Where did you meet?

[DisneyJules]

Hey! I met this great guy yesterday which has led to this post. Where did you meet your SO/spouse? Let's hear your great stories.

 

[jx3smom]

We met at the now torn down Atlantis Casino in Atlantic City. I was a security guard and he worked in the casino cage. We started dating after dancing at the Christmas party.

 

[Lynn CC]

High School. DH and I are high school sweethearts. We were married 21 years in March. We grew up together and look forward to growing old together.
He asked me to renew our marriage vows at Disney on our 25th.

 

[vald1977]

We met at a club which is pretty funny since I am so NOT a club person. I was with a friend and dh was also a friend to my friend. I guess it pays to be dragged out once in a while to places you normally wouldn't go .

 

[DisneyJules]

Lynn CC, that' so sweet, you're going to bring tears to my eyes. Coming from a broken home it's so nice to see that some marriages work out so well. Maybe I shouldn't say anything because I just met him but I met this great guy while filming yesterday I was PA'ing and he was a grip.

 

[grinningghost]

He was the new guy at work and the very first time I worked with him I told my manager to never schedule me with that jerk again. That was 1986 and we're still together.

 

[tc]

We knew each other in high school, but didn't date. He was a jock, and I was a band nerd, those two crowds did not mix. Starting hanging out the summer after we graduated, just friends. Started actually dating in the late fall/winter. He told me he loved me early December (caught me off guard; I'd been in love with him for months, but didn't think he felt the same way), we were engaged on Valentine's Day and married in May. We just celebrated our 23rd anniversary. It pays to become good friends first, we've never lost that best friend feeling, we just added love, lover, mate, and spouse to it.

 

[DisneyJules]

Kelli, I couldn't agree more. I'm 19, believe it or not I haven't dated anyone. I wasn't willing to settle for just anyone, I'm not saying that I'd marry the first one that comes along either. So with this one, I just wanna take it slow, be good friends and get to know each other, I see my girlfriends rushing into things I have to ask, what's the rush?

 

[Tony-NJ]

an award ceremony.

 

[Meriweather]

We also started dating in high school
But we went to the same junior high school too.......just didn't hang around together.
We will have been married for 29 years in June

 

[caitycaity]

in college: i was on the board of college democrats; he was the editor in chief of the campus conservative paper and i told him he misquoted me.

 

[Meriweather]

Originally posted by DisneyJules
Kelli, I couldn't agree more. I'm 19, believe it or not I haven't dated anyone. I wasn't willing to settle for just anyone, I'm not saying that I'd marry the first one that comes along either. So with this one, I just wanna take it slow, be good friends and get to know each other, I see my girlfriends rushing into things I have to ask, what's the rush?

Good for you!
My DD is 20 and hasn't dated anyone either.
She has lots of male friends ....so we'll see

 

[DisneyJules]

It's good to hear I'm not the only one People always make it sound like somethings wrong with you for being 19 or 20 and not having dated, what's the big deal?

 

[CamColt]

We met at a bar. After meeting once and talking a bit, then seeing each other at the same place 2 more times, we finally exchanged numbers.

 

[JESW]

To start offf, I never dated much either. A few guys here and there but nothing serious. I was the type who was better being a "buddy" than a girlfriend.

Anyhow..I met my DH at work. He came in to do contract work with a co-workers bf. DH ended up getting hired. We would all go out to lunch together and that's how we got to know one another. We were both 26 and at that time spent A LOT of time at work so we saw a lot of each other. Started out as friends and then got more serious. We started dating in March of 1986, moved in together December of 1986 and got married June of 1987. This year we will be celebrating our 16th anniversary at Disney with our two kids (DS8 & DD4). We will be doing the re-hitching ceremony at The Garden Grill.

I NEVER thought I would have the life I have now. I would get very depressed when younger when I saw my friends all out dating. But I have been so fortunate. I am still so much in love with my DH as when we first met - actually, even more. We were blessed, even later in life (mid 30's) to have our two kids. I never take it all for granted.

Good luck to you with the new guy! You just never know!

Jill

 

[addicted_to_WDW]

We met at work. He was management, I wasn't. He's 11 years older than I am, and no matter how much I flirted he thought I was "just being nice to the old guy." I finally invited him to see U2 with me, and he STILL thought I just wanted to be friends.

I ended up throwing myself at him at a party and the rest is history. We've been married for 10 years.

 

[Towncrier]

We met at my dad's church on Christmas Eve. We spied each other and made every excuse to meet after the service. Sue tells me that it was "love at first sight" because the very next day she told her best friend that she had just met the guy she was going to marry. BTW - Sue was 24yo and had never dated.

Being the shy type, I asked my mom to ask Sue's mom if she was "available". Our mothers conspired and I was put in the awkward position of asking Sue out on a date. Since that first date, you can count the number of days that we haven't spoken to each other either on the phone or in person on one hand. And have fingers left over. She is my soulmate. My best friend. My life partner. My lover. My life started the day that I met her.

 

[Kirby]

On a blind date. We dated for four years and will celebrate our 22nd anniversary next month.

 

[dizneenut]

We met our senior year of high school. We had our first 2 classes together.

 

[ltldeb]

DH and I were working for the same company in the same department. One day we were having a very stressful day in the department and he said "Why don't you take me out tonight?" Well, knowing he had a wife, I replied with "And how would your wife feel about that?" To which he replied, "You could call her and ask, she moved out 2 months ago." Boy did I feel like a heel for not knowing this. So, we went out and have been together ever since. That was February of 1986.