GTKY - SO

[PepperPottsJ]

I know we had one prior, and now I can't find it.  Forgive me if any of these are repeats!
ETA Here is the original - GTKY

1. When did you meet your SO?
2. Where did you meet your SO?
3. What made you want to spend the rest of your life with SO?

if applicable:
4. Did you cohabitate before marriage?
5. How did SO propose?
6. When were you married?
7. Where were you married?

[PepperPottsJ]

1. When did you meet your SO?
January 2010
2. Where did you meet your SO?
a work dinner
3. What made you want to spend the rest of your life with SO?
we make each other happy

if applicable:
4. Did you cohabitate before marriage?
Yes
5. How did SO propose?
in a ring of redwoods
6. When were you married?
August 2014
7. Where were you married?
St Helena, CA

[jessa1228]

1. When did you meet your SO? We've known each other since we were kids.

2. Where did you meet your SO? We grew up in the same neighborhood.

3. What made you want to spend the rest of your life with SO? He puts up with my crazy 😆

4. Did you cohabitate before marriage? Yes

5. How did SO propose? At midnight on our 5 year dating anniversary. I was actually sleeping and he woke me up to do it, lol.

6. When were you married? 9/29/12

7. Where were you married? In our hometown, at a manor 5 minutes from the neighborhood we grew up in.

[yoshijo28]

1. When did you meet your SO? June 2009

2. Where did you meet your SO? Blind date! 1st date was at a bar

3. What made you want to spend the rest of your life with SO? He was sick for much of our relationship and had many surgeries. It brought us very close.

4. Did you cohabitate before marriage? Yes for a few months..man was that rough!!

5. How did SO propose? In my parents driveway..LOL. then we all had champage and pizza

6. When were you married? June 2013

7. Where were you married? NJ

[bsouls]

1. When did you meet your SO?
2. Where did you meet your SO?

We met on AIM in like 2003 and started hooking up. It was nothing more than a hook up and I stopped when I met someone that wanted to date me. Then in 2011, I was coming out of a five year relationship and saw H on Twitter. I was looking for a hook up and messaged him. He was down.

3. What made you want to spend the rest of your life with SO? I thought about him off and on through out the years, but he didn't really social media so we didn't reconnect. We get along very well and I hardly want to punch him in the face.

if applicable:
4. Did you cohabitate before marriage? Yes.
5. How did SO propose? He didn't. We had been talking about marriage and we are both horrible planners. We were watching Shameless and he was ok with a courthouse marriage after seeing one on there. So, I was like "yeah, that's all I want." We agreed to do it. Then we bought rings.
6. When were you married? April 13, 2015 (our anniversary)
7. Where were you married? Our town hall.

[greenball]

1. When did you meet your SO? Just a hair over 4 years ago!
2. Where did you meet your SO? Online dating
3. What made you want to spend the rest of your life with SO? Early on, he just seemed so kind and no ego. He was calm under pressure in a really scary moment we had and that made me feel safe with him. I knew mutual friends of his that had wonderful things to say about him (and they knew him in his wild days!)

if applicable:
4. Did you cohabitate before marriage? YES! My parents raised me to make sure I lived with someone before marriage, lol.
5. How did SO propose? UNofficially at a restaurant on our first anniversary. But he didn't have a ring, as he wanted my input, so we ring shopped and once he had it, he proposed where we had our first date.
6. When were you married? 2 years ago
7. Where were you married? Hawaii!

[mambo]

Can I play?

1. When did you meet your SO? May 2006
2. Where did you meet your SO? At a track meet when I was in 8th grade
3. What made you want to spend the rest of your life with SO? He put up with my shit.

if applicable:
4. Did you cohabitate before marriage? Yes we did
5. How did SO propose? Which time.... He proposed 3 times because I kept calling it off. The last time he told me not to call it off again over skype
6. When were you married? October 2011

[Deleted]

1. When did you meet your SO? November 2008
2. Where did you meet your SO? A wedding (we were set up, his brother married one of my best friends, we walked down the aisle together)
3. What made you want to spend the rest of your life with SO? We handle each other's crazy well

if applicable:
4. Did you cohabitate before marriage? No
5. How did SO propose? At a quarry that's since filled with water. He got out of the car and couldn't wait anymore, so the parking lot.
6. When were you married? July 2011
7. Where were you married? In our hometown

[addymac]

1. When did you meet your SO? Fall 2006, starting dating Feb 2007
2. Where did you meet your SO? College. His dorm suite was across the hall from my bff's dorm suite. He was one of the swimmer boys (on the swim team), I was a party girl.
3. What made you want to spend the rest of your life with SO? He's my lobster. He makes me a better person and he puts up with all my shit. Also he makes me laugh and is a great snuggler.

if applicable:
4. Did you cohabitate before marriage? Yep, for about 6 years
5. How did SO propose? In our living room. Awkwardly.
6. When were you married? July 2014
7. Where were you married? Chicago where we live.

[Waffles]

1. When did you meet your SO?
1997. We were 19.

2. Where did you meet your SO?
In a bar/restaurant where he worked.

3. What made you want to spend the rest of your life with SO?
He makes me a better person and he likes my kind of crazy.
I can't imagine it any other way.

if applicable:
4. Did you cohabitate before marriage?
Yes, for 5 years!

5. How did SO propose?
In our living room as we were ready to go out for dinner. He was going to do it in the restaurant but couldn't wait.

6. When were you married?
2005.

7. Where were you married?
On the beach in Jamaica.

[elliecat17]

1. When did you meet your SO?
in 2012

2. Where did you meet your SO?
We met online, and then when I moved to his area for grad school he helped me move in.

3. What made you want to spend the rest of your life with SO?
Because he was so amazing and happy and family oriented. When he learned that none of my other housemates were there yet, he insisted I come over to his place and he would make me dinner so that I didn't have to eat alone.

if applicable:
4. Did you cohabitate before marriage?
Yes

5. How did SO propose?
I was decorating the Christmas tree and he told me that we wanted to see if I was centered in the picture (he was setting up the camera to take our christmas photo), then he came over and proposed.

6. When were you married?
May 31, 2014

7. Where were you married?
Little tiny log cabin church in Copper Harbor, MI

[Deleted]

@ketchup +1 to the LDR being a test of your strength as a couple. H was active duty when we met, so we did 1.5 years of long distance + deployments. Not fun, but it made a stronger couple. When all we could do was chat online, you talk about a LOT of stuff.

[maddisonrose]

1. When did you meet your SO? 2012
2. Where did you meet your SO? At a work Christmas party
3. What made you want to spend the rest of your life with SO? Just a cliche movie type of "I just knew"

if applicable:
4. Did you cohabitate before marriage? yup! Us sinners did things a little backwards
5. How did SO propose? After dinner on our anniversary at a park lookout
6. When were you married? March 2016!
7. Where were you married? Church wedding and then a nice dinner at an amazing restaurant downtown

[pennylane]

1. When did you meet your SO? My JR year of college
2. Where did you meet your SO? At a party I went to with a friend. Yay for drunk encounters, haha.
3. What made you want to spend the rest of your life with SO? We balance each other out

if applicable:
4. Did you cohabitate before marriage?
No, although I tried convincing him to. But we both had apartment leases.
5. How did SO propose? He surprised me after exchanging Christmas gifts.
6. When were you married? June 2009
7. Where were you married? At a reception hall outside Pittsburgh

[mrshall1027]

1. When did you meet your SO?
November 2010
2. Where did you meet your SO?
On match.com
3. What made you want to spend the rest of your life with SO?
Being an awesome father to his girls, taking care of me when I was sick, putting me first consistently, getting along with my family, being a hard worker and motivated to continue bettering himself, and lots of other things. He's just an amazing man all around.
4. Did you cohabitate before marriage?
Yes
5. How did SO propose?
At the restaurant we had our first date. It was simple and sweet. I honestly don't remember what all be said; I was too excited.
6. When were you married?
October 27, 2012
7. Where were you married?
Downtown Austin, TX

[jt2378]

1. When did you meet your SO? February 2006

2. Where did you meet your SO? Match.com

3. What made you want to spend the rest of your life with SO? His overall kindness, being so family oriented and our mutual love of music, beach and he makes me laugh!

if applicable:
4. Did you cohabitate before marriage? Yes, we moved in like 6 months after dating. Lived with my in-laws for like a year, wowza

5. How did SO propose? At one of our favorite beach spots on my birthday, I was pretty surprised

6. When were you married? September 2012, our DD was born the same date 2 years later

7. Where were you married? In a small beach town where his family has a beach house and he grew up spending summers there. It was perfect

[razzy]

jessa1228 wedding twins! 9/29/12

[MegsB]

1. When did you meet your SO? October 2004
2. Where did you meet your SO? Halloween party
3. What made you want to spend the rest of your life with SO? We just clicked so well right from the get go. We have so much in common. He's hilarious and very supportive.
4. Did you cohabitate before marriage? Yes
5. How did SO propose? During a trip to Charleston. I had a feeling it was coming, but he did it in the hotel room when I wasn't expecting it.
6. When were you married? July 12, 2008
7. Where were you married? Virginia, near both of our home towns

[marajadeskywalker]

1. When did you meet your SO?
About 20 years ago

2. Where did you meet your SO?
The local curling club

3. What made you want to spend the rest of your life with SO?
We were best friends that grew into more. He gets me completely

4. Did you cohabitate before marriage?
We lived together for about 2 years before we were married

5. How did SO propose?
At my parents cottage after a major work weekend.... talk about romantic, we were dirty and stinky and had no showers in sight. Plus my entire family was there

6. When were you married?
September 2012

7. Where were you married? Golf course

[jessa1228]

There's a lot of us married in Sept 2012! 😊