MN-Investor
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Post by MN-Investor on Feb 14, 2015 16:28:37 GMT -5
Happy Valentine's Day!
I'm curious... how did you meet your current significant other? Were you childhood sweethearts? Did you meet at college? At work? Through a friend? Online?
It seems like college is a great place to meet a spouse.
My parents met in college - Mom's roommate was Dad's sister.
I met my husband at college, but I have no idea how exactly since I'm a year ahead of him and we had no classes together. But he's naturally outgoing and probably waited on my in the rec room and our relationship began when he sat down next to me in the college library and struck up a conversation.
But of my five married siblings, none of them met their spouses in college. My sister-in-law actually met her current husband online - both were widowed at that point.
What about you?
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Lizard Queen
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Post by Lizard Queen on Feb 14, 2015 16:37:18 GMT -5
Online. It almost didn't happen. When he contacted me, it looked like he was 2 years younger, and I wasn't into men that much younger. A few days later, I took a 2nd look at his profile. He had a birthday, so was then only 1 year younger. The rest is history. I really think we were just meant to be together. Looking at our early 20's, there were so many occasions we had to meet. I probably made him a sub when I worked at the Subway directly in front of the bowling alley he worked at. We attended the same CC and college for at least a couple years, and may have been in the same class. It's almost like one of those movies where the characters that you know are meant to be together just can't seem to make the connection. So glad we finally did!
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 14, 2015 16:46:22 GMT -5
College. Worked for his Dad.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2015 17:09:14 GMT -5
In college, we didn't get together until 11 years later because one of us was always in a relationship. We came very close a couple times before that though.
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Cookies Galore
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Post by Cookies Galore on Feb 14, 2015 17:09:40 GMT -5
Craigslist
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2015 17:19:02 GMT -5
Mutual friends.
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Post by mroped on Feb 14, 2015 17:19:51 GMT -5
Dinner at friends. She came along with somebody else, and we decided after diner to go shoot some pool. Durring dinner I might have made a remark that struck a sensitive spot and she had a look and reply to it that got me thinking:"now, there is finaly someone that I can argue with!" My coment was unintentional by the way but the look in her eyes and answer intrigued me. Later that evening, while playing pool she had to lean over the table for a long across the table shot. That was it! The whole package! Never told her that but I'll give it a few minutes and she'll know
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Post by billisonboard on Feb 14, 2015 17:51:10 GMT -5
She picked me up in a bar one night.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Feb 14, 2015 17:54:25 GMT -5
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Post by cael on Feb 14, 2015 19:07:26 GMT -5
Work, when we were 18.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Feb 14, 2015 19:13:51 GMT -5
At a local motorsports track. We were assigned the same station to work on the track. Our first date was at a local deli. He's still addicted to cars, and I just follow along when I can.
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Post by quince on Feb 14, 2015 19:15:58 GMT -5
He lived with a couple of my friends.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2015 19:20:29 GMT -5
Well that explains a lot I guess.
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Post by swamp on Feb 14, 2015 19:23:51 GMT -5
My friend from HS was married to his brother.
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Post by flamingo on Feb 14, 2015 19:31:50 GMT -5
I met my DH at work. We worked together for 2 years, then I left for a different job and about 6 months later we started dating. 9 years later we're still happy together.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Feb 14, 2015 19:42:10 GMT -5
We met through a friend. I was single after y second divorce and wasn't interested in dating any more, but a friend kept after me to meet him. I finally gave her my number to give to him. We talked for about 5 weeks and met for a date at a local restaurant and that was it! I'm really glad I gave her my number for him!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2015 20:32:40 GMT -5
I met my first husband in college. He had graduated. I had gone out with his best friend once, but it didn't click. When then-DH moved back, his friend set us up.
I met DH in an AOL chatroom. Those were the days. We had chatted in the room, but it was slow one day so he IMed me to ask what I was doing. I told him mail. He said to send him some. I am very chatty, ironic, whatever when I write. I used to be the best writer I knew . . . no joke. But I don't claim that title these days. Anyway, he loved the letter. We started talking, etc.
My sister asked once how I had the courage to go to Phoenix to meet him. Sometimes you just know it is right. It wasn't quite right for us for many years because of work. He eventually retired and was ready to start a new life. He has always liked to move around. Success!
We were talking today about how meaningless Valentine's Day is. We feel loved every single day.
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Post by giramomma on Feb 14, 2015 21:45:50 GMT -5
We went to the same HS.
I had a crush. I was rebuffed several times. One day, I wagged my finger at him and said just you wait. We are going to end up together. Course at 15, I wasn't thinking marriage.
We went to the same college, and we started dating our last year of college.
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Post by ners on Feb 14, 2015 22:03:25 GMT -5
At a baseball convention.
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Post by lynnerself on Feb 14, 2015 22:05:18 GMT -5
Our senior year in high school. We were in Analytical Geometry class together. I got one of only 2 A's on a test. (He was not the other.) He made some comment about "beauty and brains too". That was 43 years ago.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Feb 14, 2015 22:17:36 GMT -5
college marching band
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Feb 14, 2015 22:37:58 GMT -5
St. Patricks Day at a pub. I was wasted off my butt and told his friend I thought he (DH) was cute, we started talking and I bought him drinks all night. My friends left me at the bar so we walked back to his friends apt. I think we watched Lord of the Rings and fell asleep on the floor(nothing happend, lol!!!) I bought him breakfast the next morning, and the rest is history! We will be married ten years in April We celebrate St. Patties Day(bar hop )more than our wedding anniversary(low key), lol!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2015 0:09:19 GMT -5
He was my friend's boyfriend's friend's roommate's friend. That confusing enough? To make it better, my sister is now married to the friend's boyfriend's friend's roommate. They were trying to set me up with the boyfriend's friend but that wasn't happening. He was an idiot. And still is as far as I know.
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Post by andi9899 on Feb 15, 2015 1:13:34 GMT -5
I have had 3 meaningful relationships in my life. First one was a friend of a friend. Second (Baby Daddy) I met at work. Third I met at a casino.
I have come to realize now that I don't care about anyone but myself. Well, my girls are more important than me. As far as men, I'm busy.
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Feb 15, 2015 1:29:27 GMT -5
We met at church.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2015 9:48:35 GMT -5
DH and I met in a theology class at the church I was attending. I was getting out of a bad first marriage and he was ending a long-term relationship that was dying a natural death. I didn't think of him as a match because he was 15 years older, which was probably just as well; over the year before my divorce was final, we just got to know each other as friends.
And this is the REALLY romantic part: when my first husband was coming through the house with his moving company to get an estimate, it was going to be the first time since I'd had him removed with a Restraining order that he was coming in without a police escort. My lawyer advised me to get DS out of the house and find someone to be there with me. Current DH seemed like a solid guy so I asked him. We had plenty of time to talk because first DH didn't show up the first time (typical) and we had to repeat couple of weeks later. That's when things clicked.
Our wedding reception was in the room where we met.
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Post by tcu2003 on Feb 15, 2015 16:29:37 GMT -5
We met at work. When I started at my now-current company, DH had just transferred to the team I started on. We were friends first, and DH even trained me on some stuff. It took over a year before we ever dated, and that was only because I asked him out first.
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Post by sesfw on Feb 15, 2015 21:08:30 GMT -5
DH#1 I met at church. I had just broken up with another guy (jerk) and he had just gotten back from a Navy WesPac cruise. Married 6 months later, lasted 37 years until his death.
DH#2 in a grief recovery chat room. Both of us widowed and he had to come to Phx on a business trip. Married a year later, and this April will celebrate 14 years.
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Post by gawgagranny on Feb 15, 2015 21:32:35 GMT -5
XH & I met at college taking a standardized test together. Were married 26 years before his midlife crisis who was named Lisa.
NowDH and I met on a Christian singles website and recently celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary.
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Post by taz157 on Feb 15, 2015 21:47:57 GMT -5
Met online through AOL 16 years ago. Back then, everyone could add a profile. He ended searching MD, Female, Single, and online at the time. I met all the criteria. We emailed and IMed for 1.5 months before he surprised me at my job. I was a tad surprised. We met for lunch the next week and have been together every since. We'll celebrate 11 years married in May.
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