I'm bored: Poll!

evseidl

How did you meet your FI/DH?Funniest thing that has happened to you two?

Heath404

I met him in middle school. He was the new kid in town and I almost immediatly had a crush on him. We have been together since 10th grade Funniest thing that happened to us was the first time we EVER talked. We were playing softball in gym class and I was playing third and he was short stop. Well a pop fly came right between us and we were both calling for it but we both didnt back down, and ended up smashing into each other and I BROKE my ankle from it!! How romantic!!! I still bring it up to this day whenever my ankle is bothering me!

sunshine1084

How did you meet your FI/DH?We met in class my junior year of college (his senior year). I signed up for a class I wasn't supposed to be taking til my senior year, but wanted to get it over with. In our introductions, I managed to find out that his favorite cookies were peanut butter and then for the last class I made a giant batch of them to impress him (apparently I live in 1957) and he totally didn't get it. We didn't really talk at all over Christmas break but then we got back in January, and cable at my college apt was out...and Lost was on. EMERGENCY! I know he had mentioned him and a bunch of his buddies watched it...so I kinda sorta invited myself along haha. The rest is history. Funniest thing that has happened to you two?Oh boy...lets see. So many things On one of our first dates, we were walking to his car and he decided to jump off a sidewalk and face planted. I couldn't help but die laughing. Poor guy! Lots of our funniest moments include falling...

LucyD1029

We met at the Harp through mutual friends.  So you can go with the "we met at a bar" story or the "we met through mutual friends" story.  Funny things don't happen to us!

october010bride

Ok so we met several times before we really met. Fi and I both went to UMASS... he had grown up with several of my sorority sisters so I met him a few times over the 4 years. We even danced the night away at my junior yr formal. But alas, he was dating someone else and I was not looking. Then... 2nd semester senior I went to a bar with my sisters and he went to the bar because he liked one of them (one of my bms now). We ended up talking the entire night and basically have been together ever since. Funniest thing... nothing really jumps out that was funny but embarassing, well thats another story. Let's just say fi shared a room while we first started dating and we all had TERRIBLE timing   

GardenBryd

-We met as sophomores at Georgetown (about 8 years ago now)! -Funniest: I have no one story, and I think they'd all take too long to explain!

jkepros

How we met:Strangely we met on okcupid.com!  I signed up bc my friend Will was on there and he wanted to see how we "matched up"--also, by registering I could help him screen potential dates.  FI was just doing online dating (his divorce had just gone through--even though he'd been separated for over a year), and apparently I was his "best match"--for anyone who doesn't know what okcupid is, it's a social networking-slash-dating site where you answer a bunch of multiple choice questions and the site tells you how well you match with other people based on how you answer the questions.  He E-mailed me, and I didn't respond (I really wasn't on there for dating).  He E-mailed me a second time and said it was his "last ditch effort" to get to meet me.  I wrote him back and teased him that he was giving up pretty quickly, I mean, just 2 E-mails?!  We went out about a month later and he started planning his proposal about 2 weeks after that. *grin*Funniest thing?OMG, we always end up in weird/crazy/funny situations.  We were at this wedding--craziest wedding ever--and we get there about 5-10 minutes before it's supposed to start.  And no one is there.  I mean, NO ONE except this guy who says he was friends with the groom (we knew the bride).  He starts talking to us and is telling us about all the illegal stuff he did (supposedly he sold knock off wallets & purses and stuff from his "exclusive vendor" in NYC...which he later told us was CANAL STREET!), and how his place was raided and all his siblings were locked up in jail and they took his computer and all his money.  Then, he starts pulling random sh!t out of his pockets including (I kid you not) a half eaten bag of CANDY CORN and a can of SPRAY DEODORANT!  When he pulled out the deodorant he was like, "oh, cool, I was looking for that."  There was more, but you get the idea. 

evseidl

How did you meet your FI/DH?We were in highschool (a million years ago), and moved to NC from MD with my parents. I hated it. I kept walking around the foreign neighborhood, and it being summer, hit the neigborhood pool harder than a boxer on his opponent.  I met Kent and another neighbor there one afternoon of me swimming alone like a petephile.  We met, exchanged addresses (he was 7 houses down the same street from us)-- didn't meet him back again until my car broke down 2 years later (still in highschool).  He made it worse, which is funny since we're both real gear heads, but were basically inseparable from then.  (course, we broke up in college to 'learn' about ourselves, but found each other 4 years later and got married on September 19, 2009!Funniest thing that has happened to you two?DH's parents currently live in Moscow, Russia.  He was there one xmas while we were dating in highschool, and asked me to join.  Of COURSE I would jump on an overseas adventure (paid for by his loving parents)-- but the events leading up to our final destination of Moscow was almost comical.  My flight from FL (where I was celebrating xmas with my family) was bumped up 3 hours--- to 4:30am.  Kent had to call me to let me know because I was passed out on my aunts WHITE couch-- which was stained red because my stupid brother had thrown up all over it after a night of heavy drinking, smoking (of the good stuff-- you all know what i'm talking about), and conversing with the family.  I was in bad shape, threw myself into a cab like a QB's life depended on this last throw of the game, and found out I had gotten on the wrong flight (but they LET ME ON!) and gotten myself to Laguardia for my connecting flight to Moscow.  I needed to be at JFK.  Awesome. kent has to call me again to let me know that my flight has been delayed due to weather (awesome, since I have to jump ship and get to another airport), but that he booked me on an earlier flight (out of the same airport I am NOT at). Perfect. I land in Moscow and remember that not only was I on the wrong flight initially, I flew out of a completley different airport.  i don't have a cell phone that works, and their family driver (expats can't drive in Moscow- it's a rule well worth it if you've ever been- for the safety of the expat, I mean) is supposed to pick me up. I try not to judge people before meeting them.  Try not to.  But I'm 20, stupid, and in a country that I litterally have NO ties to-- and i'm lost.  Don't know what Oleg (the driver) looks like, and seeing alot of people in fur coats and little dogs poking their heads out of the neck openeing of the really 'rich' woman.  I'm hoping Kent is there to help me recognize where the hell I should go.  He's not.  And this guy dressed as what I can only describe as assassin-wear (long black tench coat, black fur russian hat, black leather gloves, and the letters KGB tattooed on his neck) grabs me by the elbow and proceeds to drag me... litterally.  I'm yelling the stupidest thing to him: Do I know you- Do I know you?  Of course I don't the joker. It was a joke Kent played on me.. he knew I didn't know Oleg and that I wouldn't respond well to being forced into an unknown persons black sedanI get in the car, and Kent is there with flowers (hard to come by in December in Moscow).  I hit him with the flowers.  As I think back-- its funniest thing I've ever experienced. If you read all of that, I need to buy you a drink. haha

evseidl

jkpros--- HALARIOUS!!  Spray deod?  wth? hahaha

MDalto421

We met in high school through a mutual acquaintance, kept in touch, and started dating 7 years later when I moved back to Mass...Funniest thing?  It's way too TMI... let's just say DH making jalepeno poppers from scratch without gloves on and then sex later that night don't mix... at all!

spuccio

We met in a Social Theory class at Northeastern. We both love philosophy and were basically the only ones who participated in class discussions. I thought he was GORGEOUS and so smart, and I guess he thought the same of me. Sometime around the end of the semester, Ian told a good friend of his, and I quote, "I met this girl in a class of mine and I swear to God she is the girl I'm going to marry". He was right! We were both in other long term relationships though, so we behaved for a year or so until finally we couldn't take it anymore...we dumped the others and the rest is history...:-) Not sure about funny, though!

october010bride

mdalto... OUCH!!!!!

jkepros

you owe me a drink!    yeah, can you believe it?  And not ONLY was it a can of spray deodorant, but it was a BIG can...like a jumbo sized...think those old big cans of Aquanet Hairspray in the '80s.  And the pocket he "found" it in?  The inner pocket of his sports coat!  Um, can't you feel whatever is in that pocket hitting your chest?  It was such a crazy day.  Also, while we were eating FI kept breaking the plastic forks when he went to stab his food.  He went through like 6 of them.  In a row.  And the wedding ended with about 6 cop cars outside and everyone being throw out of the VFW hall about 2 hours after the wedding was originally supposed to start bc the groom was drunk & got in a fight with some guy on the street when they went outside to take pictures.  We laughed so hard all the way home. 

spuccio

HAHA! jkeps and evs win the funnystories :-) Love it.I should have added to my "how we met" story that we got engaged about 6 months after we dumped the others. :-O scandalous!

evseidl

Jkpr-- no way.  Holy Crap.  Where was I when the funniest wedding of the world's history happened?!?!?!  Man, I would have killed to see him pull out that jumbo can, haha.

noodle_oo

FI and I met my freshman year in college.  I decided to try out the dance club and he was on it (a few years older than me).  I thought he was cute, but was sure he wasn't interested in me (and I'm kind of oblivious!).  Turns out he was, so he got my number off the club phone list and made up an excuse to call me.  While we were talking he asked if I like coffee.  I don't so I said NO, having no idea he was trying to ask me out!  Luckily he's persistant, so he asked if I like hot apple cider and I said yes, so we made a date!A funny story I remember is from when we first started dating.  We were sitting and FI was kind of rubbing/looking at my hands.  I had just been to the museum of science and there was an exhibit about anatomy and babies born with extra fingers, arms, etc (kind of gross!).  So for no reason, I told him I was born with an extra finger!  He's like "Really?" and starts looking at my hand, and I said, "yeah there's the scar where they removed it...".  It was SO funny!  I finally told him I way joking.  Makes me laugh everytime I think about it!  The funny thing is that I'm the one who is wicked gullible!

sunshine1084

spuccio - I completely support your scandal I was a part of something similar BUT I don't even feel bad because when I said "this is the man I'm going to marry" I wasn't wrong!Loves it.

jwatts23

Evs that is a funny and out of control at the same time!jk- that is hysterical "oh, I was looking for that".  So creepy!

evseidl

aww, scandelous knotties.  Its cute. 

2dBride

How did you meet your FI/DH?A mutual online friend got both of us to take an online personality test.  Supposedly, the test would tell you how compatible you were with your friends, and with their friends.  When NotFroofy and I scored as 100% compatible, both of us asked our mutual friend for an introduction.Funniest thing that has happened to you two?Hmm, it's been almost nine years, so I don't know that I can pick out the "funniest."  However, there was one time that NotFroofy and I were taking my daughter to a movie theater that sold alcohol, and didn't allow anyone under 21 in without a parent or guardian.  I dropped NotFroofy and my daughter off while I went to park the car.  When they went to buy tickets, the ticket seller asked my daughter (who was then under 21), "Is she your mother?"  At the very same time, my daughter said, "She's my stepmother," and NotFroofy said, "Her mother is parking the car."  Apparently, the ticket taker decided he didn't want to think about this any more, and let my daughter in.

evseidl

You know, it took me 5 days to get my luggage.  When Oleg (already on my sh*t list) brought it up to the apartment, he said it was "quick time, quick time." Kent's mom (Japanese, with a HEAVY accent) tried to tell me it was the quickest they've ever seen luggage found and delivered in Russia.  I guess your considered a statistic when you GET your luggage, not when it's lost forever. 

chest173

we both work for a paper company(just like The Office) and we met at a paper show(seriously).one of the biggest laugh fests we've  had was going over the guest list we realized we had his family veterinarian on the list, you had to be there, but it was ridiculous.

jkepros

OMG, I love these funny stories.  Good call, liz! the scandel, the pain, the crazy running around--knotties live exciting lives! 

Shazzie116

We met at Jesus Camp in NH the summer before senior year of high school. We were both newbs and didn't know anyone. One of the staffers had handed him a rubber chicken and told him to guard it with his life. So I saw this cutie holding a rubber chicken and thought 'What the heck, he's cute and he's holding a rubber chicken, I might as well go say hi!' We were friends for a little over a year before getting together. I can't believe that was 8 years ago! Funniest thing? I'm going to have to think on this. We're huge dorks and find pretty much everything funny, because we have the sense of humor of 5th grade pre-pubescent boys. I'll get back to you on this. FI does tend to get flaky though, like many guys, about remembering dates. One of his buddies asked him once what our anniversary was, and FI said "That's an easy one, Columbus Day!" To which his friend said "Isn't that a different day every year?" Oh well, he tried!

evseidl

A family vet? thats awesome!!!  what a great guest!

october010bride

Jesus camp.. priceless!At all my years in Jew camp, the director kept trying to match people up so there would be a wedding at the camp. It finally happened last year when a counselor married the boating guy!

Wishin986

Shazzie - what camp?  I'm not Christian but two of my best friends are Baptist so all of our friends use to go to Snow Camp with their church for a few winters for the outdoor games and a weekend away. How did you meet your FI/DH? We met in college - my junior year and DH senior year.  I had just come back from a semester off and my best friend from college had started hanging around with her boyfriends friends in my absence and DH was one of them.  We were at a party - he was the DD - but I was rather tipsy.  He was sitting on a table on the deck and I went up and was basically straddling his leg and talking about 6 inches from his face.  He kept trying to back up but couldn't because there was a cooler so his back got all wet.  He thought I was weird.  Apparently I don't have a good sense of boundaries when I drink.  But he eventually came around Funniest thing that has happened to you two?  Well it wasn't funny really at the time but it's a lot funnier now.  When DH and his Best Man get together it's bad news - poor judgment.  BM had the brilliant idea of running and jumping onto the back ledge of a fountain that was a few feet in the air.  So they try it and DH of course lands on the edge, and rolls into the fountain - which is only about 6-12 inches deep but manages to get completely soaked.  He jumped out of the fountain and they both just ran and I stood there shocked.  Needless to it resulted in a change of plans, a change of clothes and a new scar to add to the list of scars he has gotten when he's with his BM. 

coppolafamily

How We Met: I threw a poker game at my house. My friend brought her nephew and that is currently my fiance.Funniest thing that has happened to us: Good lord, there are many. Funniest- we went to the Cape for a week for our first ever vacation.  We are in the hot tub and suddenly a chick with a t-shirt on jumps in and starts chatting away with us like we were old friends.  She tells us all about her bf (who is drunk in their room) and her job at Olive Garden (hates everyone there) and good local bars.  As her shirt gets wet we realize she doesnt have a bathing suit on!  We quickly dismiss ourselves and run for the door! Later that night there is a fire alarm and we all are forced to evacuate, the same chick is there in the same shirt and Ugg boots- nothing else. And she recognizes us and over she comes to chat like we are pals.. half naked! (ohh the looks as we tried to be nice, but were laughing at her) Then she decides that she is leaving since she needs some "butts" so she jumps (eek!) in her car and takes off, but not without pulling up to us in the pack of the other 100 people and saying she will see us when she gets back. I have never laughed so hard in my life.. we literally RAN from her the rest of the week, she was crazy! 

MeaghanandMichael

We met in college over a game of beruit. Klassy.Funny, but probably not funniest: One night on Martha's Vineyard when we were first dating we started heavily making out on the town bench late night. A bunch of super preppy guys walk by and scream, "get a room!!" Mike looks up from kissing me and says, "got one over there, get a girl!" Their jaws dropped and they stuttered a bunch of nothing and walked away. I fell in love with him all the more that night.

Shazzie116

wishin, It's called CAMPS (Christ As My Personal Savior), for Greater Boston area high schoolers. There's a winter one for middle schoolers called SnowCAMPS, sounds similar to what you've described! Hmmm I think I thought of our funny thing! 2 years ago for Valetine's Day FI surprised me with dinner at Melting Pot, where we'd been dying to go for a while. The food was great, romantic cozy booth to ourselves. Except with FI's allergy, we couldn't do any of the batters that you dip the meat in and then cook in the oil. So we were eating all this food basically just cooked in oil, after appetizers in melted cheese (green apples with melted pepperjack is to die for!), and then fruit and melted chocolate for dessert. It was lovely, but we got out to the car and almost simultaneously the cheese and oil hit us both and we turned to each other and said "We need to get home STAT!" We were both trying not to laugh so as to not further "upset our stomachs". So much for a romantic evening. It was miserable, but funny.

MandahGirly

How We Met: I was a freshman in high school, he was a sophomore, I played the saxophone, he played the trumpet. I remember that I was handing out Christmas cards to everyone and I saw him just kind of standing there and thought, "Hey he looks lonely" I can't remember if I went up to him, but we started talking after school/band, and basically have been together ever since. Funny Story: Before we actually started officially dating, our band hosted a Valentine's Day dance. FI doesn't dance AT ALL, but he friends proceeded to drag him onto the dance floor. Needless to say, his ankle went one way and he went the other. I had NO clue this had happened. So I asked him to dance (slow dance) and he did! He came in the next day with a cast on!!! I was horrified! His Mom told me years later that he was in so much pain but when he was in the hospital he couldn't stop talking about me