A couple took to Twitter to share their unique saga of love, which began 10 years ago.
The tale involves plenty of serendipity, some adorable photographs, and a good old fashioned shut down delivered by the Jeopardy! host himself. Mr. Alex Trebek,
Ever since she met her current wife when the two competed against each other on the trivia game show, Emily Therese Cloyd, one half of the happy couple, is a clear fan of all things Jeopardy! and Alex Trebek.
Her Twitter thread love story details the entire journey from that first audition to appear on Jeopardy! and winds all the way to the wedding day.
As Cloyd mentions in her first tweet, the post comes on the heels of a ABC News Special featuring a long form interview with Trebek, who is currently battling pancreatic cancer.
Cloyd kicks off her story with a proud photo featuring her and Trebek on that fateful day of trivia competition.
It’s coming up on my 10 year (!) tape-i-versary for @Jeopardy, and with this week’s #JeopardyGOAT and last week’s A… https://t.co/aRkDXy0kaI— Rese (Emily Therese) Cloyd 🏳️🌈🌻🥾🚣♀️ (@Rese (Emily Therese) Cloyd 🏳️🌈🌻🥾🚣♀️) 1578524772
She then walks through some behind-the-scenes moments of all that goes in to applying, auditioning, and appearing on Jeopardy!
After taking the online test, Cloyd was called in to audition along with other game show hopefuls.
Upon finishing the audition Cloyd pretty much returned to her life, nearly forgetting the thing that would eventually lead her to a soulmate.
@Jeopardy @UMichLaw @BreadfortheCity And then I waited…. I thought I did okay at the audition, but to get on the s… https://t.co/kIOAcLvyq8— Rese (Emily Therese) Cloyd 🏳️🌈🌻🥾🚣♀️ (@Rese (Emily Therese) Cloyd 🏳️🌈🌻🥾🚣♀️) 1578524864
When she finally--unexpectedly--was called and invited to compete the in January 2010, Cloyd was obviously stoked.
@Jeopardy @UMichLaw @BreadfortheCity https://t.co/VAFk9EoI51— Rese (Emily Therese) Cloyd 🏳️🌈🌻🥾🚣♀️ (@Rese (Emily Therese) Cloyd 🏳️🌈🌻🥾🚣♀️) 1578524911
When Cloyd arrived for her episode taping, she recognized a familiar face from that audition 18 months before.
@Jeopardy @UMichLaw @BreadfortheCity She didn’t recognize me. Or maybe she did, once I said I’d briefly met her at… https://t.co/4Hr7vYVGOc— Rese (Emily Therese) Cloyd 🏳️🌈🌻🥾🚣♀️ (@Rese (Emily Therese) Cloyd 🏳️🌈🌻🥾🚣♀️) 1578525131
Cloyd spends a couple more tweets recognizing the fate of the moment. It wasn't a sure thing that the two would be faced off directly against one another that day.
"Remember I said that J! tapes 5 shows in a single day? You don't know which show you'll be on until they pull your name from a hat just before it is time to head into makeup before each show."
"And then my name was drawn. I'd be playing against Manny Maldonado III, who had just vanquished 4-time champion Regina Robbins, and Stacy."
Stacy utterly demolished her future boo that day.
@Jeopardy @UMichLaw @BreadfortheCity At the end of Double Jeopardy! It was clear that the game was a run-away: Man… https://t.co/iWDEZ81RXX— Rese (Emily Therese) Cloyd 🏳️🌈🌻🥾🚣♀️ (@Rese (Emily Therese) Cloyd 🏳️🌈🌻🥾🚣♀️) 1578525521
Despite Emily only winning $50 during competition, she still went home with $1000, the minimum given merely for competing.
It was during the time back home in Washington, D.C. where Emily and Stacy both lived that sparks really flew.
They eventually had a joint viewing party when the episode was aired.
@Jeopardy @UMichLaw @BreadfortheCity @350 At the viewing party, we each invited friends and family in the area. Sin… https://t.co/L6tjYJD0Zj— Rese (Emily Therese) Cloyd 🏳️🌈🌻🥾🚣♀️ (@Rese (Emily Therese) Cloyd 🏳️🌈🌻🥾🚣♀️) 1578525616
After about 2 years of hanging out as friends, dating, and then moving on towards a relationship, Stacy and Emily got engaged.
And there was one obvious addition needed on that guest list.
@Jeopardy @UMichLaw @BreadfortheCity @350 @UMich And a week or so later, we got the response card back. Alex Trebe… https://t.co/67NgMBOBCp— Rese (Emily Therese) Cloyd 🏳️🌈🌻🥾🚣♀️ (@Rese (Emily Therese) Cloyd 🏳️🌈🌻🥾🚣♀️) 1578525751
And even though Trebek didn't make the wedding, the couple looks happy as ever.
@Jeopardy @UMichLaw @BreadfortheCity @350 @UMich #ThankYouAlex - @StacyCloyd and I can honestly say that you change… https://t.co/pSgLcErhXI— Rese (Emily Therese) Cloyd 🏳️🌈🌻🥾🚣♀️ (@Rese (Emily Therese) Cloyd 🏳️🌈🌻🥾🚣♀️) 1578525844
Twitter thought the whole thing was down right adorable too.
@EngageClimate @Jeopardy @UMichLaw @BreadfortheCity @350 @UMich @StacyCloyd ❤️❤️❤️ https://t.co/OnPvfP1OpU— Elyse Aurbach (@Elyse Aurbach) 1578529306
@EngageClimate @Jeopardy @UMichLaw @BreadfortheCity @350 @UMich @StacyCloyd What?! This is the BEST story! I love i… https://t.co/orzaXXhC1x— Dr. Becky Mackelprang (@Dr. Becky Mackelprang) 1578534813
@EngageClimate You two *are* the greatest of all time! Crying for your happiness.— Glenn Fleishman (@Glenn Fleishman) 1578611510
@EngageClimate @Jeopardy @UMichLaw @BreadfortheCity @350 @UMich @StacyCloyd It sounds like to me you both won Jeopardy!— Timothy S. Brannan - Working the NIGHT SHIFT! (@Timothy S. Brannan - Working the NIGHT SHIFT!) 1579800753
It didn't take long for some news outlets to grow interested in the uniqe story.
@EngageClimate @Jeopardy @UMichLaw @BreadfortheCity @350 @UMich @StacyCloyd Hi @EngageClimate! I'm a reporter for B… https://t.co/1L43zevBF7— Anneta K (@Anneta K) 1578608788
@EngageClimate Hi there! I’m reaching out on behalf of Global News, a news organization in Canada. We loved this st… https://t.co/Vp9KFculhY— Jessica Maxwell (@Jessica Maxwell) 1579799943
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"'Which means that every single morning at 9am I have to explain to a 90 year old man suffering from Alzheimer’s that his wife has been dead for quite some time. Now I’ve thought about moving. I have thought about just not answering my door in the morning. But to be honest, it’s worth it… just to see the smile on his face.”
dreagan021
Comedy?
"Why can't orphans play baseball? They don't know where home is."
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"Why can't orphans play tennis? They get confused when they hear love."
JayDub506
People who make comedy are evil. LOL.
The Darkness
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God Laughs?
"A Holocaust survivor dies and goes to heaven, where she meets God. To break the tension she tells God a joke about the Holocaust, but God doesn’t laugh. The lady shrugs and says 'I guess you had to be there.'"
“'I guess you had to be there' is a common expression used when someone doesn’t laugh at a joke. It means that the comedy may not translate without the context of the situation."
"In this case the Holocaust survivor is saying it, meaning that during the Holocaust God was nowhere to be found. It’s not really a joke about the Holocaust, but the absurdity of belief in a benevolent God. Hilarious right?"
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Oh Baby
"How many dead babies does it take to fix a light bulb? More than 3 cause my garage is still dark."
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I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Because I don't know what it says about us as people if we laugh. Oye.
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Curious to hear from strangers online, Redditor Liam_Tang asked:
"People who've divorced, aside from adultery, what were the irreconcilable differences that ended the marriage?"
You think you know a person when you walk down the aisle.
These Redditors were in for a rude awakening.
Pet Neglect
"My wife divorced her ex for many reasons, but the final straw was when she went out of town for a few days, and when she got back he had not fed or given water to the dog. The dog lived a long and happy life after that."
– StrangeCrimes
Obsessed With A Crush
"Not me, but I had an old coworker that divorced his wife for spending their entire savings on candy crush and games of the same type."
– Hexis40
Compatibility Musts
"ITT: Intimacy (sex/romance), beliefs (religion/spirituality/politics), kids, and I haven’t seen it yet but it’s coming: finances."
"The big four. You REALLY need to discuss these things in detail BEFORE getting married."
– rabbiskittles
Physical violence is a legit reason for people to peace out of a relationship.
The Flattening
"She threatened to hit me with a hammer."
– michaelrohansmith
Hitting The Bottle
"She became an abusive alcoholic. It was sad but I had to get out."
– diegojones4
Emotional pain is too damaging to recover from.
Truth Hurts
"She told me as we stood in front of the judge ending our 7 year marriage, 'I never loved you, I just wanted kids.'"
– Pinch_Dogs
Can't Fix Angry
"She was beautiful/smart but an angry angry person. I thought I could be sweet to her and 'fix' that. Heh. She kicked the crap out of me emotionally. Wife II has been a walk in the roses for 32 years now :)"
– lowlandr
A change of heart is worthless if comes too late.
"We Could've Had A Nice Marriage
"He could not understand that my wants and needs were as important as his wants and needs. We tried to make it work for 7 years. During that time, for things that were really important to me, I tried explaining logically, asking nicely, begging, crying, yelling, passive aggressiveness... cycled back through all of these options multiple times."
"(If I knew something was important to him, I would do that. For example, he was really into sports, so I went to all his events, even though that is not at all my thing.) When I finally threw up my hands and told him it was time to get a divorce, he suddenly panicked and said 'What can I do? Do you want me to do half the chores? I'll do it! Do you want me to get a job? I'll do it! Do you want me to buy you presents for your birthday? I'll do it!'"
"So, in other words, he could have been doing that all along, but just couldn't be bothered. That made me so angry. We could have had a nice marriage that we both enjoyed, but no, by the time he saw the light, that ship had sailed."
"We are both happily remarried now (to different people) and I joke that his new wife owes me a thank you note. It was his experience with me that taught him to listen to her and take her needs seriously."
– Bluebird-True
"What Can I Do?"
"My ex was exactly like this. I didn't marry him but when I told him let's break up, he went all like, what can I do? Let's get engaged, let's look at houses, etc. Basically all the pre-marriage topics that we should be discussing about after being together for 7 years."
"I got so angry and straight up told him it's too late... I don't need you anymore."
– gudetarako
As much as a couple wants to stay together, unforeseen circumstances can eventually tear people apart.
Very few people can maintain healthy long-distance relationships.
When a new job opportunity takes a significant other away, would you begrudge them for wanting a better position to earn more money? Or is it better for them to reluctantly turn down the opportunity so they could stay with you? Do either scenarios breed resentment?
These were questions I've often asked myself with past relationships, and my answers varied depending on the person I was with.
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