While there is usually a divide between our gaming avatar's/persona's and our real life identities sometimes they can merge. Resulting in a comical, but very creative beginning to a long life of happiness.
While surfing the internet I ran across several stories of couples taking their love of technology, gaming and one another and merging their loves into creative marriage proposals, wedding vows and invitations.
The first was the story of Sara and Paul O'Flaherty who met over the internet, and proceeded to continue their courtship in cyberspace. For their wedding they merged social networking, such as Facebook and Twitter into their ceremony and vows. To watch the ceremony unveil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKAEAasiddA&feature=player_embedded and for a copy of their vows can be found at http://pauloflaherty.com/
A cute example of how a couple embraced their uncommon relationship and made it incredibly personal!
This next story made my eyes well with tears it is so touching. A man decided to propose to his girlfriend via hacking a video game she was playing and inserted details for their courtship. Watch the proposal and game play http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_HMLvLB7b0&feature=player_embedded I do not think anyone could say no to a proposal like that! He must really be in love to go to all that time and effort, so cute!
Another method of proposing via video game, is to make your avatar get down on one knee for you. As this man did when he proposed to his girlfriend in Halo, spelling "Marry Me?" with weaponry http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2007/11/the-halo-3-marr/
Finally wedding invitations can be so boring and tedious, this next couple decided to create a wedding (movie) trailer to announce their nuptials. The production values are incredible and I have not seen any invitations similar anywhere else. To watch the trailer http://vimeo.com/1581347 to view the poster http://davidmalki.com/onesheet-v1.jpg and to view their cake http://davidmalki.com/wed/cake_big.jpg
There are also stories of couples IM'ing each other their vows, weddings taking place over webcams, and virtual weddings inside of MMO's, such as World of Warcraft. Not to mention the fact that many couples are meeting online whether in chat rooms, video games or dating websites.
While some people may say these stories are 'lame' or the people are 'nerdy', I however sigh and see true romance and love, for one another and for life. They acknowledge who they are and embrace it, instead of hiding it in shame.
What a cute post! I met my boyfriend on PlentyofFish.com, and as embarrassing as it is to tell people where I met him, I know it doesn't really matter, as long as we're happy.
ReplyDeleteHere's hoping he proposes in World of Warcraft (a game we played to be able to virtually spend time together while I was out of town for school) so we can be the ultimate nerd couple!