At what age/point in your life did you meet your SO?

emmy3111
emmy3111 Posts: 482 Member
in Chit-Chat
I am a divorced mom of 2 kids, and lately I find myself wondering if I truly can/will ever meet someone new that will be right for me...

so, I want to see it's possible... tell me your story.
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  • corn63
    corn63 Posts: 1,580 Member
    I met him when I was 12. I hated him. I met him again when I was 26. I loved him. Age was the cure for us :)
  • fit4lifeUcan2
    fit4lifeUcan2 Posts: 1,458 Member
    I met my husband after my first marriage ended and my son was a year old. We were a blind date fixed up by my father in law who was my dr. at the time. At my visits he would ask me how my love life was. At first I thought he was being an old perv. He has a reputation in town so thought he was hitting on me. I told him Dating is horrible. Guys get upset when I have to cancel a date because my son is sick. I said I just want someone who will like me and my son and accept us for who we are and not expect me to drop everything for him all the time. Childish men need not apply! He said I have just the guy for you and told me about his oldest son. We got engaged 4 months later, got married 4 months after that and we've been married 20 years now and have 3 children total. Oldest from my first marriage is now 22.

    Don't give up. There is someone out there. You just haven't found him yet.
    ALmost forgot...I was 25 when we met and 26 when we got married.
  • emmy3111
    emmy3111 Posts: 482 Member
    I met my husband after my first marriage ended and my son was a year old. We were a blind date fixed up by my father in law who was my dr. at the time. At my visits he would ask me how my love life was. At first I thought he was being an old perv. He has a reputation in town so thought he was hitting on me. I told him Dating is horrible. Guys get upset when I have to cancel a date because my son is sick. I said I just want someone who will like me and my son and accept us for who we are and not expect me to drop everything for him all the time. Childish men need not apply! He said I have just the guy for you and told me about his oldest son. We got engaged 4 months later, got married 4 months after that and we've been married 20 years now and have 3 children total. Oldest from my first marriage is now 22.

    Don't give up. There is someone out there. You just haven't found him yet.
    ALmost forgot...I was 25 when we met and 26 when we got married.

    Awww... love this!
  • Dub_D
    Dub_D Posts: 1,760 Member
    I was 18 and really drunk.
  • forgtmenot
    forgtmenot Posts: 860 Member
    I met him at age 22 and went out on a couple dates with his friend actually. Things didn't go anywhere with the friend and several months later I ran into my now boyfriend and exchanged numbers. Been together over 3 years now.
  • econut2000
    econut2000 Posts: 395 Member
    I met my fiance when I was 28 and he was 40. I was sooooooo against dating an older man at the time - several friends had tried to fix me up with guys 10+ years older than me and I refused. However, him and I met through a mutual friend (she is my bff and he was her boss). She invited me to a party he was having at his house and we hit it off right away. She had no intention of setting us up - it just worked out that way. I think sometimes it happens when you REALLY aren't looking or expecting it! When we do get married (I'm now 32) - it will be a first marriage for both of us.

    You will find the right one! :flowerforyou:
  • Brandicaloriecountess
    Brandicaloriecountess Posts: 2,126 Member
    I met someone that I loved more than any other human that I did not give birth to at 34, but he broke my heart into a million pieces the same year. I'm a little bitter and jaded, lol. But I hope that I can find the same feeling with someone else at some point.
  • bikermike5094
    bikermike5094 Posts: 1,752 Member
    met my wife in college thru mutual friends.. she wouldnt have any thing to do with me... was a bit of a wild child...

    5 years later and a stint in the air force changed all that, she fell in love, and 20 years later.. were still making magic!

    Obviously she changed.. because i didnt!!!
  • emmy3111
    emmy3111 Posts: 482 Member
    I hear all the time about how "it happens when you're not looking!"... the thing is, I live in an incredibly small town. There's no one to run in to even when you've got your eyes closed.
  • Ruthe8
    Ruthe8 Posts: 423 Member
    26, we met online. Not a dating site, though, but forums like this.
  • Ruthe8
    Ruthe8 Posts: 423 Member
    I hear all the time about how "it happens when you're not looking!"... the thing is, I live in an incredibly small town. There's no one to run in to even when you've got your eyes closed.
    My friend lives in a pretty small town where we grew up and she actually met someon who had lived there for years and she never knew him.
  • kellison89
    kellison89 Posts: 33 Member
    I met him when I was 16. We were friends for 3 years (and he was my manager) and we've been together for just over 3 years now. I had pretty much given up on guys at 16 (soooo dramatic of me haha) so I focused on other things and he just kind of snuck up on me. I looked up one day and kind of knew.

    It kind of feels like everything that has happened in my wildly dramatic life led me up to this point. Just as your first marriage and 2 children and life history will lead you to the new love you will have.
  • angmarie28
    angmarie28 Posts: 2,883 Member
    I worked at Burger king, then he got hired, we worked the same shifts, we flirted, yadda yadda, been together 7 1/2 years
  • dsjohndrow
    dsjohndrow Posts: 1,820 Member
    I met a great woman in 2001; I was 43.
  • kellison89
    kellison89 Posts: 33 Member
    I hear all the time about how "it happens when you're not looking!"... the thing is, I live in an incredibly small town. There's no one to run in to even when you've got your eyes closed.

    Hahaha, maybe because you are already looking at him?
  • lisahale
    lisahale Posts: 56
    met my wife in college thru mutual friends.. she wouldnt have any thing to do with me... was a bit of a wild child...

    5 years later and a stint in the air force changed all that, she fell in love, and 20 years later.. were still making magic!

    Obviously she changed.. because i didnt!!!

    Love this how sweet!!
  • ndblades
    ndblades Posts: 233 Member
    I was 16 and a good girl, he was 18 and not so good ,,, dated for 8 years (with a few quick "breaks"), married 15 years with 5 kids. He did a complete 360 and is a great guy.

    Be patient, take care of you and your kids, and the right guy will come along. I've seen to many woman jump into relationships because they think they "need" a man. . . people who are on their 3rd marriage! ....on the other hand, I don't envy having to go through the whole dating scene again! Good luck to you!
  • ndblades
    ndblades Posts: 233 Member
    I met my husband after my first marriage ended and my son was a year old. We were a blind date fixed up by my father in law who was my dr. at the time. At my visits he would ask me how my love life was. At first I thought he was being an old perv. He has a reputation in town so thought he was hitting on me. I told him Dating is horrible. Guys get upset when I have to cancel a date because my son is sick. I said I just want someone who will like me and my son and accept us for who we are and not expect me to drop everything for him all the time. Childish men need not apply! He said I have just the guy for you and told me about his oldest son. We got engaged 4 months later, got married 4 months after that and we've been married 20 years now and have 3 children total. Oldest from my first marriage is now 22.

    Don't give up. There is someone out there. You just haven't found him yet.
    ALmost forgot...I was 25 when we met and 26 when we got married.

    That is an awesome story! Congratulations on 20 years!
  • rhonniema
    rhonniema Posts: 522 Member
    I was 18 and really drunk.

    Ditto, but 22.
  • Cyngen
    Cyngen Posts: 557 Member
    Met my wife in college... A Statistics class. She walked in the classroom, my jaw hit the floor. I asked her out later that week after talking to her on and off a few days. Had a wonderful memorable time...

    The next weekend we went to hear a local band .. she asked me to marry her. Two years later we did, now in October we will be together for 37 years, 35 married. :)

    I was 18 she was 20 when we first laid eyes upon each other.
  • aqm22
    aqm22 Posts: 153 Member
    I hear all the time about how "it happens when you're not looking!"... the thing is, I live in an incredibly small town. There's no one to run in to even when you've got your eyes closed.

    That's because you're still looking =)

    I'm sorry, though. It must be tough. Just enjoy your life the way it is. I'm sure you heard that a million times too, but seriously, just enjoy your life the way it is. Some things will bound to happen. It's always unexpected.

    I've been running from guys since I was 13. No kids. No husband. No prince charming. This girl is an independent girl. No chain was going to bind this girl down. At 20, some conniving guy charmed his way to an engagement. Two years later, we were married. I still wonder how that happened. Still, couldn't love him more.
  • witchiipooh
    witchiipooh Posts: 42 Member
    I met my husband when I was 18 (I am now 25) I had just got out of high school. We've been married 4 years as of yesterday :)
  • 17ChargerGirl17
    17ChargerGirl17 Posts: 441
    I am a divorced mother of 5. And I met my true love a year ago.
    And, no, I was not looking either. He is an amazing man and he loves me and my children and wants nothing more than to make us happy. I never thought that I would love anyone as much as I loved my ex, but boy was I wrong....
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    Met at 26 and married at 27. We went to high school together but never knew each other existed. My best friend from high school is married to his best friend from high school. They thought we'd be a good match so they set us up. Good call! :love:
  • marsellient
    marsellient Posts: 591 Member
    Widowed at age 40, and met SO at age 44. Never thought I'd meet anyone else, but one never knows what's around the corner...or who's in the bookstore!
  • kissedbytheocean
    kissedbytheocean Posts: 131 Member
    I met my fiancé in a Tom Green chatroom, of all places, when we were 19. He had a familiar username, so I decided to message him to see if I knew him. At first, I didn't like him. He seemed arrogant and a little pompous, so we lost contact after awhile. We continued to get in touch and then lose contact for a few years until we decided we really did love each other and wanted to be together. He came to visit me last year for the first time and ended up proposing on New Years Eve. We've been together for almost 2 years now.
  • dandaninc
    dandaninc Posts: 392
    We were both 32. Both of us had an ex husband/wife. I have known who she is since high school and finally had the confidence to ask her out on a date. We were married 6 months later.
  • sz8soon
    sz8soon Posts: 816 Member
    I was 15- sophmore in high school. 17 years now- damn that makes me feel old! small window of "oat sowing" when I was 19 other than that we've been together the entire time
  • NinjaBeth90
    NinjaBeth90 Posts: 43
    We first met when i was 17 but she was with someone - we met a year later in the same place, this time she was single. Within a week or so we where together and have been together since - 3 years 4 months later and shes the best thing that has ever happened to me :)
  • lisahale
    lisahale Posts: 56
    Well I met mine when I was about 15 in a little small town we used to run around in ... he had a gf and I was NOT interested anyway.. years went by and I visited my aunt one day and he was there , asked me to dinner, I declined nicely was still NOT interested ... was a little on the wild side and doing my own thing. Then about a year later after blowing him off I decided to go out with him . We dated for years, then he proposed and we got married . We have now been together going on 11 years. He is honestly one of the most caring, sweetest man ever. So now we are working on expanding our family!!! :)):heart:

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