Community Chat

[ProudMa]

I have found that more times than not this is a sweet story....

So

How did your parents meet? Or how did you meet your spouse?

My parents met at a street dance by the Local Firehouse. Mom was not going to go, but she had a fight with her sister, and stormed out of the house..She was standing on the outskirts of the crowd, scowl on her face, and dad came over and asked her what was wrong.

They were married 52 years...

[Mary Bailey]

at work... Prudential  married 56 years

[deepwaterdotter]

Mother was a 'girl singer' with a big band in a nightclub, Father was a bartender at the  club where the band was performing.  Not so "sweet", but true.

[jellyBEAN]

My parents met on a train.  My Mom was a Marine (WWII).  My Dad was in the Army/Air Force (WWII).  They were both on their way to different military bases in California and met on the train ride to California.  Mom was from the East coast, Dad was from Texas.

[QVCkitty1]

My father was in the Air Force during the occupation.  My mom was from Frankfurt  Germany and that is where they met. They married in 1948 and were together until her death in 2003, he followed 2 years later after suffering with Alzheimer's. They were wonderful people and the best role models. I miss the every day. 🌺

[ninjawife]

My parents went on a double date to their senior prom but not as each other's date.  They were married for 53 years before my mother died.

I met my husband at work.  Many co-workers tried to set us up but we didn't start dating until I asked him out.  We have been married 25 years.

[Icegoddess]

I'm not sure exactly how they met, but my mother stood up in first grade class and announced that she was going to marry my father.  He said no, he was going to be an (train) engineer and wouldn't need a wife.  Later after college and he had been working for awhile, he told her they could get married when he got a vacation.  He went into work that Monday and his boss suggested he take a vacation.  Just sayin.  

[roeroe1005]

My mom came to the US in the 1930's after her dad called for the rest of the family (wife & 4 daughters).

Dad was from Calabria, Italy; fought against us in WW2.  They were writing to each other as mom's stepbrother, Uncle Tony, and dad's sister, Aunt Viola, were married (yikes!). 

Dad came here about 1947.  They married January 14, 1949.  Dad was a police officer in Italy, but when he came here, he learned the gardening business from Uncle Tony.  Started his own business in 1954, the year I was born.  

Mom died July, 2009, massive stroke.  Dad died May, 2019, after mom came to him one night and said it was "time to go".

My sister said dad came to the US because he broke up with his girlfriend and her father threatened to kill him.  Gotta love those Italians!

[Kachina624]

Mom and dad met while they were both teaching at a junior high school in a small town in Southwestern Colorado.

[FrostyBabe1]

My parents met at a New Year's Eve party where they ditched their dates, ditched the party and went out for coffee. They were married 14 months later.