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

paint_it_black

I met my sweetheart when i was 11, i pedaled past him on my lame *kitten* fold up bike while he was with his friend/my schoolmate. We spent every summer together in out teens and eventually settled down together age 20.

stagknight

Still haven't. I'm 47

Molly_Maguire

We were 10. We went to church together, and our parents were friends. We were friends at 10, dated at 17, then again at 19, and again at 24, and stayed together until we were married at 25.

zyxst

We met face-to-face in June, 1998, and on alt.fan.monty.python newsgroup in December 1996. We started exchanging emails April 1997 and we got engaged in May 1997. We finally got married in March 1999 after 2 years of being apart and engaged. We've been decently married for 13 1/2 years.

Since so many people are meeting their SO via the internet, I insist on telling people we met at the Greyhound bus station (technically true). :laugh:

mamagooskie

I met him when we were 19.......we married at 23 and celebrate our 10 year anniversary next friday.

maggiemay365

I was 38 and my now husband was 48.We dated 1 year and were engaged for 8 months.
We met on a blind date and now I am 44 and he is 54....6 years married
It happens when it happens..I thought for sure I was never going to meet anyone..and boom there he was

ebonyroche

I met my fiance when I was 21 and he was 18 (my mom always tease me about this!). I was a single mom working at mcdonals, when I saw him, I knew I had to meet him. 13 years later through good and bad times, we are stronger than ever.

lizzynewm

when i was a freshman in highschool! i have loved him ever since. 6 years later, with much persistence and perseverance, and he's finally all mine. muahaha

BikinimomE

Neither I nor my husband were EVER going to remarry. I had the ex from hell that just wouldn't die so gaining another potentially hell-ish situation was not something that I found to be appealing.

My husband had been married 5 times previous to meeting me so he was all about having fun without limitations. <--- this mind-set suited me PERFECTLY.

I was 39 and he was 57. He proposed marriage after our second date. I accepted and we were married on our third date. It will be 6 years on Halloween 2012.

"My first husband was a lesson. My last husband is a gift."

Lynn625

When I was 35 (divorced with 2 teenage children) and he was 25 and single.
We were married 2 years later and now have a 16 year old daughter together.

mfoutch86

I met my soon-to-be hubby when were were 15 or 16. Were good friends, and I was dating on of his buddies. The other guy and I split up after 3 years, and I went for the rebound with my fiance. In hind sight, it was terrible because I knew he was in love with me, and had been for years, but I was just interested in having fun. I stopped talking to him out of the blue when another (much older, bad news guy) came along. I married the bad guy after finding out I was pregnant about 9 months later. Long story short, I ran into my almost hubby one evening after being seperated from my ex husband. He had nothing to say to me, rightfully so. But then after a few months of not talking, a group of our friends went out, and we both happened to be there. From that night on I knew I would marry him, and never let my foolish mistakes and impulses to run never come between us. That was almost 2 years ago. We are getting married in a few short weeks. He is the most incredible man, has found it in his heart to forgive and forget my painful mistakes, and takes me just as I am (which isn't easy!). On top of being wonderful for me, he is the BEST dad to my children. You would never know they aren't his bio-kids. He embodies the ideal of a perfect family man, and his family is just as kind and loving as he is.

You will find a man worthy of being your husband and your sons step dad. I thought for sure I was going to spend the next 18 years alone, because I thought no nice man would want a 23 yr old single mom with a 2 year old and a baby, let alone a man who's heart I had already broken! It does happen though, you just have let it come naturally!

spicypepper

I was 18 and he was just turning 27. I was working and going to college and he was a vendor at the place I was working at. My mother actually predicted us meeting.

Long story short, he was coming off of a very bad 5 year marriage and wasn't looking to get into another relationship. I was the rebound girl...

I actually asked him out for his birthday. First guy I'd ever asked out. He proposed 6 months later and we were married 18 months after that.

5 kids and 19.5 years since our first date (17.5 years married), we're still happily married.

Cassie8877

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.

Very cute!!! but i don't think age is the question you should ask.. because love kinda just happens.. if something was meant to be it'll find a way of working it self out.. just stop looking and some how it'll just happen when you least expect it! good luck!!

lachesissss

This thread is encouraging. I'm 26 - haven't really met anyone yet and not a huge dater.

MichelleLaree13

19 and I am 25 now... dont give up

HypersonicFitNess

Don't go by me...I met my husband when I was 20 (he was 29) and 42 days later we got married. We've been married 23 years in October; wouldn't trade him for anything in the world! my man!

dgbdman

26....she cheated on me at 38 I divorced her at 39...

xXKatrinaXx

at age 19

shannonlynne67

I met my husband when I was 35. We met at our place of worship. He was recently divorced and my first thought was, "he looks really sad." We ended up working around each other and I quickly picked up on his sense of humor. We became friends and fell in love. He is the best thing to ever happen to me.

cakeordeath

After splitting with my oldest's father, I compleatly gave up on men, (mostly becasue I'm a paranoid mess about pedefiles) but i met my husband after aout 1 year of being single. We met in a mosh pit at a type o negative concert. We went out for a bit bit and after a while i introduced him to my daughter (again paranoid) They hit it off and she is just like his own flesh and blood. # more kids followed and here i am...
if you want some advice (i know you just wanted to hear our stories) if you do find a guy, dont introduce your kids till after your sure the guys is sticking around.

_VoV

When I was 35, I had taken a year-long break from dating after a bad break-up. I was starting to question my judgment in men at that point. So, I spent the year improving myself, and treating myself right. I shed any reservations about going out alone to restaurants,concerts, movies and vacations. I hiked at least 15 miles every weekend, rain or shine. Life was good!

While I wasn't feeling the least bit lonely or desperate for male company, I decided to submit a personal ad to the magazine 'Vegetarian Times.' This was pre-Match.com. I ended up meeting two really nice guys, but one of them--my now husband--felt like a great match. We even came from the same hometown, and went to rival high schools.

We had two children together, and have been together for almost 23 years. I'm now 57 and he's going to be 69 next month.

Danilynn1975

I met my husband when I was 29 with 2 kids ages 2 and 7 at the time. He was my DJ at the strip club where I was a dancer. We were friends for years when we started dating when I was 32 and he was 35. We moved in together 2 weeks after dating.

The weekend before we got married, this is terrible but funny now, I had a bad car wreck, totaled out my truck on Saturday, his engine head blew on Sunday, and on Monday found out we were losing our apartment to foreclosure because the landlord didn't pay the lease.

On Monday, he had to work the dayshift and because I had 4 broke ribs and was on pain meds and recovering from a concussion he took me to work and plopped me into the VIP room and locked it so I could sleep, then when I woke up and went to the bar he called me to the stage. Flipped all the house lights, stage lights, everything on, turned the music down and had a love song playing. He Climbe up on the wall of the DJ Booth and got down on one knee balancing precariously 13 feet above a concrete floor and proposed to me in front of customers, other dancers, everybody. I said yes.

After the disaster my first marriage was, I never thought I'd do that again. So After ward when I went to the DJ booth to kiss him, he asks me New Orleans or Memphis. I wasn't sure what for, but said New Orleans of course.

That Friday with my kids' Godparetnts as chaffuers and witnesses, 6 weeks after dating, we got married in New Orleans. We thought we brought enough cash with us, but we didn't and they would not accept credit cards, so we had to borrow the last $10 to pay the justice of the peace to marry us. When we got home from getting married we were scheduled to work, so off to work we went. I had no wedding band of my own, I wore his mom's on long term loan until this year, when he got me my own. My dad had passed away when I was super young, but I knew he was the right man to wear my dad's wedding band that I had never taken off my thumb since the year my dad died. We can afford him one of his own now, but he prefers my dad's.

My husband is my world. I am no longer a dancer and he is no longer a DJ. He works as a IT tech, and I treat water for a living.

Sometime before the end of this year his adoption of my girls will be official. And September 14th is our 5 year anniversary, so we are returning to the scen of the crime to celebrate.

The best husbands can be found in the strangest of places when you aren't looking. Keep heart. If I can find mine in a strip club you will find yours.

rachelerwin

I have known my husband since the 3rd grade. We basically grew up together. We have now been married 20 years and have a beautiful son together.

shaynak112

I met my boyfriend just over two years ago. At college. I was dating another guy at the time (been dating that guy for three years). Ended up breaking up with that guy. (Realized he was wrong for me after I started hanging out with my now-boyfriend.) Didn't really plan on it going anywhere, was mostly a friends with benefits thing. My boyfriend admits that he just wanted sex out of it. lol. But over two years later and we are living together. So it worked out He's 22 and I'm 21 (almost 22). So we would have been 19/20 when we met.

kvalmera

I also was a single mom of 2 sons. I went on vacation to the Turks and Caicos Islands and met the love of my life!!! I knew it the moment I laid eyes on him..... we married May 26th of this year. We met last year, I was 39

dad106

While were not officially anything yet(still getting to know each other, and deal with the stress of both of us starting new jobs), here my story.

I joined this website called meetup.com and a few groups for people my age. I figured the least I would do is make new friends. Well I went on a walk with this one group and some how him and i wound up at the front of the group together, while the others were behind us and we talked the entire walk and pretty much ignored everyone else. The following week at the walk again it happened where we wound up together but when the girl who hosted the event asked if I wanted to date or get married, I totally denied it. Well the host got me alone at another event where he wasn't there and goes so, what to do you think about so and so? you know he's single and looking.. would you go out with him? So I said yes, just to get her off the topic... and then she went and talked to him, he asked me out for drinks, and now we are trying to figure out when to go on our third date.

It's totally crazy how to happens when you aren't even looking. For a girl who wanted nothing to do with men and was planning to live my life single, I now find myself thinking eh, maybe this isn't so bad.

jennfisher13

Was in a horrible marriage for 8 years. After our divorce I vowed to stay completely single for 366 days to work on me. No dates, no men!!! Just learning to love me. My 1 year turned into 2. My relationship was very unexpected started out as good friends. We have been in a relationship for a year now. He is my best friend and has turned my life into all of the LIVE, LAUGH, and LOVE quotes I surrounded myself with in the 8 years of HELL!

blonde71

Spotted him in our college cafeteria at age 19 (sophomore year) and we've been together ever since. That was in 1991. :bigsmile: Married in 1997 and have two beautiful sons.

Improvised

Met him at 19, married at 20.

lwagnitz

Met him when I was 13.