How did you meet?

[Shine]

I don't know about you guys, but I, for one, am always fascinated and inspired to hear how couples met each other: those pivotal moments in time, where paths cross and everything changes from that point, on. I don't think it's any accident we are drawn to the people we are drawn to.

For those of you in a serious relationship and so inclined, please share with the lounge the story of how you met. Was it a chance meeting? Was it love at first sight? Did it take a while to connect? Are you still together?

We met through mutural friends that are married and were involved the same non-profit together. The husband is one of my hubby's best friends and the wife ultimately ended up performing the actual wedding ceremony for us, so it was a lovely full circle.

It was not love at first sight for me, but the attraction was definitely there and the love grew. We're still going strong, after 13+ yrs and two kids later... :loveya:

That's our story. Anyone else?

[billyskank]

1. Oh dear

Another hide thread job. :(

[Heidi]

2. Yeah, I know.

When people ask me that, I always think, "Geez, what a personal question to ask someone you hardly know." No harm in asking, but no harm in declining to answer, either.

( :hug: , by the way.)

[billyskank]

3. ...

back at you. :hug:

[Shine]

7. Oh, billyskank! I'm sorry you feel that way.

It was not my intention to bum anyone out. :(

:hug:

[billyskank]

10. It's ok

But I have hidden this thread.

[bmbmd]

117. I like threads like this.

This is why we come to the lounge.

(Oh-and I was shopping for suspenders in a department store. She was the sales clerk. Cutest girl I had ever seen. Twenty-eight years later, she's still the cutest girl I have ever seen)

[Shine]

126. Sweet story!

I wish you many more years of happiness and love together...

:toast:

PS. and I'm glad you liked this thread, too. :pals:

[skygazer]

4. We met in the produce department

I worked there - he shopped there. Our first conversation was about how much he loved his cat. He asked me out the following week and we've been together ever since - close to five years now.

[Shine]

11. Sweet. Do you still have the cat?

:)

[skygazer]

18. Oh, yes

And he has adopted me as his mother. As a matter of fact, my SO sometimes complains that Oops (the cat) loves me more than him but that's not true.

This is Oops -

[Shine]

21. "Oops", LOL! Great name for a cat. What a cutie.

Yeah, we both came to the relationship with a cat. He had a female and I had a male. We had some serious "kitty politics" issues to work out for a while... Eventually they got to be friends.

[skygazer]

26. The name fits him well

He earned it as a kitten when he fell off the (quite high) deck. Twice. Oops.

[Debi]

5. We met at the courthouse, he made fun of my shoes, I thought he was a

jackass.

We didn't see eachother for two months and he showed up at the office where I worked. He wasn't such a jackass in that meeting.

We've been married nine years. :loveya:

[Shine]

12. Sounds like you had a strong first impression!

Strong feelings, even negative ones, can mean major attraction...as was obviously the case in your situation.

:)

Congrats on the 9 yrs!

[Debi]

27. Thanks!

It could be that our banter (even though negative) on our first meeting was a signal that we'd be able to communicate well in the future.

We have coffee together every morning - talk about what is going on in the news and what we think about it. NINE YEARS of that and we still do it every day. Love it.

[bicentennial_baby]

6. I met my loves right here on DU!

and i'm happy to say that the love is deep and still going strong :)

in fact, i've never been happier! :bounce:

[Shine]

13. How cool!

May it grow ever stonger...

:)

[Angry Girl]

8. I answered his ad for a drummer

We both instantly recognized we were soul mates and were married within a few weeks. That was years ago. We're best friends and do everything together and it gets better all the time! Oh, yeah, we have no kids (neither of us like them and we're both too irresponsible anyway).

[Shine]

15. Ah, music brought you together. How romantic.

Wow, sounds like it happened pretty fast for you. When it's right, it's right.

Congrats and many blessings...

:hi:

[Angry Girl]

24. And it was shortly after I decided I wanted to remain single!

I just figured marriage wasn't for me because I wasn't finding anything even close to what I wanted, but I was OK with that.

We consider ourselves very fortunate, thanks!
:hi: back atcha!

[Debi]

30. Hah!

I told my husband (on our first or second date) that I didn't need a man and was not looking for a relationship. (Had just gotten out of one and really took the ending hard, decided to take some time for me and not get serious w/anyone).

We were married six months later - every time he told me he loved me I replied "I know". When I finally told him I loved him as well he pushed me to set the wedding date.

Nine years later NOT looking for a husband is what lead me to this wonderful marriage!

Congrats to you!

[Shine]

44. LOL! Didn't Han Solo respond with "I know" to the "I love you" line?

that was one of the funniest lines in that movie...

Anyway, I'm happy for you, Debi. Sounds like you've got a keeper!

:hi:

[Debi]

47. When we got married I gave him a gift of a journal and a pen

and on the pen I had engraved "I know" :P.

[Shine]

56. Hehe, I LOVE it!

very clever, Debi.

[TheProphetess]

66. Isn't it funny how life works?

I had just come to the conclusion that I was too busy and too happy with my unattached life when EstimatedProphet walked into it.

I was visiting a friend from graduate school in D.C. and she had met EP thru some volunteer groups. The last night of my visit, EP had gotten back into town after being away on a work-related trip out west. My friend invited him over to meet her friends from Ohio and he said ok. While we were waiting for him to get there, my friend said to me "you two might hit it off - he's really funny and intelligent." She was right - we didn't speak to anyone else in the room that night. We talked for hours well into the late night and after he left, I told my friends that I was going to have to get to "know him better." One week later he emailed me. We basically got to know each other via email over the next month and a half before I went back to D.C. to visit him. Literally, since the moment we met, there have never been any awkward silences - we just click. I felt a connection to him that I had never experienced before.

We've been together 2 1/2 years now and got married September 3rd of this year. (He had moved to Georgia shortly after we met and then decided to move to Ohio in January so that we could finally be in the same place rather than making constant trips to see one another.) He likes Ohio and I like Ohio a lot better with him in it!

It is funny how not looking can lead you to someone special. :)

[Debi]

70. Hey, our anniversary is Sept. 4th! n/t

[TheProphetess]

125. How cool!

Happy anniversary! :toast:

[Chovexani]

9. I'm warning you right now, this is a really geeky story

:P

I met my SO on a text-based online fantasy game. I was a newbie paladin and wandered off into a nasty area and got killed by some really strong monsters. I didn't even know where I'd died, and even if I did there was no way I could get my stuff back, I'd just get killed again. So I was sitting in the Inn all sad and depressed and stuff, and in walks this insanely powerful high level guy, who funny enough was an anti-paladin. He saw me all upset and stuff and told me to calm down, he'd help me. He went in there, wiped out all the monsters and not only got me my stuff back, but got me some better stuff too. I thanked him and we started chatting about real life stuff, and got to be fast friends.

That was seven years ago this November, and we've been together ever since. :)

[suzbaby]

14. Don't feel bad about the geeky stuff

My husband asked me out for our first date on ICQ. :) Of course, we knew eachother in person....but he still asked me out online. hee hee.

[Chovexani]

16. Hehe

The funny thing is, when I met my SO I was on the rebound from another relationship I had that started online and I swore up and down I would never EVER get involved with anyone online ever again. I also swore I was never dating another man again, too. I was going out of my way to specifically attract women.

Well see how that turned out. ;)

[suzbaby]

123. *laughs*

That makes me think of a Mark Twain quote: "The best way to inspire fresh thought is to seal the envelope."
I guess the best way to find a good man was to swear them off entirely.

[Shine]

17. Wow, that's an amazing story.

Sounds like technology played a huge role in your romance. How 21st century of you! ;)

Congrats on the seven years!

:hi:

[Chovexani]

20. Thanks

The funny thing is I know tons of people on games like that who've actually gotten married and had kids. :)

[trackfan]

19. Through a personals ad on Prodigy 10 years ago

I guess we have one of the oldest internet-spawned relationships.

[Shine]

23. Hey, that's a GOOD thing!

Fascinating, how many have met online, don't you think?

[woofless]

35. Random "Hi there" on ICQ.

I was in MO, she in Idaho. Been almost 5 years since first contact and we have been together physically since Mem. Day weekend 2001. Nary a harsh word has passed between us in that time. We now live quite contentedly in a cabin in the Cascade foothills. Now if we could just get the gubmint lined out..........

Woof

[Shine]

45. Excuse my lame-nitude....what's ICQ?

:shrug: I take it it's some kind of internet thang...just don't know what the letters stand for.

Funny how "random" can seem so fated, eh? :)

[woofless]

54. Yeah, it's and instant messaging site. One of the first I think.

CQ is an old shortwave radio term, CQ=seek you. I seek you.

Woof

[Shine]

58. Cuuuute. Got it. Thanks, Woof! n/t

:hi:

[lakemonster11]

120. I've never used ICQ

but a guy did "pick me up" (for lack of a better descriptor) at an internet cafe by asking me if I knew how to use it.

Nothing came of it---he was in the army and just home for a few days, but he bought me coffee and we talked on the phone some.

[fudge stripe cookays]

25. Us too...on personalpossibilities.com

In 1998.

Otherwise, I would never have met and married a guy from Canada. We've been married for a little over 5 years.

:-)
fsc

[Chovexani]

34. Hehe I know what you mean

My SO is an Aussie.

[Shine]

46. Love transcends all boundaries...even countries...

:)

Corny, but true.

[Pacifist Patriot]

42. Very cool!

[tigereye]

22. college

I was running for student govt (who knows what I was thinking at the time) and my really cool hipster girlfriend from Amsterdam had him sign my petition. He looked like Abbie Hoffman, only really tall. It took a while with a few missteps - I was into really brooding, not so sweet and nice guys at the time, but we ended up living in a group house with a bunch of lefty pals and have been together now for 20 plus years. I guess you could say that Jimmy Cliff and The Harder They Come brought us together on some level! ;)

good question! :hi: shine

[Shine]

31. Wow, over 20 yrs! That's beautiful, tigereye.

Congrats and many blessings...

:loveya:

[Mr. McD]

28. Through mutual friends

There was just something about her. I had to get to know her.

[Shine]

33. LOL! Hey, whatever works.

;)

[Mr. McD]

39. We have had over 20 great years togather

:)

[Shine]

48. Cool, 20 yrs! Many blessings to you...

may you have many more years of Happiness together.

:loveya:

[SarahB]

29. Here.

From Bertha's thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4180324&mesg_id=4180511

[Shine]

36. GREAT story, SarahBelle! Thanks for sharing that one.

I believe Love can soften the hardest and most cynical of hearts....

I'm glad you opened yours, like the flower it is...

:loveya:

[SarahB]

79. We both went through divorces last year.

12 and 13 year marriages that were unhappy for years (both married young and stayed for the kids kind of thing). We had a few other relationships/experiences that didn't work out, but taught us more about ourselves and what we needed in the process. I needed a lot of convincing in the arena of "Are you for real? You're everything I ever wanted (but afraid to hope for)." Same with him I think to some extent.

We had been through so much and are so grateful to feel as though we have that chance now to get things right with someone supportive who wants what the other wants out of both a relationship and out of life.

[Shine]

88. Sounds like you've taken Life's lessons and learned from them.

That's called Wisdom.

Best wishes to you...
:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. Hey Shine!

Well, since my husband and I have just celebrated 40 years...we didn't meet online. I don't think the internets existed in 1964!

I was dating a young man then. I was in love with him and he with me, I thought...But he felt (probably correctly) that I had not dated enough people. So we had a mutual acquaintance. He gave this guy my phone number and told him to call me; told MA that I thought he was cute! (this was a lie!) And then my love told me that he had done this, and that he was going to go date other people too..But he promised to return!

Well, by the time he did, some months later....it was too late! I'd decided that MA (now my husband) was the man for me......

And forty years later, two daughters, two sons-in-law and one fabulous grandchild later, we are still very much in love with each other and our lives together.......

Ain't love grand?

:woohoo:

[Shine]

38. LOVE makes the world go 'round..... What a wonderful story, Peggy.

Wow, 40 yrs. Amazing. I was BORN in '64!

Congrats and many blessings to you both....May you have many more years of Happiness together.

:loveya:

[tsakshaug]

37. was dating

someone, a rebound from my divorce. She had a dinner party, at the party I met one of her friends, we got along better than I was with the woman I was dating. A few weeks later we decided to break it off- just no spark. I asked her for her friends number. I called and we have been together for 5 years, married 3

[Shine]

50. Cool story!

It's funny how things work out, isn't it?

Congrats on the 5 yrs! Wishing you many more....

:loveya:

[Pacifist Patriot]

40. I held his girlfriend's head over the toilet while she threw up.

I really wish there was a more romantic story but that is the first time I ever met my future husband. His current girlfriend lived on my dorm hall and drank too much one night. I took her in the bathroom to make sure she wouldn't choke on her own puke. To his credit, he'd been out of town and she'd gone out with her girlfriends. He returned about this time and was incredibly caring. I was struck by a guy who was concerned rather than grossed out. Especially at 18.

I then ignored him for three years.

One night at a party at his frat house I just decided he was kinda cute. So I asked him out to a sorority party. His response was..."What? With you?" My ego hit the basement. Turns out he was just incredulous. He drove 45 miles down the road to break up with his then current girlfriend, came back to do a radio show (jazz) and then showed up at my apartment at midnight. We talked until the sun came up. Been together ever since. Now officially over half our lifetimes.

[Shine]

51. Now, that's pretty unusual! Really, that's a good one.

:thumbsup:

How sweet that your mutual caring natures initially brought you together, despite the fact it took a few years to officially hook up.

It's all about timing...

Congrats and many blessings to you...
:hi:

[Left Is Write]

41. We met in a bar.

I had been at my favorite sports bar having dinner and playing NTN with friends. Later in the evening, I wanted to go to another nearby place to hear a great band (The Casablanca Orchestra, for the Twin Citians here).

None of my companions wanted to go, so I went by myself.

While there, I saw a cute guy literally from across a crowded room. He was quite a social butterfly and obviously knew lots of people there. I assumed he was attached.

After I'd been there an hour or so, some of my friends showed up and I moved from my barstool to a table with them. Moments later, the cute guy walked by, and I impulsively reached out to touch his sleeve. He stopped and smiled. I asked him his name. He told me his name and asked me to dance.

Shortly thereafter, we went to the Perkins across the street and ordered breakfast and got to know each other.

Three months later (to the day), we got married. We are still happily married and raising a family more than eight years later.

[Shine]

52. Cool story!

Sounds like you are both confident and direct. A good match, to be sure!

Congrats on the 8+ yrs!
:loveya:

[northzax]

43. hooked up at a St. Paddy's day party

she came to my apartment with some friends.

[Shine]

53. Were you drinking green beer?

:beer:

[northzax]

62. actually, yes.

and scotch. and guinness. and playing darts.

[Shell Beau]

49. My husband and I met

when I changed schools my 10th grade year. I was 15. I am now 27 and we've been together since then. We broke up a couple of times and saw what else there was, but there was nothing else. We've been married 4 years almost but have been together 12. When you know, you just know.

[Shine]

55. Wow, 15? Jeez, you were just a puppy!

:) High school sweethearts, awwww....

How very cool that you've been together all this time. Like you said, "when you know, you know".

Congrats and many blessings...

:loveya:

[Shell Beau]

60. Thanks! Yeah we were just babies. But

something kept pulling us back when we would break up. And here we are now blissfully happy!! :loveya: I am so lucky!

[friesianrider]

57. Chance meeting...

It was definitely totally random...and it was in a bar/club too - how lame is that? :) There was definitely an instant physical attraction but he is a professional athlete and I thought it would be problematic because of who he was so wanted to keep it on a frienship level only. So, we stayed "just friends" for several months, and he basically worked for 4 months to convince me to give him a chance. I finally gave in and now several months later we're still together - because of his job he's usually away, but when we're together it makes it all worth while *sigh*

[Shine]

59. Hmmmm....."chance"....or, "fate"?

YOU decide....

:)

Wishing you much happiness...

[friesianrider]

61. Aww, thanks much Shine :)

:hug:

[Cathyclysmic]

63. My hubby and I met online

but you guys, I'm sure have heard the story from BtBM already in the last three years.

[TheProphetess]

67. I don't know the story!

Tell us! :hi:

[Cathyclysmic]

73. Aww

Congrats to you on getting married(I did hear that right,right?)

Mr Beast man and I had both just moved to Cleveland...me from Columbus, him from Pittsburgh. After many weekends of boredom, we both ended up on yahoo chat at the same time. We both were just looking for friends, so we chatted about music, cleveland, books and such.

I was working a job at the time that had terrible hours (read: always at work or on call) and I got a very rare Cinco de Mayo off. So, I invited him over for a cook out on the condition that we checked out this drive-in movie I hadn't been to all summer. Well, it was love at first sight. And that's it.

Honestly...I fell in love with him when I saw he was a rare combination of nice guy, but not a pushover(not to bring up the DU wimp flame wars of months past)He said he feel in love with me when I knew what the Zimmerman note was.

[TheProphetess]

124. That's a great story

And you two seem to fit together very well - happy endings are a good thing. :)

Thanks for the congrats! We did get married over Labor Day weekend - it was absolutely lovely!!

BTW, we're planning a DU meetup in Cleveland on November 6th (info is in the Ohio forum) - I hope you and Beastman can come. :hi:

[Cathyclysmic]

129. Of course we are going to the meetup

[TheProphetess]

146. Great! We're both looking forward to it!

See you soon, then. :)

[Amaya]

64. Here you go:

I met my bf in NYC at the RNC demonstration. He's a freelance photographer and he came up to my friend (Jonny) and wanted a picture of him. After he took the picture we hung out for a while. We exchanged email addys and started emailing each other once a week.
It wasn't love at first sight or anything, but we enjoyed each other and we had a connection.
It's hard to explain the connection ... it just felt right and good.
Anyway, we lost contact for about 3 months ... then out of the blue he emailed me (I think it was April) ... He was curious as to what I'd been up to.
Well, to make a long story short, we agreed to meet for a real date. Everything clicked on the date. I fell instantly for this man and he felt the same.
He is originally from Germany and is there now to do some work. however, he's coming back to the states in December. When he returns our relationship will be moving into a very serious direction.
I'm thankful everyday that I know this man. :loveya:


Anyway that's my story... blah blah blah :)

[SarahB]

65. Yeah!!!

:bounce:


:hi:

[Amaya]

68. hey woman!

what have you been doing these days?
:hi: back at ya :)

[SarahB]

69. Getting my butt kick in nursing school.

That dude upwards in the thread that I mentioned too. ;)

School's ok, but it's hard too. This former A student is very, very happy to be getting a B/B- average when many people are failing out in my class at the moment. Tough program. Only 18 & 1/2 more months to go! Oy!

[Amaya]

71. You'll do it, Sarah

B/B- are very good grades for nursing school... you'll make it! because :yourock:

We so need to get together. but i know you're busy and I'm busy...
we'll think of something. we need some girl talk ;)

I'll pm you later.
I gotta get the kids at the bus stop.:)

[Shine]

80. Love and Gratitude go hand in hand...

thanks for sharing your story, Amaya.

Much happiness to you...

:loveya:

[GOPisEvil]

72. These threads always fill me with two feelings, 1 good, 1 bad.

The bad is that...well...I ain't met nobody.

The good is that it's such a random occurrence that I know my day will come. :)

[Trigger Hippie]

74. I feel the same way...

Sometimes it's hard reading things like this when you're single, but it also gives me hope. :hi:

[Shine]

76. Have faith...it'll happen.

Love always finds a way...

:hug:

[Trigger Hippie]

132. I hope so...

Thanks for the :hug:

Here's one for you: :hug:

[Shine]

75. Yes, Love will come to you, my friend.

Of this have no doubt.

:hug:

[redqueen]

89. Same here.

*sigh*

[Shine]

103. Hugs and love to you, redqueen...

:hug: :hug: :loveya:

[redqueen]

105. Thanks, Shine

:hug:

[u4ic]

110. It will happen

She'll be a very lucky lady! :hug:

[RFKHumphreyObama]

119. I agree about the bad points GOPIsEvil

The problem is that I'm not sure my day will come

[Wapsie B]

121. Yeah same here.

It is such a random thing sometimes that all you can do is live your life. Frustrating part is that sometimes it feels like looking for a needle in a haystack. I know, I know........stop looking..... :)

[flamingyouth]

77. Here, actually.

[Shine]

81. Very cool! It seems there are a LOT of DU couples 'round here...

helps to increase the Love vibe....

I like it!

:loveya:

[Rising Phoenix]

78. two stories...

Sniffa and I met at a rave..love at first sight...moved in two days later...proposed two weeks later...we've been together 9 years almost...blissfully happy

Bi_baby and I met on line...still new but just as happy

[Shine]

83. How cool! Sounds like you've got the best of both worlds...

and you are definitely feelin' the Love...

More power to ya!


:loveya:

[Rising Phoenix]

85. thanks shine

we all love each other and we are very lucky..

[Shine]

94. Luck has nothing to do with it, imo. You deserve it ALL!

:pals:

[Rising Phoenix]

100. awwww...

:blush:

[bicentennial_baby]

98. and blessed as well

what a gift you two are in my life...so happy :bounce:

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: <------that's us ;)

[Rising Phoenix]

102. I figured that was us...cutie

[bicentennial_baby]

97. awwww...you

i love you baby girl...blissfully happy, that's us :)

:loveya:

[Rising Phoenix]

99. you know it, my love

[no name no slogan]

82. We met here, actually

Details here

[Shine]

84. Great story!

Yeah, I think that whole "soul-mate" thing feels like comin' Home....the other person is familiar to you somehow, even though you haven't "known" each other that long.

Very sweet. I wish you all the best...

:hug:

[no name no slogan]

87. Thanks!

It's nice to meet that someone, even when you've discounted the possibility of ever loving someone again. I came off a nine-year marriage that had effectively been over for a couple of years, and I never imagined I'd ever feel the same way about anyone ever again. But love is funny that way. Just when you've given up all hope, here it comes...

:pals:

[Shine]

95. Yes, Love finds a way...

:hug:

I believe in Love.

[Ellen Forradalom]

86. A beautiful but tough thread

I just had to let go of someone. We both loved each other very much.

We met and loved as teenagers in 1980. We were going to get married, the works, then he abruptly broke it off. I was devastated, but went off to college that fall and went on to live my life.

After a long search through the 90s he found me a few years back. Then I got back in touch with him a couple years ago because he's an expert on a technology I was using. We began to chat. It was as if I went into the kitchen to grab another beer, came back 22 years later and picked up where we left off.

We finally met in person for one beautiful week, but because of distance and our commitments at middle age we agreed that there was absolutely nothing to be done about it. After a year and a half of daily chats we no longer speak. I feel as if my arm had just been ripped off my body.

Because of this experience, I know there must be someone out there just as special who can be wholly available to me. Still, I can't describe how much it hurts to lose someone you love just as intensely at 42 as at 18. If it's real, it doesn't ever die. We both learned this.

[Shine]

91. I am sorry that you are in pain, Ellen.

As they say, "It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all" Remember, True love never dies...it just changes form.

I wish you all the best.
:hug:

[Ellen Forradalom]

93. Thank you Shine

I know there's someone out there. I just wish it could have been him.

[WeRQ4U]

90. My wife is an identical twin, so our story has some hijinks.

My roommate and I didn't go anywhere for Spring Break one year and we hung out with his girlfriend's roommate for the weekend. We had a really good weekend and I was, to say the least, a little disappointed to learn that this girl had a boyfriend. She was the first girl that I had any fun with at all since my break up with my former girlfriend of 5 years. So time went by and I didn't talk to her again.

Then one night my buddy said that he was going to a bar with his girlfriend. He asked me if I wanted to come along. I was underage at the time, but he assured me that because his girlfriend's roommate WORKED there, that she would be able to get me in. I agreed to go with, thinking that the same girl would be the one getting me into the bar. I was RIGHT!! When the car pulled up to our house to pick me up, she was driving the car. I got in the car, but she didn't say anything. She was really cold to me, like she didn't even know who I was. I poked my roommate's girlfriend in the ribs and said "Why the hell is she acting like she doesn't know me? I know who she is. We hung out all spring break. Did I do something wrong?" She said, "You didn't hang out with her..........you hung out with her identical twin sister." NOW, I'm psyched man. There are TWO of these girls.

When we arrived at the bar, the girl says "Allright, who's Jay?" I said "That's me". She said "You're going to be my bitch tonight." She made me give her a piggy back ride to the door. She got me inside the bar and we listened to a really great band that she liked. She didn't really pay all that much attention to me during the night, but I DID find out from my buddy's roommate that she had just broken up with her boyfriend, AND that when I had gone to the bathroom she had commented on my looks. :blush:

After the bar, we all went back over to their place and after everyone went to sleep we stayed up talking and watching infomercials about "Motor Up" and "Restore Four". We've been together ever since.

I always find it kind of funny that my wife's first words to me were the Oh-So-Romantic "You're gonna' be my Bitch tonight". It doesn't get any sexier than that. LOL.

[Shine]

92. LOL!! What an outrageous story!

Seriously, it sounds like a scene out of some wacky movie. Too funny!

Her opening line, classic. Pretty sexy, indeed.

:thumbsup:, dude. I'm sure you're still havin' fun...

:yourock:

[WeRQ4U]

96. Almost seven years and one kid later...............yep.

Still having fun. She's one of a kind.........kind of. lol.

[Shine]

101. Oh, I bet you've used THAT line before! LOL.

Good one.
:)

[Az]

104. At an anime convention during a hash bash

Ok... so I don't do drugs. But I support the legalization of drugs. So around 11 years ago I went with a bunch of fellow UUs(Unitarian Universalists) went to the Ann Arbor annual Hash Bash. It was a day where the laws regarding smoking pot were "relaxed". Since then it has become a little more controvercial. But there we are. A buncha long hair hippie freaks (one abstaining) supporting legalization.

Some of the people in the group mentioned that there was a monthly anime convention type thing going on later on that evening on campus. Having long been something of a fan I decided to attend.

I learned that most of the women in the group (I was the only guy) knew another UU member that was already at the convention and we would meet her there.

So we show up(it had boiled down to just two of us due to one of the others smoking a bit too much and getting sick). As we are waiting by the door to see if we are in the right place this woman comes bounding out of the room with the biggest goofiest smile on her face. She runs up and hugs my companion and then for no apparent reason gives me a big hug too (she's good at hugs). This was Kathleen (later to be named The Bunny). I was caught at first sight. We have been together ever since.

:loveya:

[Shine]

111. I hope you and The Bunny are very happy together...

forever and ever...

:loveya:

[Orsino]

106. http://www.match.com

She found me ten years ago, and we've been married for nine. Thanks, Match.

[Shine]

112. Cool!! Gotta love that internet romance stuff....

Love in the modern world...

Many blessings to you, Orsino!
:toast:

[bigwillq]

107. I met my man at a club.

I was with my ex-lover at the club. We were still friends (the ex-and-I) and I brough the ex to the club and was responsible to bring him home.

But then I saw my current lover standing in the corner. I thought he was cute and he kept looking at me. He inched closer and closer over to where I was standing and was still starring at me.

So I gave him a choice. I would wait five more minutes to see if he would come talk to me or else I was going to walk away. Well, he came and talked to me and asked me to dance. We danced, he bought me some beers but then I told him I had to go the bathroom and I left. I really left the club cause I had to bring my ex home.

A few weeks later, I saw him again at the same club and we talked more, danced more. I got his number and it went on from there.

We've been together for 4 years now! :hi:

[Shine]

113. Right on. Good things can start in clubs...

as your situation most obviously proves. :)

Congrats on the 4 yrs! Best wishes to you...
:hi:

[bigwillq]

Thank you!

:hi:

[bigwillq]

118. Thank you!

:hi:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

108. In kindergarten

he was the new boy from Germany who couldn't speak English. So we all circled around him and screamed Nazi.

But we didn't start dating for another 10 years.

And that was 40 years ago.

[Shine]

114. Wow. Congrats to you, Grannie!

40 yrs, I'm impressed.

May you have many more years of Happiness and Love together...

:toast:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

130. Thank you so much

having a love and a companion for so long has been the rock of my life. The first time I kissed him at 15 I felt I had come home. How corny is THAT? Seriously, it was almost as if I had kissed this person many, many times. I'm not one for spiritual heebie-jeebies, but this one fact has kept my mind open to the idea of past lives.

[Shine]

135. Yes, I believe that kind of "soul-mate love" transcends most of

what we know or can understand. For me, the idea of past lives makes total "sense"...but not in a way I can actually explain. It's funny.

In any case, you are blessed to have met your True Companion at such a young age.

All the best....


Shine
:pals:

[tjwash]

109. I moved in next door to the woman I ended up marrying.

We were both single parents, and the rest is history.

[Shine]

116. So, you literally married "the girl next door"?

How sweet is THAT? I love its modern-day single-parent twist, too. :thumbsup:

Well done and all the best to you both...

:toast:

[terrya]

115. The Advocate Idea Exchange, a gay and lesbian message board

We clicked. And, the rest is love.

SHMILY to IntravenousDemilo, my very favorite DU'er.

T

[Shine]

127. Sweet. Sounds like another perfect match, thanks to the internet.

Everyone around here is oh-so-21st-century! :)

Congrats and all the best to you both, terrya.
:toast:

[bridgit]

122. at a government research facility based in rockville, md...

but the first time we ever kissed was in a gay/lesbian bar here in town :shrug: while stroking each other 'under the table' :blush:

[Shine]

128. Sounds pretty spicy to me, girl!

hubba, hubba!

Wishing you many more years of passion and love together...

:toast:

[Deja Q]

131. A dark dank bar filled with male strippers. I should have known better...

:rofl:

[Shine]

139. Anything that can be described by the word "dank" should

probably be avoided.
;)

[laylah]

133. I met my

husband of 25 years when he picked me up hitchhiking in a snow storm in Black Hawk, CO, November 1979, giving a literal meaning to "this is what you get for picking up hitchhikers".

Jenn

[Shine]

136. Cool! Was it "random" or was it "fate"? You decide.

25 yrs later, the answer seems fairly obvious to me. :)

Congrats and many blessing to you both, laylah.

:toast:

[AztecGringo]

134. At the Gym

Thankfully I am fluent in Spanish and met her while we were riding the exercise bikes at the gym in Los Angeles. Invited her for coffee afterwards at Oaxacan restaurant (she is from there). Then she had to go to work. Called her later and now we have been married for over two years. The End....

My woman in pink with her niece in the desert in So. Cal..

[Shine]

137. How sweet! Do you still work out together?

Thanks for sharing your story, AztecGringo, and welcome to DU! :hi:

Long may you post!
:toast:

Shine

[bertha katzenengel]

138. Mrs. Venation & Bertha Katzenengel

One day in October 1999, Mrs. V. was surfing planetout.com. She read a post I wrote about my weekend plans. She was impressed that I used proper grammar & punctuation and that I could spell, so she read my profile -- where she found that we both went by the same initials (rather than a first name) online -- "K.J." -- and we have the same favorite little-known movie, "Shirley Valentine."

She wrote me an email, explaining her surprise, and the last line was, "I guess you could say you caught my eye."

We corresponded for months, becoming friends. To use a cliché, love was the furthest thing from my mind. Until something happened. Don't want to write about that.

About a year later, she flew out to CA. I had packed all my stuff into a freight container, and it was already on its way. We put my luggage, a litter box, and two very unhappy cats into my Tercel and drove slowly across country, taking in the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, the OKC Memorial, among other things. We stopped to stay with her family for two days, and then we arrived home.

By luck, fate, or God's intervention, we wound up buying a brand-new house in a semi-rural area eight months later. We're crazy about our house and where we live, crazy about our pets, crazy about each other.

We make each other laugh every day. That is so important.

[Shine]

142. Once again, another internet love story. How cool!

Yes, laughter feeds the soul....

Wishing you both many years of laughter together,
Shine

:hi:

[NNadir]

140. In a class. I saw her across the room when the professor announced that

the next day we would be breaking up into groups to discuss a group project.

The next day I made sure I was sitting next to her so I could casually turn to her and suggest we join the same group for the project.

Later we got to talking, physics actually, and within a few minutes I decided I wanted to marry her someday. This was uncharacteristic for me, so, also uncharacteristically I asked her out immediately, whereupon she informed me all about her beloved boyfriend.

It took some years, but eventually the boyfriend was gone and I was in rapid succession, the new boyfriend, live-in boyfriend, fiance and finally husband and then, after nearly a decade, the father of her children. It's been twenty years and I just couldn't be more thrilled to have followed up on that first impulse.

Man, I love that woman.

[Shine]

143. Great story, NNadir!

Congrats on the 20+ yrs! That's definitely something to be proud of, in these times.

Many blessings to you both,
Shine

:toast:

[wildhorses]

141. I wish I had a good story

for this thread and I could very easily make up a fantasy for this thread. Sadly, I am afraid that I am to wander lonely throughout my days. Is there such a thing as soulmates, destiny, fate, kismet??? The stories in this thread give me hope. If I can just keep the faith...

[Shine]

144. YES, keep the Faith, my friend. Love will come to you....

it's just a matter of timing and keeping your heart open...

In the meantime, practice loving your SELF. It's time well-spent.
:loveya:


Shine

[wildhorses]

147. er....um... are you suggesting

the myraid pleasures of self love? :blush:
hehe, just HAD to go there
It will happen given time of that I am sure...
:loveya:

[RetroLounge]

145. Well, I was on a date with this Russian Blonde Hottie

Actually, I was waiting in line to meet her for a date at a club.

This girl in front of me turned around and said hi, and introduced me to her fiance. She then asked me to meet her best friend (MrsRetro) who turned around and smiled at me, this gorgeous, slightly crooked, amazing smile, and my heart lost it right then and there and I was hopelessly smitten. They were in town from Madison (90 miles away) for a concert and just happen to go out to the club on a whim.

My date was late, so I immediately tracked down the three of them inside at their table and asked if I could sit down, and we ended up talking and dancing for two hours before my date showed up, (who I then asked to nicely take a hike as I don't like being stood up.)

After another hour or so, the three of them got up to leave. MrsRetro handed me her phone number and kissed me on the cheek asking me to call her. We moved in together a couple of months later, got engaged right away, and are now married 9 years this week, and have 2 great kids.

So if anyone says they don't believe in love at first sight...

RL

[Shine]

153. Awww...very sweet, RL!

Congrats on the 9yrs!
:toast:

Yup, when it's right, it's right.

[Ezlivin]

148. Enlisted Men's Club - Pearl Harbor, 1978

I was visiting for the first time, standing in line to get a glass of water. (Really!) There was an exercise called Rimpac going on, so we had sailors from all over the world in port. I was in line with the motley group when a blonde in a black jumpsuit approached me and asked if I would get a drink for her.

One thing led to another and we ended up spending $27 at the Justice of the Peace in Honolulu and got ourselves hitched. We had KFC for dinner, sharing it with our best friends (and witnesses). That night at midnight she had to go to work (she was a Navy E-5, working at CINCPACFLT).

Two years later my back was broken in a hit-and-run accident in base housing. The admirals at work let her bring fresh food to my beside at Tripler Army Medical Hospital and spend time with me.

I never walked, or swam, or danced with her again.

But we stayed together and we're still married after 27 years.

Here's a before and after picture:

[myrna minx]

149. Your story is so wonderful.

You are a lovely couple.

[faithnotgreed]

150. beautiful

congratulations on finding and keeping such love

heres to many more years together

[Shine]

154. Wow, what an inspiring story! Loved the pix, too.

What a good lookin' couple you are!

Many blessings to you both...

:toast:

[Pale Blue Dot]

159. Wow.

Just wow. Congratulations. What a great story. :thumbsup:

[kwassa]

151. On the Internets

The Early Years

1994, before chat rooms and dating sites, when there was only Usenet. We met arguing over social issues, pre-WWW, using Unix newsreaders of a primitive nature, like "pine" and "tin". We started with email, the rest is history, been together over 10 years and married 6.5 years.

[Shine]

155. Very cool....yet another modern love story.

Seriously, I wonder if there have been any studies that look at the actual numbers of couples brought together by the internet.

Much happiness to you both and congrats on the 10yrs!

:thumbsup:

[DrZeeLit]

152. I was on a date with somebody else. Golf. Arrived early, began to talk

with this neat guy who was the Starter on the golf course.
When my date arrived, I sorta thought I'd rather be hanging out with the Starter.

I think he thought so, too, because when we came around the turn at the snack bar between 9 and 10, the Starter was... surprise! .... there. And we talked again, while my date took another cell phone call.

I asked around about him. Found out he was single. Mmmmmm.

Quizzed my male friends if it was cool that I call him and ask him out. You see, when I was growing up... a girl NEVER NEVER NEVER (on pain of death or grounding by parents) NEVER called a boy. Never. And I was still sorta "programmed" on that mode.

So, I called. We went out. And we've been together ever since.

And he is a GREAT guy!

[Shine]

156. Cool! And how long have you been together now?

It's interesting to read all the stories in this thread and notice how many times people were with somebody else, or waiting for somebody else, when The Right Person showed up. Ya just never know....

In any case, all the best to you both. I'm glad you were courageous and called him!

:thumbsup:

[khashka]

157. How did we meet?

On the internet. It was sex and nothing else... until it was everything else......

We are not together anymore - we were a trainwreck. My own personal favourite trainwreck.... but still.... how long can that that last?

And, yes, we still love each other. And nothing will change that.


Khash.

[Obamarama]

158. I was 25, new in town, and decided to venture out to the local gay bar...

My previous partner had died in a commercial plane crash a year and a half earlier and I had moved to a new town to start over. I had finally convinced myself that I WOULD be happy again and that it was time to get on with life.

There was one gay bar and it was rumored to be a dive. The rumors proved true but it was the only gig in town and I figured I might be able to get to know some people socially. He was there with a friend (not a date).

It was like love at first sight, but not a knock-me-over sort of way. We caught each others eyes and smiled several times. This went on for about an hour. Finally, I got up, went over and extended my hand for a handshake and introduced myself to him.

At that very moment I had this calm, but confident, sense of certainy that this was the man I'd be spending the rest of my life with. I don't know how, I don't know why I knew this, but I did.

This February we will celebrate our 17th year together.

I'm Jewish and in Jewish culture there is the concept of "bashaert." Your bashaert is the one person in this world you are destined to be with your entire life. Not everyone finds their bashert.

I did, and it has been a wondeful 17 years.