Tell us how you met your significant other.
Submitted by LudaIt just so happened that She Who Became My Beloved and I moved to San Diego in early 2001 within a month or two of each other. We were working for the same biotech company. Neither of us knew anyone else in San Diego and were kicking around for a weekend in January and decided to go the Auto Show.
Not knowing anything about the town, we took a ridiculously long trolley ride (when we could have easily driven down to the convention center…), but had a pleasant time ambling about looking at the different models. The one that made the biggest impression was the new (at the time) Ford Thunderbird convertible which had everyone ooohing and ahhing at it’s retro-cool. Whatever happened to those? They never really caught on, I guess – I think the $40k+ pricetag kept people away.
We decided that BMW had the LAMEST section in the whole show (they had a couple of cars back in a corner with no interesting displays or anything).
So, of course, flush with new money (it was the first really well-paying job for either of us) and being enamored of being new SoCal residents, what did we each buy? Yep.
Of course, SWBMB's had to go when she moved to Santa Fe because a rear-wheel drive skateboard wasn’t really a good option in the winter. Mine had to go after my dermatologist freaked out on me one too many times. Now we each have respectable (but not NEARLY as fun to drive) sedans. Sigh.
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Stevil 
Wow, how cool! FYI, I am stealing your story and now when people ask how Todd and I met, I will tell them that we bonded over both buying BMW convertibles.
My wife and I met when we both started working for the same company out of school. However, the most we ever bought together when dating were his and her bottles of wine :-)
Great story.
I had never heard this part of your story! That's awesome.
Perhaps I need a new car…
What a love story! Beats the sharing a plate of pasta out in the alley any day!
Awwwwww. =D I already mostly knew this story, and it still made me feel immensely squishy. TREMENDOUS SQUISH, I DECLARE.
I've always wondered! Thanks for sharing!
But hey, they're still BMWs.
I love hearing about how couples met. Thanks for sharing!
See what a difference ~15 years make?? :)
Look — you're just in time!
Happy to dish the squish, Joie… :D
And the best part is you can blame THE KIDS if they don't happen to be sitting in the driveway (you know, not practical…) — though come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen the Bananamobile.
I was worried that I'd have to turn to QotD-like things for NaBloPoMo! I can't be running out of things to say on the 6th, can i?
Hey, we're all entitled to a slow day! You read my post yesterday…
You guys make me SICK :) Love love love the story and love that it happened to someone I always want wonderful things to happen to!
I want that car dammit.
The Bananamobile is very practical. Two kids, plus two dogs = hatchback. (This photo was taken a while ago ago, the Bananamobile is looking a little worse for wear now…)