Mrs. Nipon met Albert when they were both in Atlantic City, with different dates, and she dared him to throw her into the pool. He did, and a couple months later, asked her what she wanted for her birthday. She said "a diamond," and then showed up the next day with a bag of diamonds she borrowed from a jeweler and held it in front of Albert, asking: "Which one would you like me to have?" They married in 1953.