How did you meet your significant other?

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  • TeamEdwardJenn
    TeamEdwardJenn Posts: 400 Member
    I met him while we were working at Cedar Point together . I got sent to clean the roller coaster Iron Dragon , this was during clean up week before the park open for the season. Anyways i got sent to clean because the girl in charge hated me and wanted me to leave her area ..Well i get to the ride and start talking this guy whom dident talk to me ..im a jabber jaw , but we talked for a few and later that night came to the bar hopeing i was there , and if your a CedPo employee the bar was pretty much it so yeah i was there ...:)
  • I babysat him when he was a drunken mess! :-P
  • lep_623
    lep_623 Posts: 193 Member
    I met my husband on Facebook... we talked a a few times then i stopped getting messages from him and started dating another guy and he and I dated for a year and a half... after we broke up i was going through old things on Facebook and saw a message from my "hubs" that I had never gotten and so i responded 2 years later lol and we started talking and then met and pretty much fell in love instantly... we dated 3 months before started looking at rings and were together 9 months when he proposed... we just celebrated our 2 years of being together this month and have been married for 3 months on the 23rd... he's my best friend :D God definitely works in mysterious ways... :)
  • ahaynes
    ahaynes Posts: 13 Member
    I met my wife our freshman year of college. We both were freshmen and she was gorgeous (still is). I knew from the time I met her I was going to marry her. I even told my college roommate at that time I was...lol
  • laarae
    laarae Posts: 332 Member
    I met mine through a friend-our first date (I fixed him a lovely steak dinner-we drank whiskey:drinker: -not my best idea) and went for a drive in the car-too much whiskey and I ended up throwing up all over in the car (mine), he took me home, poured me into my bed, cleaned the whole inside of my car-stayed with me until I felt better. Oh yea he was a keeper for me-26 years later and 5 kids.:heart:
  • Jessvaliquette
    Jessvaliquette Posts: 111 Member
    We met on the worst possible dating site but he is the best, glad I was on that site.
  • cobes24
    cobes24 Posts: 132 Member
    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.

    I agree! If you don't fart around forever having loooong deep chats and intense emails, then meeting online is no different than meeting in a bar, at Starbucks, or any other place where you meet briefly and decide to go on a date.

    I met my bf of 3 yrs on Plenty of Fish; we chatted/talked on the phone for about wk then had dinner. It was the holidays so our next date was a month later, and that was it. He's fabulous.
  • jaramae
    jaramae Posts: 100 Member
    Thank you to everyone who has responded thus far. I was very genuinely interested in how love matches came about. Certainly restored my faith in love, if only for a day. :) There are so many interesting, funny, unique, heartwarming stories and I've been reading them all throughout the day

    I couldn't edit my original post to include my story so here it is:

    I've only had one boyfriend. I met him online in a chat room when I was 16 (he was 19) He had just broken up with a long term gf and I merely liked talking to people around the world instead of doing my homework. He lives in NY and I live in Canada. We hit it off and quickly realized our strong connection. After an agreed upon year of talking and strengthening our bond, we decided to meet up and everything continued to fall into place. We have been in each other's lives romantically for 6 years.

    The last two years have been especially tough. We are no longer together officially but remain connected because of our history. It hasn't been good this past year and I have been looking to move on with my life but I worry that it won't happen for me again and I don't know where to begin.

    So it's been nice hearing all these stories. Makes me feel like my next chance at love mya come at any time :)
  • katy84o
    katy84o Posts: 744 Member
    Both of our friends were looking for a room mate on roommates.com. They met up and moved in together. Over about a month, we had seen each other and partied together but never really talked much. Then one night he came in with a busted up knee from skateboarding. He was bleeding all over the place and no one would help him. I helped clean him up and bandaged up his knee. It took me almost hour or so to clean and bandage because we were just sitting there talking. Later that night he asked me out on a date and we've been together ever since, 5 1/2 years :)
  • tashjs21
    tashjs21 Posts: 4,584 Member
    Thank you to everyone who has responded thus far. I was very genuinely interested in how love matches came about. Certainly restored my faith in love, if only for a day. :) There are so many interesting, funny, unique, heartwarming stories and I've been reading them all throughout the day

    I couldn't edit my original post to include my story so here it is:

    I've only had one boyfriend. I met him online in a chat room when I was 16 (he was 19) He had just broken up with a long term gf and I merely liked talking to people around the world instead of doing my homework. He lives in NY and I live in Canada. We hit it off and quickly realized our strong connection. After an agreed upon year of talking and strengthening our bond, we decided to meet up and everything continued to fall into place. We have been in each other's lives romantically for 6 years.

    The last two years have been especially tough. We are no longer together officially but remain connected because of our history. It hasn't been good this past year and I have been looking to move on with my life but I worry that it won't happen for me again and I don't know where to begin.

    So it's been nice hearing all these stories. Makes me feel like my next chance at love mya come at any time :)

    I can promise you, you won't move on until you let him go. I did that with my ex and we kept falling back to each other when things didn't work out with someone else. I never gave relationships a real chance because I felt a tie to our "history". It was only when I finally let him go did I move on and was able to fall in love again.

    I am now married and we have a beautiful daughter and my ex is going to be married next month.

    It hurts and it sucks to let go of someone you have loved and may still love, but you won't truly move on and give yourself to someone else until you do. :flowerforyou:
  • IMYarnCraz33
    IMYarnCraz33 Posts: 1,016 Member
    My husband & I met on a gaming site (pogo.com) in big shot roulette.
    We met face 2 face about 6 to 8 months later.
    And got married 13 months after that.
  • MdmAcolyte
    MdmAcolyte Posts: 382 Member
    I met my hubbs on OkCupid ~ we were a 97% match, though when I first saw his photo I knew right away he was just *not* my type... I was not his either, but we decided to meet because if nothing else, we knew we could be great friends. We both showed up half an hour late on our first date, and lo and behold he was perfect for me and I for him and we got married last June. <3
  • Jeff331
    Jeff331 Posts: 15 Member
    I'm divorced so I'll have to let you know when I find a significant other. I had a couple bad relationships that I rushed into so I'm just taking my time.
  • buffcleb
    buffcleb Posts: 150 Member
    on the internet...before there anyone else was doing it :) we met on our schools internal computer chat system in 1994
  • hbrittingham
    hbrittingham Posts: 2,518 Member
    We worked together in a restaurant. He wanted me to go out with him for several months before I agreed. A month after our first date, on Valentine's Day, he came home with me and never left. That was 22 years ago. He is/was my first true love and still is, even after lots of ups and downs. He is also my best friend.
  • proudarmywife06
    proudarmywife06 Posts: 213 Member
    I met my husband in high school when we were both 15. We were best friends until 18 when we started dating and got married at 20 :)
  • cldaugherty
    cldaugherty Posts: 28 Member
    I met my husband at the bowling alley on our college campus. We have been married for 14 years. It has been a journey with some valleys and peaks but love is worth fighting for.
  • KodAkuraMacKyen
    KodAkuraMacKyen Posts: 737 Member
    My husband is my older sister's huband's younger brother, so we met when I was 10. We started dating when I was 17 and married when I was 21. We've been "together" for 10 1/2 years now, married for a little over 6.
  • TeraJo
    TeraJo Posts: 58 Member
    My fiance and I first starting talking on Chemistry.com. I had a free week and we e-mailed a few times as we were on each others top matches. After my free week I didn't continue on that site so we stopped talking. Cut to 3 months later we are on each others match.com top matches. We start e-mailing again and this time he asks me out for Valentine's Day. I ended up having to cancel due to some health issues.... six weeks later I ask if he is still interested and we make a date to meet for coffee.... that was March 28th, 2010... we are getting married next June and I could not be any happier. He is the love of my life. :)
  • pattycakes1978
    pattycakes1978 Posts: 40 Member
    I met my husband online on a site called "plenty of fish". I had just updated my profile to be very specific on what I was/was not looking for in a guy. He sent me a message first. After we had been togther a few weeks I asked him why he chose to send me a message and he said he liked my profile, that I knew what I wanted and it was kind of funny how specific I was. Now we have been together for 3 years. We got married in June.
  • apoouahi
    apoouahi Posts: 3 Member
    Thanks. You know the old saying "What goes around comes around"
  • My friend set me up with her new boyfriend's cousin back in 2007. My friend and that guy are now married with 3 kids. I didn't like being set up at first so we just chatted once in a great while online. I pushed the idea of being with him around for 8 months because I wasn't quite ready for a long distance relationship and wasn't sure of him..... but then one summer night, during the 4th of July fireworks we connected and started to realize that we are meant for eachother. I became his girlfriend 2 weeks after that and started our long distance relationship.... 5 months later, he moved into my town to be closer to me. We've been together for 4 years now.
  • Golfgirl16
    Golfgirl16 Posts: 26 Member
    I met my husband when I stopped looking...totally fate! After short relationship with a guy who liked to play games, I was off to college alone. I hadn't been single in a long time, so this was a big change for me. I was gone all weekend playing golf on the college team, while everyone was getting to know eachother at freshman orientation activities. The 1st day of classes, I felt like I missed out on getting to know ppl all weekend.

    I had one more class left, night English class, and then I could get this day over with...or so I thought! He sat behind me and asked to borrow a red pen. We started talking and found out we also had a few other classes together. Before long we were having lunch and hanging out all the time. Then November came and he fell asleep at my place and never left...THANK GOD!!! I knew I loved him 2 weeks into dating and told my roommate that I would marry him someday. That was almost 6 years ago... we got married last November, and I have never been happier!! It is amazing what happens when you stop looking and let things fall into place. The crazy thing about this is he grew up a block away from a college, but decided not to go there. He left Iowa and came WI for school...had he not done that, we would have never met! Good Luck & thanks for reminding me how lucky I am!!
  • I found my man in a bar. My friend and I where looking for fun. He was my dare. Well one thing led to another. Its now 22 years later. Married for 20. We have 3 amazing kids. He is still the man of my dreams. Life would not be the same with out him. I did lose the dare but what I life I got out of it.
  • vanessamcinnis
    vanessamcinnis Posts: 204 Member
    I met my boyfriend at a bar.......I remember when I was looking for that great guy saying...."I don't want to have to meet a guy at the bar" but it happened and he is the best person to ever come into my life. I was with a another guy for 2 and a half years....I was happy with my ex when I officially met "MIchael" on my Birthday...I introduced myself...(I knew Michael since I was in junior high but never had the courage to say hello...he is friends with my sister and in the same group of friends with my brother) I fell in love with him. My bf has never smoked/had alcohol his whole life hes 26 we are going to travel to Europe together someday when we get the money. Michael never goes to bars unless his band is playing...but this one night...if his buddy never begged him to go out to the bar that night...we prolly wouldn't be together and I would be unhappy with the other guy... Also pretty cool our Birthdays are 1 day apart...Mine is November 14 hes is the 15 and our Anniversary is on April Fools day...I love it...I fell for a fool :p Best 3 years of my life, we live together and talk about kids everyday....that will come when the time is right....Just be yourself when your looking for that someone...sometimes it takes awhile but the wait is worth it to find the right one... :)
  • curlygirly73
    curlygirly73 Posts: 23 Member
    I met my now husband through a mutual acquaintance while partying on an island in the middle of a lake.
  • I'm thrilled to see so many 'online' meetings!!!!!

    Joined a dating website called BBPMeet.com (Big Beautiful People Meet) it was free for woman for a month......had 3 days left, was just getting ready to go out and rescue a dozen cats and start naming them with the luck I was having.......when I saw my husband's profile - that was December 2nd, 2010.... Sent him a message, we started speaking.....met in person December 13th........engaged April 25th, 2011.........married July 2nd, 2011...... What can I say....when you know....you know!

    I LOVE MY HUSBAND!!!!!!
  • KarleeS92
    KarleeS92 Posts: 27 Member
    A website called TAGGED. I just signed up to meet some new people after coming out of a 3.5yr relationship and started talking to my now partner. we hit it off straight away. phone calls daily for hours, a few months of talking wen by and then he came here for a holiday... 11months ago, been here ever since. =)
  • DanceForever904
    DanceForever904 Posts: 611 Member
    datehookup.com been together two year getting married in 8 months!
  • SeaRunner26
    SeaRunner26 Posts: 5,143 Member
    Seattle Gay Film Festival. After our first date, we moved in together within twenty days. We've been together now for over seven years.