SO Sunday 7/13

CJnKR2014

Ladies we are mothers now! But, we are still wives, girlfriends, and lovers. Post a pic of SO or even just a story about your SO.

GTKY: How did you meet your SO?

CJnKR2014

I met DH while in the military. He was army, I wasair force. We were in training together at Ft. Sam Houston, TX. It's funny, the first time I met him I thought he was such a weirdo! But I guess that was his charm I'll post a pic of us when TB website goes back up.

Mia081081

I met DH in grad school. We were friends first while I dated then pined for another guy. He liked me but kept it to himself. We were like best friends for a year, then one night while watching movies at his place, he tells me he likes me. I told him I didn't like him that way then borrowed cab fare to get home. The next night we were all out at a bar and we ended up making out. We were pretty much married after that.

That was 10 years, 1 wedding and 2 kids ago! We are still BFF though I can't wait to start wine o clock with him after the kids go to bed and LO starts sleeping longer stretches. Miss him!

CJnKR2014

TB website finally went back up, yay!

DH is so sexy... gotta love them tattoos haha :P cant wait for my PP appointment on thursday lmao

Taymiller

DH and I met at a bar in college. It was ladies 80s night and I had crimped my hair and had blue eye shadow and was looking 80s HOT! We chatted a bit in line, he asked my major, I said chemical engineering and he said that was cool and he loved chemistry. I called him a liar and he made me quiz him on some chemistry terms so I asked him to define what a Lewis acid and bases were and he got it right, so then I started making out with him line. The rest is history, two science nerds met at a bar and have been through med school, residency, moving across the country 3 times (including to Alaska) and now we have a super cute baby! 9 years together, married for 4 years.

rachel8078

We went to middle school together and in college he "saved" me from my abusive boyfriend/ his longtime friend/roommate (long story)... My avatar is us last summer at a wedding and here he is with LO

kbellizio3

I met DH through his neighbor when I was in 8th grade. I had a HUGE crush on him. He was my first kiss (on a dare), and we kind of stopped talking to each other, we lived 20 minutes from each other and I was pretty sure he didn't like me that way.

Fast forward to freshman year of college (for me), I saw him on Facebook and messaged him to see how he was doing. I was still hung up on my ex at this point, and DH and I started talking but I didn't want to date him. He texted me daily, asking about my day and my classes and how I was doing. This went on for a month before he finally said "just come on a date with me please". He took me out for ice cream, he's lactose intolerant lol. The rest is history. We've been together 5 years and will be married for 2 this August. We got married 2 months after I graduated college.

lest12

I love reading these stories!

Here's mine. DH works in a nice restaurant in Boston... really nice steak house, but the bar scene ends up being a bit of meat market for well-off 50-somethings.

A friend from work, 50-something and newly divorced, called me on a Friday to go with her (we hung out often). I wasn't in the mood, at all, but I had just bought these awesome shoes at an incredible sale, so I figured I'd go just to wear the shoes.

We get there and she's flirting it up with all the guys and I'm bored out of my mind. So I keep going outside to smoke butts (I know).

Cue DH. I asked him for a light, he gave me one. He told me I didn't look like I was having a very good time and I said no offense, this wasn't really my scene. He offered to take me out somewhere sometime that was my scene, anything to see my smile again, lol. Such a flirt.I like to tease home for that one.

I gave him my number but had no expectation that he would call... I was enjoying being single and not looking for a boyfriend... nevermind someone who i would end up married a year and a half later.

He's a great dad... and LO? A total clone. It was the first thing even the dr said when he delivered him.

Here's our wedding pic

kks4471

We met in physics class at college. I could tell he was interested in me, but I was happy being single at that point. Class was at 11am, so we'd always get lunch afterwards to talk and get to know each other. He played on the soccer team, and a lot of my guy friends were on that soccer team too. I started spending Saturdays cheering their games on, and we'd all go to parties after the game. A few months later, we were officially dating. He is such a caring person who puts me (and now DS) first. This December will be our 10 year dating anniversary, and we just celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary in June. I'd post the cute Father's Day picture of him, but just got a new phone and don't have it on here. Love him!

Pepper6

Love the stories!

DH picked me up in a bar, lol. I was out with a bunch of my friends/classmates (my senior year of college) and went up to the bar to order a drink. I ended up next to DH who was also waiting for a drink and he said "you're short". I joke that I must have thought he was hot to talk to him after that pick up line, but we ended up taking until the bar closed and then he gave me and two of my friends a ride home.

He called me the next day and asked me on a date that night. We've been together ever since. The funny thing is, the night we met, our conversation jokingly got on the track talking about marriage where we "agreed" we'd get married in 3 years. DH even put an appointment in his phone as "marry that one girl from that one bar"... our wedding day was only two weeks shy of our 3 year anniversary.

jenn72178

I met DH on a charter fishing /party boat trip that I ran every year. I had remained friends with a couple that I had become friends with after a 4 year relationship with an ex and they were actually the ones to bring DH on the trip. He had come for 3x years before that with them but he was married and I was in a relationship so there was never any flirting but that year (2009) we just happened to both be single... We all went out to a bar after the trip and I just knew he was 'the one' from day 1.. I had never before said that about another person so I knew he was my future husband. Truly love at first sight. Though, pix like this give new meaning to the word love :-)

puttyeast

DF and I met online. He was the first and only one I met in person. We only exchanged a handful of messages before deciding to meet. I thought I was crazy for doing the online thing and meeting someone so quickly...and I was thinking that as I walked into the coffee shop where we met. We ended up talking for 5 hours and he was even trying to hang out longer. We spent so much time together at the beginning of our relationship and still just like hanging out together. Now 2 years later we have a baby and are getting married next month. I can't imagine not having him in my life. I'm so glad I caved to online dating.
Here we are at 4th of July.

kimberly11511

I met DH online. It was a free communication weekend and I had just moved to town and was dying of boredom, so I figured atleast it would get me out of the house for a little bit. Our first date was all it took for me to know he was my "match." 3 weeks later we moved in together, a week after that we got engaged. We have been together 5 years married for 3 years, and I just couldn't imagine my life with anyone else. Here we are 4th of July, the Army took him a few days after this picture we can't wait to have him back home with us.

jacksoha

DH and I were set up through mutual friends. He had noticed me a few times in public but I had never paid attention to him, so it was kind of a blind date when he picked me up. The first six months were kind of rocky, neither of us were sure we wanted to be together. However things smoothed out and we quickly realized we wanted to be together forever. We got engaged on our one year anniversary and we will be celebrating three years of marriage in just a few days! I couldn't imagine my life without him. He is such an awesome husband and father!

Brittnic531

I love this idea! DH and I met at a church function... I thought he was so hot but I found out after we started dating that the only reason he asked for my screen name (ha!) back at that event, was because he liked my friend and I was standing next to her as we were all leaving and he didn't want me to feel bad. Turns out that girl was a bit too wild for him and he eventually came to his senses!  We had become close friends and eventually started dating.  Our entire relationship was long distance but it was 100% worth it.  

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Brittnic531

Picture! (Can you not add a pic from mobile when you edit an original post???)

babygabe614

DH and I met kind of by accident. When I graduated college, I moved back home to upstate NY but had trouble finding a job in my career field (journalism) so I asked my college roommate if she'd like a visitor - she lived right outside Philadelphia and I figured we'd have some girl time and I'd scope out the job market. The first night I was there, she wanted me to meet her new bf who was a bouncer at a bar. He had brought a few friends out that night so I was just friendly to them but my friend really wanted to set me up with this one friend of her bf's. He was nice but bored me to tears, haha. Near the end of the night my bff's boyfriend said his roommate was going to come out for a beer and then we'd leave. I was more than ready to get out of there but was polite and waited for the roommate to come. However when he showed up my whole mood changed. We ended up talking for hours, the bar was closing and we were still wrapped up in conversation. I ended up spending every day of my visit with my bff's boyfriend's roommate, who later became my DH. I moved down to Pennsylvania about 5 weeks after we met and never looked back. Now we have been together 5 years, married for 2 and have our sweet DD!

babygabe614

Eta pic - this is us on vacation this past March in Florida!

CJnKR2014

I love all yalls stories! They all read like something out of a movie :P

steprozz

yay I love these stories!
DH and I met freshman year of college through our sorority/frat mixer thing. we quickly became BFFs and spent the whole semester hanging out with each other. I had a huge crush on him and he would later tell me he really liked me too but nothing ever came of it. after that first semester he transferred back to the university in his hometown and we fell out of touch for 5 years. then randomly one night I got a message in Facebook from him and we started talking all the time. a few weeks later he came to visit me and we started dating. 4 months later I was pregnant with DS. we got married and have now had 2 kids in 2 years of marriage. people think we are crazy! I think this is the sweetest picture of him and B but he would probably be mad if he knew I posted it hehe

Carriebear22

I met DH the summer before my junior year of high school, while I was dating his friend. After a couple of months that relationship ended, shortly after DH and I ran into each other at the annual waterfront festival. We went for a walk on the pier, flirted a little, and 2 days later had our first kiss during the festival fireworks. That was 15 years ago, we got married on our 5 year dating anniversary and will celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary this august. He is truly my best friend,we laugh together everyday and I can't imagine a better fit. And seeing him be such a proud, loving, hands on daddy makes me love him even more, which I never would have thought possible! I am so blessed!

JulieSmiles

DH and I met at a high school football game. I was a freshman and he was a junior. A mutual friend introduced us. The guy asked J if he knew me and J mouthed off right away. After the football game, there was a dance. We were hanging out waiting for the dance to start and flirting. We spent the whole dance together. We hung out a few times over the next few weeks. I asked him to homecoming and he said yes, after some pressure from a friend. At the dance, he asked me out. We got engaged on our 9 year dating anniversary and married 9 months after that. Next week, we will have been married for 4 years, together almost 14. DH loves cuddling with DD ans does so good taking care of her... most the time!

MNOpea

My dh and I had a mutual friend but she lived in CA and we were both in WA. We were both going to be in CA at the same time and our mutual friend really wanted to set us up but the meeting never worked out. A few weeks later he asked our friend for a link to my Facebook. He ended up messaging me one night while he had been drinking and the message didn't make much sense to me but I responded anyway. We ended up talking a little bit in Facebook everyday then started texting a little bit. He lived on the west side of the state where my parents were but I was on the east side for college. We figured out that any time I would be on the west side in the foreseeable future he would be gone so I invited him to my sororities semi formal event. He said he would only come if I talked to him on the phone. I told him I hated talking on the phone but would, just not to be offended if I cut it short. We ended up talking 3 hours that day and 3-5 hours every day until he came to visit (about 3 weeks). I knew I would marry him by the time we met in person. We were engaged 10m after meeting in person and married 8 months after that. It will be 3 years in August and I still fall more in love with him daily.

emandjp

I met my husband when I was in 8th grade, he was a freshman in high school and was my best friend's boyfriend. We became best friends in high school and he even took me to homecoming. It was no mystery that I had the hugest crush on him but I always felt like he treated me like a little sister so I let it go. We kept in touch after high school and he would even come visit me in college. I always hoped he would see me differently after high school but no luck, or so I thought.

Fast forward a few years, I had just moved back to FL from NYC after my Mom died and he just moved back to FL after hiking the PCT. We met for breakfast so we could catch up and I was instantly back in 8th grade, CRAZY about him. We hung out a lot over the next couple months and every time he would drop me off, he'd write me an email when he got home. They were always sweet and he would even attach songs to them but I never thought twice about them. Finally one day he attached the song "Stay" by Allison Krauss and within the first few lines of the song I was in tears. He told me that he's loved me since I was 14 and that he always new he'd marry me. We were engaged soon after and married the next year. 6 years of marriage, 2 beautiful daughters and I can honestly say I married my soul mate.

rainbowdashh

I went to school with H from grade 7 through high school. I didn't even really know him until freshman year. We had English and math together and he said something horribly mean about having to sit behind me and the view being horrible. He was a jerk and I didn't like him at all.

Fast forward to the summer after we graduated in 2006. I was hanging out with friends who had gone to a different high school. We were at the beach and they tell me H is going to be there. I was so annoyed. I told them he was an ass. That day wasn't so bad and even though he wasn't my favorite, I didn't complain about him hanging out with us.

He went to a more local college and I went about 2 hours away from home. We started talking over AIM (lol) frequently and I decided he actually wasn't that bad . He was kind of seeing someone and ended up breaking things off with her. We got together immediately after that. 7 years together, almost 3 years married, and 2 daughters later here we are.

He to this day denies that he was ever mean to me in high school. A 14 year old girl with fragile self esteem never forgets!

rainbowdashh

DD1 and H

sarahlynnc317

My cousin was dating DH's brother and I was going through a divorce and needed a rebound. So my cousin texts me at 230 in the morning after they had all been drinking telling me she found me the perfect rebound, he was only interested in being friends with benefits. His last couple of relationships didn't work and he worked a lot of hours and I was in the middle of a divorce and that is all I wanted. Well obviously it turned into way more than that. We text constantly day and night, hung out whenever possible and moved in together after 9 months, engaged at 2.5 years and expanded our family with Paisley after 3.5 years.
I thank God for Brandon everyday. He helped me realize who I was and that I was beautiful and wanted. He built up my self esteem after my ex destroyed it by verbally/emotionally abused me and cheated. Without Brandon I would of never regained confidence in myself. He was patient and kind.

Bozzy2

My SO and I meet on a dating site. Meet the same day went to a punk show. Had a really strange first day and haven't spent more than 24hrs without seeing each other sense.

roadspeckle

We met online. He was quiet, shy, polite, everything I wasn't used to. He wanted to spend every waking moment hanging out and I wasn't used to that... We've been inseparable. We've been together for 2.5 years and I've never been more happy

caitb413

DH and I met through a mutual friend sophomore year of college, but we lived in different states at the time. I was flying out to visit the mutual friend for spring break and DH picked me up from the airport. I was instantly interested in him, but he was dating someone else (she and I are actually good friends now). We ended up hanging out that whole week and he broke things off with the girl he was dating and we got together two weeks later. The long distance only lasted a few months, as I was a crazy 20 year old who decided to transfer colleges to be with DH. It worked out, though! We've been together 6 years, married for 1, and love DS more than anything.

elsa1688

I love seeing everyone's cute pictures and reading your stories!

DF and I met when I was a senior in high school. My little sister was hanging out with his friend (she had lied and said she was 17 when she was 15- DF and his friend were 20 at the time). Anyways, she was like - you have to meet Lucas - he's perfect for you! We started texting and went on a few dates, and then he asked me to prom. It seems so crazy looking back. In 6.5 years we: went to prom, I started and finished college, he worked full time running 2 family restaurants, his dad moved to Florida, my dad moved to California, my mom died, his stepdad died, I moved 8 times, we broke up 4 times, got engaged and had a baby. Maybe things will slow down now
Us in Hawaii, DF with Jackson

flerlgirl

We met at church - I knew who he was because he knew my parents. I decided I would dress up fancy one Sunday to meet him but I spent so much time getting fancy that I wound up running really late and I was supposed to teach kids Sunday school. But I didn't want to waste my super awesome outfit and hair so I literally ran up to him in church and shouted "HI MY NAME IS KRISTEN MY PARENTS TEACH YOUR SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AND I REALLY WANTED TO MEET YOU BUT IM LATE SO I GOTTA GO BYE" and ran away. Not sure why I yelled. I was just TOO EXCITED. Five years later, I'm still yelling at him. That's true love

coffee89

We met online in 2012. We talked for about 2 weeks online on and off and I finally accepted his persistent offer of dinner. He drove an hour and a half after a day of charity work and took met o an Irish pub. We were both totally awkward and had no idea what to say to each other in person. We spent the whole night out talking and having drinks. About a month later my housing situation got really screwed and he let me come stay with him and his roommate. Within 2 months we left his roommate and got a place alone together and got engaged.

Married exactly one year after we had our first date and a baby a year after we got married.

ricecakes1216

H and I had a class junior year of high school. He moved to WA from VT and was the total opposite of what I liked. He was so annoying and rude. He thought I was a bitch.

My brother and I were in the same grade in high school. H became good friends with brother. We got to know each other and the rest is history. My brother and H are still best friends. We joke that H married me to stay close to brother.

This picture is the from vacation lady summer. Can you guess where we were?

Dharmatron

DH and I went to the same college. I constantly saw him around town, he was really hard to miss- 6'5 and looking like Clark Kent. :P He frequently came into the clothes store where I worked with his girlfriend. I told all of my coworkers that he was my future husband.

We had several mutual friends so we knew of each other, but didn't officially meet until the year I graduated college. I found him online and saw he was finally single after 5 years of dating someone else. I sent him a message asking him how he was doing and he asked me to go get coffee. We've been together for 6 years, married for 4 in August, and had just had our baby girl. He is my favorite person in the world.

Here's us on our wedding day.

nicolemcm

DH and I met when I was dating a friend of his. He had driven in from 2 hr away to go to a mutual friends' birthday party. We chatted quite a bit during the party, but nothing came of it, of course. The relationship with his friend was casual and ended a couple months later. He and I had been chatting a bit online here and there and he asked me out on a date when he was in town - 2 weeks down the road. He moved 2 weeks later and we moved in 3 months later. We've been together 5 years and will celebrate 3 years of marriage in September.

cue cute pic - and my avatar is us on our wedding day

CJnKR2014

@Dharmatron‌ I love how DH is holding your dress for you, very sweet! And I agree, he does look like clark kent!

cinnamonsmiles

I met DH while I was 20 and on academic suspension from undergrad. He was 27 and stationed at a town where my BFFs lived. I moved in with them for the summer while waiting to get off suspension. He owned a bachelor pad which housed him and 5 other guys, one of whom went to my church. After finding out that my BF and I loved to play Halo (video game), this guy invited us to come play. We were over there pretty much very day that summer after that. DH had just come back from deployment and was dating someone else, though they broke up soon after. I sent him a friend request on FB and he later told me that he knew if he accepted he would marry me. We would FB chat each other and then immediately call once we got offline He was different from anyone I had ever considered dating and so I chose to date him for that reason alone. He told me he loved me after we had been dating a month and proposed 7 months later. Our wedding was a little over 1 year after our first date.

We've been married for 4.5 years and now have 1 LO (planning to have more soon!). I'm constantly surprised and amazed at how much a person can impact your life, but DH does that to me everyday

DH and I at our wedding


and holding LO skin-to-skin while I'm getting stitched up

MrsP419

DH and I met sophomore year of high school. We were in a lot of the same activities (band dorks, theater, chorus) and had a lot of mutual friends. We soon became best friends and spent a lot of time together in groups. Middle of Jr year, it started to become clear that he had a big crush on me and I was definitely noticing feelings for him too. However, I had never dated anyone, and had no intention to in high school. My faith was very important to me (still is), and I did not want to be with someone who didn't share my beliefs. DH had not really given much thought to his faith before that point, but started searching sr year of high school. We remained best friends but went to college expecting not to really be more than friends ever.
Fast forward to halfway through freshman year of college. We lived 4 hrs apart and started talking (just friends) all the time. He had really started pursuing a relationship with God and we started studying the Bible and encouraging each other online. I really appreciated the amazingly kind and good man that he is. By the end of freshman year, it was obvious those feelings never went away. We started dating May 2005, got engaged Oct 2006 (and had our first kiss ever), and married in April 2008. We now have four kiddos and I still adore him. He is still my best friend.
(Photos from our anniversary this year, and with DS and the twins recently).

tbmadeamistake

Steve and I met online as well. when we first started talking (he still has the first emails we sent each other, he went first) we were living three hours apart and I felt like that was too far to date. We spent the next 18 months talking every day. I ended up moving closer to him for work and he pursued me until I caved. I came with a lot of baggage and he was so patient and understanding. I knew he was the one when he spent the entire day doing boring girl stuff, watched a movie that I wanted to watch, carried me to bed when I all but fell asleep on the couch. The kicker was him walking back into the bedroom with my ChapStick because he knew I couldn't sleep without it. I burst into tears because I literally had no idea how to respond to someone treating me that well. He told me not to worry, that I'd get used to it because he wasn't going anywhere. Two months later we moved in together, a year later we bought a house and got engaged, got married a year after that, had C and now have Charlie. There are days I can't stand him, but I wouldn't trade him for anyone.