At the risk of being presumptuous, I believe I am one half of said couple.
I met a few women on here years ago and had some mostly fun early experiences, but was still am unknown lurker. Around 2008, I decided to stop lurking and went to my first NEST. I had a total blast and met some of my favorite people in n the world. After that, I started posting and interacting on the forum on a more regular basis
A funny thing came from being very present on the forum. One day a young woman who lived nearish to me at the time was looking to meet someone on the forum. She sent me a message because I seemed nice and was known in the community, so less likely to be a creeper. She messaged me, we met, sessioned for a while, then dated, moved in together, and then got married.
So even though I don't have the time to be as active as I once was, this forum changed my life in a totally unexpected and amazing way.
Also we have two kids now.