How did you meet?

pinkcow13

lacqueredlover said:

@pinkcow13 haha seriously?  We live in Chelsea (I've been here for almost 4 years) and he lived on 24th and 2nd when we met!  It would be hilarious if we lived on the same block!

That would be so funny! We are in Chelsea too, lol. Are you still coming out tonight?

Kauris

JennyColada said:

DH was friends with my ex-BF's roommate. He would come over to BF's house to fix their computers. After about four years of being in the same friend group, DH kissed me by the keg at a St. Paddy's day party, I was still dating BF. I ended things with BF rather quickly after that and DH and I started dating.

ETA: When people ask DH how we met he says: She was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, when I met you, I picked you out, I shook you up and turned you around, turned you into someone new. Only one person has picked up that those are lyrics to a song.

That song was on our wedding playlist FYI. So me and you are kinda almost married to each other. Or something.

We totally are. Oh and next time we come to Napa, I'm grabbing you and your hubby and we shall all eat and drink our way through Yountville!

futuremrsr2015

He was my ex's landlord, I later moved into the house too for a little bit when I moved cities.  When things with my ex didn't work out I moved out and in with my sister, hung out with FI a few times then we got together.

VulgarGirl

We were taking a college class together. I thought she was straight. Until she brought up being gay in class one day, I asked her out right after class. She had thought I was also straight since I was always hanging around with my male best friend, she figured we were together.

We've been together pretty much ever since.

princessleia22

I married the boy next door!

He lived 3 apartments down from me.  I had lived there for about 5 year (he had been there 8 years)and we had never talked... I honestly don't even remember seeing him around.  Then the complex screwed up and gave away my assigned parking space.  They gave me a new space, which happened to be the closest to my building, but there was a car parked in it.  So, they tagged it to have it towed.  As I was coming home the next day he was sitting out front with the most adorable dog and accused me of "stealing his parking space".  He knew the space had previously been assigned to an apartment that was currently vacant, so he figured it was fine for him to park there. Of course, I complained that he stole MY space. So, that started our first conversation.  Then he seemed to be outside nearly everyday when I was coming home, which led to more conversations.  My parents came to visit and asked about him and I assured them that he was just a friend/neighbor and I had no intentions of anything more. Then I went outside one day and caught him washing my car for me.  I went through a couple weeks of "OMG, I know he likes me but I'm not sure I like him that way" thoughts and trying to decide how to politely turn him down. He was completely not what I thought I was looking for, even though he was really nice and I loved spending time and talking with him.  Then one day he finally made a move (about 6 months after we first started talking)... and I didn't have the heart to turn him down, because I did care for him.  So, I figured I'd give it a chance and see what happened, even though I KNEW it wouldn't work out.  About 2 months later he moved in and 5 years later we were married.  And he is the most amazing man I've ever met and I couldn't imagine anyone more perfect for me.

ChemFanatic25

I met my SO through my ex. My ex works right next to him and one day he came home telling me about his coworker going through a really rough divorce and not handling it so well. I felt so bad for the guy and I had never met him (apparently we met at a Christmas party but I was slightly drunk). Anyway, I told my ex that he should invite him to one of our parties to get out of his house or take him out to dinner or something. He invited him to a party and I got to meet him. Funny thing was I actually was asleep because everyone was watching League of Legends really late. I came in to the living room to tell everyone to quiet down at 2 AM and my ex introduced me to him. He was sitting there with one foot resting on the opposite leg sipping scotch. Nice guy.

holyguacamole79

pinkcow13 said:

lacqueredlover said:

@pinkcow13 haha seriously?  We live in Chelsea (I've been here for almost 4 years) and he lived on 24th and 2nd when we met!  It would be hilarious if we lived on the same block!

That would be so funny! We are in Chelsea too, lol. Are you still coming out tonight?

I'm gonna drag her ass out with us!  And @jcbride2015, too!

princessleia22

huskypuppy14 said:

houndpuppy1 said:

I joined POF...yes I said it. I got a friend to join also. She and my now BF were meeting up and she asked me to come along so she wouldn't get raped/stollen/whatever. I told her ok but tell him to have a friend there so I wouldn't be an awkward third wheel. BF and I ended up sitting across from each other and talking the WHOLE night. Oops? She wasn't interested anyway, which is good lol. I'm not sure about my religious views, don't know that I ever will be, but I have to say I felt something I have never felt before when I met him. I truly feel like we were meant for each other.

I felt this way about my husband. I always tease him that it's a good thing I found him. (I messaged him first). I'm not religious at all, but I do feel it could be fate. The universe wanted us to be together.

What's also weird is that we worked ~2 miles from each other, and would frequent the same places (grocery store, sporting events). We always say we probably passed each other in the grocery aisle. 

DH and I lived in the same apartment building, just 3 doors away, for 5 years before we actually met. I walked by his door every day and don't even remember ever seeing him.  I actually even have photos I took a few months earlier that have him in the background.  But, DH and I both agree that if we had met sooner than we did, it wouldn't have worked out between us because neither of us were in the right place for it. It's amazing how fate/life works sometimes.

photokitty

eHarm...

He paid for the super deluxe primo package for a year, all the bells & whistles. 

I got him with a coupon and a cheap-o short subscription. 

We both say the other was totally worth the price paid ;-p

Peaseblossom55

He was my best friend's husband's (then boyfriend) best friend.  She was hanging out with him a bit and thought he was real nice. We had both recently gotten out of relationships.  We had a lot of mutual friends in common.  I still remember her description of him to this day over 5 years later. So my friend began to invite me along when he was going to be around and eventually we began dating.   

Vivandiere8

He worked at the ballroom dance studio I was hired into as an instructor. We were dateing different people at the time and were just co-workers, and a few years later friends, and months after he broke up with his girlfriend my co-workers and I started taking him out with us for drinks, or a movie to get his mind off her (she worked at the same studio we did so it kept things awkward and fresh) and eventually we started hagning out one on on, and then a year after that we started dating officially and the rest is history.

lovesclimbing

In college.  My cousin was the leader of a campus club at my college. My H was part of that club and through it had gotten to know my cousin and a couple other of my cousins who lived in that city as well. He has a lot in common with my family in terms of how he was raised and such.

Anyway, I was over at one of my cousin's houses for dinner shortly after I moved up there for college, and H happened to come over that night to borrow something and my cousins introduced us. 

H claims my first words to him were "Nice flashlight."  I do remember that he had a nice one (an expensive one similar to one my dad had), but I do not remember saying that.

rnsoon

princessleia22 said:

huskypuppy14 said:

houndpuppy1 said:

I joined POF...yes I said it. I got a friend to join also. She and my now BF were meeting up and she asked me to come along so she wouldn't get raped/stollen/whatever. I told her ok but tell him to have a friend there so I wouldn't be an awkward third wheel.

BF and I ended up sitting across from each other and talking the WHOLE night. Oops? She wasn't interested anyway, which is good lol.

I'm not sure about my religious views, don't know that I ever will be, but I have to say I felt something I have never felt before when I met him. I truly feel like we were meant for each other.

I felt this way about my husband. I always tease him that it's a good thing I found him. (I messaged him first). I'm not religious at all, but I do feel it could be fate. The universe wanted us to be together.

What's also weird is that we worked ~2 miles from each other, and would frequent the same places (grocery store, sporting events). We always say we probably passed each other in the grocery aisle. 

DH and I lived in the same apartment building, just 3 doors away, for 5 years before we actually met. I walked by his door every day and don't even remember ever seeing him.  I actually even have photos I took a few months earlier that have him in the background.  But, DH and I both agree that if we had met sooner than we did, it wouldn't have worked out between us because neither of us were in the right place for it. It's amazing how fate/life works sometimes.



Ok that is CRAZY about the photos! How cool!

psychbabe314

Hookah Bar we both go to. FI sat across from me one time with his friend (D) and mentioned to D that he thought I was cute, but was too shy to talk to me. A few months later, he invited me to his 21st birthday party, which was supposed to be a one night stand, however he convinced me to watch Star wars with him and then go out to dinner and then sit with him at the Hookah Bar... and eventually be his girlfriend.

 I'm glad he did. :-)

OnionBreath

My friend met my fiance on a dating website and she spent the entire date telling him she has someone who's just perfect for him and then set us up. 

flantastic

Technically we met senior year of high school, but we were at our eventual college - on a recruiting weekend for their honors program. Didn't really interact much that weekend in the group of 30 people, but met.

Obviously, we both ended up going there, and the combination of required classes for said honors program and being in majors-level chemistry meant that we had 3 of our 5 first semester classes together, and two of them were 15-person seminars. We also happened to live near each other, so there was a lot of walking and talking - walking from class to class, walking from class to dorm, eventually walking from dorm to class...

The night that he eventually got my number, I lost my phone. We also had a single dining hall swipe per meal window, and he tried to ask me to go to dinner there on a night when I had gone super early with my roommates, so I couldn't go again. He definitely thought I was trying to blow him off.

At some point we formed a chemistry study group, and my roommates were like, "Yes, you're going to study 'chemistry,' all right."

JennyColada

kasmith1 said:

JennyColada said:

DH was friends with my ex-BF's roommate. He would come over to BF's house to fix their computers. After about four years of being in the same friend group, DH kissed me by the keg at a St. Paddy's day party, I was still dating BF. I ended things with BF rather quickly after that and DH and I started dating.

ETA: When people ask DH how we met he says: She was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, when I met you, I picked you out, I shook you up and turned you around, turned you into someone new. Only one person has picked up that those are lyrics to a song.

That song was on our wedding playlist FYI.

So me and you are kinda almost married to each other.

Or something.

We totally are. Oh and next time we come to Napa, I'm grabbing you and your hubby and we shall all eat and drink our way through Yountville!

Yessss. Or if you ever visit LA!