In January 2002, Maria was working as a producer in San Francisco on a brief movie known as Raised By Drag Queens. “At our wrap celebration, 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 mates and housemates alongside, too,” she says. “It was a delicate solution to say she wasn’t .”
Maria misheard and thought I mentioned, ‘I like you’, so she mentioned ‘I like you too’
Amongst Erin’s mates 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 organising our personal singles’ membership. At first I believed she was straight, however when she talked about she was bisexual I believed there could be an opportunity.” Sarah additionally loved Maria’s firm. “She was sensible and relaxed. We hadn’t met on a date, so we may 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 good friend of Erin’s. Not eager to miss her likelihood, 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 “monumental sound system” and shared their first kiss. “I went into the kitchen to test Erin was actually OK with it – however she was so completely satisfied for us,” says Sarah.
They arrange a date at an area 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 plenty of time collectively. “Sooner or later, I mentioned one thing and Maria misheard and thought I mentioned: ‘I like you,’ so she mentioned: ‘I like you, too,’” says Sarah. The misunderstanding made Sarah realise the energy of her personal emotions. By the top of February, they’d turn out to be a pair.
In 2007, Maria supported Sarah as she retrained as a psychotherapist. The identical 12 months, they acquired 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 outdoors as a result of he thought we’d gone to the unsuitable place. It seems she’d purchased me a automotive and advised 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 house with Dakota, Maria’s daughter from a earlier relationship. In 2012, Sarah gave beginning to a daughter, Cleo. They purchased a home in 2019 and reside 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 turn out to be like our pet.”
Sarah appreciates her accomplice’s sense of humour. “She’s additionally extraordinarily type, with good morals and a way of social justice. She all the time needs to assist individuals who want it, and we have now nice conversations. I 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 chortle,” 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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