DH and I are high school sweethearts. We were part of the same youth group and got to know each other on a missions trip. We started dating a couple months after we got back.
I was going through a divorce around Christmas time and was living with a friend. My friend and her DH had a big Christmas party every year and my future DH was invited while he was on shore leave visiting his family. When we meet, there was an instant connection between us and we dated long distance ( active duty Navy) until we got married.
What's weird about the whole thing is our dad's were friends before DH's dad passed away when we were young. My dad has said he used to think ofthe family often since he lost contact with MIL and jokes that it was fate that we met that night.
We went to college together. DH actually practically failed out his freshman year and was "asked to take a semester off", so we ended up meeting his final, extra semester. I like to joke, "thank god you almost failed out of college, otherwise we never would have met!" We were on the Mock Trial team together (I know, real cool ).
He was a huge partier in the first half of college, and I was always pretty mellow (/ lame, I'm OK with it), so it worked out well that we met as he calmed down b/c I totally would not have been interested in him had we met any earlier!
Post by sillygirl44 on Aug 1, 2016 21:08:57 GMT -5
We met in high schools as volunteer counsellors at a summer camp. I was dating someone and had no interest in him but he couldn't take a hint. Later that summer when my boyfriend and I broke up I used my H as a rebound. We dated on and off for several years. Then I studied abroad in Russia and met the actual man of my dreams and realized I was in love with my H.
Post by landonsmom15 on Aug 1, 2016 21:19:02 GMT -5
DH and I met our sophomore year of college. September 6th, to be exact. His roommate liked me so he hung out with my friend and I to get to know me for his friend's sake. Well his friend ended up thinking that I was a bitch because I have no favorites and so dh and I started hanging out more. We got engaged the following January, conceived DS in April, and got married in August! People thought we were so crazy getring married less than a year aftee meeting each other! Tomorrow is our 2nd anniversary
Post by daisylola11 on Aug 1, 2016 21:42:46 GMT -5
It's funny because it's going to be our 10 year dating anniversary this month. We met at a college party my sophomore year his freshman year. But we had mutual friends for a while so I was surprised we didn't meet earlier. We had a connection and even though we were apart for a summer it was kind of agreed with out words that we would become a couple after once school started up again in fall. We waiting 8 years to get married and my DS was a honeymoon baby.
We lived in the same residence hall in college and I happened to be nearby while he was puking (I was friends with his next door neighbor and we were hanging out) and I brought him some water because I felt bad for him. I couldn't stop thinking about him the next day and visited him...and we were like instantly inseparable.
now 7.5 years together and almost 5 years married lol!
We were both resident assistances in college. We had a few classes together previously since we were both education majors and my best friend had even gone on a few dates with him a year earlier so I knew him a bit. We were terrible resident assistants - H partied, I slept over in his dorm more mine.
Post by ladytiffany24 on Aug 2, 2016 6:47:28 GMT -5
We met at work. lol...We worked for 2 different divisions of our company but worked in the same building. Our company did co-ed sports after work hours. We first met playing softball. Then everything blossomed when soccer season started. Our teams would always go out for a few drinks after games. The flirtation started there and it moved pretty quickly. The rest is history.
Post by erinshelley21 on Aug 2, 2016 6:49:12 GMT -5
We met in high school. I actually knew his sister, step sister, and dad before I knew him. His dad was my bus driver when I was 9.
We flirted constantly for the first 3 years, even dated for a few weeks but after that I swore we would never date. Our senior year we were friends with benefits (never actual sex, everything but though) and never wanted to get serious. Well, I ended up wanting to date him seriously and he wanted to date many girls, so I broke up with him. One text from him 3 weeks before we graduated is all it took to suck me back in and here we are 8 years later.
I "met" H on match.com. He was literally one of the first people to message me when I signed up, and he was cute, so we talked by phone/email for a bit. I was hesitant to go on an actual date with him though, because he shared a first name with the guy I was trying to get over, and he wasn't really "good" on paper. One of my friends convinced me to just go out with (because you don't have to marry him, right), and our first date was amazing. Lunch turned into a boat ride, which turned into a walk, which ended with a single perfect kiss. That was seven years ago, we've been married for four of them.
Ah I feel 80 when I tell this story! We met at Bingo! We worked at the same company but in different departments. I used to work in the department he worked in (actually same exact job) so I was friendly with people in that department. We knew of each other but we never actually talked. My mom worked there too and would go to bingo with someone from his department sometimes. That person would always tell MH about how much fun she had and that he should go with them sometime. So he was like ok I'll go this weekend with you. She invited my mom and my mom invited me and since I wasn't doing anything that afternoon I was like oh ok I'll go! So my MH and I chatted the whole time and started dating about month and half after!
DH was the bartender at the pub my mom and step dad went to regularly. I met them for dinner there and thats when I met DH for the first time. He was nervous and brought me free beer that I didn't order. I thought he was a weird bartender at first.
He courted me for a few months before I finally agreed to go on a group date. And I knew on that date that he was the one.
We were 17 and 18. My then BFF had been trying to set me up with guys for a while. I had no interest in dating at the time. I dont know why she was so set on me dating someone, it was weird. Anyway, they worked at McDonalds together. Originally I said no to going on a date with him and he was hesitant about it as well. One day I went in to their work to meet up with her and he and I caught a glimpse of each other and changed our minds. We have been inseperable since the first date.
The first date was akward as hell because then BFF brought a guy that was years younger than me, a total douche and had a crush on me. He kept saying really weird shit to H about me. I later found out that then BFF had a crush on my H and was using me as a way to "bring him in". Lol, great plan. I should have known because she kept leaning in to him at the movie and pretending to be really scared.
7.5yrs later and we are married with baby #2 on the way. Our 3yr wedding anniversary is tomorrow.
I "met" H on match.com. He was literally one of the first people to message me when I signed up, and he was cute, so we talked by phone/email for a bit. I was hesitant to go on an actual date with him though, because he shared a first name with the guy I was trying to get over, and he wasn't really "good" on paper. One of my friends convinced me to just go out with (because you don't have to marry him, right), and our first date was amazing. Lunch turned into a boat ride, which turned into a walk, which ended with a single perfect kiss. That was seven years ago, we've been married for four of them.
Aren't you so glad you went on that first date??
Haha, yes, I am. I have since profusely thanked that friend for convincing me to give him a shot
DH and I met in grad school. We had two mutual friends who were trying to set me up with guys after I broke up with my college boyfriend. They introduced me to DH one night, and I thought he was nice and cute but didn't think much of it. One of the mutual friends broke her leg like a week later, and I didn't go out with them/their friends for months. The next time I was out with them DH saw me and immediately asked me out. He says now he was worried I would disappear again and he didn't want to lose his chance. And that was that - we've been together for 6 years, married for almost 2 (this November).
this thread makes me feel old. I didn't meet my H until I was 26 and he was 29.
I met my H through his brother (BIL). BIL and I went to law school together. One night while out drinking with BIL and my brother, I was complaining about how there are no nice guys in the world. BIL said he would set me up with his brother (who lived on the east coast, I'm in the midwest.) BIL and my brother joked about "how funny it would be if they got married." (this was before we had ever met.)
1st date: I thought it was a date, my H did not think it was a date. (and he was sort of seeing someone else at the time.) He went back home and broke it off, and the rest is history. Within 4 months of meeting, my H took a leave of absence from his job, moved to my home state and we started living together. Luckily he found a job pretty quickly and here we are 11 years later.
DH and I met in law school. We were in the same study group and were good friends at first but were both in relationships. When those ended around the same time, we started dating. I knew right away that we would get married.
Post by kristhegirl on Aug 2, 2016 10:30:22 GMT -5
Met my husband via friends who were matched on EHarmony. They said to each other, "I think our good friends would get along." He decided to email me even though I lived across the country, because he thought I was pretty.
I flew out to meet him about 3 weeks later, for a 3-day long first date. It went well. We dated long-distance for about a year and a half, then I moved to his home town, we got married about a year and a half after that, and now have kid #2 on the way!
I'll sit on the old bench - I had just turned 28, he was 35! Got married just after I turned 31, first baby at 32, this baby I'll be 34.
kristhegirl I laugh at you thinking you're old! That would mean I'm ancient!
DH and I met online. He messaged me first but I didn't hear from him for a while. I messaged him a week later and we pretty much started IM'ing every night after. He was in another state for the summer doing an internship for law school. We didn't meet for 2 months. Our first date was mini golf and beers and I knew he was the one. Second date, well I'm pretty easy! It took him forever for him to propose. Tomorrow is the 12th anniversary of our first date, but we've only been married for 5 years. My EDD for this baby is the day after my birthday but I'm hoping to go early so I can say I delivered before I turn 41...gasp!!!
Post by kristhegirl on Aug 2, 2016 10:53:55 GMT -5
@swarleyknitter I don't actually feel old, but someone else brought it up. All these high school and college sweethearts, meeting when they're just wee babies themselves!
(That is a joke, all you who met your SO at a young age. I have no problem with young love.)
We met in college. I took formal logic at a satellite campus, and carpooled with one of his housemates. I was over there studying one night when my H came in and asked if his housemate wanted to get a drink. (H had answered the door when I arrived, and said he thought I was cute, and didn't really like that housemate, so the only reason he came up and asked was to see if I would go )
Anyway- we went for a drink, and my H had left his wallet at home, so I paid. He said he would take me out to dinner the next night to pay me back. That was April, 2004. So here we are 12 years later! 😊
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