So how and when did you meet your significant other?

I was 28, she was 27. We knew each other for awhile through work then started dating. One day I woke up and decided I didn't want to spend another day without her. The feeling was vastly different from infatuations and sexual attractions I had felt before her. I proposed on the Continental Divide at Loveland Pass.

 

i met ex on MySpace before it was the commerical page it is now, she was my first gf and I was 22 back in 2004

we were together for 2+ years and kinda of having the shaky friendship stage after a relationship thing going at the moment

since then, I've joined Kam in stalking...

 

Nice place. What did she say?

 

EHarmony in the summer of 2006. We're getting married in 3 weeks.

 

I wasn't really actively looking for a g/f at the time because I was having vocation difficulties and had to move back in with my dad a year after I graduated college. She was the best friend of my brother's g/f (now wife) and they had both made attempts to get us together in the past. I balked because I wasn't interested in dating someone with a 6 year old kid and because I really don't like being "set up" by people...kind of adds some pressure into the situation that really doesn't need anymore pressure.

Anyway, apparently during this time my current wife had sworn off men (no answer yet on whether that would have meant an eventual trending towards women ) because of several bad relationships in a row. My brother and his g/f had been working on her as well but she wasn't interested in being hooked up either.

Then one day my brother calls me and asks me if I want to eat dinner with his g/f and him at Luby's that night. I didn't have any plans so I said sure. The same invitation was made to the other party. Neither of us knew that the other would be there.

The funny thing was that there was no story-book "love at first sight" like you would imagine, or at least not from my end. We barely spoke to one another, I think because we were both a little steamed that we had been tricked. I blew it off pretty fast though and joked around some with her 6 year old and the other kids there (belonging to my bro's wife and her family). Later that weekend my brother invited me over to play board games and hang out and my she was invited as well. In that setting we really hit it off and now we've been married for 2+ years. So I guess I have my brother to thank for it, even though he was a sneaky b**** in his methods.

 

high school, back in 2000, we got together in late 2001, our junior year and we have been together since.

 

dog and duck, austin, st. patricks day

 

I was bartending at the Tavern in San Marcos and walked upstairs to do some paperwork in the office, and she was sitting there with another girl whom I knew.

I was introduced to her, and told her that she looked like Terry from General Hospital.....she said "Thanks".....and I said..."Oh, I didn't say she was good looking, just that you looked like her" then I wheeled around and went into the office and she was left stammering and smitten.



Been married for 13 years now, together for 18.

DD

 

set up by a mutual friend while i was in korea. im back in the US now and we've been dating for about 2.5 yrs. 2 of those years have been long distance. its really really tough.

 

About 5 years ago I was hanging out at a friends apartment and the guy who lived downstairs came up and hung out with us. He was good looking AND intelligent, and we got along great. We all hung out together as friends for several months, and then one Fourth of July weekend, we all went to Corpus/Port Aransas and hung out and grilled on the beach. He and I had our first kiss, and have been a couple ever since that weekend (4 1/2 years).

 

Bass Outlet store in Conroe 10 years ago this March. She was an assistant manager and I was hired to manage the stock room. We both went to SHSU.

 

LOL DD do you watch Ugly Betty??

I ask because last night's episode talked about that. How a guy could get a girls interest by insulting her... one of the characters in it had written a book called "Tap That" and explained if you insult instead of compliment the girl will be all into you.

Personally I can't see that working on me.. but apparently it worked on your wife!

Interesting thread by the way. I am in the "stopping looking" stage. Figure I have time yet to worry about it. Viva la single life!

 

Did you ever watch that show on VH1 - The Pickup Artist? That dude said the same sort of thing.

 

we met on aol about about 5yrs ago. met in person about a year later after talking on the phone all the time. my wife (as of may 07) and best friend now. not sure what i would do without her.

word of advice for anyone willing to listen... take your time when you meet someone.
patience, communicaion and trust is a must.

 

We had 4 classes together our freshman year of college. She came up to me to make fun of the Bill Clinton button I had on my backpack. That was about 15 years ago, now. I can remember exactly where I was, and it's like sacred ground.

 

It started with some innocent flirting on the BBS. then some myspace stalking. then a little AIM convo. She swears she knew she was going to marry me before we even talked, but I don't believe her. There was just a connection that could not be denied. We were kind of both in a "not looking for anybody" stage, so it was just casual. She was intelligent, good looking, funny, and most of all a die-hard Rockets fan. I guess she felt the same thing about me.

Meeting for the first time was the most nervous I have ever been in my life. We were shy and she had to lie to her parents and say she had a friend with her to make sure I wasn't a sexual predator. The feelings were there though, and we had our first kiss (make out session) the next night.

Weird thats its been a year and a half now. People said we were stupid and it would never last. I laugh at those people.

 

Tubing down the Guadalupe, July '03.

 

Pet owl on your shoulder? That's freakin awesome...marry me.

 

I pulled up to the street corner and she got in...

 

Isn't she the one whose best friend **** blocked you?