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What do you think the chances are of searching Google for the keywords ‘married 18 years‘ and the first result being somebody you know and have actually met in person? I searched both ways, with quotes and without, and the same first result belongs to Mitch Ratcliffe and his wife.
Turns out the result for me is surprisingly good. I met Mitch at the first Mind Camp and we’ve traded friendly fire on blogs. We even used to be guest hosts on the same local web radio show here in the greater Seattle area (Webtalk Radio, how about that Rob?). Fluke? Coincidence?
Of course Mitch’s post was on June 14, 2005 at 05:15 PM, which means he and his wife, assuming they are still happily married have now been married 20 years. Never have met Mitch’s wife, so maybe I only get half-credit in this anniversary experiment?
Why should you care about any of this? I just thought it was a fun thing to check out. My wife and I are celebrating our 18th anniversary today. I guess geeks are into checking Google for these kinds of things.
The picture atop this post was taken from our 17th anniversary dinner in Idaho at a floating restaurant. Plans tonight aren’t as extravagant. We’re playing it by ear, I think. Random celebration.
Kind of like random Googling.
Have you met the person behind the site of your Google married search result?
You can try this too. How about searching Google for ‘married ___ years’ (fill in the number of years you’ve been married) and seeing if the search result is somebody you’ve actually met in person. If not, maybe it’s time to strike up a conversation with that person? Maybe not. I mean with social networking the way it is, maybe this kind of thing won’t be so uncommon in the coming years.
Happy Anniversary, Baby! Bonus archives link: for those reading curious of marriage advice for how to stay happily married. Enjoy your day, be good to each other out there.
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We are still married, going on 21 years. It gets better all the time.
Thanks for searching, because I had no idea that Kiera and I are the first hit on Google for anything.
Comment by Mitch Ratcliffe — September 19, 2007 @ 4:48 pm PST
Well Mitch… You must be the only person in the world to have blogged about being married 18 years or the most important online couple to be married that long. Dana and I have been married only 12 years. Both of you should be very proud to both be married for as long as you have been. It is an achievement by any measure or standard. Congrats to you and TDavid.
Comment by Rob Greenlee — September 20, 2007 @ 9:14 am PST