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At the home inspection on the house I thought I wanted to buy with my ex-husband. My now wife was the home inspector. I was already having a lot of second thoughts about our crappy marriage, but somehow I hoped getting a fresh start with a new home would help fix our ailing relationship. The home sure fixed it, all right. After I met her, my husband soon became a distant memory. It was the best thing for all concerned, even the house, which ended up being sold to another buyer. Although I didn't know it at the time, I was never looking for a house in the first place
My mind is all that I have. If it's "in my mind" it is by definition reality. If it's not "in my mind", it doesn't exist.
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Originally Posted by MogwaiLover217
it seems most people always meet them through their social circle, mutual friends
Exactly. The most common route is evidently being introduced, being invited to a party, running into a prospect while out with a group of one's friends. The common element is that the person in question is not traveling alone, is not foraging alone, is not venturing alone. He/she is either with friends, or is introduced by mutual friends.
The second most common route seems to be neighborhood meetings: convenience store, coffee-house, and so forth. In many cases the persons in question were both young and both had menial jobs; there have not been too many examples of ophthalmic surgeons meeting at a professional conference.
The third most common route is high school or college – not necessarily while a student, but perhaps upon reconnecting years later.
So… where does that leave middle-aged professionals living in a small town thousands of miles from where they grew up?
Match.com, funny though, we lived less than a mile apart the past 8 years and went to a lot of the same places although we had both been married at the time so not looking. Before that during college, we worked at bars in the same town but never met before.
I met my wife 27 years ago this year and our relationship began the way most of mine did back then. My friends would put me next to a pretty girl and ask her "do you think he's cute?" She would answer and I would take over from there...
But seriously, my friend was dating this girl that worked in the local mall. One night, she brought all of the girls from work to the bar where me and my crew hung out. I picked a girl that I found attractive (still do) and one of my buddies literally pushed me in my lower back in her direction so I would talk to her, and I did.
We just celebrated our 20th anniversary this past February. It's not always easy but she's the one alright.
He found me online...matchmaking site back in 1999. I deleted his first 2 messages. I guess the saying "third time's the charm" is true.
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