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Angela Sealana's avatar

Oh my gosh, what a wonderful reflection -- thank you for sharing it, and happy anniversary!! I didn't know the extent of your Elvis fandom. 😎 My mother in law is an Elvis fan. She got us one of those famous clocks from Graceland. Sadly, it stopped working, so the Elvis pelvis no longer swings on our wall. 😅

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Zina Gomez-Liss's avatar

I would love that clock but I don’t think it matches Jeff’s aesthetics! LOL

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Angela Sealana's avatar

😆

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Doctrix Periwinkle's avatar

What a lovely story. Happy anniversary!

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Zina Gomez-Liss's avatar

Thank you so much!

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Jennifer Degani's avatar

Happy Anniversary! We were living right next to Graceland this summer. 🤣 My husband and I met 19 years ago at a Wallace and Gromit movie. Ok, we actually met two years before that but I was dating someone else and he says I ignored him for two years… So we really talked for the first time at Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

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Jennifer Degani's avatar

We have a Stitch Elvis, but I am having trouble figuring out how to attach it. Suffice to say, it is super cute.

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Zina Gomez-Liss's avatar

What a great story! Another reason to love Wallace and Gromit! Also… How many times did you visit Graceland? :-) I may be jelly.

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Jennifer Degani's avatar

We have only gone once. It is very expensive. 💵 I took my four children and in-laws. We are Lilo and Stitch fans more than anything, so we pretended it was Stitch related.

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Chris Carstens's avatar

Of course he was in your creative writing class. Of course you met his MOM reciting the Rosary, and she hooked you up! Whoever would have imagined anything else?

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Zina Gomez-Liss's avatar

I would like to think that even more than Jeff’s mom it was likely our Blessed Mother that really set us up! LOL

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Rona Maynard's avatar

I’m praying for Vegas, Zina! Happy anniversary and congrats on one of the all-time great “how we met” stories.

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Zina Gomez-Liss's avatar

Thank you so much! Yes, it is great when you have such a fun story. I love his reaction. I found it totally reasonable.

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Melanie Bettinelli's avatar

I love this story.

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Zina Gomez-Liss's avatar

So do I 😂

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Al Basile's avatar

So glad you shared this story! As I told you, I love to hear success stories about how people met. And thanks for the plug!

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Tara Penry's avatar

Happy anniversary! I can't believe you even have a picture in an adorable Elvis costume. Of course you had to write this post. 🥰

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Zina Gomez-Liss's avatar

Thank you! Yes, when I saw the costume in a catalogue I had to get it!

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Erika Dreifus's avatar

Happy anniversary!

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Zina Gomez-Liss's avatar

Thank you so much, Erika! ❤️

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Brian Dewey's avatar

What a great meet-cute story! Happy anniversary to you and Jeff. (My wife and I are also celebrating 24 years of marriage this month!)

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Zina Gomez-Liss's avatar

That’s awesome! Congratulations! May you and your wife have many happy years together. 💕

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