GTKY: How did you meet your SO?

MRDCle

Hey all! I thought of a good GTKY this morning - how did everyone meet their SOs?

MRDCle

I was working weekends at a restaurant with one of my best friends from high school. She got extra tickets to a concert/paint party and asked me to go. She told me that our coworker/friend (J) and her boyfriend were going and that J's brother was coming. She said "Oh he's a ton of fun,  you'll love him!" And I did love him! We danced all night and have spent the past 4.5 years since then together. 

aqualicious

We met at a bar.  I was out with co workers, as he was.  His co worker happened to be my parents next door neighbor, so naturally I said hi.  Then each of us had a respective friend that thought the other was cute, so our groups merged, the intention was for the other 2 to hook up.  Instead, we hit it off and have basically been inseparable since. Our friends that were trying to hook up were both engaged to other people, so the fact that we hit it off and foiled their plans was a good thing! That was in March of 2005.  

gollygeeitsamy

We met online through a dating site.  He was stationed in Afghanistan at the time and I knew I loved him and was going to marry him before he even came home on leave. Within 1 year of meeting we got married! 

kangstadt

He and I were on the same swim team as kids, although he was in the older bracket so we didn't hang out then.  His best friend was the brother of my best friend growing up also, even though, again weirdly enough, we didn't really cross paths.  We both ended up going to the same Crossfit gym as adults, and after doing a mud run, I asked him out.  He turned me down (too tired and not thinking straight!), and then realized his mistake and asked me out a week later .  We've been together for almost 6 years.

mermaidca

So many cute stories!  Good thinking @MRDCle!

My childhood friend married H's brother.  H and I got paired up in the wedding party together so we walked down the aisle together, did the pics together, danced together....it's so funny, looking at the wedding portraits he and I are hanging all over each other - even the bride and groom weren't as close together as we were!  We lived a 4 hour plane ride apart and did the long distance thing for a year until I told him he had to move or we should both move on.  Here we are 8 years and 3 babes later.

ShallowSeas

We met freshman year of college. We had the same Biology class and sat next to each other. We were lab partners all semester lol.

kyashley1227

Believe it or not...Tinder. 
We met for our first date at a local park and hiked a little trail. I knew from that day on that he was the one. 

lyse01

@anlarge1227 Tinder here too. He was late to our first date (and every subsequent one), and showed up without a wallet and with bloody knuckles, and an hour later I was inviting him to dinner with 40 neighbors (including three relatives). He declined that one, but we’ve been inseparable since.

mrstmoose

We met my sophomore and his junior year of college where we were both working. Took 7 years of friendship for it to finally develop into more. We dated for 3 months, then moved in together, then got engaged after 10 months and married the next year!

wearegroot

We were initially set up by a mutual friend. We got along great in text messages but he was awkward and kinda clingy in person and I was getting over someone else, so every time he asked me out I made up an excuse for why I couldn’t go.

We remained fb friends, and a year and a half later I was ready to seriously date and I wondered if he was still interested. The next day after I had that thought he commented on one of my fb posts, nothing flirty but I took it as a sign that he didn’t resent me. The next week there was a Halloween party I knew he’d be at, so with a bit of liquid courage I went, we talked, flirted (maybe made out a little

harveyisaboysname

He was my boss  we didn’t exactly start dating until after he transferred to a different location though. We have been together for the last 7 1/2 years! 

ShallowSeas

@mrstmoose your story sounds almost identical to ours! Took us 6 years of friendship before we dated, dated for a month before we moved in together, got engaged 9 months later and got married the next year 

thatbaintforbetty

Set up by a mutual friend, that i actually went on a date with years before. We had no chemistry and stayed friends. We lost touch for awhile and when we started texting again he invited me over to his house for a Saturday night Doctor Who get together and he was there. It's actually kind of funny because the friend that set us up was engaged at the time we met,and we dated, moved into together, got engaged and married all before he got married. We were both groomsman in his wedding, he was the best man at ours. 

scp2585

We met at work! We are both teachers in the same department at school, his classroom is a few doors away from mine. Because we teach at a high school, our students absolutely noticed that we were flirtatious even though we tried to hide it. He ended up coordinating it so he could propose at a school event and we were quickly surrounded by hundreds of screaming, excited students. )

b9315

We worked together at a local pool when we were both in high school. He was the hot lifeguard but a total goofball. We went on a few dates but were not ever super serious till a few years after we had both graduated and reconnected. We were instantly inseparable and were married within the year. It’s been three years now (this will be our first baby) and we have the happiest marriage!! 

booksandlace

We met at the grocery store we both worked at when we were 18. Started dating within 6 months of me being hired and now we've been together 11 years!

HoltzBaby

I had just gotten a divorce and was ready to start dating again. I started a profile on OkCupid and he was my first date! We have been inseparable for the last 5 yrs and are now having our last baby to complete our family.

kaleesi93

He lived down the hall in the same dorm as a good friend of mine from a church group, I met him on my friends facebook page, where we insulted each other, and then fell in love, here we are 6.5 years and 5 states later 

dani2989

Another Tinder success :-P We met for dinner for our first date and were going to go to my school's basketball game after, but it started storming with tornado sirens. He lived 45 min away and I obviously couldn't send him out on the road like that, so we went back to my apartment and kept talking. And he sat on my couch like a foot away from me and didn't even touch me. I later learned he decided he was going to marry me on our second date (two days after our first date), but waited over 2.5 years to propose. 

sheknows6

Match.com - my mother likes to meddle in my love life and made an account for me when she felt like it had been long enough since my late husband passed. Now I'm remarried and we have a LO coming, so I guess she was right lol

Piccola1988

We met in college when I was a senior and he was a super senior.  We ended up in the same class, which was peppered with mutual friends and acquaintances - we actually each had roommates that were dating each other - but somehow we hadn't met before.  I must have had a funny feeling about him right away because I remember thinking to myself that he was a hard no since we were from opposite sides of the country and it would never work.  H's thoughts were much more superficial and much less insane (he noticed my butt when I sat down in front of him).  After about a month I gave in and we've been arguing about which coast to live on ever since!

EveryStormX2

We met through work. When my mom went on hospice in September of 2016, he sent me a message offering to bring me coffee and someone to talk to. The coffee mornings got more frequent, and before we knew it, love was in the air. We celebrate our 2nd anniversary on 9/23. I truly believe that he and this little one were gifts from my mom❤️

aggie0812

Met freshman year in college through a mutual friend...my friend from high school who ended up in the same freshman discussion group as him. We were friends for a year, even though I had a huge crush on him. He asked me to be his gf a month before I moved abroad for a semester and this fool said yes. Dated for 2.5 yrs, engaged for 2 yrs and got married 4 yrs ago

mdmommymegs

We met in high school. I was 15, he was 17. We became best friends. He taught my sister to drive and I cleaned his room so his mom would unground him and we could go out. He wasn't great boyfriend material because he was a little immature and selfish - but definitely a great friend. Well Peter Pan finally grew up and we started dating in our late 20s. He proposed and we eloped 4 months later. I literally married my best friend ❤

molecularmolly

@mdmommymegs Our stories are kind of similar :-)

I met my husband at a swing dance in high school, we'd both go every week and I'd scream his name and run across the dance hall to him. I wasn't interested at the time (Apparently I even set him up with a girl, I don't remember doing that lol), but all the girls he brought were jealous of me. He became friends with people I hung out with after the dances and went out to eat with all of us sometimes. 
Then he went off to college in Michigan.
The spring after he graduated and came home (I was in my senior year), a friend invited both of us to a party. After some boozy gummy bears I ended up tickling him on the couch, and he protected my "innocent eyes" from the naked man (some dude got naked at the party and wouldn't get dressed, we had strange friends lol), and eventually that turned into kissing. The next night he called me and asked me out to a movie later that week. We saw Godzilla and laughed the whole time. Within a month we were engaged, and then we were married that summer (4 months after we started dating!), and the rest is history. This month we'll be celebrating our 4th anniversary :-)

angelob88

We met at a bar. He was out with some work friends and I was out celebrating my friend's birthday party. It was just a super random coincidence that we were in the same bar that night. After the first date out for ice cream the rest is history. Together for 5 years, married for a little less than a year

professormama

High school friends, started dating in college after I broke up with my high school boyfriend. And now we’ve been for married 9 years. Hard to believe we’ve been together for so long. We honeymooned in Sonoma, and I wish we could go back for our 10 year anniversary, but (knock on wood) we will have a newborn baby by then! I might try to plan a wine and spa day instead 

RainNFyre

Met on Bumble. He was the first guy I seriously dated after getting divorced. It’s not been that long and we weren’t trying to have a baby (I’ve been infertile for years!!)... guess my eggs were waiting?

knottie0866555753cc4f07

We met on Aisle, an app for singles. I'm divorced and he is in the middle of one. We exchanged our stories and found how similar our lives have been. Turns out we also went to primary school together, although we have lived in 3 separate countries since then. I pulled him into a kiss after 3 dates and haven't stopped thinking about it since. He's sweet and totally adorable. 

edotf104

We met our junior year of college. We were the same major but only had one class together. When I saw him walk in the first day, I was smitten. After strategically timed buddy assignments, emails, and texts-- he asked me out. I knew after 4 days, he was it for me. 

chelseay416

I was super drunk walking home from the bars with a friend of mine and saw him across the street. I flagged him down because he was wearing a primanti bros tshirt (pittsburgh sandwich shop and i'm a huge steelers fan). apparently... and i dont remember this at all... i kept telling him he was so cute that i wanted to put him in my pocket. but i made him put my number in his phone and he texted me a few days later and the rest is history.

knottie9484dfffa1c995ed

I met my husband five years ago via a dating app called OkCupid. We are a PERFECT match!❤️

BarefootContessa

@chelseay416 You win. That's pretty darn cute.

We worked together. Technically he was my supervisor. We were both with other people and were just friends for a year. Then we both found ourselves single and at a boozey work outing we finally kissed. The rest is history. Dated for five years, engaged for like... six months, married for seven.

mdmommymegs

@molecularmolly wow!!! That is very similar!

dedwvtch

In a Kroger market.. Next to the oranges. Just like meeting an old friend, for the first time. (:

blueberrymomma

You all have such great stories.  Mine is no where near as good lol. We met freshman year of college. He didn’t go to my school but his BFF from high school was my best guy friend at college.  He was still getting over his ex so we dated on and off for a few months before he realized I was the one(he was denying his feelings). We got married after graduation, so it’s been 8 years of marriage, 12 years together, 1 dog, and soon to be 3 kiddos 

honey_suckle

We met when he was on exchange at my university in Sweden. He had signed up to go on exchange here because his friend had the idea. However his friend never ended up going. We met at the local rugby club that I was part of and hooked up at a crayfish party the first week he was here. After that we were pretty unseparable, and about a year and a half later we moved to Canada BC where we lived for 4.5 years before moving back to Sweden again. Sometimes it feels mind-boggling how we managed to find  each other, and we've now been together for 9 years (married for 1 yr). Somehow the big decisions were never hard though, and we're both really looking forward to this new baby adventure! 

chrissdee

DH and I met in college at Liberty University while we were both volunteering at the Liberty Winterfest concert over New Year's. He asked for my number at the end of the countdown. (3 years later, he proposed to me in the same spot we met at that year's Winterfest at the end of the countdown while my favorite band played.)

whats0nemore

This is going to sound ridiculous how I describe it. I met my now H through a fellow classmate in nursing school who was dating his roommate. Been together since January 2008 and married since May 2011.  

cabearit

Set up by a mutual friend. He knew her because he dated her sister when he was young. I knew her because we were co-workers who became really close friends. 

She invited us both out one night without our consent and thus we were thrown into a blind group date. It was awkward, but that obviously doesn't matter now. We're glad she did