My story? Well, I was born a poor black child, and, (fast forward).....

Now, I'm just happy to still have my dog, S***head.

Thanks for sharing, your rating saids it all!

When I was 7 years old I found a wood chess board with orignal box in my grandparents' floor. On one side of the box there were chess rules. I learned chess by myself from that box.
I played once in a while (less than 1 game in a year) for 15 years, only with friends, with no real interest in chess.
At the university I started using an online chess site for playing with a friend in another city while talking on Skype with him, once a week for some time. Then I completely forgot chess until I moved to my grandparents' home. I tried to login on the old online chess site but it was acquired by Chess.com... and here I am :) I played 99% of games in my life online on Chess.com in the last 2 months. I'm still a beginner but I started to win some games.

Hmm I haven't seen the remake of Dirty Dancing yet, but it will be on my to see list, hope the dancing holds up!

the greatest love story of all time

 "I met a girl... she whooped me in chess... we got married"

Short and sweet!