In January 2002, Maria was working as a producer in San Francisco on a brief movie referred to as Raised By Drag Queens. “At our wrap social gathering, a gaggle of us talked about going 80s dancing,” she remembers. She thought that one of many assistants, Erin, was cute, so she requested her to affix them as her date. “Erin invited a bunch of pals and housemates alongside, too,” she says. “It was a delicate approach to say she wasn’t .”
Maria misheard and thought I mentioned, ‘I really like you’, so she mentioned ‘I really like you too’
Amongst Erin’s pals was Sarah, who was working as an actor. “I went to varsity with Erin close to San Francisco, however I hadn’t lengthy moved again to the realm and wished to get to know new individuals,” she says.
As quickly as Maria and Sarah met, they felt a connection. “She was cute and humorous,” says Maria. “We had been on the bar speaking about establishing our personal singles’ membership. At first I assumed she was straight, however when she talked about she was bisexual I assumed there could be an opportunity.” Sarah additionally loved Maria’s firm. “She was good and relaxed. We hadn’t met on a date, so we might get to know one another with no strain.”
After the 80s night time they went throughout the road for doughnuts with Erin, earlier than being invited to an afterparty in a unique a part of San Francisco. “It turned out to be the house of Larry Web page from Google,” says Maria. “Everybody was blown away by this home.” Quickly, Sarah began dancing with one other buddy of Erin’s. Not eager to miss her probability, Maria joined Sarah on the balcony whereas she was taking a relaxation. “I put my arms round her and she or he did the identical to me,” she says.
They went inside to take a look at the “huge sound system” and shared their first kiss. “I went into the kitchen to verify Erin was actually OK with it – however she was so pleased for us,” says Sarah.
They arrange a date at a neighborhood bar the next week, the place Maria requested Sarah to be her girlfriend. “I mentioned no as a result of it was too quick,” says Sarah. “I wished to hold on hanging out, however I used to be having fun with being single and didn’t need to rush issues.” Over the subsequent few weeks, they spent numerous time collectively. “In the future, I mentioned one thing and Maria misheard and thought I mentioned: ‘I really like you,’ so she mentioned: ‘I really like you, too,’” says Sarah. The misunderstanding made Sarah realise the power of her personal emotions. By the tip of February, that they had develop into a pair.
In 2007, Maria supported Sarah as she retrained as a psychotherapist. The identical yr, they bought engaged on a visit to New Orleans. “Maria took me to this car-hire place, nevertheless it turned out to be a dealership. The cab driver waited exterior as a result of he thought we’d gone to the mistaken place. It seems she’d purchased me a automotive and informed me we had been driving again to San Francisco,” says Sarah. “Within the glove compartment there was a hoop.” They married close to Napa Valley, California, in 2008 and moved into their shared residence with Dakota, Maria’s daughter from a earlier relationship. In 2012, Sarah gave delivery to a daughter, Cleo. They purchased a home in 2019 and stay there with Cleo. “We had been additionally adopted by a feral cat,” says Sarah. “It comes into our again yard on a regular basis and has develop into like our pet.”
Sarah appreciates her companion’s sense of humour. “She’s additionally extraordinarily sort, with good morals and a way of social justice. She all the time needs to assist individuals who want it, and now we have nice conversations. I really like the actual fact we’re each up for something, too.”
Maria enjoys all their adventures. “We’ve travelled to so many locations off the crushed monitor. She all the time makes me chuckle,” she says. “I’ve some previous traumas and she or he actually understands what which means and helps me. We are able to say something to one another.”
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