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LegolasXXXXX
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on: May 16, 2013 04:52
Just mildly curious here. Sometimes I wonder if I will ever meet someone in real life who is as crazy about it as I am.
Lindarielwen, I hope that wherever you are it is incredible and filled with all the things that you love. Looking forward to our next meeting.
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on: May 16, 2013 07:16
Such an interesting question, LegolasXXXXX. My answer to that is "yes!" Someone I have known for a quite a while took me to see The Hobbit and did not mind that I dressed up. He liked my Elvish ears...lol. I gave him a copy of The Hobbit which he read and enjoyed. We have watched all 3 LotR movies once and The Hobbit at least 4 times and he is starting to quote it. He calls me "Lindarielwen." Perhaps I have found my very own "Aragorn." So, absolutely yes, you might find someone in real life who is as crazy about LotR as you are!!!
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on: May 17, 2013 06:54
Wow, I must say, you are very lucky. You wore elf ears to The Hobbit? That's awesome! Yep, someday I will find someone who likes LOTR as much as I do...or at least close to it lol.
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on: May 17, 2013 07:31
I wear my Elf ears a lot when I go out, just for fun.

A person you meet might not even know about LotR. It will be up to you, then, to put her/him on the right path...lol

If someone likes you, they will want to share your interests, as you must with them.
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on: May 17, 2013 07:45
Yep, I will endure all those future shopping trips xD
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on: May 20, 2013 05:12
And she'll have to endure all those future trips to the place where you get your knives...lol.

I also think that it is quite possible. My future spouse must love LotR, at least somewhat.
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on: May 20, 2013 11:55
My future wife must either love Tolkien or be very patient. Haha.
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on: December 10, 2013 05:49
Well, it has been seven months since my last post here and the guy still calls me Lindarielwen. He got me glue for my pointy ears, and wants to know which dress I will be wearing when we see Smaug this weekend. For my birthday, he managed to find me a LotR unopened deluxe horse and rider set featuring Arwen, Frodo, and Asfaloth. And this is the guy that lets me braid his hair!
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on: December 13, 2013 08:33
Well, I essentially met my husband through Lord of the Rings Online, so in answer to the thread question - yes!

I was seeing a mutual friend in the south of England, and as we worked in IT, we had an online gaming group, and one of the games was LoTRO. Four months later we met up, two months later I moved 500 miles across the country to live with him.
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on: December 14, 2013 01:24
One of my best friends got me to like LOTR when I was little and we've been friensd for a looonngggg time. Does that count?
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on: December 15, 2013 05:59
Several years ago and through another site, I met someone I now consider my best friend - brilliant, witty, bookish, nice. We share a love for hobbits and have had conversations via e-mails every day for years. I have tentative plans to meet them in person for the first time next year.
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on: January 22, 2015 10:55
Well, sometimes Fate brings you a surprise. There was someone in my life many many years ago. Circumstances caused us to part.

Several months ago...October 3, 2014, to be exact...I was here on the Council when someone chatted me. It was concerning the usual inquiry...languages. I could offer no assistance and directed the person to the language forums. But we kept talking. We strayed from talking about Lord of the Rings and began to talk about the stars and the universe and other philosophical matters.

We asked the standard questions about age and gender. He told me I reminded him of someone he knew long ago. We kept talking and suddenly realized that we found each other again! We laughed, we cried, we sang, we danced!

Just one more reason to love the Council of Elrond!
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on: January 22, 2015 12:33
Lindarielwen, such a happy story! How incredible! Thank you for sharing it!
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on: January 22, 2015 12:36
That is a beautiful story, Lindarielwen.
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on: January 22, 2015 05:16
I couldn't have said it better Lindarielwen.
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on: January 22, 2015 08:51
"Did LOTR help you find your best friend, or even your (future) spouse?"

In a word, yes. Met my wife on another Tolkien message board in September 2001 in an RP story. We started communicating via email (anyone remember email?) talking about the story we were involved in, then started using MSN messenger (anyone remember that?) We became friends but didn't 'get together' at that time. I in the mean time met, dated and broke up with another person I met on the same message board. After that, my friend and future wife said she was coming to the USA to see Return of the King at a "Trilogy Tuesday" showing, and we met in person for the first time in December 2003. We had fun with some crude costumes, and had a good time. We didn't get serious though until a couple years later.

A whole chain of events happened and we were married in July 2008. I'm as happy as ever living life with my soul-mate who is as big a Tolkien nut as I am!

[Edited on 01/23/2015 by Arveleg]
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on: November 05, 2015 09:50
Fate sure has a way of throwing you a curve when you least expect it. The guy I referred to in my above post is just a friend now. The romance has certainly ended.

I wrote this on another thread...

I love the smell of his shirts...he hangs them out to dry.
I love the taste of his cooking...oh, a man who can cook.
I love the feel of my hand in his...he likes to hold hands.
I love the sound of his voice...when he says my name.
I love the look of happiness on his face...when I answer the door.

I wrote that in July of 2013 and it was about the guy who let me braid his hair.

He is still in my life
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on: November 05, 2015 10:25
Who knows? I met my hubby in 1972 and we didn't marry till 1982. Been together ever since. Was a good friend before we took it to the next step and it was me who held off for 10 years. When the time and the person is right, you'll know.
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on: November 06, 2015 02:18
No, for a simple reason.
We met on 31 December 1981. Much has happened, but we are together, married.
My first contacts with LoTR were in 1983 ...
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on: November 06, 2015 07:41
Most of my university friends I have gotten closer to, due to them liking LotR, but none are as crazy about it as me, though I have two friends who I can talk about 'The Sil' Elves and they know what I'm talking about, which is nice

However, I've been with my boyfriend for 6 years, and he likes Tolkien's works but doesn't understand my love for it. He did agree to my having a map of Middle Earth on the wall, and a poster of the White Council... and that I dress up as Frodo/Pippin for Comic Con. And that I can write in Sindarin... The list goes on!
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on: July 11, 2016 02:37
Was just looking through this thread again while chilling on my cot at Fort Polk, and still haven't met anyone off the internet that is as crazy about it as I am, but holding out hope lol.

Btw that doesn't mean I don't deeply appreciate the people I've met on here, and the few I've developed closer relationships with. Some of you hold a special place where my heart is (?), or should be

You know who you are.

[Edited on 07/12/2016 by LegolasXXXXX]
Lindarielwen, I hope that wherever you are it is incredible and filled with all the things that you love. Looking forward to our next meeting.
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on: July 13, 2016 06:43
Some of my best friends are ones I met through CoE. I have been able to meet Aerena100 and findemaxam48 in real life along with some of their friends/relatives. It's wonderful how LotR and CoE can bring people together like that.
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on: August 02, 2016 08:25
I just re-read Lindarielwen's posts here in her memory. Rest in Paace. May your wait in the Halls of Mandos be bright and beautiful!
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