation: NYPD Sgt.
Born and raised in Port Washington

Currently living in Merrick.

Will start ttc the end of this year (Nov/Dec)

Stef28 - I went to Ward Melville HS too! Graduated in '96. I didn't realize you were in the pharmaceutical business too - and married in September - What a coincidence!!

Now that I have crossed over to this side, I can play too!

Name: Claudia (aka Julybaby)
Age: 31 - but will be 32 this Friday, 7/18
Occupation: high school social studies teacher and conflict resolution specialist
Wedding: July 5, 2003 at the Swan Club
HM: Maroma Resort and Spa in the Mayan Riviera in Mexico (about 20 miles south of Cancun)

DH: David
Age: 31
Occupation: medical benefits consultant

I grew up upstate in Poughkeepsie, but DH is a LI boy from Plainview. We now live in Forest Hills and will be looking to move in a couple of years. My DH does not even want to hear about TTC-ing and personally, I'm not quite ready myself. We figured we'll try our parenting skills first on a cat, which we will get this fall. We like to eat out a lot and try various margarita recipes. We also watch the Yankees almost every time they play!

Wow, I never knew so many 11/24 people! Turkey babies!

I feel special

Name: Tina (aka Chmpgnrose)
Hubby: Nicholas or Nick
Residence: Forest Hills, Queens; but raised in Ozone Park, Queens
Occupation: Marketing Assistant in a law firm
Age: 29 now, but I was 26 when I got engaged and 28 when married (got engaged before my 27th birthday and got married after my 28th birthday)
Hubby's Age: 24 now, but was 22 when we got engaged and 24 when married (got engaged before his 23rd birthday and got married before his 25th birthday)
Wedding Date: Saturday, August 24, 2002
Honeymoon: Paris, France
How We Met: We met while we were both college students, me a business major and Nick a techie major at Pace University, New York in the Computer Lab. Nick flirted with me to get my attention while on duty in the lab tossing my student identification card on the floor and making me bump my head from the registration desk to pick it up. After the Fall 1996 semester ended, we sat next to each other in the lab sending emails to each other where I’ve given Nick my phone number and told him I was free during the Christmas 1996 break. He’d asked me out and we went to a local sports bar for dinner on a bitter cold December evening of a New York winter as our first date.

How We Got Engaged: February 14, 2001
Nick proposed at one of our most memorable places, Captree State Park on West Islip, Long Island, New York. We left work promptly at 5:30 p.m. heading east bound on the LIRR at Hicksville where Nick parked the car. We drove nearly 30 miles which Tina had no clue as to where we were going. We vaguely remember how far Captree State Park was, but remember that night where we sat in the car to talk back in January 1997. We got out of the car into the darkness and started to walk on the boardwalk. He told Tina that he got a surprise for her and have her turn around where the view of Fire Island was calm and a clear night. She then was allowed to turn around to see a little box wrapped up perfectly for Valentine’s Day. Nervously, she opened the box shaking from the cold and saw a ring sparkling in the darkness. Nick then got down on his hands and knees taking Tina’s hand to pop the question. Overwhelm with joy, she said yes throwing herself at Nick with a bear hug. We then went to the nearest place to eat since we were far from home at Seaford Palace Diner for a late dinner.


We've been married for almost one year now, 11 months by July 24 to be exact. We are currently seeking other housing options as we are sick of the board and all the bureaucratic nonsense of 'Big Brother is watching us' from our cooperative apartment. Either a single family house or townhouse is a must, no more co-ops, condos, and apts is too small as we've outgrown our space. Definitely apartment dwellers! We both would like different jobs but same fields or different industries but the market is terrible but we can try.

This photo was taken on our Parisian honeymoon. Five days newly weds!

Name : Laurie
Age: 24
Grew up in :Bethpage
HS Attended: St. Anthony's HS
Wedding Date: 9-27-02
We currently live aboard the Naval Base at Corpus Christi, Texas but also lived in Pensacola, Florida up until this past August.
Dh is 24 also and from Philly.
We meet at a former friends house in levittown and then I was the DD for a night of drinking at the Artful Dodger on 7/14/00.
Occupation: unemployed we just moved here and we are moving to Arkansas in Feb04.
Dh's Occupation: USAF Pilot
Honeymoon: Poconos, New Orleans, Cruise to Jamica, Grand Caymen and Cozumel.

No kids, only pets. We have a 7 month old Beagle named 'Byron' and a kitty who was born on our wedding date named 'StitcH'





Wedding


One Year Anniversary in San Antonio. Texas

Name: Sonia (sonia)
Town: Born and raised in California - just moved to CT after the wedding to be with my hubby
Occupation: Unemployed =) I graduated college earlier this year and I'm still looking for a job or a business venture I can start up
Age: 22 last May

DH: Prabhjot (Joti) - works in Stamford for Citigroup. 28 in October.

Wedding Date: July 5, 2003 - 2 months today!
Honeymoon: We went to Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora for 11 days. It was so incredibly amazing and gorgeous. Best days of my life .. so far =) Then we topped it off with a day in LA and a couple days Vegas.

What else .. I'm still trying to get used to the East Coast.. knowing that winter is coming up really isn't helping. I'm homesick a lot and it's hard to sit at home all day without a job! But I'm looking ... let's see what happens. Still not sure if I want to work in CT or if I want to go to NYC. I've always wanted to be there.

We're just enjoying married life a day at a time .. still have to pick out the wedding pics for our album. Not planning on having kids for a few years

Here's a picture of me from the wedding:



and here's one of us from Tahiti:

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found this while searching for my wedding review
which I cannot find

Hey I never posted on this....

Name: Irene
Age: 29
Occupation: Assistant Analyst at tv network
Grew up: Mean streets (not kidding) of Brooklyn
Me: Latina

Hubby: DH
Age: 32
Occupation: Teenage Disciplinarian (aka High school teacher)
Grew up: Nice streets of Jericho
He: British though he lost the accent but my MIL has a funny twang lol!
Listen to: Heavy metal

*Cool fact: DH proposed to me completely in Spanish. (Practiced his proposal for 3 weeks he said). I was so shocked he was speaking fluent Spanish I almost didn't say yes lol!


About us: Both die-hard 80s fans. In our house you will hear everything from Stryper to Journey. We are both hopeless TV addicts and enjoy Law & Order and CSI!

No kids yet maybe in a year or two (though family is putting on the pressure already). In the process of moving into our first home on LI.

We have plans to adopt a pet from the pound.

Name: Jen
Town: From Queens, DH from Holbrook, now we live in NJ
Occupation: Human Resources Coordinator for a NYC ad agency
DH Occupation: Facility Manager / electrician
Age: Me - 26; DH - 31.

Wedding Date: September 27, 2003 at the Coral House
Honeymoon: We went to the Hotel El Conquistador in Puerto Rico - HIGHLY recommended!

We have 2 cats, a 40 gal tank of fish. What else...we got engaged in Disney World on a boat ride

I have one 18 yr old sister and DH is the baby of his family, 2 older brothers and 1 sister.

I am into reading (at least 1 book per week). Currently work in HR but it is not my dream job..looking into other stuff. We love to go to the movies and catch one at least 3 times a month....