Things never happen just how you expect them to...

How did/do you expect to meet the love of your life? As a guy, I didn't waste a lot of time on this. You know, "que sera, sera". But, I do know for a fact that women spend a lot of time thinking about this.

If you'll believe Hollywood, it could happen anywhere... Maybe at your parent's Greek restaurant. How about on a nationally syndicated radio show? Even a down-on-her-luck whore can get hired by a compassionate businessman. Maybe a 19th century duke just time travelled to the present to fall in love with you. You never know, right?

I've come to realize recently though, through a completely un-scientific survey of my engaged or married friends, that there is one single tie that binds... Alcohol. Every single couple, except for one, has met at a party or a bar, while under the influence. The one excepted couple met when they both worked at the same bar... Overachievers.

Maybe we all drink too much... but the fact that good old fashioned social lubricant is responsible for so many happy, usually sober, long-term relationships has to stand for something.

If you are part of one of these happy couples, I suggest you take some time to remember it this weekend... While you are out drinking, of course. Try to remember what exactly you were drinking at the time you both met, and order a couple up for you and your significant other.

To those who just got married, and those who just got engaged: Welcome to the club!

Take that, eHarmony!