GTKY - How Did You...

[peanutbuttersugar]

I know it's late on a weeknight, but I thought I'd throw this out there to get tomorrow started early:

So, how did you and H/BF/SO meet?

[peanutbuttersugar]

DH and I met at a TGI Friday's in Arkansas - classy, right? But it's a really cute story. I was 20 and had just moved back to Arkansas, and he was 27 and had moved from Arkansas to California the year before. Late March 2008 he was back in town visiting friends, and these friends happened to be at Friday's. I was already there because my friend was the bartender, and it was dead in the restaurant. DH's friends were sitting next to me at the bar when he came in and took the seat between mine and his friends'. We had some cute banter back and forth, went out to a local bar the next night, and then I developed friendships with his friends. We stayed in touch, the phone calls increased, and we started an LDR in June 2008. For one year we dated and flew back and forth between California and Arkansas until he decided to move back in August 2009.

Fun fact: I took a one-way flight out there to help him make the move back to Arkansas. A semi-cross-country trip with the vehicle overheating and breaking down twice definitely proved to us we were in it for the long haul with each other!

[kittymeowbark]

H and I met through a mutual friend. I skipped school (I was in HS) to spend the day with my friend before he moved to Florida. Then at some point my H came over to his house to say goodbye. H was trying SO hard to get with me but I thought he was a jack ass and paid him no attention. After three months of my friend (who moved to FL) harassing me to give him a chance, I finally did and we began talking through myspace. We started out as friends and then dated. A few years later we were married.

The funny part is, the first night I met my H we ended up going to his house (he lived with his mother) and he introduced me to his mother as "my future wife". I was completely shocked and apologized to the woman, but she just laughed it off. Now I know no one takes him seriously.

[peanutbuttersugar]

Jan 28, 2015 0:55:29 GMT -5 kittymeowbark said:

... we began talking through myspace ...

The good ol' days of MySpace. (Wow, my phone autocorrected the capitalization perfectly.) DH and I became MySpace friends that night at Friday's. Ha!

[babyzebra]

We were high school sweethearts. We went to the same middle school and knew of each other, but weren't friends. Then we both joined the cross country team our sophomore year and started spending every afternoon together. He asked one of his friends to try to find out if I was interested in him. I originally told him that I wasn't because I was just too embarrassed and shy. A few weeks later I told him the truth and we had our first date at Applebee's! We dated for the rest of high school and then got married my third year of college. In just a few years from now we are going to reach the point in our lives where we have been together more years than we haven't.

[nofksgvn]

My sister introduced us - he was her boyfriend's roommate. I was 17, he was 20. I was a senior in high school, so that was fun, haha. He'd pick me up from school every Friday, oh memories!

[lostineden]

*POOF*

[leloyd]

DH and I met at a bar on St. Patrick's Day not 10 minutes after I told my friend that you never meet anyone at a bar. He asked my to dance 3 times before I agreed. We exchanged numbers, and went on our first date the following Friday. Neither of us could remember the other person's name, but we've been inseparable ever since. He told his best friend before that first date that he was going to marry me.

[lilbug]

DH and I met through a friend of mine in nursing school. He was so nervous on our first date that he didn't ask me for my number. A couple of weeks later, we all ended up going out again and he finally got my number. We went out together, had the best time, and were married 3 years later

[wdwrocksmysocks]

DH and I met on a blind date, my freshman year in college. I was working at Sam's Club and a friend (who I happened to have a crush on) asked if I wanted to meet one of his friends. I was absolutely outraged he wanted to pawn me off to someone else, but I said yes to spite him. HA! We saw the Scorpian King and DH & I wound up talking through the entire movie. We hit it off immediately! We've been together for 13 years in April and married for 9 years in June.

[aimless1982]

We met through a mutual friend. I had no interest in being in a relationship at the time and actually cancelled on him the first time we were supposed to go out. Then we started talking and really clicked so we made plans to meet for dinner. I told my coworkers the next day that I was going to marry him!

[lilee]

High school sweethearts! We met each other freshman year of high school and had a lot of the same classes together. Sophomore year we began dating and have been together ever since! Been together 13 years and married for 5!

[peanutbuttersugar]

[quote author="greenhairedgnome" source="/post/301263/thread" timestamp="1422453467" ... (over the phone will sitting in a gas station parking lot) ... [/quote]
You are very efficient with your time, greenhairedgnome !

[peanutbuttersugar]

lostineden That is really adorable!

[peanutbuttersugar]

Jan 28, 2015 9:41:22 GMT -5 greenhairedgnome said:

Jan 28, 2015 9:34:51 GMT -5 peanutbuttersugar said:

[quote author="greenhairedgnome" source="/post/301263/thread" timestamp="1422453467" ... (over the phone will sitting in a gas station parking lot) ...

You are very efficient with your time, greenhairedgnome !

It was actually kind of awful. If I remember right DH had gone inside the gas station and was kind of just lurking outside the truck because I was on the phone crying. I felt so terrible for what I did to my ex. In retrospect I think he would have been an awesome friend and wish I would have left things as just friends instead of dating him in the first place. [/quote]

I'm sorry. It's a really long story, but I did much worse to the person I was semi-seeing when I met DH - didn't cheat or anything...just kind of avoided the situation. I still feel pretty rotten about it sometimes, but there were very valid reasons in my case. I think the choices we make aren't always the best, but we wouldn't be where we are without them.

[cypress]

These are all so sweet I want to cry. I met my DH at a networking party by randomly sitting next to him. After a brief conversation he got up to get another drink and another guy sat down. I was talking with that guy when my DH came back and let him know that was his seat. We saw each other off and on after that when our work would cross paths. Four months later he said after his work assignment, he was moving cross-country to where I lived permanently and finding another job. We had it bad for each other.

[hydrangea1019]

We went to the same college. We met freshman year when our Greek organizations were paired for homecoming.

I was hanging out at his fraternity house and I saw him walk in the front door. One of my sisters needed points for something and we could get them by meeting the guys we were paired with. So, I called him over and got his name and phone number. I'm usually not that forward, but it all paid off

[mrsk91011]

True.com

I have no idea if that site even exists anymore. But it worked for us!

[babyzebra]

Ahh I could read these all day! They are all such great stories! Now I have to add more things to the "things that made me cry today" list!

[lostineden]

Jan 28, 2015 13:02:29 GMT -5 youdontknowme said:

Add me to the "We were high school sweethearts" club. We had been in the same circle of friends since middle school. I had a crush on him in 8th grade, but it didn't work out. I started dating an utter asshole my freshman year of high school. At one point during my sophomore year, ex and I were "off again" and H and I hung out on Valentine's day and he even bought me a present (which I still have!). I stayed with ex until Christmas of my senior year-when I finally got sick of his lies/cheating/abusiveness. My great grandma had passed away and I was a mess. H was right there to sweep me off my feet. He was such a good friend, let me vent, cry, etc. I always say he truly saved me from a really bad time in my life. He asked me to prom, and then asked me to be his girlfriend (10 years ago on January 24th actually!). We graduated high school together and the rest is history! I love our story.

youdontknowme - DH and I are 10 years! Congrats!

[mrsjac1210]

My dh was my bil's friend in high school. At my sister & bil's wedding he was the cute groomsmen all the bridesmaids wanted to walk with. While I was stuck with bil's short loud smartass (but funny as hell) cousin, a friend got to walk with my future hubby. He always hung out with my bil at their house and I would hang out with my sister. We finally started dating about 6 months later when we were at a NYE party at my parents house. I didn't get to walk down the aisle with him the first time...but I did when it really mattered. :-)

[dana327]

We met in a refugee camp. My parents had sent me to my first trip back to Serbia when I was 18 and I swore I'd be just having fun meeting all the guys. I came to the refugee camp to visit some family for a day and ended up meeting DH. Spent 3/4 days with him then and was in love. We talked on the phone on and off till 2007 when I broke it off. In Feb of 2008 I was working when my mom asked me to text a number that called her but I was busy so I had my sister, who worked with me, do it. It was my DH, my moms phone kept calling him when she pressed 7 (it was my old phone but I had never programmed it like that) so he called back. He admitted he still loved me and we started talking again and I visited constantly till he came here in 2011. We've been married almost 5 years!

[peanutbuttersugar]

Jan 28, 2015 16:44:33 GMT -5 mrsjac1210 said:

My dh was my bil's friend in high school. At my sister & bil's wedding he was the cute groomsmen all the bridesmaids wanted to walk with. While I was stuck with bil's short loud smartass (but funny as hell) cousin, a friend got to walk with my future hubby. He always hung out with my bil at their house and I would hang out with my sister. We finally started dating about 6 months later when we were at a NYE party at my parents house. I didn't get to walk down the aisle with him the first time...but I did when it really mattered. :-)

Oh good lord, now I'm going to cry.