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I'm thinking about where the happiest couples I know met.
My two sets of aunts and uncles who are very happily married grew up together in the same neighborhoods.
My British buddy met his wife at a party the night before he was to leave the country they were both living in. He knew she was the one and, if I recall correctly, skipped his flight to stick around a bit longer. They are still together some 15 years later.
My cousin met his wife at a night club (and a rather cheesy one at that).
A friend of a friend met her husband through a club they were in - either cycling or speed skating, can't remember which.
Still another friend met her significant other through a dog-sport club (See why I tell everyone to get a hobby?)
One of my buddies met his wife at the retail bookstore where we all worked.
A friend of mine married a guy she met while standing in line for concert tickets.
And this is why we tell people to chat up people you're waiting in line with!
I'm thinking about where the happiest couples I know met.
My two sets of aunts and uncles who are very happily married grew up together in the same neighborhoods.
My British buddy met his wife at a party the night before he was to leave the country they were both living in. He knew she was the one and, if I recall correctly, skipped his flight to stick around a bit longer. They are still together some 15 years later.
My cousin met his wife at a night club (and a rather cheesy one at that).
A friend of a friend met her husband through a club they were in - either cycling or speed skating, can't remember which.
Still another friend met her significant other through a dog-sport club (See why I tell everyone to get a hobby?)
One of my buddies met his wife at the retail bookstore where we all worked.
A friend of mine married a guy she met while standing in line for concert tickets.
Oooh! Great post! We should all do this, maybe it will give some folks ideas?
Okay, gonna go through all the couples I know who are married 15 plus years..
My sisters both met their husbands in church. Married around 25 years each.
My kid's godparents met at college, they started dating and the rest was history. Got married shortly after graduation... I think it's been 15 years?
I know quite a few long term couples that met in college actually. That one is popular.
My favorite college story is my hubby's mentor. He was a ***** in college, he had sex with all her friends and she was the one who refused him. 8 years or so after graduation, they ran into each other randomly and got to talking. He had matured, she agreed to a date. They got married soon after. Heh. Reformed manwhores FTW!!!!
My hubby's best friend met his wife because she was the girl always hanging out in the bar he frequented while in grad school, usually beating everyone at pool while all the guys swooned. She also also intelligently argued with him about underground hip hop and comic book characters. It was love at first sight. LOL
My best friend met her husband because they were dating each other's friends (SCANDAL!!!!) They broke up with the friends and started seeing each other. Married 15 years, 4 kids.
One friend met her husband because he hit on her in the street and she gave him her number. Later that night her roommate's date knocked on the door. It was him. The roommate was offended that the same guy hit on both girls and refused to go out with him. My friend said "what the hell, free meal" and went in her place. They've been together 25 years or so, 2 kids. LOL
Oooh! Great post! We should all do this, maybe it will give some folks ideas?
Okay, gonna go through all the couples I know who are married 15 plus years..
My sisters both met their husbands in church. Married around 25 years each.
My kid's godparents met at college, they started dating and the rest was history. Got married shortly after graduation... I think it's been 15 years?
I know quite a few long term couples that met in college actually. That one is popular.
My favorite college story is my hubby's mentor. He was a ***** in college, he had sex with all her friends and she was the one who refused him. 8 years or so after graduation, they ran into each other randomly and got to talking. He had matured, she agreed to a date. They got married soon after. Heh. Reformed manwhores FTW!!!!
My hubby's best friend met his wife because she was the girl always hanging out in the bar he frequented while in grad school, usually beating everyone at pool while all the guys swooned. She also also intelligently argued with him about underground hip hop and comic book characters. It was love at first sight. LOL
My best friend met her husband because they were dating each other's friends (SCANDAL!!!!) They broke up with the friends and started seeing each other. Married 15 years, 4 kids.
One friend met her husband because he hit on her in the street and she gave him her number. Later that night her roommate's date knocked on the door. It was him. The roommate was offended that the same guy hit on both girls and refused to go out with him. My friend said "what the hell, free meal" and went in her place. They've been together 25 years or so, 2 kids. LOL
Lol. Those are nice stories and all but they aren't exactly inspiring.
Some pretty sleazy stuff and they all kind of prove that good looking sleazy men win.
If we had a thread for this, I wonder how many guys know how their good friends met their SO's. I personally don't have a clue. Only other couple I know how they met is my folks, on a blind date, and the only reason my mom gave my dad a second date was because he drove a mustang HAHAHA. I am under the impression that this is something women discuss because of the romantic interest. I'd love to be proven wrong.
Lol. Those are nice stories and all but they aren't exactly inspiring.
Some pretty sleazy stuff and they all kind of prove that good looking sleazy men win.
The funny part is only one of the guys is particularly good looking.
The only sleazy stories is the college manwhore and the ones who were dating each other's friends. The rest were pretty tame. Crush on the cool girl at the bar? College sweethearts? Church dudes? All rated G. Even the guy who accidently hit on the roommates didn't have a girlfriend at the time or anything, he was just trying to take out pretty girls in search for a girlfriend, but failed to comprehend just how small the town was. LOL. He had only met the roommate a few days before and was trying to take her on a first date.
If we had a thread for this, I wonder how many guys know how their good friends met their SO's. I personally don't have a clue. Only other couple I know how they met is my folks, on a blind date, and the only reason my mom gave my dad a second date was because he drove a mustang HAHAHA. I am under the impression that this is something women discuss because of the romantic interest. I'd love to be proven wrong.
I know how my guy friends have met their wives. Almost every single one.
Not only that, but I know how my female friends have all met their husbands.
It varies. Everything from foreign language programs to online.
One of my friends is almost as bad with women as me, and he met his SO online and they are going to get married. He had to go through a lot of rejection and women doing crappy, crappy things to him to get there though.
I'd rather just say hi to someone I find attractive.
Thanks for your support and information LOL.
I, myself, am very comfortable going to social functions and also talking to people in everyday circumstance. I dated a guy for years I met at a self serve car wash. But we are addressing those who have been hibernating behind their computers and don't know what to do without them for the most part.
I, myself, am very comfortable going to social functions and also talking to people in everyday circumstance. I dated a guy for years I met at a self serve car wash. But we are addressing those who have been hibernating behind their computers and don't know what to do without them for the most part.
I do think it's true and has more of an impact than you think.
I think it's a problem for lonely men. Maybe some guy doesn't go out that much. Maybe he meets a girl at work and they get along pretty well and he falls for her.
Little does he know that she has men she has met from meetups, online dating, her school social circle, her friends social circle, bars she frequents, etc, etc, the SELF SERVE CAR WASH! and she has all of those options to choose from. He obviously has no chance.
So basically, lonely men need to ramp up their social life and get with a faster social pace to have a chance. It's just not easy to do that a lot of the time, for different reasons.
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