From blind dates to chance meetings in the classroom, Auburn alums tell how they found love and romance on the Plains. The legend goes that if students kiss their significant other beside the Lathe at midnight—and its wheel does not move—they have been faithful to each other.
Jeanne Y. Back then we were required to have six quarters of PE. No one wanted to do an outdoor PE during winter quarter, so I opted for social dance, which was an indoor activity. I walked on a very rainy and dreary day for my first day of class, and when I got there the place was already full of people. He asked me to dance. We only saw each other in the social dance class in that entire quarter, but right before finals, he finally asked me out, and that was it. We dated and then got engaged.
Cameron R. She just happened to sit in front of me in English class, and now almost 14 years later we share our last names. Albany game. A friend of mine set up the date. We were married for 43 years and have four children now. Mitchell C. She is the best experience I have had at Auburn. We got married while I was still a student, [and] we were both in the graduating class. We met at a fraternity party—I was dancing with somebody else, and when the music stopped, he was standing right beside me.
He introduced himself and asked me for a date in the same breath. We got married in September before my junior year. Wyman A.
She was a freshman, and she also ran cross country and track at Auburn. We dated in her freshman year for a while, and we stayed real close. Once I graduated, we stayed in touch. We stayed good friends, and when she got a bit close to graduation, we started dating again and got married right after she graduated. We have been married ever since and have three beautiful girls. We have been married for 57 years, and we were together for 60 years, so I was very blessed. She was incredible. That was the most important thing that happened to me.
