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mima · ‎03-14-2010

@viva923 wrote:
I met my husband when he graduated from boot camp close to 50 yrs ago. He walked into the dance auditorium the whole room went black except for him. He said it was the same for him. We have been together ever since. When I arrived back on the bus to get back to my nursing school, i told the girls i was going to marry him,they all told me i was never going to see him again. He came for his date the next day and that is how it all began.

@viva923 This sounds like my moms story. She was living in CA with her mom since her parents had divorced. She was only 16. My dad was in the Navy. He walked into some dance that my mom had went to with her girlfriend. When he walked into the room, my Mom fell instantly in love and told her girlfriend that she was going to marry that guy. I don't remember who asked who to dance but they ended up together. They eloped and yes my Mom was still only 16!!! Glad they got an early start in their relationship because my dad died when he was only 48 and my mom was 44. They still got quite a few years together.

7 years later Mom couldn't stand the weekends alone so she got a job as a bartender and waitress at the local Elks club. My stepdad was working in construction and was in our town. After work he would go to the Elks club. He asked her to dance one night when they had a band and they fell for each other. They have been married 30 years now!

My Mom loved to dance and I didn't realize until typing this out that she met both husbands at a dance!

deepwaterdotter · ‎03-09-2010

At work.

Bridgegal · ‎03-09-2010

We met in a hotel sports restaurant in California. We both were there on business and worked for the same company in the same building in Texas but didn't know each other. That was 25 years ago.

dulwich · ‎01-18-2012

I was 16 y.o. With my friend ventured to Humphrey Lyttelton's Jazz Club, 100 Oxford Street, London, U.K. And there was DH the best jiver on the floor - just crooked his finger and girls would run to partner him.. My friend and I could not dance sooooo partnered with anyone we could I then too became really good jiver and one day partnered DH.

After 6 weeks he called me at work - "do you want to get engaged" o.k. I said - then another call "can't afford engagement ring but wedding band costs ten pounds wanna get married?" O.k I said but you had better meet my Mum and Dad Here we are 55 years later! We did win lots of dance contests too!

mima · ‎03-14-2010

I met DH when I was in 7th grade and he was in 8th. We rode the same school bus. He used to shoot rubberbands at me and I couldn't stand him. LOL

When we hit HS he would drive by and offer me rides to school in his "cool" car. I had to walk like many of us did back then. So I started taking rides. He wasn't that bad I guess. LOL

We started real dating in HS. We've been married 41 now. He denies it when I say he persued me! LOL

Marienkaefer2 · ‎03-09-2010

He was a work colleague of my best friend. She "set us up."

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Mz iMac · ‎07-26-2014

@mima

Ok, here it goes. Back story....

7 nights cruise. S.O. fiance was sea sick for the whole trip. She stayed in the infirmary for 2 days, the rest of the cruise in "their" stateroom.

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Day 2 of the cruise most of the passengers who knew what was going on were feeling sorry for him. When we docked, my girlfriend invited him to join us on the tours we had booked for that day. There was 4 of us.

He hung out w/us all day & night.

Day 3 - At sea. He was eating breakfast alone instead of w/fiance in infirmary. Again, this same girlfriend invited herself to eat breakfast w/him. Eventually, we all joined them.

Again, he spent all day & night w/us.

He ended up hanging out w/us the whole cruise.

Fast forward to last night of cruise...

Girlfriends & "him" went to the club to party away. I went to the casino (I always spend my last night on a cruise at the casino).

Around 3:00am I looked up & "he" was standing next to me thanking me for the good times we allowed him to shared w/us.

"He" asked for my phone # to "keep in touch." I gave it assuming he asked the same of my gfs.

He called me the night I got home from the cruise. Very casual convo that lasted for 2 hrs. Fiance was feeling better now that she was on solid ground.

Two weeks later he called again to let me know that he was moving "back" to Pa to be near his "sick" son. When I mentioned this to my GFs, I was shocked to learned that he NEVER called any of them as he did not ask for their phone #s. The gf doing all the "inviting" was rather disappointed. She was really into him. She got over it eventually!

Called me a month after he moved back to Pa. Wanted to take me to lunch to "get to know me better." I asked w/your fiance????? That's when he told me he broke the engagement prior to the move.

The rest is history.

To this day, he has never told me why he broke the engagement & I never asked.

For 25 yrs, we were together off & on-FWB. For the last ten years, the relationship has been monogamous.

I am treating him to a Xmas/New Years Eve cruise as a surprise. He thinks he's going to Disney World.

"Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference."

mima · ‎03-14-2010

@Mz iMac wrote:
@mima
Ok, here it goes. Back story....
7 nights cruise. S.O. fiance was sea sick for the whole trip. She stayed in the infirmary for 2 days, the rest of the cruise in "their" stateroom.
==========

Day 2 of the cruise most of the passengers who knew what was going on were feeling sorry for him. When we docked, my girlfriend invited him to join us on the tours we had booked for that day. There was 4 of us.
He hung out w/us all day & night.
Day 3 - At sea. He was eating breakfast alone instead of w/fiance in infirmary. Again, this same girlfriend invited herself to eat breakfast w/him. Eventually, we all joined them.
Again, he spent all day & night w/us.
He ended up hanging out w/us the whole cruise.

Fast forward to last night of cruise...
Girlfriends & "him" went to the club to party away. I went to the casino (I always spend my last night on a cruise at the casino).
Around 3:00am I looked up & "he" was standing next to me thanking me for the good times we allowed him to shared w/us.
"He" asked for my phone # to "keep in touch." I gave it assuming he asked the same of my gfs.

He called me the night I got home from the cruise. Very casual convo that lasted for 2 hrs. Fiance was feeling better now that she was on solid ground.

Two weeks later he called again to let me know that he was moving "back" to Pa to be near his "sick" son. When I mentioned this to my GFs, I was shocked to learned that he NEVER called any of them as he did not ask for their phone #s. The gf doing all the "inviting" was rather disappointed. She was really into him. She got over it eventually!

Called me a month after he moved back to Pa. Wanted to take me to lunch to "get to know me better." I asked w/your fiance????? That's when he told me he broke the engagement prior to the move.

The rest is history.
To this day, he has never told me why he broke the engagement & I never asked.
For 25 yrs, we were together off & on-FWB. For the last ten years, the relationship has been monogamous.

I am treating him to a Xmas/New Years Eve cruise as a surprise. He thinks he's going to Disney World.

Thank you so much for your story. I loved it! It was quite unique and actually wonderful. Have fun on your cruise!

VanSleepy · ‎10-05-2010

Husband #1 met him in a bar.

Husband #2 met him at work. I was dating #1 and he was married. Years later (he didn't work there anymore), I heard he was getting divorced. So was I. We've been married 26 years.