So how did you meet your partner?

[JohnZ46]

I'm not proud of this fact but I met my partner at a "social club". It was love at first sight. We've been together ever since that night.

July 17 will be our 16 year anniversary.

When friends and family ask us how we met we tell them we met in a bar.

 

[ConcKahuna]

I'm not proud of this fact but I met my partner at a "social club". It was love at first... umm... sight. We've been together ever since that night.

July 17 will be our 16 year anniversary.

When friends and family ask us how we met we tell them we met in a bar.

Edited for being a wee bit too dirty

 

[jlewisinsyr]

Disney should not support that! Gross!

God, I love ignorance these days...

You don't deserve your ears...

 

[RickinNYC]

Darlin' you get one warning, this is it!

Oops. Didn't see this otherwise wouldn't have done what I just did. My bad.

 

[OrlandoMike]

Ohhh Now we know!

Mom gives warnings, Dad cracks the whip!

Whip it! Whip it good!

 

[ConcKahuna]

Ohhh Now we know!

Mom gives warnings, Dad cracks the whip!

Whip it! Whip it good!

 

[I<3EvilQueen]

At least I guess that lets you skip guessing if they'll "measure up"

OMG... I totally spewed out my Coke Zero when I read that... I was laughing so hard. My co-workers already think I am weird so no loss there

 

[padalyn]

OMG... I totally spewed out my Coke Zero when I read that... I was laughing so hard. My co-workers already think I am weird so no loss there

Oh my speaking of spewing beverages...I will tell our story... I am sure that Tiggr33 has a slightly different version but I still think it is pretty neat!

I had been involved with every psychobi_ _ _ in NJ. I have had each of them follow me around at some point. So, after 7 years of craziness I swore off dating for a while. A long while. I had forgotten that I had an ad out on Yahoo. Then, I got the little email that someone was interested. The come-on line was one I had to follow up on.

I had posted pictures that were taken at WDW. One with Goofy statue in MK, one with Piglet from DD, and another in front of the leggo people. So, Tiggr33 told me she could name every location. She did (almost) they had moved the Piglet statue so she was wrong with that one - but I gave it to her anyway.

We started exchanging email, and then she was on the Wonder. So, we started IMing <is that even a word???>. I got to telling her dirty jokes via IM - she was giggling so hard and flat out laughing that she covered the monitor in beverage (beer I think!). After she couldn't stop laughing any longer we had to sign off for the night, she was getting off the ship the next day and we had been IMing (there is that almost word again) for 4 days. Her mother had no idea what was going on - I love her mom, but sometimes she just doesn't see what is right in front of her!!

Tiggr33 was very nervous about telling mom what was really going on - she hadn't come out at that point. We met in person about a month later after they came home from WDW. Since I work nights and she days - this made for some time conflicts. We spent a lot more time on the internet, email, IM etc. Then mom had to back out of a 4 day cruise in Jan. I volunteered to take the cruise (what a hardship...hmm?).

We were not dating - I was still on hiatus. Not really wanting to date - plus I had the silly hangup of her not being the perfect match that I thought I was looking for!

After a very physically frustrating cruise and trip to WDW we came home -we had a blast, but never even touched each other....now I am confused - is she not interested?? Have I blown this one??? am I interested??? oh the confusion.

I was talking to a good friend - who told me "just jump her - then you will know" I didn't take his advice - should have...oh well.

On Valentine's Day - I finally did - we have been together as a WE since 2/14/2004. 3 years and counting.

She did finally come out to mom -who said "what was the problem? Are you happy? And Cayla is GAY?????"

In May of this year - I took the 14 day cruise with mom, and we did fine - the three of us travel toether a lot and we all LOVE the mouse!

 

[tiggr33]

OH YES, my version is different in a certain areas.

Did you forget you told me you weren't interested in me, that you just wanted to be friends. And that I wasn't your type?

Her conversation with her friend to just jump me...It was right after the cruise during a couple day stay at WDW. While we were eating dinner at O'hanas and she took a call on her cel phone. (mind you phones while eating are a pet peeve of mine). Not only did she take the call, she without saying a word to me, walked out of O'hana's to chat on the phone. I was PO'd. How rude, I thought. She was gone 20 minutes. I didn't say a word to her when she got back.

I did spit beer out my nose (bass ale actually) on a monitor on DCL. I did clean it up too.

Actually your pictures were; Goofy on the bench outside Tonys/Expo Hall, Piglet; and one with Pooh in Cyrstal Palace. I never saw the lego people one.

I was at WDW for a week before a cruise for the F&W festival. We IM'd/emailed 14 days before talking on the phone. We started IM'ing in Oct. met in Nov., and Cayla didnt come to her senses until Feb.

 

[easleygrls]

At the risk of being branded a lesbian cliche, we met at UPS.

Back in the day (this was '93) if you were going to load packages in the big tractor-trailers, you had to watch endless videos about making sure your walls of boxes were "level, flush, and tight". Picture playing Tetris, only in 3-D with really heavy pieces. Anyway, DP was loading a trailer one night when I poked my head in and said "Looks good. Level, flush & tight." Oh, and the wall doesn't look too bad either!"

After all these years I still haven't been able to live that one down.

 

[MickeyDee]

My gf and I met online. There used to be this webchat site and I was in the lesbian chatroom when this picture scrolled by of this gorgeous girl and she had the funniest tagline - "Que pasta? Not a lotta macaroni". Funny how I still remember that. I became smitten instantly and totally fell a week or two later when we talked on the phone for the first time. We met in person about 4 months later. That was almost 9 years ago!

 

[Hedy]

At the risk of being branded a lesbian cliche, we met at UPS.

Back in the day (this was '93) if you were going to load packages in the big tractor-trailers, you had to watch endless videos about making sure your walls of boxes were "level, flush, and tight". Picture playing Tetris, only in 3-D with really heavy pieces. Anyway, DP was loading a trailer one night when I poked my head in and said "Looks good. Level, flush & tight." Oh, and the wall doesn't look too bad either!"

After all these years I still haven't been able to live that one down.

That's an awardwinner, there.

 

[BigTiggerGuy]

Paul and I met at work. I was working in VIP and he was transferred into the department. I knew at first sight that he was the one for me. We hung out in group settings for months and months(he usually dated guys who weren't very sociable and acted rather miserable) and finally one night I had enough. I blurted out, "I would never treat you that way." The look on his face told me right away that he was interested. We went on our first date the next night and he told me he had a crush on me since day one but he thought I was sleeping with all of the women in the department(in his defense, I am a huge flirt and rarely miss an opportunity to do so.......though I have worked on this bad trait extensively over the last few years! ) Anyway, 9 years later we are still going strong. Not very exciting but it works for me!

 

[hematite153]

Hello all. I've been away for the past month and this was a lovely thread for catching up. What beautiful (and humourous, etc) stories!

I also (like odd1) met my DW at church.

We both moved here, independently, in 1999 and began attending the same church during the same month. We have rather similar names and people kept mixing us up which was confusing for me until I met her and figured out where it was coming from. However, she came with a partner and we tended to run in different circles.

So, 2002 rolls around and we know each other and attend the same church and many functions but that's about it. She breaks up with her ex and starts becoming more sociable with a wider range of people at church--including me. Apparently, I was getting sized up for a possible come-on but I was oblivious to it.

March 2003--first date. Believe it or not, this was the first time I had said 'yes' when someone asked me out. She says, "God is on my side!"

July 2003 we had a discussion about living together after my roommate (a friend who'd moved in for 4 months in the summer) said to me, "you're a great friend and I like spending time with you, but I don't live with you--you're never here!" Upon reflection I realized that I was staying at her place even when she was out of town. So, I gave notice on my place and officially moved in for Sept.

We got married in Aug. 2004 and look forward to the day when we can join those of you talking about 10+ and 20+ years together.

 

[MonorailMan]

I uhh....I....um....er......I......
I don't have a partner.

*sobs*

 

[I<3EvilQueen]

Me either. So guess I'll play the field till Prince Charming arrives. *checks watch* He's late.

 

[MonorailMan]

My "Prince Charming" wound up being "Prince Lying BoneHead". Just an FYI.....be careful out there.

 

[I<3EvilQueen]

My "Prince Charming" wound up being "Prince Lying BoneHead". Just an FYI.....be careful out there.

Funny that about Princes. Mine wasn't too far off that same mark ;-)

 

[TuckandStuiesMom]

Oh Guys -- There's a saying about having to kiss a whole lotta frogs... When it's right, it'll happen for you, I'm sure.

 

[rpmdfw]

How did I meet my partner? We met at Disney World, of course!

Once upon a time . . . I had planned an getting a large group of friends together for Gay Day 2003. Since I'd also convinced my family to take a trip to WDW in March of 2003 to celebrate Mom & Dad's 35th Anniversary, I bought an annual pass for both trips.

Well, due to lots of unforseen circumstances, my friends cancelled on me one by one. I was bummed, but determined that I was going to use that annual pass, and I was going to Gay Days by myself! So I went to gayday.com and started participating in their discussion forum and weekly online chats. I met a group of people who were going to meet up to hang out together in a "no pressure" type situation. Nobody looking to hook up, just a group of new friends hitting the parks together instead of as individual couples or as singles (there were more couples, though).

We chatted together, and had a great time. Those of us staying at the Carribean Beach Resort even discussed which buildings would be best, and requested Building 45.

I was looking forward to having a great time and meeting some new friends. I WAS NOT looking to meet anyone for anything more than park hopping.

Then I met Scott. He was one of the guys in building 45, and I met him at Pleasure Island at a gayday.com forum mixer. We hit it off immediately, and because we were in the same building, we decided to meet for breakfast the next morning before meeting up with the others at the park. We've been together ever since. That night, on what we consider our "first date" (The date we mark for our anniversary), we went to the Adventurers Club. The first drink he ever bought me was a Kungaloosh. That night we shared our first kiss on the streets of Pleasure Island.

Scott was living in L.A. and I was in Dallas. We did the long distance thing for a while, and visited each other. I didn't want to live in L.A. and he wasn't wild about moving to Dallas. We finally agreed that we could both persue our careers in Orlando, and by Gay Day 2004 we were living in an Orlando apartment while our house was being built in Winderemere/Ocoee (and delayed repeatedly by Hurricanes Charlie, Frances, and Jean). And we get to go back to Pleasure Island every week and are regulars at the Adventurers Club

So that's the Fairy Tale. I met Prince Charming at Disney World. And as we celebrated our 4th anniversary and 5th Gay Days together this year, we met with a Disney Fairy Tale Wedding coordinator and booked our Commitment Ceremony for September 2008 (well, tentatively booked it, anyway. Can't actually hold the space until a year out)

And we lived happily ever after . . .

Not the end.