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[purple]

Jan 21, 2016 13:04:57 GMT -5 billyhorrible said:

Reading these makes me realize I was already an old married lady before many of you even met your husbands!

Yes, me too! I met my husband in 1998 and we've been married since 2008!

[tiffbot]

musicfrk2002 I also first met H in September 08 and had our first 'real' date Valentines '09 We went to the remade Friday the 13th though, lol!

[Deleted]

H and I met when we were both 26. We ran in the same circle of friends so we would see each other out in a group every month or so but rarely talked. H went out on one date with my roommate and they both didn't like each other but when he went to pick her up for the date he told me later he saw my huge book shelf in our living room and was intrigued when he saw we had similar taste in books.

A year later we were at our friends bday party on May 17th and both drunk and H was doing karaoke at the party and we ended up drunk making out and staying up all night talking. At the end of the night we exchanged numbers and he called me and asked me on a date for that same day. We went for Thai food and a movie (matrix 2). He remembers I fell asleep during the movie. We moved in together shortly after. Fast forward 6 years and we needed space. I was ready to be married and have kids. He didn't know if he even wanted kids. We broke up then got back together then broke up again. This time we did not talk for a year. He would email me and call but I just wouldn't respond. I joined e-harmony. Went on a few dates then went on the worst date of my life and the next day just randomly called H. He told me on that call that he realized he loved me and wanted to spend the rest of his life with me and have kids together.

We moved back in together immediately in 2010. Engaged Dec 2010. Married April 2011.

We went to a reproductive specialist after TTC for
1 yr after marriage. 3 months after charting and trying we conceived DS during our 2nd IUI born March 2013. DD, our June baby was a happy accident.

[periwinkledaydreams]

Jan 21, 2016 13:04:57 GMT -5 billyhorrible said:

Reading these makes me realize I was already an old married lady before many of you even met your husbands!

Reading these made me realize that I'm the only unmarried person on this board.. seriously?? How did I not know this?!

[periwinkledaydreams]

budders I thought so!

[Widget123]

Missed this thread yesterday because I had a crazy day. Mostly caught up now I think.

1. I moved to the area I live in now for my first job after graduating college. I didn't know very many people here. DH caught my eye at a work function. He was at a different office in the same group as ours so I only saw him sporadically. After the holiday luncheon, I IM'd him the next day and kind of tricked/backed him into a corner to ask me out. Our first date was Christmas shopping at a mall and a Christmas movie. I didn't know at the time that his drivers license was suspended and drove there to see me illegally. I had to drive for all of our dates for the next few months after that. We were together for 3.5 years both pursuing our professional licenses and Master's degrees before we got married in August 2011.

2. Getting pregnant with DD: I still had a year of grad school left when we got married but we started trying as soon as I reached close enough to the 8.5 month mark before my graduation date. DNW to have a baby while still in grad school. However after a year of trying, nada. (ETA: I was charting the whole time because I am super type A.)  I'm pretty sure I had PCOS because my cycles were really long. I saw my OB who did a few blood tests then suggested I go see a reproductive endocrinologist. DH got his specimen tested and the results weren't as good as we hoped so we were ready to see the Dr., but I got a feeling that things were different so I took a test and sure enough I was pregnant.

Getting pregnant with LO: DD turned 1 and I was starting to feel my hormones go awry so I had a feeling I was going to start ovulating again soon. DH and I decided we were going to TTC #2 because we were afraid it was going to take a year to get pregnant again and surprise we caught the first egg. LO was born roughly 8 months later.

[veggiemo]

Wonderful stories, ladies!

1. Met my husband in high school, senior year. We went to different schools in the same city but we had mutual friends. I wanted to lose my virginity before college and he had come to a party my BFF was hosting. I was like "eh, he'll do". Fast forward 16 years later and we are still together.

2. I was off BC for about 8 months and nothing was happening, but we weren't charting or anything. I bought some ovulation tests, and got pregnant first try. That pregnancy ended in natural miscarriage at about 7 weeks. We tried first cycle after my miscarriage, again using ovulation tests and I got pregnant again on the first shot. This one stuck and resulted in DS1. When it was time for #2, we bought some more tests and unbelievably, conceived on the very first try. We were so shocked that it almost wasn't even a happy moment when the line showed up. It was like "I'm pregnant" and H was like "seriously?" and then we went to the grocery store in a daze like a couple of zombies. Of course we came around and even with the miscarriage I know we were very, very lucky.

[beersandweirs]

Jan 22, 2016 11:17:54 GMT -5 veggiemo said:

Wonderful stories, ladies!

1. Met my husband in high school, senior year. We went to different schools in the same city but we had mutual friends. I wanted to lose my virginity before college and he had come to a party my BFF was hosting. I was like "eh, he'll do". Fast forward 16 years later and we are still together.

2. I was off BC for about 8 months and nothing was happening, but we weren't charting or anything. I bought some ovulation tests, and got pregnant first try. That pregnancy ended in natural miscarriage at about 7 weeks. We tried first cycle after my miscarriage, again using ovulation tests and I got pregnant again on the first shot. This one stuck and resulted in DS1. When it was time for #2, we bought some more tests and unbelievably, conceived on the very first try. We were so shocked that it almost wasn't even a happy moment when the line showed up. It was like "I'm pregnant" and H was like "seriously?" and then we went to the grocery store in a daze like a couple of zombies. Of course we came around and even with the miscarriage I know we were very, very lucky.

This is, verbatim, how it went when I told husband I was pregnant.

[stinybean]

I should be sleeping because I'm going to need to get up in a few hours to shovel, but I wanted to add my story. I tried doing it earlier , but it got deleted.

1. My friend (former ) & I had been going to speed dating events and such for a little while, when I finally decided maybe I should try out Eharmony. My sister & bil had met online, so hey you never know. So I talked to a few guy, & started dating a guy. I wasn't too into him because a) he flaunted that he had money and I'm totally not into that & b) he never made a move to kiss me- like it was pretty close to a month before we had our first kiss. To me that's super odd. So an opportunity came where one of my friends was visiting from another state & we decided to take a road trip to DC. That's kind of how I dropped this dude, I just stopped communication. I suck at being definitive on ending things and the relationship was weird to begin with. So I got back to talking to more guys on EH when I came across DH's profile. Even though we were considered a flex-match I found him very interesting. We started chatting, then spoke on the phone, & setup a date. We met up at a local restaurant and honestly I thought he wasn't interested, so I suggested dessert somewhere else thinking if he wasn't interested he'd say no. Well he said yes. (He later told me that he would've gone no matter what.) After dessert he walked me to his car & as he describes it I threw myself at him. I needed to know if he kissed, that previous dude really messed me up. So we made out in the parking lot for awhile & finally parted. Oh I forgot to mention I made him invite me to a house party he was going to the following weekend. Idk why I was so darn pushy with him, I've never been that way. Well needless to say we kept dating and 3 years later he proposed on Valentine's day & we married 1 1/2 yrs later. & I still throw myself at him.
2. We began trying to get pg in August 2013. I came off the pill in July & the dr said it could take up to three months to get it fully out of my system. In the meantime I was using opks monthly to track ovulation. January 14 rolled around with no success and no positive opk & February my period didn't come. I took several hpts & they all came back negative. I had never missed a period, so I called the dr & they had me come in. They did a sono & sent me for bw and determined I had pcos. I was then referred to an RE. The RE sent me for more bw and also diagnosed me with hypothyroidism. So after a lovely hsg we began our first cycle of clomid & then our second. The second resulted in a chemical pregnancy, which was a total mind f'. I got a bit depressed, but decided to continue on with the process switching to injectables & iui. The first scheduled iui didn't happen and I was even more depressed. I decided to take a month off from all the hormones & go away with my friend for some drunken times in August 14. September I got back to injectables and a not cancelled iui that I cried throughout. October 3, 2014 we found out that we had another positive & I held my breath all 5 weeks that I remained under the watch of my RE. Thankfully I'm now able to kiss that little gummy bear that I saw in those first sonos on a daily basis. MH and I are so delighted to be her parents, she's truly the light of our lives.

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Jan 22, 2016 8:53:22 GMT -5 periwinkledaydreams said:

Jan 21, 2016 13:04:57 GMT -5 billyhorrible said:

Reading these makes me realize I was already an old married lady before many of you even met your husbands!

Reading these made me realize that I'm the only unmarried person on this board.. seriously?? How did I not know this?!

You can post your love story even if you aren't married. Don't feel excluded. Edited because duh you did post already!

[periwinkledaydreams]

Thanks though @poppyc8! Everytime I read your SN in my head its "poppycate" and I can't un-see it it even after the SN thread lol

[missjenniebean]

We met in May 2014 when I went to volunteer to help people learn English/read. I thought he was the receptionist but we was actually the volunteer coordinator. He says he knew I was the one instantly, which is hilarious because I thought he was gay. Ha. Anyway, he ended up at one of my classes and we talked afterwards and agreed to meet up. We were inseparable after our second date and in September found out we were pregnant. It was (and is) a tough ride since we had only known each other for so little of time but we work(Ed) so well together! We've been happy and I actually think pregnancy brought us even closer! We are now engaged and will be trying for a second one after we wed. Needless to say, it was a quick, unexpected, and easy pregnancy.

[missjenniebean]

periwinkledaydreams - I'm not married either! Totally thought after cnumbers left that I was the only one!

Eta: are stories are so similar as well! I have family in Milford, CT. I need to go see them.

[purple]

Jan 24, 2016 9:45:19 GMT -5 missjenniebean said:

periwinkledaydreams - I'm not married either! Totally thought after cnumbers left that I was the only one!

Not only am I surprised that you're the only two unmarried couples (at least the only two who have told us your stories), I'm really surprised that we don't have any single mums on this BMB!

missjenniebean, your story is so romantic!

[gilder40]

Jan 21, 2016 1:58:35 GMT -5 mirage86 said:

DH and I met online in 2009. I had recently graduated from college, and he was on tour in Iraq.

I figured it wouldn't hurt, he was stationed in Texas, so it wasn't like he would be meeting me or anything.

Okay, I have to ask. Was he stationed at Ft. Hood?! My H was deployed to Iraq in 2009, and he was stationed at Ft. Hood in Texas. What if they knew each other?! Lol.

[missjenniebean]

purple, I thought we had some single mommas at one point!

Thank you!

[mirage86]

Jan 24, 2016 12:11:09 GMT -5 gilder40 said:

Jan 21, 2016 1:58:35 GMT -5 mirage86 said:

DH and I met online in 2009. I had recently graduated from college, and he was on tour in Iraq.

I figured it wouldn't hurt, he was stationed in Texas, so it wasn't like he would be meeting me or anything.

Okay, I have to ask. Was he stationed at Ft. Hood?! My H was deployed to Iraq in 2009, and he was stationed at Ft. Hood in Texas. What if they knew each other?! Lol.

Yep, he was at Ft. Hood! That would be crazy if they did know each other!

[gilder40]

I'm super late on this thread. It's been such a busy week/weekend! I've been such a lurker this week!

I met H through a friend's husband. They worked together in the Army. I had just gotten out of a horrible relationship recently, so every time she told me about him, I told her no and that boys were the devil. The first time I met him was the night that LSU won the championship (January 2008). She kept inviting him to dinner and to hang out, and wouldn't tell me. So I would show up and there he was. I told him these were NOT dates and I would be paying for my own way, but he kept being sly and would find ways to pay for my meals, my movie tickets, etc. I finally agreed t go on an official date, and of course my high-maintenance friend chose some ritzy, expensive restaurant that requires a dress. That is so not me, so I invited H over the night before for pancakes and movies. I was in sweats with my hair up. I told him this was me 90% of the time, and not to expect the dress and heels he was seeing the next night to be a regular occurance. He was cool with it. He ended up being fantastic, and we started officially dating. We got engaged in December of 2008 and got married March of 2009....almost one year after we started dating to the day. He then deployed 6 weeks later.

He wanted to have kids right away, but I did not want to be pregnant and raising kids on my own while he was deploying and still in the army. I also wanted us to be in a permanent place and closer to family. I got taken off of BC in February 2014 because of my blood pressure, and we quit preventing in August. We found out I was pregnant in October. I have a family history of miscarriages due to low progesterone, so I told my doctor as soon as we got the BFP. I did blood work immediately, found out I also had low progesterone, and started supplements a few days after my BFP. My mom had a LOT of fertility issues, so I was prepared to have a tough time. Thankfully, that was not the case and we conceived fairly quickly.

[gilder40]

mirage86 Whoa. What a small world!! Sent you a pm.

[gilder40]

Kristykristyleelee They did not recognize each other's names. That does not mean that they did not cross paths somewhere, especially since they were in two locations at the same exact time! They were deployed and at the same base in Iraq as well as being stationed at the same base stateside. Fort Hood is one of the largest bases in the U.S., with over 40,000 soldiers there. Crazy to think about!!

ETA: I lived in that area for ten years. I could have totally passed mirage86's husband at the store, movies, or mall.

[missjenniebean]

I love all these stories! So nice to have such positive stories about relationships.