Words With Friends Opponents Get Married

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Zoe Fox
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Words With Friends Opponents Get Married
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The social Scrabble-like app is the latest game to become a hotbed for romance. The popular Zynga game introduced Megan Lawless and Jasper Jasperse as random opponents in November 2009.

We've seen proposals using StumbleUpon, Google Maps and Google+, but what's noteworthy about Jasperse and Lawless's story is that the mobile game was where they met.

What began as simple "Hi" and "Hello" messages sparked more extensive communication via email and Skype. Jasperse moved from the Netherlands to live with Lawless in Chicago and the couple was eventually engaged and married in July 2011.

While it took their story six months to begin circulating, the couple's unusual history no doubt resonates more with a mainstream audience following actor Alec Baldwin's hyped airplane removal for playing the game.

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