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Jan Duldulao and Rick
Kirkham
met in September of 1997 in a room where no body knew what you
looked like or sounded like although you could communicate freely with each
other. It was a room on the internet sponsored by a now famous company called
Yahoo.
The room was known as a chat room.
Jan would go into
Yahoo
Chat after a hard day of work to relax. Rick would go into
Yahoo
Chat after promoting his business either on the internet or using other
media.
Jan and Rick quickly became friends. With nothing to do on the
internet but talk, they got to know each other quite well.
Finally,
around Thanksgiving of 1998, Rick received an early Christmas present. A ticket
to Hawaii.
After being told by all family members to be careful,
starting
from Mattoon Illinois, going to Ohare Airport in Chicago, a
stopover in Los Angeles, and finally to Honolulu Airport, Jan and Rick met in
person.
They were both a bit nervous at first, but eventually
relaxed and realized they could talk just as easily facing each other as they
could facing a monitor.
Jan and Rick fell in love. On October 23rd
1999 they pledged their undying love for each other and became Mr. and Mrs.
Kirkham.
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