She said 'YES'

By Dries on 28 Jun 2005 at 18:10 UTC

I just asked her to marry me and she said "yes"!

Update 29/06: Karlijn comments.

Comments

Congrats!

Shane Birley commented 28 June 2005 at 18:17

That is awesome man! Congratulations!

Now, settle down and get back to that coding.... ;-)

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Congratulations! All the

geokker commented 28 June 2005 at 18:23

Congratulations! All the best.

More Congrats!

cel4145 commented 28 June 2005 at 18:28

The best to the two of you :-)

BTW: Does she know she is marrying Drupal, too ;-)

I'd guess...

chx commented 28 June 2005 at 19:31

After two developers lived at Dries' place during DrupalCON, Karlijn has some idea of what she's getting herself into...

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yeah ..

adrian commented 28 June 2005 at 19:55

but they are some of the cleanest of the great unwashed masses =)

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Three

Gábor Hojtsy

he/him

Hungarian

Hungary

commented 29 June 2005 at 07:21

Actually three, I was the third one :) By the way, congratulations, and all the best wishes to Dries and Karlijn!

no no...

walkah commented 29 June 2005 at 13:01

chx meant me and you ... Boris isn't a real developer ;)
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Congratulations!

freyquency commented 28 June 2005 at 18:33

Congratulations! Best wishes, go out and celebrate man!

And here I thought this post was drupal's first spam...

Congrats!

Boris Mann commented 28 June 2005 at 18:34

All the best to the both of you, Dries.

congratulations man =)

adrian commented 28 June 2005 at 18:35

no wonder you were in such a great mood this afternoon =)

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congrats.

bertboerland commented 28 June 2005 at 18:35

congrats to both of you are due indeed! i wont make any cheap jokes about drupal, code and what can happen to the both of you, but if you devide half the time and quality to your relationship as you have put in drupal (better, double the time and quality!), I am sure you'll do fine.

A good wedding and wittebroodsweken (do they have that in BE?) to both of you.

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go dries and Karlijn go!

Roland Tanglao@bryght.com commented 28 June 2005 at 18:35

congrats!

way to go!

walkah commented 28 June 2005 at 18:37

Good choice Karlijn :) Congrats you guys! so... DrupalCon around the wedding?

All the best to both of you moving forward!
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Congratulations to the both

sillygwailo

Toronto, ON

commented 28 June 2005 at 18:37

Congratulations to the both of you! :)

(Username formerly my full name, Richard Eriksson.)

Congratulations!

drumm

he/him

NY, US

commented 28 June 2005 at 18:46

Congratulations!

Wonderful!

laura s commented 28 June 2005 at 18:52

Congratulations to you both! Happy days!

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Congratulations!!

stevryn commented 28 June 2005 at 18:56

Best Wishes for you both~

Congratulations!

chx commented 28 June 2005 at 19:04

Druplicon's smile just got bigger, I swear I saw that!

I wish many happy years!

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love

bertboerland commented 28 June 2005 at 20:04

currently i see another logo. still smiling though :-)

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well done

moshe weitzman commented 28 June 2005 at 19:07

this is great news. many years of happiness to you both.

Congratulations!

Jose Reyero commented 28 June 2005 at 19:19

Congratulations!

https://reyero.net

Congratulations

sepeck commented 28 June 2005 at 19:36

Congratulations and best wishes. :)

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Gift Registry

sami_k commented 28 June 2005 at 19:49

Congratulations ! Maybe in the coming weeks/months (depends on when it is) you could post a link here or on your site for a gift registry??

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him n hers

bertboerland commented 28 June 2005 at 20:03

if it would be for just dries, see his wishlist
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Honeymoon!

sami_k commented 28 June 2005 at 20:16

I mean for the wedding :-) Perhaps we can chip in and get Dries an awesome honeymoon vacation?

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Tropical?

sofiya commented 30 June 2005 at 00:50

Boracay

"If you build it, they will come." -- Field of Dreams

Congratulations!

ericgundersen commented 28 June 2005 at 20:08

Dries that wonderful news - Congratulations to both of you!!!

Congratulations!

matt westgate commented 28 June 2005 at 20:09

Congratulations!

Congratzzles!

termie commented 28 June 2005 at 20:09

Woooo go dries it's your wedding go dries woo woo

Congrats!

factoryjoe commented 28 June 2005 at 20:10

Dries, that's excellent!! Congratulations.

But please, promise me that you won't call your children drupalettes.

Yeah, but...

vprugh commented 28 June 2005 at 21:17

If he has four of them, they HAVE to be qua-drupal-ettes!

Congrats to the 6 of you ;-)

....

crackerjackmack commented 28 June 2005 at 22:05

.... how could you have said that! Thats so corney!!! lol congraulations Dries, I hope things are smooth for you and that your marriage is good one :)

Congratulation! Wish you all

iraszl commented 28 June 2005 at 20:10

Congratulation! Wish you all the best!
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Icon!

sami_k commented 28 June 2005 at 20:14

Love the icon, very nice!

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Congratulations

holger commented 28 June 2005 at 20:21

Congratulations from germany and we are wishing you all the best ;-)

our best regards holger & isabell

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Congratulations!!!

noid commented 28 June 2005 at 20:38

Saw the logo and I thought we were hacked hehe. Congratulations and best wishes from the Philippines! :)

Being engaged is a wonderful time

Amazon commented 28 June 2005 at 20:39

Congratulations Dries, being engaged is a wonderful time. Don't rush out of it too quickly. If you need any modules to help with wedding planning let us know.

Cheers,
Kieran

Kieran Lal

Congratulations!

NaX commented 28 June 2005 at 20:41

Congratulations! Dries. Hope you both are very happy

Now you have a excuse to tack a much deserved holiday. But not to long, the drupal community needs you just as much as she does.

Dries' True Love

sami_k commented 28 June 2005 at 21:13

Maybe we feel that he is married to us,
So perhaps we should be jealous that
We're not the only love in sight

But we can not love him as she does
So let us instead rejoice
Dries, you have found your true love!

We hope that
With us
She will share your time

Well said

NaX commented 29 June 2005 at 07:04

Well said

And they lived

Andrzej7 commented 28 June 2005 at 21:07

And they lived loooong and in happinness...

Congratulations!!!

Andrzej

congratulations to both of you guys..

Dublin Drupaller commented 28 June 2005 at 21:10

Hey dries..was wondering what was going on with the new drupal icon...

Congrats to both of you.

Wishing you all the best

Dub

Currently in Switzerland working as an Application Developer with UBS Investment Bank...using Drupal 7 and lots of swiss chocolate

Congratulations from Sunny Spain :)

Abilnet commented 28 June 2005 at 21:33

Being married more than twenty years, I can tell you, it has been Great Time... the same to both of you!

Kari

Congrats!

Brian@brianpuccio.net commented 28 June 2005 at 21:36

Congrats and good luck to both of you.

Congrats & best wishes

Walt Esquivel commented 28 June 2005 at 22:06

May your lives continue to bring both of you great joy and happiness.

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Best wishes!

jordi commented 28 June 2005 at 22:16

Congratulations Dries!

Congrats!

Emiliano commented 28 June 2005 at 22:20

Dries,
Congratulations to both of you!

:-)
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The great thing about the open source community

Crell commented 28 June 2005 at 22:25

One of the things I love about the open source community is that the developers are (almost) all HUMAN, and we, the little users, get to hear about wonderful news like this instead of marketspeak. I'll take domestic partnership announcements over corporate partnership announcements any day.

Congratulations! I wish you both most well.

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Congratulations!!!

Carlos Miranda Levy commented 28 June 2005 at 22:37

I hope this means many more "druaplings" or "drupaloonies" as a result...
;-)

May you find the joy of making life together an adventure and happy ride everyday with love.

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Congratulations Dries!

joe lombardo commented 28 June 2005 at 22:53

I am really happy for the two of you! I am sure that the two of you will have a brighty and shining lifetime of doing wonderful things together.

All the best wishes for both of you,
- Joe

Ps. This song was playing when I read your post. The effect was awesome :-)

Yay!

Suuch commented 28 June 2005 at 23:43

One up for all of us! Congrats!
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I know you two will be very happy!

traemccombs commented 29 June 2005 at 00:04

Way to go bud. It's always good hearing about people tieing the knot. Now, a word of advice from someone who is married. Learn to say... "Yes Dear" a lot. :)

Congrats again!
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Congratulations.

Chris Johnson commented 29 June 2005 at 05:21

Many best wishes for the future.

I wonder if this is the first time a marriage proposal has resulted in a Drupal site being overwhelmed? It's worse than a slashdotting. :-)

You are actually right that

killes@www.drop.org commented 29 June 2005 at 13:11

You are actually right that it is worse. The slashdot crowd only reads, the Drupal people also write and empty the cache...
I'd like to see a detailed summary on what actually happened.

Oh, and congratulations to Karlijn and Dries!
I cannot know what the future holds for you, but I certainly hope it will be only the best.
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Dries, Congrats!

amanuel commented 29 June 2005 at 05:33

Best wishes as you embark on a new chapter in your life.

congratulations!

arnabdotorg commented 29 June 2005 at 05:39

Best wishes for the great times ahead!

Congratulations!

puregin commented 29 June 2005 at 05:44

Great news, Dries!

Djun

Hip Hip.... Hooray!

nathanwastaken commented 29 June 2005 at 06:05

Congratulations Dries. Great news!

Congratulations Dries! I

sofiya commented 29 June 2005 at 06:14

Congratulations Dries! I hope you wont name your first child -- Druplicon. :)

More power! God Bless!

"If you build it, they will come." -- Field of Dreams

Congratulations on your

dtan commented 29 June 2005 at 06:19

Congratulations on your engadgement! If I may, how did you propose?

Congratulations!

digitalclouds commented 29 June 2005 at 06:30

From Oz/UK!! Here is wishing you many exciting and happy years!!

Kind regards,
J.

Hello everybody,

Karlijn commented 29 June 2005 at 06:47

Hello everybody,

I just wanted to thank you all for all those wonderfull comments and wishes!
Since yesterday I seem not to be able to stop smiling :-)))
And I can already promise 2 things....

We won't call our first child 'druplicon'
and the honeymoon will be somewhere where there is internet ;-)

xx
Karlijn

Congratulations!

stephenhendry commented 29 June 2005 at 09:52

Congratulations!

Any chance of "druplicon" for a middle name?
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Where there IS internet...?

chx commented 30 June 2005 at 11:22

That's a typo, I hope and you meant "where there is NO internet"...
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Congradulations

gordon commented 29 June 2005 at 06:52

Hi Dries,

Best wishes and I hope that you and your lovely wife to be have a wonderful life.
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Wow! Congratulations!

Jhef.Vicedo commented 29 June 2005 at 06:53

How could she have said 'No!' to a great guy who started this terrific thing called "Drupal"... :)

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Congratulations!

Junyor commented 29 June 2005 at 06:58

Getting married was one of the best things I've ever done. :) God bless you both!

Congratulations Karlijn and

dikini commented 29 June 2005 at 07:11

Congratulations Karlijn and Dries. Have some really good time together.
Cheers!

Gefeliciteerd !

koorneef commented 29 June 2005 at 07:49

Veel plezier nu en in de toekomst !

Congratulations from Czech

maca commented 29 June 2005 at 07:58

Gratuluji k tomuto životnímu rozhodnutí a přeji vše nejlepší nejenom v osobním životě.

Congratulations !!

matteo commented 29 June 2005 at 08:03

Great, Dries !!

Best Wishes to you and your wife from DrupalItalia and from your Italian friends !!

Matteo

Congratulations from your Italian friends

matteo commented 29 June 2005 at 08:10

Great Dries,
we're very happy for you and your wife !!

We wait you for your honeymoon in Italy.......

Matteo, Michele and your DrupalItalia friends....

Congratulations and best wishes

Patrick Nelson commented 29 June 2005 at 08:19

Patrick

"Meilleurs voeux de bonheur

ec commented 29 June 2005 at 08:22

"Meilleurs voeux de bonheur à tous les deux". And if needed, this shows that big opensource project is compatible with a family life ;-).
Best wishes, eric.

congratz!!

xandy commented 29 June 2005 at 09:41

congratz!!

Gefeliciteerd

Bèr Kessels commented 29 June 2005 at 09:56

Ik wens jullie beide veel geluk, lol en goede momenten toe!

Bèr Kessels

Fantastic

conann commented 29 June 2005 at 10:07

Well done and good luck

Congratulations from Poland

lynks commented 29 June 2005 at 10:37

Witaj w klubie nieszczesników :D Wszystkiego najlepszego i powodzenia ;)

beijinhos

kika commented 29 June 2005 at 12:22

...from Portugal!

I'm glad we settled the "drupal.org homepage infomation architecture problem" in such an elegant and heart-warming way

To life!

Jaza commented 29 June 2005 at 12:45

Congratulations, Dries, and I wish you and Karlijn many long and happy years together. Spending the rest of your life with someone you love is the best and most important thing that anyone can do.

So, in light of that, may Drupal be the second best and most important thing you do in your life! Unless you love Drupal as much as Karlijn? =)

Jeremy Epstein - GreenAsh

Honeymoon

Jaza commented 29 June 2005 at 13:05

Dries, I heard that Karlijn is prepared to have internet access on the honeymoon. If this is true, then you should check immediately that she's not delirious.

Then, call Guinness World Records. =)

Jeremy Epstein - GreenAsh

Goed gedaan!

DriesK commented 29 June 2005 at 12:59

I think I'm the only one who just congratulated Karlijn in real life, and... I even kissed her for it! (and I know, or I hope ;-), that Dries doesn't mind).

Dries jongen, goed gedaan! Gefeliciteerd allebei!

congratulations

meinhard commented 29 June 2005 at 12:59

..from brussels. i like the personal touch of free software. :) meinhard.

Hmm....

arnabdotorg commented 29 June 2005 at 13:05

http://drupal.org/profile/interest/Dries+Buytaert
http://drupal.org/profile/interest/toxicology

Both list just one person. I'm worried ;)

You should definately be worried

DriesK commented 29 June 2005 at 13:11

You should definately be worried... because Karlijn works on toxicants that disrupt the reproductive system! Poor Dries :-)

He....I wouldn't do anything

Karlijn commented 29 June 2005 at 13:42

He....I wouldn't do anything that is bad for me too ;-)

Congrats!

teshager commented 29 June 2005 at 14:35

Wishing you all the best!

Conga Rats! :)

celticess commented 29 June 2005 at 14:40

I was wondering when I saw the new logo. I figured someone must be getting married. :) May both of you have many happy years together...

Bests!

aries commented 29 June 2005 at 17:24

Bests for both of you!
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Congratulations!

Uwe Hermann commented 29 June 2005 at 18:37

Congratulations to both of you! Wow, man, this is probably the most popular node on drupal.org ;-)

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The great thing about the open source community

Crell commented 29 June 2005 at 20:34

Grrr... Sorry for the dupe, I didn't think it went through the first time. The site must have been Drupaled. :-) I don't know of any way to delete a duped post, though.

Well, congrats to you both once again!

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