Poll

snarky_girl

I've seen this on other boards before and I thought it would be be fun since we're all finally talking on here!! So here we go:
-- How did you meet your FI/DH?-- How long have you been together?-- Is he helping with wedding planning?-- Worst habit?-- Best trait?
For me ..-- How did you meet your FI/DH? We actually met at an online dating website. The funny thing was we actually knew several people and acquaintances of each others but had never run into each other. One friend actually tried setting me up with him about three years before we met (I know .. think of all that time I wasted!!) 
-- How long have you been together? As of now, just over 10 months. I know. We're moving fast - but I knew by day 3 of meeting him he was the one for me. And I told him so on day 10. Thank god he agreed and didn't run for the hills!
-- Is he helping (or did he help) with wedding planning? Yes and no. Yes - he helped choose the colors (brown, white and light blue); came up with the backyard BBQ theme and actually gave me a list of invitees and has pursued them for their addresses. No - he doesn't care about decorations, music, or much of anything else. Tells me to do what I want. Which is great on one hand and a pain in the butt on another!!
-- Worst habit? He yells at his Xbox. Loudly. Curses it, the online players who do him wrong, etc. It generally wigged me out the first time I watched it happen. You have to understand. This giant (6' 4" tall) is the sweetest, kindest man I know. He won't kill spiders - he lets them outside (I squash the filthy things) and my 6 year old nephew and him can be found on the ground playing cars or looking for bugs. So the verbal tirade was scary at first. Now I see its how he unwinds and lets off steam. Still .. I told him that behavior has to go once we have kids!
-- Best trait? His generosity. He will give a friend in need anything he can, even if it will cause problems for himself. Help anyone move a thousands times. And he makes sure I never want for anything. He tells me he loves me and how lucky he is to be with me almost every day. 

sarahmarietm

-- How did you meet your FI/DH?
We met at work.  His brother worked in my dept. at the time, and introduced us.  It wasn't until a year later that we actually started talking, and hanging out.  We've been inseperable ever since. Aww.

-- How long have you been together?Two years in September. We orginally were going to get married on our anniversary, but it was smack dab in the middle of labor day weekend.  There was no way all the people we wanted to invite from work would be able to go, so we bumped the date up 2 weeks.

-- Is he helping with wedding planning?Eh, kinda.  He helped me put together the RSVP cards, and helps me when I can't make up my mind.  He's also very a picky so when I met with our caterer I got a copy from her, and had him choose things he would actually eat!

-- Worst habit?He stays up too late when he knows he has to get up way early in the morning.  Then he turns into a super cranky baby.

-- Best trait?Great sense of humor, and a big big heart. He knows just what to do to cheer me up.

kizat

I should totally be working, but I'm annoyed with coworkers... sooo

-- How did you meet your FI/DH?

We met online... Kinda.  We actually met through a mutual friend, but we had been talking to each other on a music message board for probably about 5 years... and then the conversations trickled into IM.  At the time that I met him in person, I was actually dating someone else and was picking up his roommate for drinks and a "bitch session" because things weren't going well with my boyfriend at the time.

-- How long have you been together?

Just a hair over 2.5 years

-- Is he helping with wedding planning?

Due to our budget, I'm taking on a whole mess of DIY projects.  Thankfully, he has a wonderful workerbee's mind and wont stay out of my projects.  He designed our STD's, he's doing his groomsmen gifts, he's doing the children's bags, and he's been helping out on other small things here and there.  He's been VERY involved and VERY helpful. *swoon*

-- Worst habit?

He's got a lot of quirks that drive me a little insane.  He's a nail biter.  and I hate it.  So much.  He also chews on his mustache.  It's weird.  but it drives me bonkers.  And sometimes he uses a lot of words to describe things... hahaha All really small quirks that I hate, but are a part of who he is... so they're really not that bad. lol

-- Best trait?

He has got to be one of the most laid back people I've ever met.  And he's HILARIOUS... And very, very, very patient... a trait that I lack horribly. 

colsta

I love reading all your stories. Here's mine:

1. How did we meet? Online through match actually. We emailed a few times then decided to meet at the dog park. We each have two dogs and now have a blended family.

2. How long have we been dating?
Just over two years.

3. Is he helping? Pretty much. I wish he would make some more decisions. He's so worried about me being happy with everything that sometimes it feels like he's treating it like my day instead of our day. But if I give him something to do, it gets done.

4. Worst habit? He leaves things open - drawers, cupboards, the washing machine. I don't know why but it drives me crazy. I always go around shutting them. But I can't complain because I hit the snooze button for about an hour and he still lives with me!

5. Best trait? He's so good at keeping things in perspective, especially when I get emotional about something. He's a young widower at 30 years old so I think he has a really strong appreciation for just plain living and enjoying the day to day things.

DramaGeek

Can the old married lady play?  :-P

-- How did you meet your FI/DH?
We remet online, but originally went to junior high together.  If I hadn't already known him, I never would have met him in person.

-- How long have you been together?
It was 10 years on April 1.  Ack, we're old!  We've been married 7.5 years.

-- Is he helping with wedding planning?
He did help, yes.  We chose the date, location, invitations, guest book, and tuxes together.  He did the unity candle himself when I was out of town.  We wrote our vows together.  He also helped assemble the invitations, though I did not let him help address!

-- Worst habit?

Yelling at the computer, telling everyone else online they are morons - though I'm the only one who can hear him.  Oh, and leaving cupboard doors open.  Drives me crazy!

-- Best trait?
So super generous and patient with me.  He will gladly never buy another thing if it means I get to have my hair done the way I want it and indulge my shoe and handbag habit.

snarky_girl

Sweet ... I have to say we all seem to have a great bunch of men in our lives! And when I was dating, they said that all the good ones were gone. I never believed that then and I still don't! Makes my heart sing to hear about all these guys!!

klitkie

Wait!! I want to chime in!

-- How did you meet your FI/DH? At a dance club - I saw the big guy alone in the corner and wanted to make sure he had fun dancing that night!

-- How long have you been together? 7 years this month - and we aren't old.... eek...I guess we both have commitment issues.

-- Is he helping with wedding planning? Yes and No. Definitely great about getting something done if I assign it to him and reminding me of certain things. He is also great about helping me make decisions if we have too many options.

-- Worst habit? Waiting to do things until they are asked of him.

-- Best trait? He is loyal, genuine, absolutely loves me and the best dad ever.

Thanks for letting me share! I've enjoyed reading all of the other stories too!

colsta

I know! Fun to read good stories. Whenever my friends/sister say there are no good men left, it seems so bitter. Several guys that I dated before FI were really great guys too. We weren't meant to be together (different goals in life, etc.) but they are still really great people that I think the world of.

nannabug42

Ohh, fun reads. I wanna play too!

-- How did you meet your FI/DH?
Through a mutual friend right as FI was going into the Army. He broke his legs in a million places and was medically discharged. We became really close friends for a few years (he says he was in love with me the whole time - he's shy.) Then we just sort of fell into it - he finally got the balls to say something and I woke up and here we are. Our best friends are married to each other so it's fun.
-- How long have you been together?
2 years.
-- Is he helping with wedding planning?
He's been great actually. He's gone to every appointment to check out vendors, gone to craft stores multiple times a week, etc. I'm doing tons of it DIY since we're paying for the wedding and he's been really great at helping, giving opinions, and encouraging.
-- Worst habit?
Getting frustrated at his XBox - common theme on here
-- Best trait?
He's really thoughtful and sweet natured.

snarky_girl

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[QUOTE]Worst habit? Getting frustrated at his XBox - common theme on here ;)
Posted by nannabug42[/QUOTE]

LOL ... So glad I'm not the only one who deals with this!!! Now all I do is laugh. Or make snide remarks. He laughs and realizes that he's getting too amped up at that point. I told our friends last night that while he plays the war games a lot, I think he'd still get upset at Mario if he was playing that. My FI laughed and said yeah ..."Take it Mario ... T-a-k-e  I-T!!!" <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" />

neal21

These are great!  Here's mine:

-- How did you meet your FI/DH?
We met through work while we were living in Massachusetts.

-- How long have you been together?
Four and a half years.  He proposed the weekend after our fourth anniversary. 

-- Is he helping (or did he help) with wedding planning? 

Yes, which is both a blessing and a curse.  I'm glad he cares and has an opinion, but he travels a lot for work so sometimes progress stops while he's gone, then we're in panic mode when he gets back.

-- Worst habit?
Sometimes when he's trying to convince me of something or explain his point of view, he'll keep giving his arguments after I've already agreed with him.  It's like he's already come up with all his talking points and he wants to make sure he says them all since he took the time to come up with them.  So, I'm like, yeah, yeah, I agree, you don't have to keep convincing me... but he will.  I know to expect it so I can laugh about it now, but it used to really annoy me. 

-- Best trait?
He's really supportive of the decisions I make.  Also, he has been pretty awesome at helping me deal with my crazy mother through the wedding planning process.