How did you meet your significant other?

jaramae
jaramae Posts: 100 Member
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I was just curious as to how most people find their partner these days as i'm only really starting out in the dating world and frankly feel a little lost lol

I know a lot of typical answers will be work, school, online, at a bar but if you cen be more specific, it'd be interesting to know (i.e. during my 3rd year chem class, during a christmas office party, at a club while celebrating a gf's birthday)

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  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    I met him in middle school, about 10-11 years ago. I didn't like him then, but now he's the love of my life :)
  • kelly101386
    kelly101386 Posts: 389 Member
    Met my husband online six years ago through a Star Trek website. It was sort of an early facebook but for sci fi type fans. He sent me something that is the equivalent of a poke and we got talking. Eventually we moved from messages to skype and phone calls then met up a few times and a few months later were officially dating.
  • taylor5877
    taylor5877 Posts: 1,792 Member
    I would throw up an "anyone want to go fishing" thread about once or twice a month on a local forum we both posted.

    She said she wanted to go...
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    We met at work but bonded through Call of Duty... He had me at "What's your K/D ratio?" *swoon*
  • carriempls
    carriempls Posts: 326 Member
    Met my bf at a friend's bday party held at a bar/restaruant. I thought he was cute when I first got there, but I retreated to another table. Later in the night I flirted a bit and he bought me a drink. We spent the rest of the night talking. I befriended him on facebook the next day and within an hour he sent me a message asking me out for coffee.
  • Camilleathome
    Camilleathome Posts: 99 Member
    I met my husband on saltwaterreptiles(Local reptile forum) it was 2 AM and we were the only two people on so I messaged him and said hi I see your online. we started PMing then talking on MSN then on the phone. seven years later we are married, Breeding snakes together and blissfully happy :)
  • lilkayaker
    lilkayaker Posts: 37 Member
    On a white water kayaking instructional 5 years ago-still in love with him and the sport!!
  • PJ64
    PJ64 Posts: 866 Member
    She was a cook at a restaurant in Kunsan city Korea. I was stationed there with the Air Force. I told my Dad, I met the girl I'm going to marry and she is a cook" He said "Good, love gets old, sex gets old but you're ALWAYS going to be hungry" lol:tongue:
  • Stac2004
    Stac2004 Posts: 88 Member
    She was a cook at a restaurant in Kunsan city Korea. I was stationed there with the Air Force. I told my Dad, I met the girl I'm going to marry and she is a cook" He said "Good, love gets old, sex gets old but you're ALWAYS going to be hungry" lol:tongue:

    LOL that's awesome!
  • LadyQueefsalot
    LadyQueefsalot Posts: 150 Member
    Specifically, on yahoo personals (and I'm not even sure if that is around anymore, I think match and eharmony have a stronghold on the market ). I was actually dating someone when he emailed me, and I didn't respond for close to a month, until I realized the guy I was with was a total and utter douche so I emailed him back- we had one online chat, one or two phone calls, met up for a date that Friday, and have been together ever since. If I can give one piece of advice about online dating is don't drag it out and do months of online chatting- establish contact and if the attraction is there, meet for a drink of coffee. I think the reason online dating kind of has a bad rap is people build these false relationships based around excessive chats and perfect-lighting photos and feel that they've built up a 'perfect' version of themselves that will never hold up to the real deal. If you don't give yourself time to do that, then it's just like any other date.
  • missjennifer1966
    missjennifer1966 Posts: 143 Member
    I'll let ya know when I met him! LOL!! Just had to say that:laugh:
  • sicoe17
    sicoe17 Posts: 120 Member
    We went to preschool together, but we didn't really meet untill the first day of freshman year (high school). We've been best friends for 12 years and married almost 4.
  • lilacsun
    lilacsun Posts: 204 Member
    I met my husband through a friend I was going to school with. She talked about how I was working full time, going to school full time, all while raising my son alone. He said he just had to meet me. I put it off for a few weeks not thinking much about it. Finally I had to see this guy that was clamoring to meet me. We spent the whole night talking about so many different things. It was awesome! I had never had a connection with any man like that ever. We have been together ever since. That was seventeen years ago!
  • this_is_my_year
    this_is_my_year Posts: 38 Member
    I met my boyfriend through my housemate at uni. At the time I was dating someone but wasn't really happy, he came round the house and I thought he was cute. I left uni that year and didnt see him again for about six or seven months. I had started dating someone online after the breakup of my original relationship.
    I met him again at a bar with friends and we started talking, he sat on my knee while we were playing pool and made me laugh. We started talking on Facebook and after a couple of months chatting as friends I broke off with the online relationship I was having at the time and agreed to go on a few dates.
    We first kissed in the corner of a little pub while Jimi Hendrix was playing. We've been together ever since. :)
  • The_New_Christina
    The_New_Christina Posts: 818 Member
    Met him at a night club after a messy seperation/divorce with my ex! Love at first sight!
  • mommybambi
    mommybambi Posts: 25 Member
    We worked at the same nursing home. He was an aide and I worked in activities. I took every opportunity to flirt with him but wasn't sure he was getting the hint. My coworker/friend then made a more direct statement to him of how I might be interested. He finally got up the nerve and we exchanged numbers and started dating after that and were engaged 6 weeks later. We got married 6 months later and have been married 14 and a half years.
  • erinfog
    erinfog Posts: 95 Member
    myspace, 7 years ago
  • melcpia
    melcpia Posts: 123 Member
    He lived across the road from me and my ex...so we ran away together and got married.
  • Erica_Rae
    Erica_Rae Posts: 96 Member
    He was one of my EX's best friends... I know that sounds bad, but if you've ever met my ex, you'd understand. There's a reason why my boyfriend and all of their other friends would rather spend time with me than with him! He totally deserved it and had extreme anger issues!! It's just awkward when people ask "how did you two meet?"
  • morah29
    morah29 Posts: 107
    I met my husband in a yahoo chatroom.... we talked as friends for over a year... he came to visit and never left.... I got pregnant and we got married.... 10 years later.... and 3 daughters later... he is still the love of my life :love:
  • apoouahi
    apoouahi Posts: 3 Member
    I meant mine in 4th grade. We use to hang out and play together as children. We were boyfriend and girlfriend in high school for 3 years. We went our seperates ways in our senior year. We reunited af\ter 28 years and married 7 months later. 1 year and 4 month later he decided he didn't want to be married anymore. He told me this in an email he sent to me on New Years day this year.
  • LosingitinTX
    LosingitinTX Posts: 24 Member
    Driving down the road. People where cruising the strip and I was trying to get home. At the time I thought crap, should have gone the long way home. Now, 23 years later, I am glad. A lot of ppl theses days do internet. My kids has met some crappy liars online that were abusive or using her so I am a big supporter of the old fashion way.
  • Espressocycle
    Espressocycle Posts: 2,245 Member
    Online, OKCupid. Honestly, I think online dating is the way to go. You get to meet so many more people and you really get a sense of what matters. It took a zillion dates, but I am so thankful to have met the love of my life.
  • mjf0461
    mjf0461 Posts: 470 Member
    I met mine on line dating site. Been together 8 mths now and I would recommend good dating site's to anyone wanting to find someone. Don't get me wrong I went thru some major crazy's before finding mine but you do that in regular dating also. Just be careful, be smart, and dont' ever let your guard down...
  • amberiam
    amberiam Posts: 55 Member
    We met at a singles event at church that was in a coffee house. Someone brought him over to meet me because he said we "needed to meet." It took him almost 4 months to ask me out, but when he did, that was all it took! =) We're getting married in March...woo hoo!!
  • cmm7303
    cmm7303 Posts: 423 Member
    We met an an audition for my high school theatre department. I was 15, He was 17. We were married 4 years later. That was almost 10 years ago.
  • aa1440
    aa1440 Posts: 956 Member
    We went to school together and dated during my junior and senior year of high school. After graduation I joined the military. After 10 years and traveling the world I came home and she was still single. We started dating again and soon after I asked her to marry me. 13 years later we are still married.
  • harley0269
    harley0269 Posts: 384 Member
    i had the same pernament campsite for 15 years.
    i gave it up to get married (the fiance really wasnt into camping).
    fast forward 3 years later, when the wedding was called off & we broke up; i went back to my favorite old campground only to find my campsite was taken!! :grumble:
    disappointed, i took the second best spot (right NEXT to my old spot)!!
    Thats how we met. As soon as he whipped out his bass fishing rod, I KNEW he was the man for me!! :love:
    We've been "happy campers" ever since!!
    :heart: :heart: :heart:
  • Terree83
    Terree83 Posts: 93
    At a bar.. I saw a really tall (I'm 6'1.. so it's what I look for), good looking guy walk in.. asked, "so.. how tall are you?" and the rest is history :)
  • Steph38111
    Steph38111 Posts: 35
    I meant mine in 4th grade. We use to hang out and play together as children. We were boyfriend and girlfriend in high school for 3 years. We went our seperates ways in our senior year. We reunited af\ter 28 years and married 7 months later. 1 year and 4 month later he decided he didn't want to be married anymore. He told me this in an email he sent to me on New Years day this year.

    That's awful - I'm so sorry :(

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