How did you met the love of your life?

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I see all these threads about anniversaries, and with my own soon approaching (29 Aug). I was curious how everyone met. I met my wife at a fraternity party. I was on the collage yearbook and the editor was in a fraternity. He asked me to come take some pictures. My wife was in a sorority associated with the fraternity. Whenever I took a picture, I asked her to get in it. Then we dated and married.
 
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I met my wife in high school. Did her algebra homework for her before class started. I guess I should add in that was in our sophmore year. We will celebrate 36 years this November.
 
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I was manager of the appliance dept. of the Orlando Downtown Sears in July 1972 when this gorgeous Red Head walked in to buy a refrigerator 5 months later she had to learn how to say her new last name. She has alway said she got Sears best, but I know I got the better of the deal.
 
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Met mine in the Intensive Care Unit at Brakenridge Hospital. I was in a motorcycle accident(got hit by a car) and she was one of the first nurses that took care of me. She called me 2 days later while i was still in the hospital, but in the step down unit and here we are a little over 3 years later............. Kind of a fairy tail...............

Shes still my nurse:wink::tongue::biggrin:
 
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College, she was tossing out a back pack at the garbage chute...then I won her over with my debonaire Marine manners.

23 years together 21 years married this December.

She's on my 3rd war with me....7th move in 21 years and she's still a hottie - not a bad catch!
 
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LOL!!!! I met my wife when she was about 3 years old. He Uncle Bill and Aunt Irma owned the Sweet Shop in my home town and her Mom and Dad had a summer cabin in town. So she came with them on trips to the cabin and while they were in town they'd visit the sweet shop from time to time. All the kids in town knew who she was. When I was a senior in high school her mother and father bought the sweet shop --- she was now 11 but went to a boarding school so I saw her in the store on weekends. I then joined the Navy and would see her in the store when I was home on leave or liberty, watched her grow up so to speak. I started dating her about 6 months after I got out of the Navy and she was a Senior in high school. A couple of years later we got married.
 
Ah -- I have the best love story I've ever heard. I met my wife in 1972 when I was working in a hospital in Birmingham, England. We met the night before I flew back to the States at a party. Talked a little, danced once or twice. She was (gasp!) 16, I was 22. After I returned to the States, she asked if we could write (like Pen Pals). We wrote for five years (this was WAAAAY pre-email). At the end of the five years I called her up and asked her to marry me.

One problem -- I was a young Episcopal priest, severely underpaid with no way to get the $3,000+ it would take to fly to England, finance a wedding, have a honeymoon and return with a new bride and all of her belongings. AND in the ministry, you can't moonlight as it's a 24/7 job.

So I did the only thing I could think to do -- I went on a television game show called the $25,000 Pyramid and won $10,000. Lynn Redgrave was my partner, and my wife to be thought she had snagged a rich American. Ha!

We celebrate 35 years in six weeks.

Doug
 
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Ah -- I have the best love story I've ever heard. I met my wife in 1972 when I was working in a hospital in Birmingham, England. We met the night before I flew back to the States at a party. Talked a little, danced once or twice. She was (gasp!) 16, I was 22. After I returned to the States, she asked if we could write (like Pen Pals). We wrote for five years (this was WAAAAY pre-email). At the end of the five years I called her up and asked her to marry me.

One problem -- I was a young Episcopal priest, severely underpaid with no way to get the $3,000+ it would take to fly to England, finance a wedding, have a honeymoon and return with a new bride and all of her belongings. AND in the ministry, you can't moonlight as it's a 24/7 job.

So I did the only thing I could think to do -- I went on a television game show called the $25,000 Pyramid and won $10,000. Lynn Redgrave was my partner, and my wife to be thought she had snagged a rich American. Ha!

We celebrate 35 years in six weeks.

Doug
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Way cool! :glasses-cool: Congradulations Doug!
 
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Ah -- I have the best love story I've ever heard. [...]
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Doug -- great story. Won't even try to top that one! Congrats on the years. My wife and I celebrated 37 years in May. We met in college. My roommate, who I knew in high school, asked me if I wanted to go over and visit a high school friend. I didn't know who he was talking about, and was amazed that I could not remember this beautiful girl from high school (OK, it was a large high school ...)

He was interested in her, and I told him to go after her roommate, since I was going to pursue this "great unknown fellow high-schooler". :biggrin:

We dated, married, raised two kids, and have two grandkids now. Life is wonderful ...

(and will be close to perfect when I can retire and spend more time in the shop, and travelling the world with my soulmate.)
 
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Ah -- I have the best love story I've ever heard. I met my wife in 1972 when I was working in a hospital in Birmingham, England. We met the night before I flew back to the States at a party. Talked a little, danced once or twice. She was (gasp!) 16, I was 22. After I returned to the States, she asked if we could write (like Pen Pals). We wrote for five years (this was WAAAAY pre-email). At the end of the five years I called her up and asked her to marry me.

One problem -- I was a young Episcopal priest, severely underpaid with no way to get the $3,000+ it would take to fly to England, finance a wedding, have a honeymoon and return with a new bride and all of her belongings. AND in the ministry, you can't moonlight as it's a 24/7 job.

So I did the only thing I could think to do -- I went on a television game show called the $25,000 Pyramid and won $10,000. Lynn Redgrave was my partner, and my wife to be thought she had snagged a rich American. Ha!

We celebrate 35 years in six weeks.

Doug
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That has got to be the coolest thing since Romeo and Juliet!!!!:biggrin:
Congrats to both of you and have a great 35th !!!:drink:
 
I was in the Air Force in Hawaii living in an apartment with her brother. She came to visit to get over being jilted at the alter. We went out for the week she was there. She went back to Phoenix, quit her job and moved to Hawaii. Four weeks later we were engaged and 2 monthe later we were married. 39 years on 21st.
 
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Ah -- I have the best love story I've ever heard. I met my wife in 1972 when I was working in a hospital in Birmingham, England. We met the night before I flew back to the States at a party. Talked a little, danced once or twice. She was (gasp!) 16, I was 22. After I returned to the States, she asked if we could write (like Pen Pals). We wrote for five years (this was WAAAAY pre-email). At the end of the five years I called her up and asked her to marry me.

One problem -- I was a young Episcopal priest, severely underpaid with no way to get the $3,000+ it would take to fly to England, finance a wedding, have a honeymoon and return with a new bride and all of her belongings. AND in the ministry, you can't moonlight as it's a 24/7 job.

So I did the only thing I could think to do -- I went on a television game show called the $25,000 Pyramid and won $10,000. Lynn Redgrave was my partner, and my wife to be thought she had snagged a rich American. Ha!

We celebrate 35 years in six weeks.

Doug
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That has got to be the coolest thing since Romeo and Juliet!!!!:biggrin:
Congrats to both of you and have a great 35th !!!:drink:
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Dianne and I are both on our second marriages... we met on the phone. She worked for an international airlines as a phone clerk and I was airfreight manager of a local forwarding company. Her airlines had screwed a shipment for me and I wasn't talking to them anymore.... but a customer showed up with a shipment that would only fit on their cargo plane to Caracas, so was forced to call for a rate... Dianne called back with my rate and we talked for about 30 minutes... next day she called with my on board, we talked for about 30 minutes.... that was in March of '91.... and I became a regular customer again and each time I shipped, we would take for half an hour or more.....we finally actually met in November when they had an open house event at their warehouse... but found out later that I had seen her in October when I was at an Oktoberfest celebration in Lufthansa's warehouse... I was sitting with a buddy from work when this tight pair of blue jeans topped with a spangled jeans jacket walked by.... I never looked up at the face, just watched those jeans walk by ... also said something a little inappropriate to my buddy... we had our first date on December 6, when she asked me to the Houston Air Cargo Association Christmas party... had so much fun, we were married in March ... just finished number 19 working on number 20.... we still talk constantly.
 
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In the Pentagon Cafeteria. We were both stationed in the Pentagon and met standing in line waiting for our hamburgers to cook! We were married three months later at Arlington National Cemetary Chapel. (Doesn't everyone get married in a cemetary?) Just had our 49th anniversary.
 
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I was living in Colorado and came back to my home state of Michigan to party. My buddy set me up on a blind date with a good looking blond that he worked with. I took her to lunch and discovered she was the one they use for all the blond jokes, good looking, but dumb. When I took her back to work, she introduced me to her boss, a hot divorced red head, and I tried to get a date with her, but she would have no part of it. I pestered her for three days until I offered to take her and her two young boys out to pizza and then a game arcade where I would buy the boys a bucket of tokens. No self respecting mother on a tight budget could turn that offer down. I was on my best behavior that night and got a second date with just her for the next night. When I had to head back to Colorado, (I have known her for 5 days now) and as I was saying goodbye, I suggested we get married and she move out to Colorado with me and she said yes. In a couple weeks it will be 27 years and I have never regretted it.
 
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I was at one of George Straits all day concerts, she and a bunch of her friends were in the row in front of me and my friends. I went down to get some beer, and offered to get one for her friend. She followed me down to meet the kind of guy that would offer to buy a complete stranger a beer.

We have been together almost every day since May 10, 2000
 
I'll be a little different than everyone else. We met on line. I had been divorced for almost 10 years after my first marriage failed and decided it was time. She was going to dump me after the second date but decided to give it a try. After 6 months she moved into my place. In April of 2009 (2 1/2 yrs together) we went to Hawaii and I proposed sitting on Waikiki beach in front of a beautiful sunset. Wedding is October of this year and we are both still very happy and look forward to growing old together.
 
I'll tell you the same thing I tell my wife, "When I find the love of my life, I'll let you know." That was 25 years ago, so I guess this one's a keeper. I met her in tech school and was asked to tutor her. Some very interesting tutoring sessions none the less.
 
I have been married 20 yrs as of May. My wife went to the same school and spoke to me only once in 4 years. Met after high school a year or so later at a birthday party for another guy she was after. She ended up taking me home as my truck was wrecked from previous weekends drinking and driving incident. The next time she saw me I invited her to a concert about a month out(Alan jackson and Clint Black were opening for Alabama) and she invited me to a Revival at her church theat week. I fugured since I invested enough time for a concert I could endure church for a week. That week in September I ask Jesus into my heart and December I asked her into my life to to stay forever and have been married since the following May

Of course I did tell she was Prettier than 2 speckled puppies under a Studebaker at the time.

Phil
 
Wow these are some wonderful true stories.I met my wife while working at a plastics manufacturing plant, where they made the plastic coffee cup lids.I was the plant head mechanic, and one day they hire this cute Colombian girl to work on the production line.Well I took one look at this and went up to her and ask her if she was married and if she could cook,she said I've never been married I can cook.Well its been 26 years and still going strong.She has been a wonderful wife,friend and mother of three children.No grandchildren yet, don't ask me but I'm wondering about that also.

Be Bless
 
Well I am not married, but I met my lady 7 years ago this Nov. online. We were internet buddies for about 6 months and one day she had an appointment near where I lived and asked if I wanted to meet her. I said sure then a month later I asked her to move in. We have been together ever since.
 
Linda and I went to the same high school. We ran with some of the same friends, but never together. To be honest we barely acknowledged the other existed. Thirteen years after high school she was looking for a really good friend of both of ours who was suppose to be over at my place. She called asking for him and good thing he wasn't there. We ended up on the phone talking most of the night. We met for coffee at the antique show I had a booth at the next morning which happened to be Valentines day. I even had a signal worked out with the booth owner behind me in case Linda had been in a fight with the ugly tree after high school.:eek: Well I never needed saved and we have been together almost every day since. We were married that same year and renewed our vows in Key West in 2005. My only regret was not getting to know her back in high school.
 
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I met my wife on a blind date set up by mutual friends. We talked on the phone to get acquainted prior to the date and that conversation went on for hours. We were married almost one year later and we will celebrate our 23rd anniversary this year. We knew it then and to this day we can still say we were made for each other. Finding my wife was a true blessing (and she's not making me write this).

John
 
Mine story is not as interesting as most of these are but I will give it a try. I met my wife ina bar in Virginia Beach called Gary's. When I walked past her she said she thought I had a cute butt. And wanted to ya know..... Well she walked up to me and my buddy and said if you guy's can guess what she did for a living she would buy us drinks. Well we did and drinks came to us.Well that night we kissed and kissed and the next day I went over for dinner. WELL after that I moved in and now 19 years (18 married ) and 19 years of the navy, Buy the way her 3rd marrriage and many navy commands and many ups and downs I am happily married to her still and look foward to retirement next year and can be home more for her and more shop time. BUT MORE IMPORTANT MORE TIME WITH HER. SORRY SO LONG WINDED.
 
Ive known my wife since before school. We lived 8 or so houses apart. We were best friends growing up, always there for each other. Before high school we moved to Phoenix spent 3 years in Phoenix before moving back. We kept in touch while I was in Phoenix from time to time.

When we moved back to Dallas we ended up at the same high school, we were still close friends but never dated. After graduation I moved out into my first apartment, had a small get together with a few friends. She came over later that night. I asked her to marry me that night and we've been together ever since. We will be married 22 years in Nov.

Smartest thing I've ever done!
 
Met My Love of My Life on christian dating site. I live about a hour away from her. She drove in a snow storm to get me since my car died on me. It was on Christmas eve about 3 yrs ago. Got snowed in at her place so spent Christmas with her. Stay about a week. Couple months later I moved in with her. And got married on 8/28/10.
 
AND, you all have never had a fight:rolleyes::biggrin::tongue:. I bet you guys the most expensive pen that would be sold or posted here that no one can even figure out my story. First of all when I say it no one believes it,'cause they say it can not happen that way,but it did and 28 years later she still puts up with me.
If we have a publisher here then I'll tell my story. Or, better yet I'll have my daughter to make a movie about it.
 
Right now is Mayfly (fishfly)season here in Michigan. For about three weeks, millions of them exit the lake near my home, attach themselves to anything, cause accidents, disgusting, smelly things. While at the beach with my buddy,34 years ago, we saw three young ladies nearby. But with only two of us and three of them we decided not to try as one would be left out and friends dont do that to another. The third lady called her mother to picker her up as the mayflies were too much for her. Now there were two, my buddy and I introduced ourselves. She was 16, but in a bikini, she looked much older, I was 20. We talked on the phone until she was 17, dated, married and last week celebrated 31 years of marriage. I am so thankful for Mayfly season...
 

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Linda and I went to the same high school. We ran with some of the same friends, but never together. To be honest we barely acknowledged the other existed. Thirteen years after high school she was looking for a really good friend of both of ours who was suppose to be over at my place. She called asking for him and good thing he wasn't there. We ended up on the phone talking most of the night. We met for coffee at the antique show I had a booth at the next morning which happened to be Valentines day. I even had a signal worked out with the booth owner behind me in case Linda had been in a fight with the ugly tree after high school.:eek: Well I never needed saved and we have been together almost every day since. We were married that same year and renewed our vows in Key West in 2005. My only regret was not getting to know her back in high school.
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The year was 1993 (for those of you who are wondering) and we were married 10 months later. The real problem that I see here is that my darling husband doesn't realize how much he really needs saved for that little comment there :wink: - after all he still has to live with me. Besides - he wasn't wearing his glasses so what could he really see??? Now we know why he is my best client :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
Actually I probably could never be more thankful that someone wasn't where they were supposed to be in my life (even though at the time I was somewhat mortified :eek:). The 11 hour phone call (broken up in the middle with a 45 minute - 1 hour break) changed the world for us both. We will celebrate 18 years this fall :smile: and I am more in love with Mr. K today than ever. I truly am blessed.
 
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Ah -- I have the best love story I've ever heard. I met my wife in 1972 when I was working in a hospital in Birmingham, England. We met the night before I flew back to the States at a party. Talked a little, danced once or twice. She was (gasp!) 16, I was 22. After I returned to the States, she asked if we could write (like Pen Pals). We wrote for five years (this was WAAAAY pre-email). At the end of the five years I called her up and asked her to marry me.

One problem -- I was a young Episcopal priest, severely underpaid with no way to get the $3,000+ it would take to fly to England, finance a wedding, have a honeymoon and return with a new bride and all of her belongings. AND in the ministry, you can't moonlight as it's a 24/7 job.

So I did the only thing I could think to do -- I went on a television game show called the $25,000 Pyramid and won $10,000. Lynn Redgrave was my partner, and my wife to be thought she had snagged a rich American. Ha!

We celebrate 35 years in six weeks.

Doug
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That truely has to be the best story.
 
My wife and I met through a mail order dating service. I sent my profile in and a couple weeks later I got a letter back saying the services was shutting down. I thought, so much for that. This was before computers were a household appliance.

The funny thing is, I then got another letter from the service with my wife's name on it. I thought "What the.........?" It took me a day or so to pick up the phone to call her. We then talked a few hours each night until her birthday. We then went out on her birthday for our first date. We were married 7 months later. And, it will be 19 years on July 19th. I went from a single guy to living with 3 ladies. She has 2 daughters and they made sure I stuck around.

The back story on this, my wife got one free match from the service. They sent her a profile for a guy that was quite a ways away and she never heard from him. And then a couple weeks later, my profile shows up in the mail about the same time hers did.
 
I met my wife when she called my house by mistake! Instead of the usual "Sorry, wrong number", I started chatting with her, which is completely out of character for me. That was Monday night, we went out Thursday night, and I asked her to marry me a week later. That was 30 years, 8 kids, and 5 grandkids ago, and she still makes my heart go pitter-pat! :bananen_smilies051:
 
When I was seven I came to Canberra to live and my Mum and Dad insisted I attend Church.The deal was until I was 15. Now Canberra the Nations Capital only had a population of 10,000 when I arrived. I played a lot of different Sports however Sunday there was a curfew on games in general.

Left home at 15 yrs went to Sydney to learn Radio, unable to do Tech training I returned home a took an Apprenticeship as an Electrician and age 15 I had put it to my Dad for him to keep his word re Church membership he said your choice so I chose to carry on, bit like the dog chasing the bus what do you do when you succeed.

At 17 yrs on a visit to the Youth Fellowship Group of Churches 60 miles away playing table tennis the ball raced away into a corner and this georgous slip of a lass raced away with the ball, never did get the ball back.

We corresponded and after a while wrote letters every day up to 15 pages. My future wife was 15 when we met. The romance flourished and in the third year I bought a block of land, cleared it dug the foundations with a spade and finished the house the next year. Before that I served National Service after USA declared War on Nth Korea. I was not called but had intensive training on return aged 20 and 18 we married in the same faith Cathedral. I built a shed on the building block 12 feet square and we lived in that while we finished the house.

A few years later we learnt of friends in our area receiving other people love letters hand posted by their kids so we had a ceremonial burning of our mountain of letters. In 10 days time we will celebrate 66 yrs of marriage and 69 yrs as best friends.

Kind regards Peter.
 

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I love to tell people the story of how when my wife was dancing for a living I held up a $10 and we've been together ever since. Even her mother laughs, before slaps me off the top of the head............lol. In actuality, we met at the Voc High School, I was a Senior & she was a post grad and we were made partners in class and shortly there after broke up or other relationship and have been together ever since. it'' be 28 yr on the 9th of July.
 
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I met my wife one cool October morning going to a buddy's place to squirrel hunt. This lady was his land lord and 1 1/2 years later she ended up being my wife!!!:biggrin: It has been 28 years of marriage.
 
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