How'd you meet your honey?
I'm in the mood for some romantic stories. (Or funny ones. Or weird ones. Or sad ones with a happy ending. Or just, you know, whatever you have. Your story.) Here's mine: New Year's Eve, early 1990s...
I'd be more specific but I suck at dates. I honestly can't remember what year I met my husband. I'm so not a satisfactory spouse....
My best friend was dating a guy who was friends with a guy on whom I'd had a massive crush in high school. (My hometown is like that.) We'll call my crush FBIL. (This acronym makes sense. I promise.) So my friend told me she'd set me up with FBIL (pronounced Fibill) as my date to this fancy party we were going to.
I got dollied up. I had a new dress I'd bought for my company holiday party. A new hair cut I'd gotten for the same occasion. I was also newly free of my most recent odious boyfriend and ready to celebrate with a no strings New Year's Eve good time.
I went to the party with my friend who swore FBIL was meeting us there. I waited. Had a gin and tonic. Danced with some people I knew from high school. Waited some more. Eventually even someone as optimistic as me could tell FBIL had decided to blow me off.
Then my friend came screeching up to deliver the bad news/good news. Bad news? FBIL was, indeed, a no show. Good news? His younger brother had come instead. She pointed. I looked. That, my friends, was that.
Of course, it wasn't exactly that. He took some convincing. I employed wiles. I had to work the dress and ply him with strong drink and invoke the "you must kiss the person next to you at midnight" rule. But in the end I won.
We dated cross-country (Seattle to Hoboken) for a year or so. I proposed. He was startled into a yes. We got married and he's still not quite sure what hit him.
I know exactly what hit me. It was love at first sight. He is my New Year's prince and always will be. Sweetest guy in the world. Charming and poised. A very hot dancer. Deeply, subversively funny. Kind, kind, kind, and always thoughtful. Generous. Stylish. Patient. I definitely lucked out that night.
(FYI: FBIL = Future Brother-in-Law. As an in-law, he's just right. As a date, we wouldn't have made it past 9:00.)
So that's my "meet cute." What's yours?
Ellen
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Great story
I met my honey when his best friend was marrying my best friend. So our first meeting was at the dinner the night before the wedding. We clashed instantly... and continued to clash even during the reception after the wedding but yes, the sparks were flying! I ended up asking him out a few days later and our first date, pizza, ended with us getting a free pizza since they messed it up (as of course we couldn't agree on toppings so it was half and half). The rest was history... and now we've been married almost 12 years!
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I posted this on your other blog....
That's a great story!
Here's mine: my family knew my dh's family for years. My sis was dh's sis's best friend, and she met up with the eldest son that way and badaboombadabing that was it for them. However the ONLY one of the five kids I didn't know was dh.
But I met him through my sis and his bro.
I got stood up for a date and as I'd always thought him somewhat attractive and a challenge (wouldn't say $hit if he had a mouthful at that time), I asked him if he were coming back to dsis and bil's that night for a barbeque party at a neighbour's house. He did come back, and we were the designated drivers. The rest is history. People still look at us funny when we say our kids and their kids are double cousins.
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I love these stories!!
I met my dh at a church youth-group Valentine's dance ~ February 12, 1983. The people that I went with were friends from our own CYG and during the course of the evening there was this one guy that I kept noticing on the dance floor. I didn't know who he was, but I was inspired to watch.
When my friends and I left that night, the fella that I'd been watching was at the door and Madeleine and Barb gave him a hug on the way out; even though I was fairly shy I gave him a hug as well.
Two evenings later, at another CYG member's house, lo and behold, this guy was there and I was introduced to Joe, a new member of our CYG. Joe and I talked, and talked, for the entire evening... very rare for me I'll tell you. We started dating in May and before my birthday, July 13, I knew that this was the one that I could spend the rest of my life with. We were married December 17, 1983; I had to talk him into it and he took a fair bit of convincing, but 24+ years, and four children later, here we are!
BTW, I'm not nearly as shy and quiet anymore!
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My parents
I'm not married, but I can share my parents story. They met when my ma was in 10th grade and my dad in 11th. They shared an art class, my ma thought my dad was cute and threw something at him.... they started dating, fell in love, married in August '83. Now 24+ years, 3 kids (of which I'm the oldest), one grandchild (my sister's), and several life's trials later they are still together...
Jo
Debi--Sparks!
Debi--What a great story. It sounds as if the theme of your relationship is "sparks!"
The pizza story is too funny.
My guy and I have been together for 13 years. This is a nice time in a marriage, I think. Everything is so solid, you know?
Thanks for sharing your story,
Ellen
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Donna--Family
Hi Donna--your story is great. Isn't that weird how you can know a family and be missing out on the one that turns out to be The One? I knew my DH's brother for years but never crossed paths with DH until that New Year's Eve.
Double cousins must be awesome. My kids would love that. Makes family events a lot easier to juggle too, if you're all going to the same place?
Thanks for sharing,
Ellen
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Kalyko--talking
Kalyko--your story is so amazing. Sometimes there really is a connection before you even know to look for it.
My DH and I tend to be pretty quiet too. We dated long distance for more than a year and all we did was talk. (He had an 800 number at work.) I always thought that made a difference when we decided to get married so quickly. We hadn't been on many "dates" but we'd talked about everything important.
Thanks for sharing your story. It's an inspiration to hear the love in your words 24+ years later!
Ellen
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Jo--your folks
Hi Jo,
Thanks for sharing your parents' story. I'm intrigued by how many of these stories have been driven by the woman knowing what/who she wants and going after it. Taking charge really does pay off if 24 years of a strong marriage is the prize!
Thanks for stopping by,
Ellen
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