This month of love may have some pondering the question, is love for everyone, is the one I’m with “the one”? Let’s go over some lovely statistics.
- The majority of people decide if they’re attracted to someone within the first 3 seconds of meeting them.
- There is a 60% chance that your long-distance relationship will succeed.
- Around 71% of people believe in love at first sight.
- 48% of men fall in love at first sight.
- About 33% of people who date online end up in a relationship.
- Dating someone for 3 months will most likely turn into a serious relationship.
- Some romantic relationship statistics indicate that holding hands with your partner relieves stress and pain.
- Couples in healthy relationships have at least one fight per week.
Having a partner may be for you, or may not be. These three couples found young love while attending Dripping Springs schools together. They went on to marry and raise their families in our remarkable town.
Brian Peabody and Tiffany (Becker) Peabody met while attending Dripping Elementary. Brian was in fourth grade, Tiffany third grade. Getting to know each other while riding the bus, Tiffany remembers Brian being a bit mischievous and getting kicked off the bus. Brian a track and football player and Tiffany a cheerleader, the duo began dating at ages 15 and 16 and it’s been history ever since. They graduated from Dripping Springs High School in 2006 and 2007 and now they reside in central Dripping with three active kids who attend Dripping Springs Elementary. The Peabodys will be celebrating their 10-year wedding anniversary this June.
Matthew Shane Walker and Bonnie Jean (Mills) Walker met in Susan Burch’s biology class at Dripping Springs High School in 1985. They were 16 and 15 years old. With a graduating class of around 100, the pair played all the sports and did all the activities high school had to offer. Graduating classes of 1987 and 1988, the pair married when they were 21 and 19 years old. They still reside in Dripping and have a daughter and son who were also Dripping Springs High School graduates. In September they celebrated 33 years of marriage.
Marvin Myers and Merlene (Glosson) Myers met in first grade when they were six years old. At the time Dripping Springs had one school for all grades located on Mercer Street. They attended all twelve years of school together. It wasn’t until their senior year that they began dating. The pair are Dripping Springs graduating class of 1966! They remained close after graduating and married when they were 21. Marvin and Merlene reside on the west side of Dripping and have two sons who were also DSHS graduates. In September, they celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary.