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A member of our Team, 1662, met a member of team 295 at the Sac Regional in 2006 at they are now married. Anybody know of other marriages between teams.
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Rob Jenkins of 201 met Marjie Stager of 47 in 2000, have been married for 4.5 years.
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To follow up on the previous post...
Marjie (Stager) and I met when we won the 2000 Great Lakes regional together (teams 201 and 47 also with the help of team 349). We were both drivers for our teams that year. We have been together since October of 2000 and we got married in December of 2004. So we have been married a little over four and a half years. I have since joined the Chiefs and been a part of this team for the last seven years. I never thought that this was something that would come out of robotics for me, but it is yet another amazing way that FIRST has changed my life. |
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Rob also forgot to say that his sister (Emily from 201) met and married her husband (Todd from 27) in FIRST. They are going on 4 year in August.
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Wow, I guess I've been busy doing the wrong things at regionals.:p
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When I started this thread I did not think the responses would be so cool.
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Not like I'm anywhere near that time of my life yet, but I've always wanted to be an emcee at a regional and propose to my partner at an event. Wacky dream, yeah, but I think it would be too awesome for words.
Maybe even make it just before alliance selection... team chris picone would like to invite team (partner's name) to take my hand in marriage :) |
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I know of a couple who are plotting to get married at Worlds just before the final 4
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What about marriages ended by FIRST. I know that by Presidents Day my wife is not real happy with me :)
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aww these are so cute and sweet! i love stories like these, they make me melt inside i'm so happy! congratulations to everyone mentioned and i hope more wedding, marriages, and stories like these are to come!!!
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haha i just read IndySam's post... that is also true, mentors do spend a great deal of time away from home helping their teams out but their significant others are usually there to back them up no matter how little they see each other so i don't think FIRST really ends marriages. take Flo and Mrs. Flo for example (our main mentor and his wife on team 461) they have been married for forever and every build season mama Flo lets Flo spend most of his time with us but she is also a big part of the team because of it, she travels with us and comes to some meetings and all the events that we have.
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A couple recently got engaged, and they both first met in team 1261's introduction presentation.
They got engaged roughly towards the end of 2008 and they have plans to get married in the future. :D. |
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It's cool that FIRST brings people together that otherwise may have never met. I knew of some inter-team marriages or other relationships started by FIRST, but I didn't realize there were so many.
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At least the ceremony would be shorter than some of the speeches. Then there's this: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=75714 |
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My marriage has been and continues to be strengthened by my involvement with FIRST. My husband has willingly housed the team trailer in his store warehouse and the company has supported the team for several years as a sponsor. He also has supported me, encouraging me during days of frustration, depression, and doubt - when I've wondered if it is worth it. He has had the wisdom to say, yes, it is worth it, keep going. It is because of the students. He knows that the impact on the students is valuable and the experiences they have will serve them well throughout their life. Apologies for going off track. Jane |
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Two members of team 2337 got married last summer, so not two teams, but still a marriage.
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It wasn't to a FIRSTer, but I got engaged on the Friday evening of the 2008 Philadelphia Regional. :yikes: :D
We won the regional and Chairman's the following day. Not a bad weekend. |
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My wife and I were on Cyber Blue 234 together in HS. I think her experience on the team helped her realize why I had to commit the way I did during this season as a mentor.
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A little bit of Frog Force history: Around 2000-2001, Mr. Gee of 67-fame took an art teacher to a regional as a first date. That teacher, Mrs. Harvey, went on to start 503 (Team F.A.T.E. at the time) and marry Mr. Gee, who later joined on as a mentor for her new team.
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I was just married in November and I have to say that Robotics has been a great experience for the both of us as I have brought her in as a mentor for Team 399. The team has posted the following in a mentor bio for her, "Sylvia Haro, vowed in sickness and in health, but was unaware of the unspoken commitment to Eagle Robotics. She has found a place with the media team assisting with website and database programming. Her legal experience has greatly helped us with our technical writing..." Needless to say, our team gets a kick out of our marriage and makes sure to bring up the fact that I need to ask her permission before going on robotics trips or making sure that I bring her along :eek: lol.
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When we were dating I was living in Wentzville and she lived in Webster Groves...and I was mentoring the Wentzville team that was been filmed for the PBS documentary.......Webster Groves was 1 hour away from Wentzville.
Then next season a rookie team needed help near Webster Groves, 10 minutes from her house........:) The rest is history : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWVWROzl-ls |
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Not quite the same story, but the first official "date" that my now wife and I had was the OCCRA championship in Michigan in 2000. We spent most of the "date" nowhere near each other, as I was there to work at the event, and she got volunteered to work in the pit area.
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I believe this thread has gone quite long enough, it's time for the obligatory
"daaaaaawwwwwwwwww" |
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Resurrection, I know, but here's another one. Another special moment in a BMR unusually full of them.
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Fun thread (if somewhat an example of threadomancy)...
I'm not married to a FIRST-er, but I'm married to FIRST. The morning after my wedding to my lovely wife, I was on a bus headed to our local kickoff. It's all about priorities, you see... |
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It was kind of amusing when in Smoky Mountain, a 1741 student was being a VIP guide for Dean Kamen. He recognized the number, since they had won the Chairman's Award at BMR, and someone had mentioned to him that a member from that team had gotten engaged. He asked to meet Charlie and Betsy. Charlie was pretty ecstatic about that. |
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![]() Snapped this outside kickoff a couple of years ago. Seems one of our alumni turned mentor delayed his honeymoon so he could be there. |
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At the Bayou Regional this year, an alumni/mentor of Team 364 Fusion proposed to his girlfriend during the award ceremony. They had been on the robotics team together in high school. The field crew helped him mask it as the "Continuing Partnership Award" and when she came down to accept it on the field, he got down on one knee. She told him that she "Graciously accepts". It wasn't my team, but it was one of the cutest things Team 1912 had ever seen.
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My wife and I did not meet in FIRST, but we both went to Kettering University because of FIRST.
We met the first day of freshman orientation, during the math placement exam study session of all places. 3 weeks later we were dating...5 years later we were married. I was on (and now mentor) team 85 (Built on Brains) and my wife was a founding member of team 1023 (Bedford Express). I overheard a conversation between a few of the students that said "our teams are married." :) |
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I got engaged this build season, but not to a FIRST'er. It was during the build season though, and I did have a slightly robotics-style 'spin' in the proposal.
We started thinking about a date for the wedding, and she threw out mid-April. Heh. I pushed for mid-May so we wound up with Mother's day next year. See the thing is -- while I have no problem skipping Championships for our wedding, I REALLY don't ever want to have to plan anniversaries around Championships. (Besides that, more things are in bloom during May) |
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My husband and I met in FIRST. We were on separate teams but worked together at our college's robotics club. 6 years later we are married and on the same teams but not in any hurry for 'SECONDS'.
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