GTKY--How did you meet your DH/SO?

rslh10 · June 2014

I was having a conversation with a friend last night, and she asked me how I met my DH. I love hearing about this stuff! I'm such a hopeless romantic. Here's my story, What's yours?

I met DH online in 2004 when I was a senior in High School

I had a friend online that I IM'ed (who remembers AIM!) with every day after school. He talked music with me ect. One day I messaged him after school and was like "hey what's up" and it turned out to be DH on my friends screen name. So DH told me it was him and not my friend. We got to talking and stuff, and he gave me his #. After the convo online I didn't expect to hear from him. FF to later that night, I'm supposed to go see The Get Up Kids in concert and it ended up storming, so I didn't go. DH texts me and says he noticed there's storms up my way and wanted to let me know so I could be safe....4 months later I dropped everything and moved 2 1/2 hrs away to the ghetto in a cheap ass apartment so I could be close to him. Ten years later here we are

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ETA: a few forgotten things

Km380 · June 2014

I met mh on match 7yrs ago. We had a great first date and then date #2 wasn't until a month later bc I had 2 vacations planned that month! We texted and chatted but I thought for sure I'd never see him again. He thought I wasn't interested. Glad we were both wrong!

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ashlee113085 · June 2014

DH and I met in high school. He is 2 years older than me so when I was a freshman he was a junior. Towards the end of freshman year, I was dating my DH's best friend (who later officiated our wedding). We were just friends for about 2 years, and then when I graduated we had some really good conversations, secret hand holding that our other friends couldn't see, and then we officially started dating just before I went off to college in 2004.

@rslh10 Oh man...AIM! Long gone are the days when you put up song lyrics as angsty away messages

( . Also,I went to soo many The Get Up Kids concerts in high school..I love them!

O2girl · June 2014

I met MH on match. Crazy thing was we lived very close to one another and I had seen him around town for years and had friends in the same circle but we never met. We hit it off immediately and have been a couple from the first date.

BookishMomma · June 2014

DH and I met in law school and were friends throughout. Both of us were involved in high-drama relationships for most of law school. I even remember telling my mom, "I wish I could meet a guy like [DH]."

Finally, around the time of graduation, we both had gotten free of our bad relationships and were single at the same time. Our group of friends took a post-graduation trip to Vegas, and that's where he and I both let down our guard enough to be more than friends. What happened in Vegas didn't stay in Vegas because we started dating right after that and got engaged 2 years later.

BackstreetPixie · June 2014

We met through a mutual stalker/friend.... you read that correctly... So This guy liked me for YEARS from 8th grade through sophomore year of college and would randomly show up at my house... sometimes at 3 am! and was always trying to get me to date him but I just did not like him that way.

The same guy always told everyone that my hubby was his BEST friend but hubby only tolerated him because their brothers were best friends. So anyway one day i'm talking to stalker guy on the phone because I needed someone to help me move out of the dorm and he said he was hanging out with hubby... i told him oh he's hot.... next think I know stalker guy took me to see hubby and we all 3 went to see the hitchhikers guide to the galexy and we started holding hands....

rslh10 · June 2014

I love all of these!!! I can't stop smiling!

DenaMaree · June 2014

I met my H on a dating site that no longer exists. I refused to post a photo of myself online and so did he so that's what drew me to his profile. I was working as a nanny for a large investment/real estate firms owner and on his profile I noticed he worked for my employers competitor. It drew me to him

. We chatted for a couple months, talked on the phone an additional two weeks, and then finally agreed to meet in person on my twenty first birthday. Wow, that was ten and a half years ago!!

mflowers929 · June 2014

H and I met on a character/forum website. We were both sort of seeing other people at the time, so we just talked online. The guy I was seeing decided he didn't want a relationship, and the girl he was seeing got stalkerish, so we both were free. Then H got diagnosed with a bleeding ulcer, and we started talking about more serious stuff.
A few weeks later we were like "hey, we're kind of an item." We started talking on the phone almost every day, and a few months later he took his first plane ride to meet me in person.
The kind of cool thing is that we were both quite young (18 & 19), and complete opposites in almost every way.

mara005 · June 2014

We met in a Yahoo chat room, met IRL about 6 months later.

katib77 · June 2014

I was living in Milwaukee and my BFF down here in Chicagoland said she'd met the man I was going to marry. (It was her fiance's family friend). She introduced us during our town's festival (DH was the president that year so he was really busy and didn't have time to talk) - and all I could think was "He's too old!" because I had been dating more guys that looked like boys and he was a MAN (I was 28 at the time and he was 34). But my BFF kept saying she'd never met anyone as sarcastic as the two of us. So about every two months when I'd come down to visit she'd invite him out. Over the next year I saw him maybe four times and it was like he had split personalities...first time we hung out (my 29th birthday) I thought he was awesome and totally liked me, next time he seemed to ignore me and was moody.

So I started dating people from the website Plenty of Fish. After one month where I had nine first dates (yes nine), when I invited my friend up for Summerfest (a huge summer concert series) because I had extra tickets and VIP beer tent tickets she asked if she could invite DH too. I thought, "why not? Can't be worse that those nine first dates!" I made like the first four moves until he finally got the hint of "dude, I like you!" and we've been together ever since. That was June 23rd 2007 eleven months after we were first introduced. We moved in together 8 months later and he proposed a week after we had been living together. His sister likes to joke that it was clear he liked me because who would want to drive to Milwaukee twice a week? (It's just an hour and a half drive).

As an aside - we both grew up here in our home town two blocks away from each other and went to the same high school. But because he's six years older, and seven grades higher we never met. I joke I must have walked past his parents house a billion times to get to the bike trail as a kid, and he's like "Yeah, but when you were 10 I was 16 and if I was looking at you then - it'd be sick!"

meredithcarole · June 2014

I came to Disney World in 2005 as a culinary intern. I was working the Epcot Food and Wine festival, but my "home" kitchen was Le Cellier (the Canadian Steakhouse restaurant). MH was down on an international internship (he is Canadian). The first time I met him was out in the Canadian booth for Food and Wine. I wasn't always in that kiosk as our kitchen was in charge of 6 different ones so we moved around a bit. DH was walking around entertaining guests and acting like a goof. His name tag said "Michael" so I introduced myself and he promptly corrected me that he actually went by his middle name, Patrick. He was always a bit of a kid at heart and I remember distinctly him dropping an ice cube down my chef jacket later that afternoon. I had interactions with him on and off for a few weeks. I always thought he was cute, but I distinctly remember the moment I thought I wanted to date him. He was out interacting with guests and I was in the kiosk cooking. I watched as he approached a little girl (maybe 3 or 4) walking around in full Belle regalia. Patrick dropped to one knee like he was genuflecting to a princess and kissed her hand. She blushed, she totally love it. And I fell for him right then and there. A couple weeks later we were both out at the same club and I started dancing with him. I must have been looking at him pretty intensely because he said "I can't tell if you want to say something to me or you want me to kiss you." I tartly replied, "which do you think?" The rest, as they say, is history.

ashlee113085 · June 2014

EurydiceNymph said:

@ashlee113085 Now teens use angsty song lyrics as ambiguous facebook posts!

So true! I deactivated my Facebook account so I always forget about Facebook.

AggieBeth06 · June 2014

We "met" on an Aggie message board and after some times made plans to fish together with a mutual friend. It ended up being just us. I spent the entire afternoon in the back of the boat checking out his ass and kicking myself thinking he was too good for me.

The next weekend was Father's Day weekend and we had a mixup on dates for our annual fish fry... DH and I had planned a fishing trip and it ended up overlapping with the family celebration so he suggested we keep our catch and he would clean them for the family. He offered to take me and meet my parents.

I knew from that point forward that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him. We had been on a few dates that week and I had gotten to know a lot about him, so that's not as crazy as it sounds.

kittymeowbark · June 2014

I met MH through a mutual friend.

I was 16 and skipped school to go hangout with a friend who was moving to Florida that day. MH just so happend to stop by to say goodbye as well. I paid him no attention since he was 5 years older than me, but he was trying very hard to get me. I think I might have gotten a random back massage. Weirdo.
After hanging out all day, we all went to MH house and he actually introduced me to his mom as "my future baby mama". I was completely mortified. I refused to give him my #, but he found me through Myspace. That is when we began talking and hit it off.

Apparently we met briefly before (while I was with the same friend), but neither one of us remembers it.

Funny how things turn out.

goldengirl84 · June 2014

We met my sophomore/his junior year in college (2004). Our sorority and fraternity hung out together a lot because a bunch of the older ones dated. I always thought he was nice but never paid him much attention. Then one day we were chatting at a tailgate and I swear it was like cupid struck me with an arrow! I told a few of my friends that I liked him and finally asked him to one of our sorority functions. When I called him he asked me to go on a date that same night and we've been together ever since (married June 5, 2010). We have had such a fun life together and I'm so grateful for him!

MSU_Girl1202 · June 2014

We met in college. My husband's sister was my roomate. I had met her cute big brother a few times, but had never really talked to him until the summer after freshman year. I went to visit her for 4th of July and we completely hit it off. It was super awkward at first, trying to decide whether or not to tell my roomate, but once she walked in on us kissing in the basement (whoops!), it was all okay from there...Luckily, her reaction was "Out of all my friends, I'm glad it was you I caught with him" :-)

junebugjam · June 2014

We met on match. I had broken up with an ex a few months prior and a friend of mine just met someone on match, so I figured I'd try it out. I didn't really want to pay for it, so I looked at profiles first to see if there was anyone worthwhile. I read his profile and literally said out loud (I was alone lol) "he is perfect."

So I signed up for a 3 day free trial, immediately sent him a message just saying I'd like to get to know him, and we went from there. We exchanged AIM screen names and talked on there, exchanged numbers a day or two later, and I canceled my free trial before ever paying a dime! We met just a few days after we started talking and have been together ever since.

Turns out we went to high school together but didn't know one another. He was a year ahead of me but we went to school with 2000+ people, so its impossible to know everyone. He claims he was "too cool" for me in high school, which is probably true, so it's better that we didn't meet until we did!

tlc35 · June 2014

racegurl87 said:

H and I met through E-Harmony 4 years ago. We talked online for about a month and then met in person at Barnes & Noble. We both love reading and wandering through bookstores. Our first date was a week later and we've been together ever since.

Holy crap, my H and I also met on E-harmony AND the first time we met at Barnes and Nobles. We didn't stay there though, we left and went to go eat at another place in the shopping center. This was the week of Christmas. Our second date was New Year's Eve and we went out with my sis and her BFF (at the time). Well, my sis and her BFF got in a big fight in the middle of Bourbon street with cops pulling them apart. It was a long story, but I thought H would never want to see me again. Fortunately he didn't judge me by that and the rest is history.

Denise91980 · June 2014

H and I met when we were teenagers working hat a supermarket. We were both in bad relationships and he broke up with his gf and convinced me to break up with mine and give him a shot. He asked me day after day until I finally agreed. Breaking up with my ex was the best decision ever.

ikrystal · June 2014

Love this thread! We met at a bar. I was picking out a song to play, and some other guy tried hitting on me. Hubby could tell that I didn't have any interest in the guy, and he swooped in and the rest is history. Pretty sure I still have a picture of me and my husband the night we met, plus the guy who was hitting on me!

jennadesigns · June 2014

I started a new job as an editor at a newspaper and on my first day met my SO, turns out he was the managing editor. I was married at the time and he was in a relationship. We noticed each other, but were attached. Eventually my marriage fell apart and he left his girlfriend. Once we were both single we started IMing each other at work and then decided to give it a go and went out. We had to keep it on the downlow as there was an issue with him technically being my supervisor. I ended up leaving that job a few months later to return to school to get my nursing degree, and a month later found out I was pregnant ... so our secret was out. He kept working at the paper until they downsized and then he went back to school for IT. That was nearly seven years ago now.

shandorfml2 · June 2014

At college, my freshman year. 2003. Started dating the last day of the semester. Together ten years!

StephieMK · June 2014

Back in 2003, my friend had a habit of talking to random people in chat rooms on AIM. She invited DH down to go bowing with our group of friends (he lived an hour away). According to him, we chatted all night, and he even remembered what I wore (I don't recall that)? He and I chatted a few times on AIM after that, but then nothing came of it. Fast forward to 2009. I was a few months past a broken engagement. That same friend said that she signed in to her AIM again (yep, people still used it then too). The both got to talking again, and she gave him my MySpace info. Did I mention she also has a habit of playing match maker? We talked for about a month and a half until he finally convinced me to go on a date. It actually wasn't until a few hours prior did I actually agree! Our first date lasted 13 hours! We were at dinner for hours, talking nonstop. Then he came back to my apt, and we played on the wii. And ultimately ending with Stand By Me, which he quoted the entire movie. Well, it turned out to be one of the best decisions I've ever made.

Shima42 · June 2014

My BF saw me trying to teach myself to drive a stick. He thought that the weird motions the car was making were because it was dying, and he stopped to offer me a ride. I asked if he would teach me to drive manual instead, and he did!

aswedishbee · June 2014

Another eHarmony couple here! Below is "our story" from my perspective, as it was posted on our wedding website:

Once there was a lonely girl.
Then ...
Oct. 2007: Secretly joined eHarmony
Nov. 2007: Matched with Aaron
Dec. 2007: First Date
2008-2009:
Waited for the next steps - avoided questions from friends and family
Apr. 2010: Cohabitation
May 2011: Engaged!
Now she's happy as can be
3.17.12 :: Husband & Wife

chicagojackie · June 2014

Chalk another up for match.com, but seven years ago!

alm288 · June 2014

I was studying in Italy and my roommate and I decided we had to go to Oktoberfest in Munich. We went up and sat with a bunch if Italian men (we spoke Italian, but no German). Some German guys at the table behind us started talking to us. We talked for a while, a lot of beer was consumed, and I gave my now DH my email address.

We started emailing, texting, and calling each other. A few months later, he came to visit me in Italy and the rest is history. We met almost 12 years ago

To he honest, when he sent me an email, I told him to send me a picture. My memory of him was a little fuzzy :P

kate6214 · June 2014

He almost ran me over with a trolly car ( I was in a production of Hello Dolly) we didn't actually date until about 7 years later when I found out that the school I was teaching at was the same neighborhood he was renting a house. We met for dinner and have been together ever since.

rslh10 · June 2014

Amybunny30 said:

I met my DH originally online using IRC. I was kinda nerdy. DH was in the navy stationed in Japan at the time. We began chatting and just clicked. After about 6 months he was home on leave. He just turned 21 so he and his mom and step dad, and me and my mom and step dad, met up in Niagara falls on the Canadian side (I'm canadian, he was living in PA). I was 18. Of course telling my mom how we meet was horrible but I really wanted to meet him. He came to visit me a few weeks later before going back to Japan. Then 911 happened so we talked pretty sporadically. I visited him on Feb of the following year. He was set to come back to the states that spring. He kind of chickened out with all the change and broke things off, which sucked...but I was starting college and we were young so in hindsight it was a good thing probably. We remained in touch and he even told MW about a year later he still loved me. I said I wasn't ready for any commitment especially long distance so we stayed friends. He was always just a phone call away. So one day in 2008 I woke up and hated my job and my bf and my life. So I quit, broke up with bf, and moved home. I called DH. We met up for the first time in over 6 years, started going back and forth dating, and were engaged 4 months later. I moved to the USA, we had a quickie wedding then later a real one... And now here we are. We dodge lots of questions about how we met and usually just say we met on vacation in Niagara falls which is sort of true!

This all gave me goosebumps!

I'm so happy it worked out for you guys

rslh10 · June 2014

I loved all of these, Ladies

I am such a romantic, so thank you for sharing such personal things with me! You all have made my week

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