Do you remember the first time you met your spouse/partner?

[Dan Murphy]

Keith drunk??

I first met Marie 42 years ago, back in 1966, at a company with both worked at. I noticed her. I finally asked her out for a date, skiing also, Buck, in January of 1968, to which I received a big NO. I pursued Marie for 11 months, at work when I could, and on the phone at night. We wound up having pretty routine phone conversations, 3 or 4 nights a week, average of 4 hours a night. (No cell phones, email, Internet, IM, text, etc.) We both lived at home with our parents.

Finally, and after literally praying for success (honestly, to St Jude), I was able to get her to go out with me, to morning Mass, on Thanksgiving Day of 1968. Next date was Christmas Eve, and have been together ever since. Married, September 11th, 1971, 37th anniversary in a week.

And, Buck, we have never been skiing either, nor I since.

 

[MomofKatie]

I met DH at the mall food court (how 80's!!). I was having lunch with one of my best friends from my sorority in college, and DH walked by. She saw him, and waved him over- she hadn't seen him since they graduated from the same HS 6 years earlier. They sat and talked, ignoring me, for about 10 minutes. My friend finally introduced us, and DH mumbled hello, glanced my way for a second or so, then went right back to talking with her.

I worked at the mall, and I had to get back, so I excused myself and left. A few days later, I saw DH again- he worked at the store right under mine. We waved at each other in passing for the next 6 months, occasionally talking briefly (mostly about what our mutual friend was up to). I figured he wanted to go out with her. One night, he called my store and asked if I wanted to go out for a drink after work. I said OK, although I was surprised he asked me out, since I was sure he liked my friend. Turns out, he liked me right away, but took 6 months to work up the courage to ask me out (he said all I ever did was talk about my friend when he tried to chat me up).

9 months after that first date, we were engaged, and 9 months after that, married. Our 17th anniversary is this month, and we are still good friends with the girl who introduced us.

 

[singingpixie]

What's funny is, I actually don't. We probably met in the student lounge at college, where I was a student and he was a staff member in the scene shop. I was dating someone at the time. We had the same mutual group of friends, so saw each other a couple times a month for the next five years, at various group gatherings. I eventually broke up with the guy I was dating when we met, and dated another guy for a few months, before I ever had an inkling that he saw me as anything more than a friend. Apparently he'd had a thing for me for years, but I was always seeing someone.

I do remember the moment I wanted to be more than friends with him though- I was moving into my current apartment, and he was helping us move. He ended up having to work late (as in, into the wee hours), so we packed the truck overnight, and it was daylight by the time we dropped it off. There was this completely exhausted, groggy hug before he went home to sleep a bit (we were unloading after work that afternoon) that just felt really right- it's hard to explain. I didn't want to let go.

The following weekend we started dating... we'll see how it goes, but I have a very good feeling.

It's funny how in so many of the cases, the guys knew first- I think it's that way with most of my real life friends too.

 

[candykisses]

I remember, it was 30 years ago.

We were at a meeting and he was sitting two rows behind me. During the meeting I could tell someone was watching me, so I looked around and saw him.

After the meeting I left with my friends. Two days later he asked me out. I asked him why he staring at the meeting and he said he was trying to see if I was wearing a wedding ring. Then he smiled and said that he told his friends that night he was going to marry me. He is a man of his word.

 

[Buckalew11]

Keith drunk??

I first met Marie 42 years ago, back in 1966, at a company with both worked at. I noticed her. I finally asked her out for a date, skiing also, Buck, in January of 1968, to which I received a big NO. I pursued Marie for 11 months, at work when I could, and on the phone at night. We wound up having pretty routine phone conversations, 3 or 4 nights a week, average of 4 hours a night. (No cell phones, email, Internet, IM, text, etc.) We both lived at home with our parents.

Finally, and after literally praying for success (honestly, to St Jude), I was able to get her to go out with me, to morning Mass, on Thanksgiving Day of 1968. Next date was Christmas Eve, and have been together ever since. Married, September 11th, 1971, 37th anniversary in a week.

And, Buck, we have never been skiing either, nor I since.

Really?!! Skiing too? that is so funny, Dan!

Did I say "drunk"? I meant to say "a little too much to drink " In college other guys stored their beer in HIS fridge. Imagine that.

I gave Keith his ring back 2 times so he ended up asking 3 times. He was as persistant as you were! So, did Marie break your engagement also? I doubt it. I really had the families SCARED.

 

[sharlon]

October 7, 1989 It was my sophomore year of college at Auburn University, and I had driven home to Atlanta for the weekend. A friend of mine from high school was in a fraternity at Georgia Tech and invited me to a party. The theme was a boxer short party (remember those?). All of my boxers were at school, so I dug out a pair of University of Georgia boxers with little bulldog head on them and marked out all of the dogs. I was sitting on the front porch when a very attractive and slightly drunk guy in a tuxedo minus the pants walked up and said "Hey, Nice Boxers!" I kissed him that night, and knew within a month of dating long distance that he was the one. We got married May of 1993.
BTW, he told me later that he was just looking to get lucky. I guess he did.

 

[pixie dust 112]

I met DH in 1972. We were in the same 5th grade class! We held off until 10th grade to start dating though!

 

[phorsenuf]

DH and a bunch of his buddies crashed my birthday party 14 years and 6 days ago. We've been married for 13 years.

Same here! It was my 18th birthday and me and 3 other girls were up at a cabin celebrating. The girl whose family owned the cabin, boyfriend and some of his friends decided to crash it at 2 in the morning! I was engaged at the time so I wasn't interested (but he sure was cute). We met a again a few months later and then he started coming into the bank where I worked. It was funny because I'd hurry through my transaction because he would be next in line but when my window opened he'd let his friend behind him go.
Finally I called him up one night and asked him to a a bar with a bunch of us. A few weeks after that I broke off my engagement.
We just celebrated 25 years of marriage!

 

[Disney Doll]

It's funny how in so many of the cases, the guys knew first- I think it's that way with most of my real life friends too.

I agree!!!

My DH says that the minute he met me he knew we'd be married.

I liked him...thought he was nice, polite and funny, but I cannot say that it was love at first sight.

 

[smartestnumber5]

Yep. It was only 3.5 years ago, so I do remember it pretty well. GF was moving to town and came to visit/find an apartment along with her roommate. Said roommate, J, was dating a friend of mine, E, and GF and the roommate were staying at my friend's apartment.

My group of friends also decided to have a crazy party that weekend which involved a lot of silly decorations made with spray paint. My roommate and I and some friends were using our apartment as home base for making the decorations and Jane, Sally, and GF came over. It was about March 26th 2006.

Actually it was kind of amusing that GF and I ended up together. A few weeks before GF and J visited, E informed our group of friends that GF was "lookin for a woman" . E thought that my roommate at the time could be a good match for GF because they both liked board games and she informed them both of this possible match. Well it didn't take either my roommate or GF to realize there was no match there. But GF and I hit it off right away.

We've always teased E asking her how it is that it never even occurred to her that I might be the woman GF was looking for.

 

[Stacerita]

No, we met when we were kids. I do remember when I first really "saw" him as something other than the friend's of my parents kid.

 

[jimmiej]

We met in Jr. High School. We went steady all through Jr. High & High school. We married while I was in college. We celebrated our 27th wedding anniversary back in July.

 

[Just Jan]

Oh I remember!
One of my girlfriends asked me to waitress a wedding with her and her sister. I arrived at the club before they did. I went to the kitchen to introduce myself. The kitchen staff is all volunteer as it is a club. I entered the kitchen and said, "Hii I'm Jan,.......... yada,yada"
The 'crew cheif' was a bit of a joker and a wise guy and said, "Hi Jan where's my kiss?"
Well. I laughed and said "I'm not kissing you!!!"
From that day we were friends for many years. and every time we worked together he would say," Hi Jan, where's my kiss."
I gave him that kiss one night and he was stunned! We have been together for eight years.

 

[tigercat]

My dh worked for my Dad's business. I had to work in the plant as soon as I finished school. I was 17. He kept watching me but never said anything. One night when everyone else was on vacation my dbil (who also worked there) told my dh that he should take me out for dinner as the rest of my family was gone. He did. We have been together ever since. That was in July of 73, we married in Oct 74. We will be married 34 yrs this Oct.
Catherine

 

[TrixieBel]

Yep. My girlfriend asked him and me to lunch with her - becaue he'd asked her out and she already had a boyfriend and wanted me to tell her what to do... We were 17yrs old. At the end of the lunch he left and I told her that if she didn't want him I'd have him!!!!

She decided not to go out with him but stayed friends and we all ended up sharing a house as housemates/flatmates a couple of years later. At the END of that year in the shared house we got together...

Our 20th wedding anniversary was yesterday!

 

[John VN]

My answer is no because it was 53 years ago this week in First Grade that we technically met. No self respecting boy at that age, in those days, would even take a second look at a girl.

Spent our 35 anniversary at WDW a couple months ago and getting ready to head over for her birthday this weekend.

 

[mickeyboat]

We met on the first day of school in 8th grade gym class.

 

[Stitchfans]

Yes, I remember. We were both driving school buses. We met after morning routes in a restaurant that all the drivers went to for breakfast. We became friends first then later fell in love.

 

[RickinNYC]

Yup. I was a bar in Greenwich Village called Uncle Charlies and Joe actually met my roommate at the time. We were introduced and became "bar friends" afterwards. Whenever I went out for the year following, I kept bumping into him and we'd say hello and chat briefly.

One evening, we chatted and started talking about books. I had admitted I hadn't read much in terms of "gay fiction." Was never my thing. I always looked at the genre as "chick books" but with guys. Yuck. Couple of days later, he had sent a large box of novels (he worked in publishing at the time) with little Post-Its attached with his opinions or reviews. I called him, told him I'd like to buy him a drink as a thank you.

I had absolutely no interest at all in him romantically, hence I had intended to keep it to just a drink over happy hour. Drinks led to dinner. By the end of dinner, I knew I liked him.

This coming October will be 18 years together.

And I still hate gay fiction by the way. Gimme horror/thriller/action/mystery novels any day. Man books.

 

[Planogirl]

We met in a bar.

We worked for the same company and there was a regular hangout just across the street from the building. (Think Phil's on Murphy Brown.) Some of my friends knew some of his friends and the rest is history.