tornrose24 answered:
They met in college. She was persuing a degree in business but she had an interest in science so there was some natural clicking. However I think what really won Norman over was that she was just as ambitious as him, but she had a knack for winning people over with her charisma and charm and that included him. He probably would not have gotten as far as he did without her help.
In fact, Emily was not just one of Norman’s biggest supporters, but she helped him keep his company running for years on the business side of things (winning people over, marketing, keeping an eye on the budget–for a time that was all her and anyone that answered to her). Neither of them were intending on being parents at the start of their careers, so Harry was a huge, yet welcome surprise.
For the longest time, she was the brightest light in Norman’s life. Whatever darkness he had was kept at bay during that time of happiness.
However eventually Emily did pass away from illness, and you could say it was one of the few times Norman was ever that grief stricken. Perhaps at the moment of her passing, but not at her funeral where there were few true friends amongst the greedy scum and leeches that cared so little about the woman who ensured that they had jobs. Some would have thought his heart died with her, if not for their child, who had quite a bit of his mother’s personality within him.
Emily was the only person Norman saw as an equal, and the only woman he ever truly loved. Perhaps had Emily been around, maybe Norman would not have been driven to the incident that led to the birth of the Green Goblin, but who really knows?