GTKY: How did you and your SO meet?

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DoubleUp8

Dh and I met 7.5 years ago during grad school orientation. He flirted with me right away, but I shot him down because not only we were in a really small department together, but I was in a new town and had decided to put dating on hold while I adjusted to grad school.

We ended up being friends and study buddies for a couple of months, but there was always a chemistry between us. He was smart and funny, and it didn't hurt that he was super cute! We started getting food together in the evenings after studying (we actually have several nights that could be considered the"first date"). He got up the nerve to ask my out "officially" later in the semester (he said he was worried I would shoot him down again) and I this time I knew I had to accept.

We went out on two dates before the Thanksgiving break from school (we both lived out of state). We were out with friends for our department the night before break. DH walked me to my car at the end of the night and asked if he could call me over the break. I didn't know guys still did that! I think I was a goner then and there! :x

We dated 3.5 years, got engaged for 1.5 yrs, and have been married 2.5 years! This is our first LO and he/she will be born right around the 8 year anniversary of our first date!

JamieK1882

@knitsmagee-haha that is a height difference but I love tall guys! (DH is 6'5)

shindylahoe

We met in the work place. Nothing better then a steamy work romance right? :P

sparklingwhit

DH was my trainer at a call center we both worked at in college.  This was like 7 1/2 years ago. I ended up being a bit of a trouble maker/distraction to a lot of co-workers so when we started training on the floor they put me in a row all by myself.  DH put his desk right next to mine to "keep an eye on me."  After about a week he asked me out.  He jokes now that he trained me well.

The pic is the day he proposed to me on a beach in Maui

marajay6

We met at a bar on New Years. I went out with some friends and DH spent most of the night staring at me from afar. We didn't talk or flirt at all. At the very end of the night as I was leaving he finally got up the courage to talk to me. It was on the sidewalk in front of the bar. He introduced himself and asked if I would be willing to go out sometime. Being the New Year and resolving to get out and date more (I had been on a horrible slump), I gave him my number. I really didn't expect much. A few days later he called and the following weekend we met for lunch. He was really easy to talk to - that first date lasted more than 3 hours.

Maelara

I love all these stories some even had me tearing up. I can blame the pregnancy hormones, right?

I met DH on a website. It wasn't really a dating website but sort if was.

It was about 2 weeks after I had just gotten out of an emotionally abusive relationship and I was feeling down and ugly. So I went on this webpage called hotornot to get validation that I was desirable. I never planned on dating anyone from that site or even talking to anyone really. I did end up talking to a couple guys, all of who lived near me and wanted to date. I blocked them. I know, nice right?

My now DH messaged me and I only decided to start talking to him because it looked like he didn't live near me. I was wrong, he lived in the same city. We met up a couple times but didn't have an official date for about 3 weeks. I never let him pick me up or know where I lived as I was paranoid. He said he almost gave up on me! But I finally let the barrier down.

6 months after we started dating, we moved in together. A year after that we bought a house together and a year and a half after that we got engaged. Then almost 2 years after we got married and 2 years after we got married we welcomed DD. Now we are expecting our second bundle of joy!

We've been together for 7 years and I'm happy every single day I met him. I still get butterflies when I see him.

AlliJeee

We met at a bar = Classyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 

The ironic things is that DH is/ was not a drinker/ bar guy but he happended to be out on a friend's bachelor party.  Very lucky for us! 

raelynn71109

I was bartending at the time and worked with his roommate. He would come up to hang out on the weekends. I was interested in him but thought he was out of my league. He apparently was asking his roommate about me but she was set on trying to play matchmaker and set me up with this other guy we worked with. Funny thing is, my mom actually met him and told me that she could tell he liked me and I blew it off. I ended up dating the other guy and DH stopped coming in the bar after his roommate quit. I didn't see him again for several months.

Fast forward 9 months or so. I broke up with the guy I was seeing. I was hanging out at the bar on my night off and future DH shows up. (It later turns out to be the last weekend the bar was open. The owner closed the business unexpectedly two days later.) I was pretty drunk and feeling braver than normal so I started hitting on him. At the end of the night I invited myself over to his place. Neither one of us was looking for a serious relationship and expected it to be a one night stand. Well, we really clicked and spent every night together after that and moved in together 5 months later. We've been together for 8 1/2 years now.

mommymeg143

I am a promotions director for five radio stations so my days are usually very, very busy!  I didn't have time for dating (or so I thought).  One of the morning show host for one of the two country stations in my cluster (we live in SC) decided she wanted to play matchmaker with one of our clients.  During a shopping spree with this client for our upcoming Toys for Tots campaign, I was introduced to the sweetest man.  Little did I know, he would someday be my FIL.  After the meeting, he told her that I would be perfect for his son.  Fast forward two weeks to the actual Toys for Tots charity event.  My DH and I had NO idea that we were being set up.  He came to the event because his business was involved and of course I was there to run the event.   We bumped into each other and spent the rest of the day talking to the delight of my FIL and Co-Worker.  The rest, as they say, was history.  His dad really knew what he was talking about.  We were perfect for each other!  Most of the time. 

lincoln79

Great stories!!

MH and I don't remember meeting, I was five and he was seven. We went to the same church growing up. I had my first boy-girl dance with him when I was twelve at a wedding reception to a Kenny G song! Gotta love it!

We dated other people in high school, then he went into the Army and I went to college...so after 22 years of knowing each other, we finally got married!!

herlysgirly

My DH was friends with a group of people that my sister's BF (now DH) was friends with. I saw him the summer of '03, and told my sis she should introduce him to me, but she never did. One year later, at sis' high school open house, he showed up with that group of friends! We talked around the bonfire at my parents' house all that night. Finally, before he left, I told him he should give me his number, since he was shy about asking me.

We spent so much time together that summer, and started talking marriage after just a couple months! Didn't actually get engaged for FIVE years though, Haha! We were engaged 5 months and then married Sept. '09. Started trying for a baby right away, and had DD Jan '11. DS came 19 months later, and now expecting our 3rd. :x

moroccojade

It was my third day traveling alone in a foreign country.  My first 5 minutes in a new city in that country... and I needed directions.  A nice young man offered me help.  We got married 9 months later in Sept. 2003. 

Sounds like a fake story, doesn't it?   :P

MollMoll4

DH went to high school with my college roommate. Our first Saturday in our off campus apartment I told her "I'm bored! Find something to do!" (She was way more of a wild child than I) Lo and behold her old high school buddy, Scott, was having a party at his apartment 10 minutes away! I got pretty tipsy and for the entire 2am walk home to our apt I wouldn't shut up about how I "just wanted to make out" with this new guy.

We ended up going to his house parties almost every weekend and I started spending a lot of time with him otherwise. About a month after we met he "officially" asked me out... And he still makes fun of me for that night because I was so drunk I don't remember him asking me out. ">

NunyaBennis

We were each doing a favor for a friend.

One of my co-workers met my hubs through the guy she was seeing at the time. She came into work the next day simply ecstatic that she had met my soul mate. I reminded her that I was still trying to kick one asshole out of my apartment and had absolutely no desire to invite in another one. She continued to nag. For months. Especially after I was granted a DVR for my crazy ex.

Meanwhile, the dude that my co-worker had been seeing had also started harassing hubs about going on a double date. He had also gotten out of a long relationship a few months before and wasn't too keen on the idea of a blind date either.

We finally agreed to meet in order to get our friends to shut up & leave us alone. So, six years ago he said, "Hi, I'm Mike" & I thought, "I'm in trouble." We were attached at the hip from that moment on (and, yes, even literally that very night)!

JSwinford

I met my DH online.  It turned out we lived about a block away from each other and he was friends with my tattoo artist.  I was going through a rough time because my former SO had just committed suicide and we were friends first.  Our 6 year dating anniversary was last weekend.  He's the best.  

brichar31

I rented a cabin with friends the weekend of ski-doo races, he was one of the guys racing, he knew some of my friends.  We ended up sitting on the tailgate of a truck most of the day talking and having drinks, he spent the night in my cabin.  He was from my home town (5 hours from where I lived at the time), I'd moved away when I was 19 and by this time I was 29.  We kept in contact via Facebook and saw each other every other weekend at first then eventually every weekend and it goes like -
2010 - we met
2011 - moved home and got engaged
2012 - had a baby
2013 - got married
2014 - new baby on the way

When you know its the one you just know!!! 

vbchick0788

Met my husband when we were in the 6th grade. Started "dating" in middle school and were together all through high school. We broke up when I went off to college and got back together 6 months later during my freshman year of college. He visited me while I was away at school, supported me getting my MSW and we have been together for 12 years. He is super and is going to be the best Dad. Waaaaay more patience than me.

colstj1

DH and I met in high school when we had a class together. We sat by eachother and talked every day. Towards the end of the semester he asked me to prom and shortly after that we started dating. Been 9 years now since the time!

anittlion

During my junior year of college, I had a friend drag me to the birthday party of this guy she was trying to hook up with. At the party, we got a little drunk and I ended up somewhat insulting one of my now H's good friends. Since he was irritated with me, he kind of pushed H my way to talk to. We ended up hitting it off and staying up all night talking. We started dating after that and have been together ever since.

mslynn2012

College math class. I thought he was a need (brought his lunch pail in with him, then proceeded to eat his pb&j during class! And I didn't like how he always showed up late to class.

We ended up witching together on a group project. He was super smart and talked me into teaching upper grades instead of primary.

We are now both math teachers - our kids will hate us, I'm sure.

mynameisjen

So many of you met your DHs so young! Wow!

I met DH online. I really wasn't doing the online dating thing. A friend of mine was, and she kept urging me to sign up for the site and try it out. I didn't think I'd actually meet someone. I signed up one day and messaged my friend (just to be silly), and found a former coworker on there and we just chatted and caught up a bit, haha. I decided I wasn't going to send anyone any messages, and that I would just read the ones I received. I probably checked the site once a week or every other week, and all I got was booty calls and misspelled messages that didn't say much.

So, one day, my friend and I were out to lunch with another forwer coworker of ours, and we were telling her about the website. She wanted to see it, so I pulled out my phone (which was not a smartphone), and showed her what the site was like. When I logged in to show her, I had a new message. He had clearly read my profile and responded to what what in it, and I realized that we had a ton in common.

Anyway, after that lunch, I messaged him back. We talked back and forth over instant messages every night for about a week, and then we went to dinner one night. When the restaurant closed, we went back to his house to watch a movie, but we ended up just talking until after 1 am, and though I went home that night, I basically spent the majority of my time at his house from then on and slooowly moved in. LOL. I knew it was going to be a major relationship that first night. We just have so much in common.

When he proposed, he told me that when he saw my profile on the dating site, he thought, "that's my wife"... and yeah. I am his wife. We met in 2010, got married in 2012, and now we're having a baby in 2014!

mynameisjen

SarahMaureenF adorable picture!!

Mazere

My wife and I were set up by a coworker. We worked in different offices and didn't know each other but our coworker was relentless! It was a multi month campaign and I was not interested. One day my DW called and told me she had an extra ticket for a fancy event and she asked 4 other people if they wanted to go but none of them could. I told her I'd think about it but she said "sorry, but I need a yes or no answer". It was the first of many yeses. That was 7 years ago, 5 years ago this June we had a commitment ceremony and this June, on our anniversary we're going to make it legal. A judge in our state ruled this week that legal marriages from other states should be recognized. Now, after 6 foster kids, we've made one of our own...

CPM13

DH would say that we met when he passed me at mile 9 of a marathon we were both running, but in fact we were introduced in passing the night before (I said goodbye to a friend of mine that he was chatting with). Otherwise I never would have spoken with him during the race. 

But his version of the story is so much better.  

brooklyngirl18

i actually first met my DH while in best buy with my ex bf in like 2004. My ex was like omg i went to high school with that kid he has the craziest laugh you need to hear it so he made my DH laugh and i thought he was cute but we left and never thought of him. a year or so later my best friend started dating the new guy so we all went out one night and what do you know, DH was best friends with the guy my friend was dating. i didn't recognize him but he did and immediately texted my ex (same guy from best buy)  saying he was stealing me away. joking obviously (btw this is SO not like him, he's shy and would never mess with anyones relationship). over the next 2 years we became friends but were both in on again off again dysfunctional relationships. we finally were both single and he kissed me. my first words were 'it's about time!!' i still tell dh to this day that first kiss was the best kiss of my life. 

edit- my best friend ended up marrying that guy so me and my best friend are married to two guys who are best friends. its a small random world. 

Emmy Lou

I love this!

We met online first and then met up at bar where his art work was showing. It was essentially love at first sight. I brought five people with me and he didn't mind! A year later I was pregnant with our oldest.

Shananagann

Just to add my story to the 'pile' lol...

Hubby and I met 4 years ago and had zero interest in each other. We hung out at the dunes with friends, and at one point it was just him and I playing frisbee in the water, but we never 'clicked'.

Skip ahead a couple years, I moved out of state. By pure fluke we reconnected on FB and just started chatting on a mutual friends post. That convo ended up going to PM'ing and then, with absolutely no ulterior motives, I offered to exchange numbers. We ended up texting all day, which turned into the next day and the day after that. We eventually talked and agreed we wanted to get to know each other better.

And the rest is history. We dated long distance for 6 months, I moved back to our home state where we got married 5 months later. He's my best friend and I love that it wasn't love at first sight, but now I don't know what I'd do without him.

wallygirl

I don't remember this thread so I guess I missed it first time around. So I'm throwing mine in late. Loved reading everyone's stories!
DH moved to my hometown after college for a job and started attending the church I grew up in. I was in my sophomore year of college so I was only home occasionally. He went out to lunch with my family a few times but we never really had any romantic interest in each other. Plus one or the other was usually in a relationship. Fast forward 9 years to a church function where I ended up riding in his truck by some of our mutual friends design. He asked me out the next Sunday. We were engaged 6 months later, married 6 months after that, welcomed DD 5 years later and expecting LO#2 right before our 7 year wedding anniversary.

hjenni

Love reading all these stories and especially love the pics!

MH and I met during my freshman year of college. We had a mutual friend who introduced us. A few months later we went on our first date. After two years he asked me to marry him while we were on vacation with my family. We've been married for 4 years. Here's a pic that was taken right after he proposed.

hjenni

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Dimples0101

I also missed this the first time.  I loved reading everyone's stories! 

Sorry if this is long...

DH and I met about 12 years ago.  He was (still is) best friends with my sister's boyfriend (now husband).  He moved back home from CO and my sister really wanted us to meet.  She said we'd be perfect together.  We met and went on a few dates and I was really attracted to him, but he thought I was young (6 years younger) and I didn't think he was looking for anything serious.  We decided to just be friends (sometimes with benefits).  We got along so well and would hang out anytime we ran into eachother.  Anyone I dated was super jealous of our relationship and would hate it when we'd run into him out at the bars. 

I ended up running into him at a bar around Thanksgiving of 2003 and he asked me what I was doing on New Year's Day.  He said he had a wedding and didn't know if I wanted to be his date.  I said sure because who has plans on New Year's Day, but that if he started dating someone between now and then, that it was fine for him to take her instead (we still joke about that).  He introduced me to a friend he was out with and I ended up going on a date with this friend.  During the date this guy talked about DH most of the night and how he was probably going to be jealous because he really liked me.  This was news to me.  DH and I ended up going to the wedding together and I pretty much moved in with him the next day.  We were engaged 4 years later, married a year after that and had DD 3 years after that.  We've had our ups and downs, but he still makes me laugh more than anyone I know. 

Dimples0101

Tried to edit, but it didn't work. I meant to add a pic. This was from a year ago in Jamaica.

Jatpa003

I met my DH in high school, it was love at first sight for me...we met in Band class, (ya cheesy I know) It took him 2 years to come around and we started dating when I was grade 11 he was grade 12. Our first date was seeing a movie and dancing in the rain to the circle of life. We did long distance for a few years while in university but I finally moved to be with him and followed him around the country. We have been dating for 8years and married for 4. We are so excited to have a child as a great addition to our lives:)

momtojad

I was sitting in a bar on a Monday night by myself checking my eharmony matches and he sat down next to me.

mamatohne

My dad coached my brothers baseball team and Dh brother was on the team. I had a huge crush on him once i saw him. I had my brother get hi screen name and We started chatting on AIM lol! I was 15 he was 16. We broke up for a year when i was 21. I moved 3000 miles away on a vacation he told me he wanted to be with me and moved with me. Got engaged, and married for almost 4 years.

freetobekristin

I met my husband via match.com in '08.  A few months before that I ended a love/hate relationship I had been in for two years and (this is probably TMI but..) I decided I was never having sex again until I was absolutely in love.  My mom was in the middle of her third divorce & I was adamant I wouldn't do the same.

I tried match.com for a month just to see where it could go and was about to cancel my subscription when I read this email that they send that suggests matches & gives the % of your compatibility (I love numbers..don't judge me) & Andy's picture caught my eye.  It was of him at an event that I had just been to a couple of months prior so I jokingly emailed him saying I could've been in the background of his picture.  We started talking, met a month later & when he hugged me at the end of the first date, I was done.  He kissed me on our second date and I literally got dizzy (cheesy, I know) so I pulled away quickly.  Third date I had to will myself to hang in there when he kissed me again.  He's pretty proud of that.  

I told him about the no sex thing & he was supportive & encouraging.  We were inseparable and got to know each other really well, got engaged in December '09, married in January '11 & are now so excited to be expecting our first kiddo.  He's the best decision I ever made.  

AbbeyH

Like many of you ladies we met in college.

We were friends and he tried soooo hard to get me to date his roommate (DH was dating someone at the time) Long story short, his roommate and I never dated and he and the girl broke up. He asked me to go to an out of town fraternity formal as a friend.  I said yes.  We drank too much beer. We made out.

It's the "date" that never ended. 6 years later and here we are. Thank God for bud light!

Turns out he called "dibs" on me years earlier... true story. "Dibs" works

mexinugget

Knew him in Jr high, but didn't start hanging out until a year after high school when i started dating his good friend. His good friend was an ass for a boyfriend and yet i hung on for three years. We grew close over that time and started dating right after i dumped the ass. We were engaged about three months later and eloped to Vegas six months after that. He's an amazing man and father, i'm very lucky. Oh him and his good friend the ass stopped being friends after we got together. He said he had loved me for three years and it had killed him to watch his friend treat me like crap. So sweet.

kimiandgary

Match.com. H won't let me submit our little family for the success story commercials though. Party pooper