How did you meet your other half ?

Strangely enough, Naim kit is involved in my story!

James (JWM) had just changed from his Olive kit to a XS based system, and had got one ex-demo FlatCap XS as part of the system.

He mentioned that he was looking for another. I spotted one in the classifieds of another forum, and said that as it was local-ish to me I could pick it up and part transport it for him, as I was meeting up with a mutual friend, and another forum member (J.N.) a couple of weeks later.

Anyway, James bought the FlatCap XS, and I went to pick it up for him. And that is when I met Gill (Minigill)

Life hasn't been quite the same since, and is why I say that Naim has changed my life in many ways. Getting me closer to the music, making wonderful friends through this forum, and meeting my soul-mate.

Lucky, lucky boy. 

John

My experience has nothing to do with hifi or computers, but a lowly bed pan washer (yuk)

We have been married for 26 years and going out for 2 years prior, so it would be 28 years ago, while i was working as an engineed in a Whittington Hospital in London, that i first met my future wife. She was an infection control nurse in the Hospital and was lambasting me for not getting the bed pan washer fixed quickly enough, and putting patients at risk of infection.

My wife is a typical Irish colleen, with red hair and pale skin, and a personality to match.

I thought the best way to temper her fiery approach was to ask her out to a nurses party, which she agreed to, and then on the night promptly turned up with another fella.

She swears he was a chaperone, and not involved, but i was still p*ssed, and it took a few more weeks before we hooked up again

Now still happilly married and still both in the healthcare sector.

Only link to Naim was that in my single days i owned a 32/hicap/110/LP12 system, and once married and kids arrived, the hifi had to go. Only as the kids have grown that it was considered safe to re invest in system again.

Paul

Met the lovely Helen in 1994 on holiday on Kos.  

I think we first spoke on 5 October (she doesn't remember that bit though), but didn't hook up on the holiday.  

After returning from the holiday a couple of weeks later we didn't meet up until 5 November when we had our first date - lunch at a chippy in Keswick (we try and do this every year around 5 Nov) and dinner at an Italian in Blackpool (in my defence she was living in Blackpool at the time).  On 5 December she flew to New Zealand for 9 months.  

On 5 January 1995 I proposed with a bunch of red roses (from 12,000 miles away) and she said yes (I was pining).  I think we must be fairly unique in that we got engaged on different days (her on 6 Jan and me the day before).  We married on 6 January 1996, becoming the proud parents of Naim gear for the first ... no I cannot say something so cheesy... I got the first Naim stuff in late 1999, ahead of first daughter.  

I first set eyes on her through a shop window.  It was love at first sight.  I went in and introduced myself.

'My naim's Olive' she replied......

Happily married for 5 years until I traded her in for a younger model with 'Classic' good looks.

G

Lunch at a chippy in Keswick,you sure know how to give a girl a good time !! No doubt finished off with a mug of tea.

Mista h

Recognise the date?

5th november!

Bet there were fireworks.

Love the unique detail of being engaged on 2 different days

Graeme,

    Love your story above, very clever detail

Anyone remember Compuserve?

I was a Moderator on the hi-fi section (!) of the music area and one day this woman posted a sarky comment about hi-fi fans and their obsessions. I responded with what, on reflection, was somewhat of a pompous reply and this started an off-section correspondence by email.All this by dial-up in 1999! Getting up in the middle of the night and listening to the modem twittering away just to see if there was a new message got to be a habit...

We discovered that she lived in Fife whilst I was in Berkshire, so a meeting was arranged in York, as it was half-way, on 31st July 1999. Once we'd met that was it. I went and collected her at Christmas and she was installed for New Year 2000. We got round to getting married on 30th September 2000, even though we'd both been married before (me twice!).

steve

Nice story!

Is that classed as abuse of moderator privilages?

We'd known each other since our early teens. She and her equally gorgeous best friend were the centre of a bunch of kids from various schools in the area who'd meet in a couple of regular places, like the roundabout at our local church. I was fourteen or fifteen, she was twelve or thirteen but I was in love. Sadly though I was the tall shy thoughtful awkward geek while the girls preferred the funny cheeky little chappies. We continued to bump into each other now and again and she always gave me a beautiful friendly wave.

Eventually as a student I got a Saturday job in one of Glasgow's poshest department stores and she was employed there, all growed up and gorgeous, working in the lingerie department of all places. Every week I told my best friend there that I was going to ask her out but never did and he'd give me a slagging. Eventually I told him that if I wasn't going out with her the following Saturday evening I'd buy him a pint. The rest is history

We had our first date on 2^nd December 1972 and have been married for thirty six years having produced two magnificent sons. She loves telling friends I only asked her out for a bet.