Romance at conventions
neils
up? No I dont mean just the roll in the hay but more long term
Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing
>Hi guys, just wondering how common it is for guests and organisers to hook
>up? No I dont mean just the roll in the hay but more long term
I think we're the wrong people to ask.
That is, I suspect that the convention you're thinking of is the kind of thing
were guests are paid and wouldn't be there if they weren't. In the kind of
thing that Kevin Standlee, Seth Breidbart, etc, run, most of the guests
(authors, editors, publishers, artists, musicians, even scientists) are
community members who might go to conventions even if they weren't on the
program. They might even be, or have been, organizers of other conventions.
When they're community members who live their lives as part of this kind of
fandom, it's not remotely uncommon for them to find their long-term partners
in fandom. (Not guaranteed, but not remotely uncommon.)
-- Alan
Robert Sneddon
SSRL Central Computing <win...@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> writes
>When they're community members who live their lives as part of this kind of
>fandom, it's not remotely uncommon for them to find their long-term partners
>in fandom. (Not guaranteed, but not remotely uncommon.)
Harlan Ellison met his wife, Susan at a convention in Glasgow when he
was GoH.
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Keith Stokes
wrote:
>Hi guys, just wondering how common it is for guests and organisers to hook
>up? No I dont mean just the roll in the hay but more long term
That questionseems odd. Why would you single out guests and
organizers?
There are romances between any comination of people attending
conventions.
Kieth
Kevin Standlee
If you mean "how many people met their future life partner at an SF/F
convention," the answer is "a lot," including me. (I met Lisa Hayes in
the halls of the 1990 Westercon in Portland while I was putting up
flyers for a San Francisco in 1993 Worldcon bid party.)
If you'd define "guests" and "organisers," it would be easier to answer
that question. I, like others in this thread, am puzzled by the precise
way you put it.
Heck, there are lots of conventions where I am both a guest (if you mean
that to be "program participant" _and_ an organizer (if you mean
"volunteered to work on the convention in some respect"). For example,
at CascadiaCon, I was Fan Guest of Honor, and was also on the committee
(North American definition) as an advisor to the Chair for WSFS matters.
There isn't really a dichotomy between "guest" and "organiser" in my
opinion -- they're two overlapping sets.
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neils
"Kevin Standlee" <in...@sfsfc.org> wrote in message
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Okay obviously way to specific.
Finding life partners at events
Kip Williams
I met Cathy at a DASFA Dead Dog 27 years and two days ago. I still
remember that night, and driving back to Fort Collins (from Denver) in
my sister's car at 6:30 am. Almost dozed right off the road a couple of
times. I survived. Last Monday was our 25th anniversary.
Kip W
Dorothy J Heydt
Kevin Standlee <in...@sfsfc.org> wrote:
>neils wrote:
>> Hi guys, just wondering how common it is for guests and
> > organisers to hook up? No I dont mean just the roll
> > in the hay but more long term
>
>If you mean "how many people met their future life partner at an SF/F
>convention," the answer is "a lot," including me. (I met Lisa Hayes in
>the halls of the 1990 Westercon in Portland while I was putting up
>flyers for a San Francisco in 1993 Worldcon bid party.)
>
>If you'd define "guests" and "organisers," it would be easier to answer
>that question. I, like others in this thread, am puzzled by the precise
>way you put it.
I'm going to make a guess, based on my hypothesis that the OP is
talking about the other kind of convention, the kind where a huge
hall is hired and lots of people pay an admission fee in order to
look at TV stars.
And my guess is that the OP, talking about this kind of
convention, is asking, "If I work on a convention having famous
TV stars as guests, will I have a chance to get into bed with any
of them?"
If that is NOT what the OP was asking, I apologize.
But if that is what he's asking, I suspect the answer is an
overwhelming NO.
Dorothy J. Heydt
Albany, California
djh...@kithrup.com
Dorothy J Heydt
neils <one...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
>
>
>Okay obviously way to specific.
>
>Finding life partners at events
OK, so you were not asking what I thought you were asking, and I
apologize.
In that case, yes, it's possible. My husband's sister met this
nice young man at a convention, and they're still married <counts
on fingers> 32 years later. (I can figure this 'cause I was
pregnant with my 31-year-old at their wedding.)
neils
"Kip Williams" <ki...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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25 yrs. Congratulations
Kip Williams
> "Kip Williams" <ki...@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:9-WdnURw7LVV_8He...@comcast.com...
>
>>I met Cathy at a DASFA Dead Dog 27 years and two days ago. I still
>>remember that night, and driving back to Fort Collins (from Denver) in my
>>sister's car at 6:30 am. Almost dozed right off the road a couple of
>>times. I survived. Last Monday was our 25th anniversary.
>
> 25 yrs. Congratulations
Thanks! Looking back, I'm particularly glad I survived the drive home.
It was, however, the start of being happy more than otherwise for me.
Kip W
Kip Williams
> In that case, yes, it's possible. My husband's sister met this
> nice young man at a convention, and they're still married <counts
> on fingers> 32 years later. (I can figure this 'cause I was
> pregnant with my 31-year-old at their wedding.)
There's one for the Guinness book!
Kip W
ouch
Dorothy J Heydt
Oh, I doubt it. Hal and I have been married 34 years, but there
are marriages older than that too.
Hal and I did not meet at a con. We met at an SCA event.
Kip Williams
> In article <nrGdneZtNJj...@comcast.com>,
> Kip Williams <ki...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>
>>>In that case, yes, it's possible. My husband's sister met this
>>>nice young man at a convention, and they're still married <counts
>>>on fingers> 32 years later. (I can figure this 'cause I was
>>>pregnant with my 31-year-old at their wedding.)
>>
>>There's one for the Guinness book!
>
> Oh, I doubt it. Hal and I have been married 34 years, but there
> are marriages older than that too.
I was referring to being pregnant with a 31-year-old, actually.
Kip W
Karl Johanson
: )
Karl Johanson
Dorothy J Heydt
Bill Higgins
>
> "Kevin Standlee" <in...@sfsfc.org> wrote in message
> news:JsW6f.6718$7h7....@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
>> neils wrote:
>>> Hi guys, just wondering how common it is for guests and
>>> organisers to hook up? No I dont mean just the roll
>>> in the hay but more long term
>>
>> If you mean "how many people met their future life partner at an SF/F
>> convention," the answer is "a lot," including me.
[...]
>
> Okay obviously way to specific.
>
> Finding life partners at events
I had been attending cons for 17 years when Anita Eisenstein and Steve King
brought Kelley Mathews to her first con. They had recognized that Kelley
belonged among SF fandom, though she didn't know about fandom before she
met them.
Anita also had the firm intention of introducing Kelley to me, thinking we
might get along well.
She is very smug about being right about this.
Anita was maid of honor at our wedding five years later, which also featured
two pipers and an aircar.
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Marilee J. Layman
wrote:
The only one I know that specifically meets her question is that Jane
Lindskold was the conchair when Roger Zelazny was the guest and they
had a fairly long-term relationship (ended when Zelazny died, so hard
to say how long it would have been).
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Paul Ciszek
In article <Pine.SOL.4.60L.05...@fsui02.fnal.gov>,
Bill Higgins <hig...@fnal.gov> wrote:
>
>Anita was maid of honor at our wedding five years later, which also featured
>two pipers and an aircar.
Details, please?
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letters to be typed in news:djjqgu$o94$1...@reader2.panix.com:
> In article <Pine.SOL.4.60L.05...@fsui02.fnal.gov>,
> Bill Higgins <hig...@fnal.gov> wrote:
>>
>>Anita was maid of honor at our wedding five years later, which also
>>featured two pipers and an aircar.
> ^^^^^^
>
> Details, please?
Was it full of eels?
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Bill Higgins
> Bill Higgins <hig...@fnal.gov> wrote:
>>
>> Anita was maid of honor at our wedding five years later, which also featured
>> two pipers and an aircar.
>
> Details, please?
It was known that Kelley and I have a great deal of interest in flying cars,
roadable aircraft, aircars, rocket belts, etc.
Rolf Wilson put the word out that he had an idea. Other friends sent him
financial contributions.
During the wedding reception, we were summoned to the alley behind the
American Legion Hall. Kelley's car, transformed, rolled to a stop before
us.
A curved tailfin sprouted from the trunk. On the roof sat a revolving set
of rotor blades, fashioned from an inverted ceiling fan and powerful
magnets. A complicated ray gun with helical chaser lights was mounted on
the hood.
It was exactly the sort of vehicle I used to doodle in my notebooks when I
was nine. Needless to say, I loved it. So did Kelley.
She climbed aboard, gathering her lacy white dress. Barry Gehm handed me
the 1950s jet-pilot helmet and oxygen mask that he and I used to wear while
playing Spacewar at Pinball Pete's. I put it on.
Gabe Helou, majestic in his kilt, played crew chief, waving two flashlights
to signal our taxiway path.
Off we drove into the night.
It was *great*.
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