How did you meet?

[Ken Shelmerdine]

I met my wife Rita at a night club of all places in February 1973 I was with a few friends and I noticed this georgeous girl dancing with her friend on the dancefloor.I said 'I'm going to dance with her! to which one of the guys replied 'No way she's out of your league mate!!'And beleive me she was. But I was determined and so after persuading one of the guys to dance with her friend we sidled up and started dancing with them. To my great surprise they stayed for a second dance instead of mooching off to the rest room which in those days was a polite way of saying 'We're not interested so get lost!!'

We then bought them  drinks at the bar and started chatting and generally had a good laugh. Rita and her friend agreed to a double date with us but after the first date Frank my buddy musn't have hit it off with Rita's friend Anne and they didn't make any further arrangements but to my astonishment Rita agreed to another date with this scruffy long haired lout ie ME. She told me she shouldn't do because she had a boyfriend but she said she'll see me because I make her laugh. Soon after the boyfriend was off the scene and we carried on dating and got married in the November of that year.

Since then we've had a great life together and I've loved her from the very first night I saw her at the night club.
There has however been a huge tragedy in our lives due to the death of our 4 year old daughter in 1980 from complications of Cystic Fibrosis. Because we are both CF carriers we just couldn't take the 1 in 4 chance risk of having another CF child so we decided to remain childless.

We were still young  and the thought of not being able to have a family plus all the grief and emptiness which our lives had suddenly been plunged into was making life almost unbearabe. But instead if destroying our relationship I think it made it stronger and eventually we got through it. But even so even now it's is so difficult to reconcile what happened to our liitle girl.

[The Noob]

Ken..and Your Wonderful Wife.. is all i can think brother

[Poppylicious]

*huggles* Ken. 

Do any photos exist of the long-haired scruffy lout who stole another man's girlfriend?!

[Ken Shelmerdine]

*huggles* Ken. 

Do any photos exist of the long-haired scruffy lout who stole another man's girlfriend?!

Yes Poppylicius I will need to scan it in and post it.
watch this space!!

[okarol]

  I love these stories!

[Ang]

i pulled my wifes name out of a friendship book, and as they say the rest is history.

she was with me when first diagnosed with PKD
 
just celebrated 10 years of togetherness, they say its called marriage

[The Noob]

LOL your a hoot Ang!

boy, when we say for better or worse, someone should school us first to make sure we understand...LOL