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437 - Meeting My Wife with Author/Creator of FOUND Davy Rothbart

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4.1529 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2017

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Davy Rothbart, author of the bestselling book My Heart Is An Idiot, creator of FOUND Magazine, and host of the FOUND Podcast, met a woman in Texas and immediately fell in love. But it would be years before their relationship actually began. Listen to find out why! Here's a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you're listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you'll see the episode notes, including the links. Please subscribe and join the Story Worthy Facebook page! We'd love to hear from you at info@storyworthypodcast.com or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. Plus, when you go to storyworthypodcast.com you'll also find special deals courtesy of our sponsors like FabFitFun, Sustain Natural, Hello Fresh, ThirdLove, Casper Mattress, LeTote, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It's good karma guys! Oh, and make it a Story Worthy Day!Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy. Do you remember meeting your husband or wife?

0:09.6

Davy, Davy, get over here, come here. And I go over and he's at the merch table. He's still setting up.

0:14.8

But there's a girl there, a girl who was leaving the earlier show, and she's buying one of everything.

0:20.4

She's buying a found magazine, my book,

0:23.8

The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas. I'm trying to understand it. She's not even there for our event.

0:28.6

I sort of been piecing this together. She's leaving this other thing, but she just sees the table

0:32.6

and starts, like, that stuff's cool. Wow, that is really sweet. It sounds like a beautiful beginning.

0:39.5

I had an instant crush on her.

0:40.7

You know, you have that instant attraction, and I was like,

0:43.3

this is the most beautiful person I've ever seen in my life.

0:46.1

Like, not just her physical beauty, but her curiosity and energy.

0:49.5

You know, her openness to, like, being down to stay for some event she had never heard before.

0:56.0

Okay, so what could go wrong? I guess I came to realize that she had a pretty serious boyfriend.

1:00.0

And so, you know, as friendly and as wonderful as she'd been, you know,

1:03.0

her ability to really leap into anything was obviously limited.

1:10.0

Oh, that's tricky.

1:12.2

Today on Storyworthy, author, creator, and host of the Found Podcast, Davy Rothbart, talks about how he met his wife.

1:20.3

Stay close.

1:21.5

Hey, this is Davey Rothbart from the Found Podcast and Found Magazine.

1:25.0

You're listening to my home girl, Christine Blackburn, on Storyworthy.

1:43.7

Welcome to Storyworthy. My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Wonderry

1:48.0

Sunset Studio in West Hollywood, California. I'm so glad you guys tuned in today, whether you're a

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