Where/how did you meet your spouse?

[tvguy]

At work, 32 years ago. Been married 28 years.

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Short version, we were pen pals during the Gulf War.

Since I love our story, here is the long version (if yo uwant to read it)...

When I was 15 I was at church youth group. We were at our minister's house and watching the Gulf War begin on TV. A former member of the church was over there and many of the kids knew him and decided to write to him. I was new to the church and didn't know him, but decided to write a little message of good luck to him anyway. The letters were mailed off and of all of us (those who knew him and me) only I got a letter back. He wrote to me because he said he liked my handwriting. Well, we became pen pals over the months he was in the war. I wrote him all the time, though many of the letters never got to him as he was on the front lines, and when he could he wrote me back. I thought he was funny and sweet but wasn't interested in anything but a friendship. He called me from Saudi Arabia (at $3 a minute) and I was at school and he spoke with my grandma who fell in love with him (for me.) I got home from school and she couldn't stop talking about how perfect he was. (It kind of annoyed me because I had just been asked out by this really great looking guy but they wouldn't let me go cause he was 19 and here this guy was 19 and they were all for me dating him.)

Anyway, we continued to write after the war was over and he went back to Germany, then when he came home on leave I surprised him at the airport (along with some frineds from youth group.) He was very surprised we were there and hugged everyone but me, he shook my hand. No biggie, I wasn't interested. I wasn't in church the next week, but the next week I was and said hello, my grandma asked him to go to a baseball game with us after church. He accepted. We had fun but that was it. On the way home they asked him if he'd like to go to Cedar Point with us the next day. That was it. A whole day with him and I was hooked. He was (and is) so funny and charming and just the best person I have ever known. By lunch I was in love , smooching in the lines and thinking he was the one for me.

Funny thing, I was not at all attracted to him. I have always liked a big guy, give me the Vince Vaughn type anyway. He was so skinny and scrawny, I loved him but not so much the way he looked. And he smelled awful. I know, that sounds bad. But he was in the Gulf for 9 months and got 1 shower so he over used cologne and when he got back he still overused it. Anyway, that was all just becaue of the war. When he came back 6 months later he smelled great and had put some meat on his bones.

Anyway, we spent 2 wonderful weeks together before he was off again to Germany. I wouldn't see him again for 6 months. We wrote PILES of letters, literally we wrote to each other every day and we'd talk every once in a while. One night he called me and we spoke for 9.5 hours! FROM GERMANY!!! The phone bill was over $1000. AT&T called my grandma and told her the had made a mistake but the bill was already mailed out but they were reversing it, not to panic. She asked them waht the mistake was and told them it was not a mistake and it would be paid for by the 2 of us. That is when I got my first job! I, to this day, say that it ws well worth every penny, he bought my engagement ring the next day.

So he came back that Christmas, we had 2 amazing weeks together, we got engaged and set a wedding date. He came back one more time before getting stationed in Arizona, so much easier to visit. Over the next year and a half I went there 3 times he came home I think once. We spent a total of under 2 months together before we got married. He came home in June 1993 to see me graduate from HS and get married.

People were taking bets at our wedding how long it would last. We have been married for 17 amazing years. I don't think getting married so young is for everyone, but when you meet someone as amazing as my DH, you don't let him go cause someone else will snatch him up!

And that's the long version...

 

[rodeo65]

Telepersonals...precursor to the ever popular internet dating sites.

He responded to my ad - twice. The first time we chatted a few times, but were both dating several others. The second time he didn't seem to remember me, but I remembered him from his ad - something about german shepherds, poodles and exotic restaurant scraps.

We almost stood each other up the next day to meet for coffee. He had a flat and a flat spare so decided to skip it, then went in and sat down for a bit and decided to call a cab. I had been on three dates with three different guys that weekend and just was NOT into it. I had decided to not show. Finally 15 minutes before our scheduled date, something told me to go anyway and ended up being 20 minutes late. He was still waiting. We were both ready to give up the marathon dating but we've both said if we had met a year earlier it would not have worked. We used to frequent the same places but had never met each other. Timing plays a big role, I think.

We've been together for 16 years and Oct 10 will be our 12th anniversary.

 

[SKWDW]

DH and I worked at the same place in different departments. I miss working at the same place and knowing all the same people.

Same story for us...on both counts.

 

[clh2]

I reluctantly went on a blind date.

He asked me to marry him 3 months later.

We were married the following year, and have now been married 20 years.

 

[nskjerven]

I will be the first In a Bar

To be honest, it was through mutual friends, but it was in a bar.

I'm really the first IN A BAR - no mutual friends - I just hit on a cute guy.

I suggested thumb wrestling and the loser buys the winner dinner (sure thing either way) LOL

I won - and cheated had dinner a few days later - at the door he said "I thought you were blonder" ( and I never let him forget it

Married for 14 years this November been together for 19 years

We're still in love

 

[palmtreegirl]

A restaurant bar on Comedy night.

 

[cassiez76]

yahoo messenger. back in '03 you could search profiles and he just IM'd me with are ya busy? it was just so different than all the other weird chat messages i'd get that i started talking immediately. we'd chat every afternoon while i was at work bored.

i made him wait a month before i met him. in public at a hospital. he worked there actually. i'd visit him all the time when he was at the hospital and then katrina hit.

i ended up in shreveport and he was in houston. our houses both ended up being ok and we were home in mid-oct '05. we hit a little bit of a rocky time after the hurricane, but in jan. '06 it all just fell into place.

we were married on 07/07/07 and have a 21 month old son.

 

[jsmith]

He sat two people in front of me in HS algebra-i thought he was the biggest dork EVER. Fast forward 4 year-a friend of mine was dating his friend-they were having a meet up at a bar and because if was the kind of bar where rodeo cowboys hung out there was safety in numbers-guys were already there so Lynn talked me in to going with her so she wouldnt be a single woman walking in alone. My big dork was there-we were engaged 6 months later and married just over a year later-married 27 years ago-two great kids-one of whom also married a girl he met in High school.

 

[ilovepcot]

I met my DH through my first husband. Yep. They worked together and were very good friends. What transpired from the time we met until we were married *ain't purdy* and it was a long hard road to go down. After 35 years, we're both considered the black sheep on both sides of the family and we don't discuss this AT ALL....even after all this time. After all the turmoil we caused and endured, I can truly say this: It was worth it!!!!

 

[southern_redhead]

I was dating a guy I was sure was "the one". I had gone to visit a friend and her new boyfriend was there. Everytime I turned around he was staring at me, I wondered what his problem was. Shortly after that Mr. Right dumped me and it was UGLY (like I went to bed, refused to shower LOL) and my friend and her boyfriend started coming and hauling me out of the house. Then HE started coming alone to haul me out of the house. I wasn't interested in him in the least so I never thought about it being an issue but my friend did - she dumped us both. We spent two years as friends, mostly with him listening to me bemoan my ex (he even tried to get us back together to make me happy.) A few times he would say "I'd go out with you" or "I'll buy you dinner -it'll be a DATE" but I always laughed it off. Then one night we had been to watch the Tyson/Holyfield fight with friends and my ex was there with his girlfriend I was not a happy camper but the whole evening I chewed on the fact that this guy had been perfectly happy for two years and had probably not given me a second thought. Then I stewed about how miserable I had been. When DH brought me home I said "What would you do if I kissed you?" and he just shrugged........so I kissed him. And that was that. Six months later we were married, 18 months after that we had a baby. Then another and another Now we are coming up on our 13 year anniversary!

 

[MerMom60_94]

Well, he's not my spouse yet, but I'll share anyway We met online through OKCupid. I had almost given up on online dating, and then he came along. We've been together since August of 2008, and engaged for a grand total of 2 weeks now!

My parents met on a blind date.

Congratulations on your engagement!

When I was first out of high school I worked the night shift at Mister Donuts. DH and his coworker worked as night custodians at a local school. They would come in every night for their coffee. I didn't pay that much attention although I recognized them whenever they came in but one night his coworker came back later in the evening without him. He explained to me DH had a major crush on me but was too shy to do anything about it. At the time, my parents were sitting at the counter drinking coffee and they piped right up and said I was the last one at home and if they married me off they'd be home free. The three of them worked the whole thing out and DH and I didn't know what hit us. The next thing we knew we were out on a date. He was extremely shy and it took a while for things to develop between us but we kept going out once in awhile and eventually I realized he was a great guy and we got serious. Friday will be our 27th anniversary.

 

[scrapquitler]

I met my DH at a fraternity party the second week of college (25 years ago this month!) Well, at least that's what we think...we remember meeting each other at an event the week after that and realizing that we had already met, but neither of us can remember exactly where . We were friends from then on, started dating in February a few times, then were just friends until the following February. He's been stuck with me ever since

 

[Liberty Belle]

I met my husband at a pub.

My friend and I decided to go out and we hadn't been out together in many months. We went to this Irish pub and were sitting having a drink when I glanced up at the bar and saw a guy standing up there smiling at me. Next thing I know, he and his friends are asking to sit with us. We hit it off pretty quickly and my friend was having a party the next weekend, so she gave one of his friends directions so they could come.

Well, I failed to give my husband my phone number and his friend who got directions was out of town the next weekend!

Months passed, and the same friend and I decided to go out again, to that same pub. We saw one of his friends there and I asked him to have the guy (my now husband) call me. He did the next day and we started dating immediately and were not apart one day until we got married six months later!

Come to find out, my husband saw me at the pub, wanted to meet me but thought I wouldn't talk to him because I had my friend with me, so he called two of his friends and bribed them (said he'd buy their beer that night) if they came out to the pub right away. The rest is history. We've been married for 18 years now.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Congratulations on your engagement!

When I was first out of high school I worked the night shift at Mister Donuts. DH and his coworker worked as night custodians at a local school. They would come in every night for their coffee. I didn't pay that much attention although I recognized them whenever they came in but one night his coworker came back later in the evening without him. He explained to me DH had a major crush on me but was too shy to do anything about it. At the time, my parents were sitting at the counter drinking coffee and they piped right up and said I was the last one at home and if they married me off they'd be home free. The three of them worked the whole thing out and DH and I didn't know what hit us. The next thing we knew we were out on a date. He was extremely shy and it took a while for things to develop between us but we kept going out once in awhile and eventually I realized he was a great guy and we got serious. Friday will be our 27th anniversary.

That's an excellent story!

 

[1stluvispooh]

Love the stories. Several years ago I had a group of girl friends over and we went around the table and said how we meet our husbands. It was fun.

Here is my story: I had just broken up with a guy. It was one of those break ups that you knew was going to happen and how it was going to happen but you go ahead with the relationship anyway. So I was talking to a friend who happened to be 12 years older than me, married and a mom, everything I wanted, and I was bemoaning the fact that I was so stupid to get in that relationship to begin with. She said that she thought I should start dating again right away and oh by the way her hubby works with this guy who's your age. He's not married and in fact lives over there (we were talking in her car sitting in the rec center parking lot) in the old folks home. Yes a 26 year old guy living in a retirement community as a temporary renter. She said he was real nice and so is his family, she had meet them. She asked if she could give him my number. I said I didn't care. So my friend left him a message on his voice mail at work saying that if you call her she will go out with you. So he called. And in November we will have been together for 19 years, married for 16.

 

[AlohaPolynesian]

Keep the stories coming!!

So many great ones...I love reading them.

Congrats on the engagement, and the anniversaries!

 

[Acklander]

I met my DH through my first husband. Yep. They worked together and were very good friends. What transpired from the time we met until we were married *ain't purdy* and it was a long hard road to go down. After 35 years, we're both considered the black sheep on both sides of the family and we don't discuss this AT ALL....even after all this time. After all the turmoil we caused and endured, I can truly say this: It was worth it!!!!

About the same story, except 1st DH and 2nd DH were aquaintances, not "friends". my sister and I were out at a club for girls night out and his motorcycle broke down and he needed a ride home, and I offered to drop him off. In that 20 minute ride I knew he was the person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. It felt like I had come home, if that makes sense. We'll be 25 years next November. No regrets here.

 

[dawn1620]

In a bar!

We both had friends who knew people in the band playing that night. It's funny because we both were actually not going to go that night but we both were dragged there by friends. I was talking to one of his friends and the subject of scuba diving came up (he is a certified diver) and his friend called him over to tell me about a trip he had taken and that is how we were introduced. Funny thing is we both had broken up with significant others the year before and neither of us was really looking for a relationship. 11 months later we were married and we just celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary.

 

[MIGrandma]

Funny you should ask, TODAY is our 35th wedding anniversary.

DH and I met after his cousin threw a snowball at me and my friend when we were brushing snow off my Dad's car after we'd gone to see a movie. They drove by (DH was driving) and his cousin hollered at us and threw a snowball. I didn't think much about it, but my friend wanted to follow them so we did. Ended up parking in JC Penney's parking lot to talk to them. Well, DH's cousin and my friend did most of the talking. She told them we were going to be at the local roller skating rink on Sunday. Didn't really think we'd ever see them again, but lo and behold DH was there (with a different cousin this time) at the rink and we skated together, exchanged names, etc. He came to watch me bowl that evening with my Dad (we were on a league). He and his cousin wanted to take me out for pizza after, but my Mom said no which I understood. So I invited him over to my house for later in the week, so Mom could get to know him. We were married just over 6 months later.