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Tim S

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27. Burger King! Well, she was married and I was freshly out of high school so...

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 08:18 AM

1 hr ago

5 years later we were married and she spent the remainder of her years either me (silly woman).
I lost her 5 years ago to Early Onset Alzheimer’s and I can’t imagine being with anyone else.

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Where did you go for you first date with your SO? We went to Red Lobster. And you? [View all] debm55 Yesterday OP

Mariner's Inn cloudbase Yesterday #1

Thank you cloudbase. I am sure it was better than Red Lobster. debm55 Yesterday #2

Hey, I used to take my future wife to restaurants in Northport. NNadir 19 hrs ago #11

Small world. cloudbase 18 hrs ago #13

Yeah, I looked up some stuff on Northport history, and from what I can tell, the restaurant in which that tale... NNadir 3 hrs ago #23

Thank you so much! cloudbase 2 hrs ago #24

Well congratulations. It would appear that she's had 53 years... NNadir 1 hr ago #29

That's wonderful! cloudbase 36 min ago #31

We went to an art fair and... radical noodle Yesterday #3

Sounds very nice. Thank you very much, radical noodle. debm55 23 hrs ago #4

We went to a party that some mutual friends were livetohike 23 hrs ago #5

Thank you very much for sharing with us. livetohike. It sounded like fun. debm55 23 hrs ago #6

It's hard to say since we were friends before we were lovers. NNadir 23 hrs ago #7

Very romantic. Thank you for sharing, NNadir and it does sound like a date. debm55 21 hrs ago #9

He came over to my apartment, and we talked until 3 am Mad_Dem_X 23 hrs ago #8

HAHAHHAHAH, Thank you Mad_Dem_X. That is wonderful. At comedy shows, I always sit int the back. debm55 21 hrs ago #10

We didn't know what we were in for! LOL Mad_Dem_X 19 hrs ago #12

Now you know. Sit in the back. debm55 15 hrs ago #20

Met for lunch Mz Pip 18 hrs ago #14

Thank you very much for sharing with us, Mz and Mr, Pip debm55 15 hrs ago #19

To A Movie, Then To The Disco ProfessorGAC 17 hrs ago #15

Yes, I remember you met her at the disco. Much love to you and Mrs. ProfessorGAC debm55 15 hrs ago #18

Mr Lucky's in Phoenix Mosby 17 hrs ago #16

HAHAHAHHAHAHa. Thank you very much, Mosby for sharing. debm55 15 hrs ago #17

To see Star Wars. emulatorloo 14 hrs ago #21

It was the sort of restaurant that more or less typified the mid 1980s: surrealAmerican 14 hrs ago #22

I had a friend who owned many acres in western North Carolina. OldBaldy1701E 2 hrs ago #25

A restaurant called The Broom Factory exboyfil 1 hr ago #26

Burger King! Well, she was married and I was freshly out of high school so... Tim S 1 hr ago #27

Bar hopping! We had been in and out of each other's orbits for a couple of weeks. We talked at a friend's house during a retread 1 hr ago #28

Halloween Costume Party 303squadron 43 min ago #30

Ben Butterworth Parkway WmChris 19 min ago #32