That's an awesome story Meagan (even though I agree it was backwards as you said), I am soo glad that it had a happy ending. I am glad it worked out for your little family!

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Okay so WHERE to start..First of all our parents live five minutes apart..I went to county schools and he went to city schools so not in the same groups...I was dating a guy for a couple years who went to VA tech. I was up there one weekend for a party and So was DH...when we got there the guy I was dating said "oh I can't stand that guy"....it was DH.lol

DH was there with his girlfriend at the time a girl I went to high school with. She was one of those girls always mad about SOMETHING. Anyway next day at the game I ended up being seated in between my date and DH. hmmmmmmm It was cold and my date was all WARM in his coat.(I hadn't brought warm clothes because two hours away at home it had been warm and he didn't bother to tell me to bring warm clothes!) Anyway DH said you want to wear my jacket you are freezing....I of course declined since I knew that would not sit well with my current boyfriend but I noted the gentleman's offer. Then a few hours later I was hungry and DH said to my bf go get the lady something to eat or I will. Well of course he went and got me a hotdog because he didn't like this guy and didn't want him to show him up.

That was it nothing else happened....I found out a while later that the guy I had been dating for two years had me the girlfriend at home and a girlfriend at college. So needless to say that ended.

A year later I was out with a friend and she wanted to go meet up with this guy she had been dating....He brought a friend...IT was DH. I thought ugh not this guy again. We ended up dancing allnight then he wanted to go home with me and I said uhhhhhh NO. He was like I promise I will take you out again. I laughed(what kind of girl did ihe think I was?) By this point I thought okay this guy is a jerk like my ex said. Well he did call the next day even though I didn't take him up on it. I stood him up. Thinking I know how to handle these guys. He called again and again and again. We finally started dating in June of 1996 He was signed up to go into the Air Force as an officer and I thought now I have met THE GUY and he is moving to TX. He must have had the same thoughts we were engaged in August of 1996 and married October 16th 1996. I moved to TX with him. We have moved alot and I have loved every experience with him.

It didn't take long for me to see I was In head over heels! We have been married ten years this October and expecting our second child. Needless to say we have season tickets to VA tech. That is "our " place.

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I don't know how I missed this! I think y'all know parts of the story, but here's the whole thing...

DH and I met when I was barely 18 (11.5 years ago), and he was 29, married 10 years, with 4 kids. I think the kids were 4, 6, 7, and 8 at the time. I went to work at the doorgirl (receptionist, cashier, checked id's) at the nightclub next to my apartments, and he was the valet. We were the only two employees who away from the inside of the actual club, and we had a lot of time to talk, and because fast friends. I started babysitting the kids, etc. We were all friends for about 2.5 years, then I don't relly remember what happened after that. I hadn't talked to him in about 6 years, I had gone to school, traveled, etc, then one night, a week after I had gotten back to San Antonio after working in Alaska for four months, my dad called and said 'some guy named Danny just called. You want the number?' Sure as heck did, you-betcha-siree-bob! So, I called him, and he was staying with his sister, having split from his ex-wife almost a year before. This was October 14, 2004. We moved in together just after Thanksgiving, he proposed on a moonlit beach on Christmas night during a trip to visit my grandmother. And we've just finally set the wedding date that is going to stick! August 13th, this summer.

The past year and a half has been really tough...dealing with the separation, and fallout from the split, the kids, our two miscarriages, plus all the stuff you struggle through in the first few years of living with someone. We make each other crazy at times. But I love him. I swear, I was created with him in mind, and him for me.

Good stories, everyone!

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Well it's kinda crazy how I met my DH, but here it goes...I was in a Yahoo! chatroom when I met him. I found his profile and found out that he lived only like an hour away and he was so sexy in his picture I just had to message him (very unlike me). Well I'm glad I did, because we talked all night that night (May 7, 2004) and he came and met me on May 9, 2004 (Mother's Day) and the rest is history. We started dating immediately, he proposed in September, and we got married last June with his dad (a preacher) marrying us. LOL!

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You all have great stories!! My turn...

DH and I live in the same small town. We first met when I was 19 at a bar in town. I found out he went to school with my older sister and brother. (DH is 8 years older than me) The first night we met we ended up going for a drive...well he tried to put the moves on me and I got scared (I'm scared of everything!!) and I went home. He called and asked out for weeks after that and it never worked out, besides I was worried about the age difference.

Well three years later on Thanksgiving night a friend and I were out and DH & I met up again! This time I was a bit more interested and gave him a ride home. I was interested in where he lived because I put an offer in to buy the same house a year before and didn't get it, he did! I did however, bought the house down the street. I went in to see the remodeling job he had done...I was quite impressed, I stayed until 4am! He was all I could think of so I called him after waiting and he didn't call me...of course he wouldn't I shot him down 3 years ago. Anyway, we went on a first date and were pretty much inseparable ever since. AND Needless to say, I got the house anyway! We always joke about that!

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Dana

wonderful stories! i wonder how they'd sound if the DH's told them?

I met JP one night while I was out Salsa dancing. I was sitting at the bar, sipping on a Corona when two guys walked up to me, JP and another guy. The "another guy" said "Ok, we both think you're pretty, but you can't talk to both of us, so which one of us do you want to talk to?"

Since I thought this was a pretty forward response, I chose JP, the guy who didn't say something stupid. We talked for 4 straight hours, and every time he tried to kiss me, I dodged his lips.

He got really drunk, so I drove him home, put him in his bed and slept on the couch (it was 3 am!). Woke up the next morning while he was still sleeping and left, figuring I'd never see him again.

Unfortunately (fortunately?) in my hurry to leave that morning, I left my sweater and my cell phone in his apartment. He called me house from my cell the same day. I went back to get my stuff, and he was so sweet and apologetic that I ended up staying for dinner that night...and then pretty much every night since.

Funny thing is he was living with the "another guy" at the time, who 3 months after that fateful night told me he was in love with me too, and that once again I'd have to choose.

Luckily, it was an easy choice!

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Emily, when my dh tells the story of how we met he tells everyone that I went in to buy a car and he being the stellar saleman he is, sold me himself. He is all macho about it but when we talk about it he says that he knew within 15mins we would be married.

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these stories are great

DH (Rob) and I worked together, but in a rather large place and I honestly didn't notice him, or work near him. I worked closely with his brother, Sean. (brother was a loan office, and i was his processor). DH would see me with my friends while with his brother and probe his bro for info. (this is all stuff i found out later). Sean would tell him "she's going through a divorce"..and other random things like that. DH said he used to go over to a friends cubical all the time just because I sat near that person. This went on for over a summer...and of course, i never noticed. So, to make a long story short, i was divorced in oct 2003 (and DH got engaged in Oct 2003) and in Dec before christmas I went out to lunch with DH, Sean, and another one of my loan officers. Still, not paying any attention to DH at this point....then he said he had no money to pay the bill, so i paid his portion (later found out he had money, he wanted an excuse to buy me lunch) one day at the end of january Sean was out sick and i went on his computer to check his faxes and saw that DH had sent him an instant message. I replied saying that Sean was still out. He asked who was answering him so I told him. A few sentences later we switched AOL handles and were chatting at work. Two days later I was let go from my job. DH said he thought he would never hear from me again...but I would go to my parents because my internet wasn't set up in my house yet and talk to him while I looked for jobs. We chatted on Instant Messenger for the next month. Then at the end of February we finally had our first date. I came to his house and we watched "Iron Giant" (don't laugh, it's a great movie...i was skeptical at first). We were married in Vegas 2 1/2 months later. That was 2 yrs ago last sunday...and we are expecting our first baby

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I met my husband through Eharmoney! Who would actually believe it would work? I tried all the other sites! LOSERS! All these guys wanted was a piece of meat, luckily it usually wasn't my meat they wanted (nor would they get!) From the first date I knew my hubby was a keeper! One year later on our 1st anniversary we were married! He is the best hubby and father to my kids! Yea I'm lucky!

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Wtsparkle -going for 3!

What a fun topic! I love all the stories!


Back in '99, I had just gotten my first computer and was excited about all the possibilities! I was playing around in a Chicago chatroom, talking about my school. Some guy starts criticizing it (he didn't go there). Some other guy (DH) in the room became all defensive about it. After arguing, DH stopped writing altogether. I pm'd him (something I was so proud to know how to do!) about getting upset, and that started us talking about school. Obviously, we attended the same university. During our chat, we realized that he worked with my best friend, and I worked with one of his art buddies.
We went back to our friends and asked about each other. My friend said, "Oh you have to meet him, you will love him!"
I'd go to Walmart (where they worked at the time) and try to catch a glimpse of him, but he was never doing his job, apparently, b/c I never found him.
After months of talking over the internet, and then on the phone, we realized we were really enjoying each other, but afraid to meet in person (we both thought it sounded kind of creepy to meet someone off the internet). Finally, it was New Years '00. We talked and he invited me to his New Years party. I got nervous (I didn't want to go by myself), so I lied and told him I was having a party. His response? "Oh, mine is just a few friends. How about we just go to your house?"
I spent the next few hours trying to throw together a non-existent party. Sure enough, that night he showed up. When he walked through the door, it was as if we had known each other our whole lives. We were inseparable from that moment on.
I knew instantly that he was THE ONE. Oddly enough, I was not physically attracted to him. In fact, I was interested in someone else at the time. But I knew in my heart that I would marry him someday.

Three years later, we were married. Our 3rd wedding anniversary is June 21st.
He may not be perfect, but he is definitely perfect for me.

Ironically, neither of us ever went into a chatroom after that one day. It was the first and only time for either of us.

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Hubby and I met in San Diego when I used to work at a weather center with the Navy. Back then, he was on a ship and he needed to go to the weather center to get some basic training for a week. I was the first and last person he saw every day when he came in. So every day he would say good morning and good nite, and chit chat once in a while. Always with a smile. I didn't think nothing of it, except that he was nice. I didn't find him attractive or anything like that. But on the last day he wondered if he could have my number. I gave him my email instead. So right away we started emailing each other. I also told him that I wasn't looking for anything serious. I just wanted to have fun, etc. He said that it was fine since he was going through a separation. I said ok. So we started to hang out. He would do everything with me. He seemed interested in everything I wanted to do. Plus, he was a gentleman, and made me laugh so much (he still does!). I was wanting to hang out with him every day, so we did. I liked the fact that he never tried to be naughty. I think I was the naughty one

Even though I knew he was married, little by little I started to see him a different way. All of a sudden I found him attractive (when he wasn't wearing his thick bottle glasses LOL), but I was still distant. One day I went to pick him up at the ship (he had started living at the ship once they separated, and she stayed at their house). When I got there, I noticed that his wife was with him. I parked away from them, but I could still see what they were doing. After a few minutes, all of a sudden I see his wife grab his glasses, break them, scratched his face, got in the car and tried to run him over. I freaked out. I couldn't believe it. I made him file for a divorce the next day.

Anyway, to make the long story short, 2 days after his divorce was finalized, we got married. I still can't believe he divorced a Mexican to marry another one LOL And I still can't believe I stuck with this guy despite his major baggage. But I love him. I can't see myself without him. We've gone through a lot of rough times because of his ex, but we have made it through stronger than before.

I wish my story was more romantic lol

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I met my husband at a Salsa Club in Los Angeles. The club is called the Mayan Club. If we have a girl that will be her name. Mayan. We were both taking lessons and when we got to each other we realized we each knew how to dance and we were a good fit for each other. My first impressions of him is how incredibly handsome he was and what a gentlemen. I had hesitations about getting involved with him because his first language is Spanish and mine is English.I was concerned with out different cultures. Turns out we have great communication and talk about everything. He treats me like a princess every day. We moved in together a month after we met. And it’s been bliss every since.

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I love reading your stories and yes, I am a little slow since I just found this thread today.

I first met Dh (Duane) through an online dating service called "One and Only" in 10/99. I had just gotten my own computer and had never responded to an ad before. We chatted online 2x when we discovered we worked in the same building - he was a preschool teacher for Autistic children and I was the Ass. Direct. of OT at the time so our paths never crossed. I did however hear all of the OT's/PT's talking about some "hottie" in the preschool wing during lunch and never guessed it was him. We chatted for 2 weeks and then decided to meet for coffee after work (that was the Tues. before Thanksgiving). He called me to confirm our "date" and I was prepared to tell him anything to get out of it - I was having second thoughts. Well, he convinced me to go anyway and we ended up talking for about 4-5 hours. He was extremely handsome and so sweet opening doors for me.. (definitely the "hottie" everyone had said he was! ) We planned our first real "date" for Sat. after Thanksgiving.

Dh said he wanted to dress up and go out - he showed up at my apt. in a suit w/tie and I was dressed to the nines and it was so much fun! We went to a resturant that was an old house from the 1700's and dined in a small room by the fire - very romantic! We dated for about a month and he asked me to marry him and I said yes. We designed my ring through a family jeweler and had to wait until Valentine's day '00 to make it offical. We were married Aug 19, 2000 after knowing each other for 9 months! We have been married 6 years this year and are still so much in love!

We look back and laugh b/c we used to say "how long should we be together before we tell people we're getting married?" We thought family/friends would think we were nuts and some did too - but the laughs on them!

3 years prior to meeting Dh, I was dating someone else and really was praying if he was the "one". I heard a definite "NO". When I asked where my husband was, I heard "Texas". I thought I was hearing things since I didn't know anyone in TX and had no immediate plans to go there. Come to find out, Dh was in TX at Fort Hood at that exact time!! Dh told me later that he knew as soon as he saw me walk out into the parking lot that he would marry me. He too had been praying for a wife and after meeting me didn't hear "wait" anymore. God has a plan and it will always come to fruition!!

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WOW! What a neat thread!

Nov. 5 2003 I was in my 1st year of police work when I got into my first major accident. My patrol car collided with another patrol car and I was out of work for a week with a concussion. To sum up a pretty traumatic event in my life... The hospital realeased me to some guy with a badge who I didn't know... long story short I woke up at my house in bed with a stranger and don't remember a thing..... (don't worry wacko was fired!) nuff bout that!

When I got back to work...I was dispatched to a 9-1-1 hangup call and when I got to the house (kids playing on phone) a rookie officer was at the house to assist me.... and man he was HOT! Brian introduced himself and lucky for me my car computer malfunctioned and I ended up riding the rest of my shift with him! We got married EXACTLY 2 yrs later Nov. 5, 2005... gotta love kids right? LOL...

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RebeccaQ your story is so romantic. Almost like sleepless in Seattle where they keep seeing each other only they dont know it is each other.

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