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Where and When did you meet your significant other?
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Nah, teachers love having volunteers. It makes the kids behave better, and there's a second grown-up to help watch them.
Something about watching her tell everyone, "Okay, boys and girls, we're going to go to the library. Everyone please stand up, push in your chairs, and line up at the door." And they all DID IT. No fighting, bickering, goofing off, nothing - they just did as she told them. I was amazed.
Met my ex on a plane from Paris to Cincinatti
IE a plane coming from the most romantic city on earth and going to the least romantic
Actually we were both changing planes in Cinci, to different destinations.
Even more unlikely were our nationalities, she was Japanese and I am American.
IE a plane coming from the most romantic city on earth and going to the least romantic
Actually we were both changing planes in Cinci, to different destinations.
Even more unlikely were our nationalities, she was Japanese and I am American.
I was taking the 3rd level of a personal development program and she was on the team assisting the facilitator. I was dating a guy, can't even remember his name now, and she had been married for 18 yrs. We've been married for 3 yrs and together for 15. Strange how things work out....
Some great stories here by the way. To the OP: Just relax. It'll happen without you knowing about it. Trust me.
Some great stories here by the way. To the OP: Just relax. It'll happen without you knowing about it. Trust me.
I met her through a female friend named J. I always wanted to meet her, one of my other friend says she would be perfect for me and she's very cute, but my friend J wouldn't introduce me to her for the longest time, J said she's very picky and I have no chance (I think J is just jealous ). I proved J wrong. We are engaged now.
). I proved J wrong. We are engaged now. 
On craigslist. I had been posting personal ads; she coincidentally looked in there briefly while searching for jobs on craigslist, and found my ad. She emailed me not knowing what to expect (not particularly looking for somebody), and we started chatting and eventually hung out in person, and then we hung out a few more times before I asked her out. We've been dating a month and a half now and things are going very well.
i havent met mine yet, she's still locked away in the funny farm
hmm me too lol
my question is where is this farm lol
Seoul, South Korea....I was tanked off beer. She looked at me like I was a cyclops er something. I saw her the next day and we hit it off...
Walking down the street I saw a hot woman ahead of me, so at the next light she was waiting to cross the street and I hurried up along side of her. She happened to be carrying an excel book so I asked her if she needed help with it. We went to dinner that night and have now been married 14 years with two kids.
Whilst i'm single now...by choice, i met my ex at school. I've found that when i was looking for someone a few years ago after the breakup, i didn't find anyone and then when i became comfortable being single and started enjoying singledom women started popping up everywhere and were filing applications *shrug*
Its weird but its true. However i'm REALLY enjoying being single right now and can't asked to be responsible for another person's emotions
You have two options...go back and salvage what you walked out on or enjoy singlehood and know that you're highly likely to find someone eventually. Also DON"T compare everyone you meet to your ex or expect them to live up to her 'standard'
Everyone is different
Its weird but its true. However i'm REALLY enjoying being single right now and can't asked to be responsible for another person's emotions
You have two options...go back and salvage what you walked out on or enjoy singlehood and know that you're highly likely to find someone eventually. Also DON"T compare everyone you meet to your ex or expect them to live up to her 'standard'
Everyone is different
We met on an internet dating site. After the first date, I told my mother that she's the one I was going to marry. Six months later, I got the ring, recreated our first date, and proposed to her in the very first place I laid my eyes on her.
We've known each other for 6 years, and have been married for almost 4.5 years.
We've known each other for 6 years, and have been married for almost 4.5 years.
Since I don't have a girlfriend at the moment, I'll have to write about my former relationships... met my first girlfriend on the bus from business school to home. We started exchanging looks (not leering at each other ) but it didn't go anywhere from there. Not until I met her at a local grocery store - I walked up to her and said, "So, do you work here?" Not the most intelligent thing to say, but it worked. Asked her if she wanted to spend her lunch break with me, and she did. We only lasted six months, but we are still good friends these days.
My (then future, now ex) wife had been introduced to me by her then still-boyfriend. We were at a bar and she looked rather bored, so being the good guy I am I started chatting with her to cheer her up. When her boyfriend broke up with her, I jokingly suggested that we could try it instead. Worked fine the first few months and years, but things went downhill after the marriage till the point when she dumped me two years ago. She's all like, "Oh, but I want you back again now" but I don't feel the same about our relationship like she does.
How exactly can someone enjoy being alone all day and night? I remember it wasn't all bad in the beginning with all the free time at my hands, but after two years of not dating a single girl, it's just a pain in the butt.
) but it didn't go anywhere from there. Not until I met her at a local grocery store - I walked up to her and said, "So, do you work here?" Not the most intelligent thing to say, but it worked. Asked her if she wanted to spend her lunch break with me, and she did. We only lasted six months, but we are still good friends these days.My (then future, now ex) wife had been introduced to me by her then still-boyfriend. We were at a bar and she looked rather bored, so being the good guy I am I started chatting with her to cheer her up. When her boyfriend broke up with her, I jokingly suggested that we could try it instead. Worked fine the first few months and years, but things went downhill after the marriage till the point when she dumped me two years ago. She's all like, "Oh, but I want you back again now" but I don't feel the same about our relationship like she does.
How exactly can someone enjoy being alone all day and night? I remember it wasn't all bad in the beginning with all the free time at my hands, but after two years of not dating a single girl, it's just a pain in the butt.
So, wvuwhat, you had a great relationship but ended it because you're young and, what, you figured something/someone else better would come along? To a point, I can understand the urge to see what else is out there, and this isn't anything uncommon, but it's still a really sad thing to read.
My (now) husband was 22 when we started our relationship and 23 when we got married. We're coming up on our 3rd anniversary. I think we've got an amazing thing going and we started from some rather unique and challenging circumstances. He could have easily decided that he was 'too young' and it was too much trouble, but he didn't and I'm ecstatic about that because we're completely happy together.
My (now) husband was 22 when we started our relationship and 23 when we got married. We're coming up on our 3rd anniversary. I think we've got an amazing thing going and we started from some rather unique and challenging circumstances. He could have easily decided that he was 'too young' and it was too much trouble, but he didn't and I'm ecstatic about that because we're completely happy together.
I met him over 2 years ago, but didn't start going out until about a month and a bit ago. I met him at his place of employment while I was shopping. He is 22 and I'm 18. We have so much in common and I've never been into someone as much as I'm into him. I'm so happy, he's probably one of the best things to ever happen to me
If your social life is the bar, why would you think you should meet girls at a bookstore? That's something you've seen in films, it won't work for you. You'll be out of your comfort zone, and it probably won't work.
I met my girlfriend when we were both 18, at a club a few miles away, in the city. She was drunk enough to fall down a few stairs by accident, and accidentally - yeah, I've heard all the jokes!
- gave me the wrong number. Luckily enough, my friend met his girlfriend that same night, and I was able to get her right number through her! 4.5 years later, we're both still together as couples, and have just come back from our second holiday in Spain together. (The girls were best mates to begin with).See? Bars / clubs can work. My girlfriend is fantastic, but I'd never have met her in a bookstore or at a cafe.
How exactly can someone enjoy being alone all day and night? I remember it wasn't all bad in the beginning with all the free time at my hands, but after two years of not dating a single girl, it's just a pain in the butt.
Enjoying singlehood doesn't mean i stayed at home every night playing Xbox. It means when out and about i stopped looking at every woman i met as a potential girlfriend and instead just saw potential friends/acquaintances. Obviously if you see a girl you like and you get the same vibe from her then go for it BUT for the love of all things sacred...don't chase.