I met my dh when I was 16 he was 18 and my sister worked with him at lowes and his frat house was a block away from her house. He came over one night while I was babysitting and we watched house of thousand corpses (shudder) then he tried to kiss me and I pushed his face away. A week later he started dating a girl he went to school with. I started dating my xh. Had kids all that jazz. After I got divorced I posted on MySpace about my oldest having double ear infections and bronchitis and he messaged me. We reconnected and all that good stuff.
We met at work. We both worked at JCPenney's. I was 18 he was 20. We dated for 3 months then broke up. 3 years later, in 2004, I had just gotten home from living in France and we ran into each other at the mall where we worked (he was with a different company and I was working at JCPenney still but at a different mall.) We started talking again and had out second first date on July 2, 2004, engaged April 9, 2007, married August 16, 2008. So, I guess it was fate.
Match.com! We were both working crazy hours, and lived about 50 miles apart, so never would have met otherwise (although it turned out that I had worked with his sister and BIL). His profile picture was blurry, and he had a stuffed grizzly bear in a headlock, so I couldn't even see his face. His tagline said, "Good man looking for good woman," and I was like, "that's me!" Haha...we didn't correspond long before meeting for dinner. It was not love at first sight. He made intense eye contact, worked in construction, but was articulate and charming. I had never met anyone like him. And I'm a therapist, so I've met lots of different people! I didn't know what to make of him, but by a month or two in, I was hooked. His ability to relate equally to convicted felons, the developmentally disabled, and millionaires (and I've seen him interact with all three) sealed the deal. He is truly a good man, and I try daily to live up to being his good woman.
Dude this made me tear up ! I don't know why it's just such a cute story
We met at work when I was 17. He was the manager at my first job. I never thought that he would be into me and I was dating someone else. A year later, after he left that job, we started dating. Not very romantic or anything, but that's our story! (I haven't thought of a good one yet )
Awe, I love this. Me and my husband met almost 13 years ago at a New Years Eve party. Then we saw each othr again a few times after that. He claims I didn't want to give him a chance. I walked away after he bought me a drink at a club because he wasn't very talkative and Im kind of shy myself. Then we saw each other at a picnic and as I was leaving he followed me on his motorcycle and pulled up next to me at a stop sign and asked me if I wanted to go for a ride. I said yes and he started coming over every day after that. He always jokes that I went for the motorcycle.
I had pretty much given up on dating for a while when Dh and I met. I had tried all the online dating sites and blind dates thru friends. So I was surprised when I fell for him.
Dh manages a towing company and happened to be on call the morning that my car broke down. I was really upset that my new car was over heating that I didn't really pay him any attention. But apparently I made an impression. That night he Facebook messaged me. Turns out we had gone to high school together and I had been in a wedding with his brother and sil a few years back. We started hanging out and now here we are.
We worked together at the theater. He likes to say that I was his boss when we started dating and really nothing has changed since. Lol. We hung out quite a bit because my apartment was party central for the theater so he came over and we would talk but we never really thought about each other in an interested way. Then he broke up with his girlfriend and I finally realized that this guy I was totally in love with was never going to stop being self absorbed. So we kinda rebounded with each other.
We both were totally in it for a fling. He was going to visit China for an extended trip in June, we started dating end of September, neither of us expected anything out of it. By June we still hadn't broken up so we decided to try long distance while he was in China (he was supposed to be there through October). He texted me on his third or fourth night there and said that being away made him realize even more how much I meant to him and that, when he got back, we should think about getting engaged. Lol. So I got proposed to through text message. He ended up coming back in early August and the rest is history.
He was just saying yesterday how weird it is to think that both of us were just looking for something temporary and now, seven years later we have this little miracle and are still going strong.
Post by stampingqueen on May 3, 2015 6:18:17 GMT -5
World of Warcraft. It was 9 years ago that we met in game. I was dating someone at the time. Over the course of a few months, we talked and hung out in game. Eventually I found out that he lived 90 miles from me. I made plans to meet him (my boyfriend was ok with it). I drove out to meet him and stay the weekend at his apartment that he shared with another guy I knew from the game.
We kept a friendship going. I was interested in him and he was interested in me but I couldn't break up with my boyfriend (it was an emotionally abusive relationship, I felt trapped). Eventually the boyfriend broke up with me and my husband and I started dating 2 weeks later. 2 years after that I moved to another state to be with him (his dad was diagnosed with cancer). We got engaged shortly after that. We've been married for almost 4 years (our anniversary is coming up). Been together for 8.5 years
DH and I are high school sweethearts. We met when I was 15, quickly became friends and would chat for hours on AIM. He was a year ahead of me in school and went to OK for college. We almost decided not to do long distance but gave it a shot. I went to college and then we were able to see each other more regularly once he graduated and was in grad school at home. We got married when I finished college. We have been together 11 years total and married for 5 this August. We were young and silly when we started, but we grew up together.
Post by ThePregosaurus on May 3, 2015 6:37:08 GMT -5
High school marching band. He was a year younger than me and pretty popular in his grade. I wasn't any kind of popular but still had a crush on the goofball that I thought was unrealistic. I decided to ask him to be my senior prom date and we've been together ever since. That was 11 years ago, married for almost 5. It turns out that he had also had a crush on me but figured he'd never have a chance since I was a senior.
I think I shared this on TD before but my DH and I met on 9/11/01 in college. Our classes were canceled and we were frantic trying to get in touch with our families to make sure they were alright. I was walking with a mutual friend who stopped to talk to DH and I burst into tears. I hadn't been able to get in touch with anyone because the networks were jammed and he stopped talking to his family to lend me his cell phone. We didn't know each other but that's who he is, totally selfless. Two hours later, we had lunch, went to the candlelight vigil that night, and 14 years later here we are. Here are some quick photos from our wedding album I snapped - can't believe it will be 5 years in September!
DH and I met on a ski trip in Big Sky, MT. My brother had invited me because I had just gone through a divorce and he was trying to get me out. I almost didn't go because it was just a couple of years after my head injury, and I wasn't sure I'd be able to ski again yet because of balance issues. My brother talked me into it, on the premise that I'd be able to hop over to Yellowstone to take photos if the skiing didn't work out. I thought that sounded amazing, so agreed to go. There were 10 of us staying in one awesome ski in/ski out cabin.
H was a friend of my brother's friend who was also staying at the same house. He was skiing for a living in Vale at the time, and also almost didn't come. He jokes that he was skiing 6 days a week and went on vacation to ski when he should've been on a beach somewhere. We hit it off immediately, but I was absolutely not interested in anything serious, given my current situation. Especially not long distance. Hell no! But we couldn't quit each other. We talked on the phone, texted and emailed constantly. He came to see me in VA about once a month, and I went to see him in CO.
He moved to VA 6 months later, and we were married about 2 years after that. We've been married 5 years now, and I'm still crazy about him, and so grateful I met him. He's seen me through a lot, and been as steady as a rock. He's a very good man.
After transferring to a new location at work, my boss was a real jerk. I was married at the time and eventually started to get along with my boss. Fast forward 4ish years later after helping my boss go through his divorce I ended up getting divorced out of the blue. He helped me through mine, and we started dating a few years later. So in the end I married him lol...funny how I couldn't stand him to begin with. Our wedding in Sept 2013.
MH and I met through a mutual friend when we both moved to a new town after college. I was interested in him, but he started dating someone else right after we met, and they were long distance so I didn't see him for a few months. When they broke up he started spending more time with my group of friends. Not too long after that, we started dating and we've been together ever since!
He likes to tell people we "met in a bar" but that's not really true... Maybe we happened to be in a bar when we met, but it wasn't the chance drunken meeting that makes it sound like
Met DH in kindergarten. Our elementary school only had one of each class per grade so we grew up together. Middle school separated our class of 20 into a group of 240 students. We had a few classes together senior year of high school, but didn't start dating until college when we were 4 hours apart.
I used to tell people we met in a bar. We met through match.com and for our first date we met at a restaurant bar. How else are two engineers going to meet other than through the internet? Today we are celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary!
We met in high school I was 15 and he was 17. We acted like we hated each other but obviously he loved me lol. We started dating a year later , when I was 17 and he was 19 we moved in together (rebellious teens) this October it will be 11 years and the rest is history. Can't picture my life without him he makes me a better person amazing man and provider.
Our story somewhat unique. We had a mutual friend for years and knew of each other but never met. They were in a scifi horror band (yep) together and needed someone to play keyboard temporarily. I filled in and his eccentric interests intrigued me. He had a long time girl friend but he made it clear he was unhappy. They broke up a few weeks later. We developed feelings for each other as I continued to be a part of the band. Said mutual friend also developed feelings and in efforts to be loyal this friend we decided to stay friends. Well said friend was very jealous after finding out my DH had feelings and read into things and it got very tense and awful for awhile. Eventually we said screw it and decided to start dating and ditched the friend who was being super unreasonable. We were quite the unlikely pair because I was in grad school and he was a community college drop out for various reasons. We got married after I graduated he went back to school to get his degree and here we are with a baby 10 years after we initially starting dating (May 1st!). Here's an early pic I found in the band days
Our wedding 2007
Our baby announcement pic that said "adding to the family tree" ( I do genealogy in my "freetime").
Post by absolutelyayrianna on May 3, 2015 18:32:47 GMT -5
We're high school sweethearts. I met him during my second freshmen year (due to relocation and family issues). I was 16 at the time and we've been on and off until I got pregnant with my first daughter. Actually, 6 years come the 22nd. Wow, time flies!
Yay I remember a similar thread on TD but I can't remember any of the stories so I love reading all of them and seeing pics of all ze beautiful couples!
DH and I met through mutual friends, a couple who have broken up since and we're actually excommunicated from now... Oops. My BFF at the time was dating this dude, and they kept trying to hook me up with people because I was going through a "fuck relationships single 4evaaa" phase and he didn't like his GF hanging out with such a free spirit who might influence her to get out of their abusive relationship. Anyway this was like their 3rd attempt to play matchmaker and I had completely ignored the first two guys.
So we were all at a birthday party (tomorrow will be 3 years from the night!) and DH was supposed to come from 70 miles away to visit my friend's BF. I was ready to go home, but the guy "lost" my car keys until about 5 minutes before DH got there. Tbh I barely remember much from the night but I know DH got his guitar out of his car and sang me a few songs within a few minutes of meeting me and walked me to my car when I had to go. My first impression of him was that he had a beautiful voice, a very handsome nose (weird because I am not a nose person) and I liked his bohemian style. The second time we met he had basically made a list of reasons why I should take a chance on dating him. He was very convincing and even though I didn't take him very seriously I decided hey why not? After that we actually fell in love hard and fast and he proposed to me only 7 months after we met. And the rest is history!
We are nerds and met being nerds. The now husband commented on a picture of mine on DeviantArt. He used it as a reference (fantasy drawing from my favorite books, the lady had wings lol) and I noticed that the picture he drew was a fan-made character. So, being excited that somebody shared the same interests as me, I invited him to come write on an rpg site based on the same universe. So really, I owe our meeting to Anne Bishop and her Black Jewels Trilogy!
Anyways, he was married, and I was in a long term turned long distance relationship (dated my high school boyfriend into college). We met online in 2011 and became writing besties during his divorce. Our writing served as a distraction from the real world, and we would talk in the wee hours of the night when he was lonely and I was writing papers. A year later, he tells me he started to realize that he had the world's cutest crush on somebody he'd never met in person, but I never knew until later.
So January of 2013 I broke up with my deadbeat boyfriend of 6 years, and the deadbeat was very unwilling to let go. I was having a rough go of it, but I was tired of forcing myself to perpetuate a relationship that had died at least a whole year prior. After 2 months, the now husband decided that he was going to officially meet me in person and treat me to a weekend of distraction from college and my fresh breakup.
The weekend's distractions included going to the Nelson Atkins art museum so I could stare at Monet's "water lilies", and a whiskey-induced one night stand.
He was a complete gentleman about the whole ordeal, but confessed that he'd liked me for quite a while at that point. I was rather blindsided, because he had done a good job hiding it. After the most awkward morning after breakfast (with my best guy friend, sho stared daggers into DH) we decided to just go with the flow. A month or so later of visiting one another, we decided to date. He moved up to my home town when I graduated college in May '13, and we got engaged August '13. Then we got married November of '13. I don't know how I ever thought I could be happy with anyone else, and I'm so blessed that things aligned the way that they did. He may be a little rough on the edges, but I couldn't imagine my life any other way, even if it was a little backwards!
So I just went and hugged my husband, was reminiscing, and told him about this thread getting me all mushy, he said he just tells his guy friends that he met me "at a bar in a Charger."
So my husband is also on the bar trend, but likes to think the charger had more to do with it. (Shameless hint: it kind of did impress drunk/bad-decision-making me.)
DH and I met online. We talked for a while (ok, well, we sent messages to eachother) but his phone was mostly broken so he couldn't call me. He could answer if I called but I didn't wanna be the caller so I went out with someone else.
After a month or so the other guy want working out so I ended it and that night I hey a message from DH that he got a new phone and he can call me if I'm still interested.
Well, we met at a local coffee shop and the night before he drank a few too many the night before and he had a hangover. He thought about canceling because he felt awful but I'm glad he didn't. He looked so sexy and rugged and I'm sure I wouldn't have rescheduled if he had canceled.
This is a pic from when we were on our honeymoon (4 years ago)
We met at church in 2003 when we were 16 and 17. We started dating a year later, and were married at 20 and 21. Can't believe we'll have been married 9 years already this October!! Time flies!
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