GTKY: How Did You Meet Your SO?

PinkPrincessPiper · March 2017

I'm going to try to do a weekly GTKY thread (since we usually have good participation with those), to liven up our board! This week's GTKY question: How Did You Meet Your SO?

My husband and I met when we were 16, both working at McDonalds. He had recently moved into the neighborhood across the street from mine. We got engaged at 18, moved in together at 19, and married at 23. We're both turning 35 this year, and completing our family with baby #4. He is truly my best friend & soulmate.

Let's hear your love story!

LSP87 · March 2017

I met my husband when we were in high school. I was in cosmetology class and saw some pictures on my friend's desk. I saw one of him and told my friend to deliver the message that we were now dating and it was pretty rude he hadn't called me yet (he went to a different high school). At the time, the Houston rapper Paul Wall just started blowing up and I thought he was soooo cute (yeah, I'm embarrassed now looking back at how ridiculous the rapper looked)..anyway, he looked a LOT like him & I was in love. A few months later, after he finally found a picture of me on MySpace, he called me. I was super embarrassed about being so forward and wasn't going to call him back..my family and I went out to dinner and who did I run into? PAUL WALL!! I took that as a sign and called him back. I was so nervous I forgot his name. I said "uuhh..is Paul Wall there? So stupid. We've been together ever since. Weird love story but hey it worked.

lynkat · March 2017

This is fun @PinkPrincessPiper! Thanks for posting.

DH and I met in college. I worked at an after school program at an elementary school and he joined the team in 2007 when he transferred to the same school. During that year we were dating other people but became really good friends. I have some sweet memories of us playing with kids together. He would also tell me that he would "never get married" (he comes from a broken home). The next year he started leasing apartments and so he helped me get into an apartment that was next door to him. He also got me connected with his cousin since I need another roommate. Over summer break when we were away from one another, my messy relationship ended and his was on the rocks. During that time I also had a recurring dream of him being my husband. Fall came and I moved in next door. We became inseparable besties and the rest is history. We got married in 2011 and he is my very best friend.

lwhrmomma · March 2017

No fun stories here, I met my hubby through match.com. Our first date was for drinks and apps at Applebees during a Giants/Eagles game (I'm a Giants fan, he's Eagles). I remember texting my sister on my way home telling her that I knew he was the man I'd marry. 6 years, and almost 2 kids later, we're still going strong (and still rooting for opposite teams!)

brookeelyse527 · March 2017

I also don't have a fun, special story. When I became separated from my ex husband, I began using tinder to meet men. (I was 26 at the time, so I think it was age appropriate for me.) At work, a coworker told me of a friend he could introduce me too. Later that night, I ironically matched with said friend. We met a week after talking. And here we are one year later with a babe on the way.

SpotConlon · March 2017

@kristenk727 I met my husband through OkCupid about 5 years ago, so similar beginnings. Our first date was karaoke in the sketchy small town we were both living in at the time. I'm pretty sure my profile had something about karaoke, and I was so please someone messaged me about something I wrote about rather than just "ur hott". I wasn't sure how he felt about me at first, so I was convinced we would just be friends, but eventually we started dating for real. I've also gotten better at reading his very stoic personality lol.

JCPSand2B · March 2017

Technically we met in high school. Our brothers were friends and I had class with his brother. We had a lot acquaintances in common but I really didn't know much about him. Apparently he had a huge crush on me though. Years later while he was in tech school we became "friends" on Facebook or MySpace. We chatted here and there but that was it. We decided to catch a movie when he was home on leave, and here we are almost 11 years later.

belmont1785 · March 2017

We met on plentyoffish.com

I too, knew after the first date that I wanted to marry him. He's the most gentle hearted man I've ever met. I love that about him but also drives me crazy sometimes (he won't even kill a bug or spider- he rehomes them all!)

smallbutmighty77 · March 2017

We met teaching flying Trapeze at a circus camp in our town. I was the aerial specialist and he was one of the stronger guys. So almost daily all summer we spent 6hrs 30ft in the air together on a tiny platform.
About halfway through summer we started going to dinner after the night class and we just fell into being together.
There was a breakup in between then and now, but we've been back together over 5yrs, married one and we go back to that camp every summer to see their show and say hi to the directors etc.
Baby is considered next generation circus performer over there, so it's fun.

Kathryn0903 · March 2017

DH and I met in 2011 at work. We both teach math at a local college. Some of our math classes are emporium based where students work at a computer and ask for help when they get stuck. These classes typically have an instructor and a tutor or two to help out. DH was the instructor and I was the tutor. DH and I initially were just friends. We hung out a lot and I actually had a fling with one of his best friends(his roommate at the time) for awhile. Well, we were still hanging out a lot in 2014 - my fling had ended and DH was not dating anyone. DH invited to come out to a bar to watch hockey with him where he drunkenly asked me out. I figured why not, I'd give it a try. Been together since then - engaged in 2015, married since this past July, and now having our first child together.

littlebug2010 · March 2017

DH and I met in 2002. His mom is a pastor and my church had called her to be our new pastor. DH was 12 and I was 14. We spent a lot of time together, in church youth group, going to a music based summer camps and obviously at church. In the winter of 2004, we decided to start dating (we were 14 and 16 then). We have been together for 13 years now. We went to different colleges 4 hours away from each other, I moved to Boston in 2010 for grad school and we got engaged that summer. We got married in July 2012. Got our fur baby in July of 2014 and now baby boy is on his way in early August!

bubblesmtu · March 2017

DH and I met in late 2007. Earlier that year I had broken up with my fiancé and didn't really know how go about dating because it had been so long. My friend convinced me to try online dating so I went on match.com. DH and I met up and I was sure on the first date he would think I was some sort of weirdo. I had a temporary cap on my front tooth and had to eat everything with a knife and fork (like a dummy I ordered some sort of wrap). But year later we bought a house together, then got engaged (yeah his parents weren't happy about that order

), then married a year after that. We had DD on Christmas Eve in 2013 and as you know our second on the way!

Leni410 · March 2017

DH and I met when we were 18 years old and working at Pizza Hut while we were going to college. He was a driver and I was his manager at first he drove me absolutely nuts! I wanted to fire him. Now we have been together for 11.5 years (married 5.5 of them) with 1 daughter and a second on the way.

cmmiller531 · March 2017

Aw i love reading this thread!

DH and I met through his SIL, who was my best friend at the time. She had just had a baby and I was over every day bringing her dinner since her husband worked a second job. Anyway had no clue her BIL (my now husband) was coming over to meet the baby and I was looking a mess shoving my face full of Burger King and his sexy self walked through the door. He eventually cleaned up a coffee spill with my fabric flip flop (which he thinks is still hilarious almost 6 years later) and messaged me on Facebook to start conversation. The rest is history!

imwithbaby · March 2017

I worked at a gym and DH's business partner was also a swim instructor there. So he brought DH to our company picnic for free food

which is where we first met. A few months later was a "party" for said co-workers birthday, but come to find out it was a total set-up group date between co-worker, my friend, DH & me. We totally hit it off and the rest is history! We got engaged 2.5 years later and married in December 2015 and are now expecting our first sweet babe! Love him to death.

JWatt5 · March 2017

I met DH at work - he runs a branch and I got a job at Head Office. He says he remembers my first branch visit - I don't hehe.
I later moved to the area rather than commuting. Went to a going away party for my coworker and he was also there. Talked to him a lot and then he asked me out. I told him I don't date employees (I'm in Human Resources). And honestly he wasn't really my type. But I kept running in to him and eventually liked him more and more. Fast forward 6 months - took a leap of faith, quit my job so I could start dating the goofy guy. 6 months later we moved in together officially. Engaged after 1.5 years of meeting and married 3 years after meeting. He's good stuff

This summer will be 5 years and a baby.

middy411 · March 2017

DH and I met through a campus ministry in college. We went to different colleges but attended the same annual conferences and events. A friend at my school actually told me she wanted me to meet him at the New Years conference that year because she thought I would like him. When I did get introduced to him, I was less than interested and wound up talking to one of his friends I met at that same conference. After that relationship went downhill fast, I decided to give a friendly "hi" on DH's Facebook. That started a bit of online chatting between us and group visits to each other's colleges (we were about 2 hours apart). We "talked" for a year before becoming "official" (lol) as I studied abroad in Finland right when we started to get really interested in each other. DH was at the Charlotte airport waiting for me when I got back into the country and a few short weeks later he asked me out at the next New Years conference. We've been together 8 years, been married for 3, bought a house right before we got married (DH moved in after the wedding), and are having our second daughter! He honestly wasn't who I thought I would marry in the beginning because I had just come off of a 4 year relationship with a guy who bent over backwards for me and always let me have anything I wanted or asked for. But then I saw over time how amazing DH was for me and how he made me a better person and a much better partner. The things that annoyed me turned into things I now love the most about him. He is the only person I feel so comfortable
around and he is honestly the best dad ever.

ETA: DH and his friend had a falling out once he saw that DH and I were pursuing each other and that ruined their friendship. Drama... Blah.

dinofreak · March 2017

High school debate team. I live on an island in AK, so traveling for tournaments means 18-50 hours of travel by ferry in both directions, and the team spent a lot of time together and got very close. We started dating when I was 15, and graduated a year apart. We both went to the same college, got engaged after my sophomore year, moved in together junior year and got married that summer (20 and 22 years old). We were married almost 6 years before getting pregnant. We just celebrated 11 years together!

shyviolet-2 · March 2017

We met in College. I was an undergrad he was in graduate school but the same major. It was a super small department so we ran into each other a few times and ended up going on the same class trip to Mexico. In that vague college fashion started dating sometime after we got back and that was almost 14 years ago.

Shan870 · March 2017

We met through one of my friends. She had me drive her over to their apartment (DH and his brother) so that she could pick up some jewelry she left. Well we ended up going back later because she was going to spend the night but wanted me to stay with her (I slept on their couch lol). DH and I met that night in 2010...we were friends for three months and finally decided to start dating. We have been together ever since. I was 19 and he was 21. We had our son a year later and six years from then are now having our second son. Been married 6 years this year and together for 7 total.

SouthernMama15 · March 2017

We met through my college roommate. She moved back home after graduating and was renting a room from a friend. Her roommate had sort of dated him and enjoyed stringing him along if she wasn't seeing anyone else. My friend convinced him to go with us to dinner one night. We hit it off, but I thought he was a pathological flirt. I added him on Facebook and we started messaging each other. He point blank told me he wanted to date me. We went out the next weekend and have been together ever since. We lived about 2 hours apart and took turns visiting on the weekends. He told me he wouldn't get married till he had a house. In 2013 we bought a house and renovated it. I moved in a few months later. We got engaged the first weekend in June and married the last. We eloped. DS was born exactly one week before our 2 year wedding anniversary. Baby #2 is on the way.

erindippity · March 2017

DH and I met through a mutual friend (who we are no longer friends with.) We met two weeks before I studied abroad in Austria for 6 months. I wasn't initially attracted to him, but we hung out everyday before I left and I couldn't wait to come back home and see him. Things were rocky at the start for us, as it was his first serious relationship and he honestly had some growing up he needed to do. But eventually things smoothed out, and he's my best friend

megaroo42 · March 2017

What a great thread!

DH and I met in middle school when we were 12. We were friends all throughout the rest of our middle and high school years, and we started dating after I asked him to prom our senior year. That was 12 years ago, and we're excited for the next 12!

We had a long distance relationship in college (him in MI and me in MD) and then in grad school (him in VA and me in Philadelphia). After school, we even took jobs in different cities but we visited each other two weekends a month. In November 2011, DH proposed and we were married in May 2013. We bought our home, my maternal grandparent's house, in February 2015 and here we are!

Vamason89 · March 2017

My husband and I met the summer before our senior year of high school. We went to rival schools but only lived 10 minutes apart. We dated for a year and a half, got engagedduring our freshmen year of college, but broke up about 6 months later. He joined the military and went to basic. I was left putting myself together as a sophomore in college. Anyhow, after being broken up for 7 months, I went to visit him in Texas during tech school. We got back together and we're married 4 months later. This November will be our 7th wedding anniversary!

NatSprat0703 · March 2017

@PinkPrincessPiper this is a great idea!! These stories are so sweet, and some of them funny!!
@smallbutmighty77 that's so cool that you do trapeze!!
Sorry for the stupid long post, DH and I have a bit of a crazy story!
We met in high school, first hour of 9th grade. He instantly became one of my best friends. I dated multiple people in 9th and 10th grade, while now DH only dated a couple. At the end of 10th grade, I was at a local band concert with my boyfriend and a group of friends, including DH. The concert sucked and we decided to go mud riding in my boyfriend's car. My best girl friend and I sat in the trunk/cargo area of his suv (aka no seat belts). We did a donut and hit something, and both of our heads flew into the window. Of course my boyfriend took care of me and DH took care of our friend. I got insanely jealous of her all of a sudden. The feelings came out of nowhere to me, as I had always told people I would never date him, that was gross, we were just best friends, etc. So a month or so later I broke up with that BF and wrote DH a letter professing my feelings. We got engaged sophomore year of college and married right after I graduated in 2010.
We separated August 2011, and were divorced by March 2012. I wasn't happy, I realized I married him not knowing for sure I wanted to be with him, I was just scared of change, we grew apart and I just never saw it until I lived with hm. He was blindsided and hated me for my decision. We'd had a beagle for 2 years at this point, and neither of us could give her up so we rotated her weekly like a child lol. He dated people, I dated people. I went really wild and did some things I'm not proud of. He went out of state for some months for work. He would text me every now and then to check on the dog. He was lonely up there so the texts became more frequent and turned into normal, casual conversations. He made me laugh, would brighten my day, and just made me smile. When he returned home in May of 2013, he came to pick up the dog, and ended up spending like 3 hours on my back porch just talking. The rest was history after that. We got remarried Nov 2015, and have our first little one on the way!!

DeansGirl14 · March 2017

Fun thread!

We're a Match.com couple. However, we lived less than a mile apart on the same street, frequented a lot of the same bars, took the same running trail and did a lot of the same races. So why it took online dating for us to meet, who knows. I guess this city's too crowded.

Facebook told me today we became friends five years ago, lol. We were dating less than year before we talked marriage, got engaged about 15 months after that first date, and had a 1.5 year long engagement. Figured out the house arrangement and now a baby's on the way.

dma0389 · March 2017

DH and I met summer of 2003. DH was introduced to me by his cousin who is a best friend of mine. But the thing was, I was in Tallahassee,FL for college and DH lived in San Diego. It was a LDR for years until I moved to Los Angeles in 2006 for my 1st Big Girl Career! I moved back to Jax, FL (home) because my Dad got sick and was able to land a job with a Medical Device company in town so it was back to LDR. We got married October 2013 and DH moved to FL after the wedding. We had baby #1 (DS) October 2014 are expecting baby #2 this August. Maybe one day we'll head back to Southern California again...but for now FL is home esp since my babysitters are my parents who happen to be both retired (they retired when I had my son) so that's been really helpful for us.

knottie0d8cc4d43bacc09f · March 2017

Aww these are so sweet! I started tearing up at some stories...thanks, hormones.

DH and I met while I was studying abroad my junior year of college. I've probably mentioned a dozen times on this board that he's from France

My friends and I did some english tutoring at different colleges in the city to make money while we were over there. One girl was teaching at DH's school. His friends invited her and our group of friends to go out one night in the city. Not about to turn down a group of handsome Frenchmen, we accepted their invitation and all went out to a bar. DH sat next to me at the beginning of the night and didn't leave! He walked me home and we kissed outside my apartment.. I was smitten. We only dated 3 months before I had to go back to the U.S.. I honestly never thought we'd survive the long-distance, let alone be married with a baby on the way. We spent over a year apart while I finished senior year. After graduation, I found a job in France that would give me a visa, so I moved there to be with him. At the end of that year, he found a job here and the rest is history! Ahhh long distance... I feel like it makes me appreciate him so much more. We'd go up to 4-5 months without seeing each other, then have 2 weeks together. Even though he's been here a few years now, I still think back to those days of being apart and realize how lucky we are.

happylifex3 · March 2017

I love reading these!!!

DH and I were born in the same town in the same hospital in New York exactly 3 weeks apart. We lived less that five minutes away and didn't know it. When he was 13 he moved to Florida and two years later I moved thirty minutes away from him. When I was 17 I moved back to NY by myself and a few months later he did the same thing. There were SO MANY times that our paths crossed but we didn't know each other. There were parties that we both went to but weren't there at the same time. One I pulled into the driveway of, with him inside but it looked lame so I drove away. Another, I was walking to and saw the police pulling up so I left and that night he got stopped and his best friend got arrested.

When I was 18 I worked in a gas station. He came in with his friend that I went to high school with. He was flirting with me and asked if I wanted to come smoke after work. (We smoke a lot of weed at that time), but I had a not so serious boyfriend at the time so I turned him down but put his number in my phone any way just in case. After he left, I noticed a set of keys on the counter and wondered if they were his. I figured if they were that he'd come back so I put them in the lost and found. Every time I looked at those keys I thought of him and though to call and let him know they were there but too much time had passed so I didn't. (They ended up being his). Fast forward six months, my best friend and I who I was living with at the moment were trying to smoke but couldn't find anything anywhere. I went through every contact in my phone and he was the only person I hadn't called. So I called him. We picked him up and I couldn't get over how good he smelled. After we dropped him off, my best friend was convinced she knew him from somewhere. Turns out his mom and her mom are still best friends to this day. They used to bathe together as babies. When she told her mom, her mom said "Now THAT'S that kind of guy **my name** should end up with". So we hung out a lot and one day I came over and just never left. That was six years ago.

I always picture our paths almost crossing like on The Adjustment Bureau.

lewliv · March 2017

I'm not a very romantic person so, of course, destiny decided to give me a fairytale love story.

I met DH in a bar in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I'm Brazilian and DH was visiting his best friend that was doing a semester abroad in Rio. We were both in the same bar because of the same person. I stopped by on my way home to say hi to my best friend that worked there. DH's friend took DH there because he had a crush on my best friend.
I helped DH to order some food (he didn't understand the menu), he bought me a beer, we exchanged numbers and he asked me out the next day. We hang out for a few days, he came back to the US, and we talked on the phone for hours everyday. My English was terrible so it took a lot of time to have very short conversations. We met in March, he came back to Rio in July. I rented a house in a beautiful island and after a couple weeks he proposed. My parents are divorced and my father lived in a different state so he made DH go back to Brazil in October to get to know him. In January I moved to the US and we got married the day we met a year later.

kvh22 · March 2017

DH and I met in high school. He was friends with my brother and dated my best friend for a few months. After they broke up, we stayed friends but I had a huge crush on him. Apparently he felt the same but neither of us did anything until he and my brother were about to leave for college (my brother would not have been okay with us dating at the time). We both went all over the world after that for a few years but we became experts at the long distance thing and got to explore the world together which has been a huge blessing in our relationship. We got engaged soon after DH moved to CA after grad school to be closer to me. We had a long engagement but started thinking about kids pretty quickly after the wedding. This LO's due date is 2 days before our 12 year dating anniversary

Feliciosity · March 2017

DH and I have two different stories... only because I don't remember our first meeting.

We were first in the same room when I was in a rehearsal for a short play in college. I didn't know this at the time, but DH was a mutual friend of the director and one of the actors. Apparently he was there with a couple of other people watching our rehearsal to give feedback. I didn't notice, only because that was probably the most stressful production I was ever involved with as an actor. He, along with the rest of our guest did warm-ups with us. He was standing right next to me in that warm-up circle, looking at me a lot, thinking I was pretty. I never acknowledged him, poor guy. I was such a ball of anxiety, I couldn't see past my nose! We laugh about it now.

The first meeting for me was yet another play about 3 months later, only this time I was the stage manager and he was the actor. I was much more aware then, since stage managing is more of my element. I noticed him right away. The crush was instant. We ended up running in the same circle of friends after that. I knew he was the one, but I had to wait patiently for him to figure it out. Two years later he finally asks me out and the rest is history.

The wait was worth it, as I got a loving husband and a best friend all in one!

SouthernMama15 · March 2017

@LivLew that gave me chills. And your English is perfect!

Mango517 · March 2017

These are so cute!

H and I met in college. At a frat party for his frat.

It was the start my freshman year and I went out with some girls in my dorm, we were all standing around drinking cheap beer in this dirty ass frat living room when one of the girls grabbed my H and introduced him to all of us. The rest of the night he and I hung flirting and drinking. At the end of the night my friends had disappeared and he offered to walk me back to the dorm.

I was pretty drunk and could only hear my older sisters college warning ringing in my ear (never go anywhere with a guy you don't know). So I said no. He asked me why and my drunk butt could only respond with my truthful reasoning of "because you'll take advantage of me". He cracked up. Apparently that quip made him keep thinking about me.

Over the next month or so we'd run into each other at parties and would always end up spending time together. Eventually it organically progressed into dating.

I knew right away after meeting him that he was special because I couldn't stop thinking about him. That was completely different than anyone else I ever met before.

bumpybump · March 2017

Nothing exciting here so I'll keep it short and sweet. We met at work and dated long distance for a few months until I moved to the office where he was located. I was already scheduled to move there but played hard to get because I swore I wouldn't get in a relationship while in transition.

jaclynnn89 · March 2017

@PinkPrincessPiper such a great idea! It's so nice seeing everyone's stories!

@LivLew I love your story! When you know, you know and distance won't stop you!

DH and I met in the states. I was living in San Diego and he was traveling for several months before he went back to Australia. I went over to my good friends house for to watch the bachelor and he was there. One of her roommates had studied abroad in Australia and he was crashing on their couch for "2 or 3 weeks". I met him on I think his 3rd day there? He asked for my number saying he didn't know many people and asked me to lunch the next day but I declined. He was nice but he was traveling and not exactly my type (or so I thought) and I wasn't looking for a relationship, let alone a fling. The next night we both went to a group dinner and when everyone else was ready to go, we ended up staying out because neither of us were ready to call it a night. We had a much better time just the two of us and I told him he could crash at my place so he wouldn't have to go back and wake everyone up to get in the house. We ended up sitting up talking all night, completely ignoring the movie I'd put on or that I had work early the next day and we both knew there was something incredibly special there. Fast forward 3 months later, he never left San Diego other than going on trips with me, ended up living with me the entirity of his trip, and we started doing long distance for a while once he went back to Australia. That was obviously incredibly hard and we decided I would move for a year because Australias visa program is pretty flexible for Americans. I went to visit him for 6 weeks as a trial run just to make sure it would work in Australia and then came back home with a surprise, DD. We ended up doing long distance all through my 1st pregnancy (SO HARD) with several visits back and forth (any questions about flying while pregnant I have you covered) and had our daughter in the states since my insurance fully covered it. He was able to get a ton of time off work which was great (like 3 months) and we moved as a family to Sydney about a month after she was born. Flash forward a year and now we're onto baby #2. Looking back I have no idea how I didn't realize the person standing in front of me was my soulmate. He said he knew I was the girl for him from the get go because he didn't feel like he could be anything but honest about who he is with me, and I wasn't phased by an accent or his "Aussie charm". Guess I just need an extra few days to catch up, but it has been one of the best things to ever happen to me and truly has made me appreciate all that we have.

lewliv · March 2017

@jaclyngoldman Your story is awesome! Any time someone says that long distance relationships don't work I tell them that they do if you found the right person.
I had 6 flights scheduled throughout this pregnancy. I already cancelled 2 trips (asked coworkers to go instead). I'm going to Sydney at 24 wks. I've been to Hong Kong and Vietnam before so I have some idea of crazy long flights but nothing like 23hs! Tips are welcome! I'm a bit scared!

knottie0d8cc4d43bacc09f · March 2017

@LivLew @jaclyngoldman YAY for long distance love! I love defying the odds and having a story to tell

Plus all the people who told me long distance never works when I was dating DH can now go screw themselves.

Nxy · March 2017

All these super awesome love stories

I met DH in high school. We started dating... two years after we both graduated he decided to join the Air Force and he asked me to marry him. In his car. In the driveway. Of my parents house. Very romantic lol

smallbutmighty77 · March 2017

@Nxy how we met might be cute, but he asked me to marry him on 7-12 by saying ' 7 is your lucky number, 12 is mine...so?!?' and sliding the box across the couch. I looked at him like he was crazy. When he asked for an answer, I told him he hadn't asked me a damn question!! He then told me not to expect a birthday present since my bday was in 2days. Yeah, romance isn't his thing either.

imwithbaby · March 2017

@smallbutmighty77 lolololololol that's hilarious

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