How you met your partner?

[Howard Cneal]

For all those who are currently 'with' someone (whether the relationship takes the form or 'title' of "dating", "courting", engaged, whatever), how did you meet your partner?

I'm just curious to see different stories of how people met. And what advice or input would you give to those who are currently looking / searching for their special someone?

H. Cneal

 

[Singermom]

One July evening of 1982, when I was 17, I was out on a date with a boy I had been seeing. A friend of mine had called me the week before, telling me that he had a friend coming from out-of-state that he thought I'd get along with (whether to date or just be a friend). I had told him that I would gladly meet his friend, but I was really busy...I'll get to him about when we could get together.

Well, this particular evening he had called my house. My father answered, telling my friend that I was out at the roller-skating place that was popular at the time. Of course, he neglected to say that I was on a date!

Now, I said that we had gone roller-skating. I can NOT skate. I just wanted to see the place, just to say I'd been there. My date was helping me get used to having wheels on my feet. After a while, I could go forward with a minimum of trouble.

I saw my friend come in. I turned to my date and told him that I saw a friend of mine; I was going over to say hello. I picked up speed and made my way around the floor. I was feeling MIGHTY confident. I turned a beautiful corner...now I was REALLY feeling proud of myself. I look over to my friend and start to wave and say "Hi!"...

...neglecting to notice that I had approached the part of the floor where it joined the carpeted waiting area!!!

*WHAM!!!*

I landed flat on my booty.

My friend walked over and introduced me to his friend. I smiled up at the friend and said, "Hello...help me up?"

...and THAT is how I met my husband!

 

[~Lynz~]

I met him at the YF (youth fellowship) i like him he liked me every one else knew this and descided to set us up as we were both to shy to do it our selves. he had just turned 16 and i was almost 13. he had left school and he decided to join the army. i didnt want a bf in the army so the week before he left to go i broke up with him to which he knew i was going to do because i had told him i just couldnt be with some one in the army.

a few yr later we saw each other again i was with soem one else and he was to. i went on to have 2 children and get married and divorsed. he was medically discharged from the army becasue he done his ankle in. (one of the injures thats never gonna get better)

10 yr had passed from when we were set up and pushed in to a room to have our first kiss (my very first kiss) and i found him on fb and wished him a happy birthday (as it was his birthday not just casue i was nuts) and we couldnt stop talking to one another. we were on fb and texting (we even ran out for his 600 free text limit with in a week and half,) we decided to meet up. and after dinner not wanting to leave his company we went to a pub and during the walk to the pub he stopped me and said that he wanted us to get back together he loves me he understands that i got to take it slow cause i have two boys now to think about but he said what ever happens he wants me in his life and he wants to get back together and he had to know where i stood with him. and me not knowing any other way to answer it just kissed him.

we have been back together a month and i have realised and im pretty sure he has to that we are going to be together for ever. no matter what comes up against us we can work through it and i want to be with him for the rest of my life.
he will be my husband one day. and that thought may scare me but i know its true.

 

[Nickieb03]

I met my boyfriend when I was 11 years old. We were in the 6th grade at a catholic jr high school. I liked every other guy but him (lol go figure) But he turned into my best-friend...annoying best-friend actually. In 8th grade going into 9th grade we were at a carnival and he was following me around like a lost puppy..I remember of only looking at him like a friend until that day. We were waiting in line for a ride and I remember the biggest urge to hold his hand. I just wanted to grab it but I never did because I didn't know how he'd react. I thought it was a stupid crush and just went on my way...we got into high school and we had the same home room. I was MADLY in love with one of the richest boys in the school and my boyfriend was still "just my friend" even though he would look at me in home room and wait at my locker ever day after school for me. After high school he went to Penn State and I went to a community college. We didn't hang out at all after high school but still talked every night online.

He was sacristin down at my church and my grandmother works there so one day I just decided to go into the sacristy at church and saw him and my heart sank. All these feelings that I thought were just a crush when I was little were now feelings of more. Two months before seeing him I prayed to God that I would find the man I will spend the rest of my life with...three months after seeing him I kissed him and he became my boyfriend. We've had our share of break ups, he's not the best boyfriend in the world I will admit that but we've always seem to come back together after a break up. This last break up we broke up for 3 weeks (our longest ever ohmygod!) and I remember sitting in the church rectory crying and crying and looked up at a picture of Jesus and said "God, if this is the man I am supposed to spend the rest of my life with you'll bring him back to me..I love this man more than anything in my heart. I know he's the man I will marry, the man I will spend the rest of my life with and the man who's children I will have. But if he really is the man I will...bring him back to me." The next morning I got an email from him saying he's sorry and he's and idiot and he wants me back more than anything in this world.

My boyfriend is my best-friend, He was always the guy who when I was heartbroken by some other guy he would wipe my tears, give me words of encouragement and tell me to get back out there. He is my everything, my heart, my soul...my penguin.

 

[Mrs. Luther073082]

I met my husband on the Singles forum here at CF in 2007. We were both Lutherans and had other things in common. We started chatting a lot in the threads and in PM. It gradually moved from talking on CF to talking in IM/email, then on the phone and with webcams, and then we were talking at least once every day. We decided to meet in person in 2008 and after we met, we got into a relationship. We were engaged in March 2009 and got married earlier this year.

 

[Rora]

I met my fiance when I was 11 years old! His mom and my mom worked together, so we met at their work functions. I became good friends with his sister and spent a lot of time at his parent's house. Then, we became good friends, and fell in love! We've been together 5 years this Christmas and are planning a 2012 wedding.

I'm so blessed to have him in my life-- God is too god!

 

[Melethiel]

We met in the General Theology forum here on CF. We got along great, and after a couple years decided we should meet. We've been together for about a year and a half now.

 

[Fatally.Yours]

I met my boyfriend on an internet forum about a year ago now. We've been dating since May.

 

[kanga22]

We met thru Match.com in Aug 2010.

For him, it was love at first sight upon meeting in person. For me, it was love at 2nd date and first kiss. By the third date we were working on breaking dates we had lined up with other people. After 10 days he told me that I had changed his life. After 14 days he told me he loved me and wanted to build a life with me. I felt/feel the same. We've been together just over four months and are discussing a summer 2011 wedding.

 

[ModestGirlsRock]

I met my boyfriend when I was was 17. We started out as acquaintances attending the same worship services and having some of the same friends, but I was in a relationship. Then after two years, I broke up with that person.

However, I spent my first year in college dating around before I started talking to my now bf as summer 2010 approached us. Our first outing together was back in May before he left to do missions in China and Japan for the summer. He invited me to his going-away party. When he came back, we had two more outings. One was with mutual friends and the other was just us. In August, before school started, he asked me to be his girlfriend and to start an official courtship with him. He's now a graduate, and I'm still going to school, but 5-6 months later...we're still going strong

 

[sootylashes]

*WHAM!!!*

I landed flat on my booty.

My friend walked over and introduced me to his friend. I smiled up at the friend and said, "Hello...help me up?"

...and THAT is how I met my husband!

Hehe, your story is such a good one!

I met my husband on the Singles forum here at CF in 2007. We were both Lutherans and had other things in common. We started chatting a lot in the threads and in PM. It gradually moved from talking on CF to talking in IM/email, then on the phone and with webcams, and then we were talking at least once every day. We decided to meet in person in 2008 and after we met, we got into a relationship. We were engaged in March 2009 and got married earlier this year.

That's awesome how you met on here and now are married! Another great story!

As for me, I recently met my Honduran boyfriend also online, and we will be meeting in person soon. I cannot wait!

 

[.Iona.]

I met my guy at an eco village when I was 19. I spent a couple of weeks there and he was the one who initially took us around the place and explained everything we needed to know. We dated for a few months, but then separated for a while. But, when I finished university, we decided to go travelling together and everything feel back into place. Pretty soon after that we went travelling together. Comparing this to my other serious relationships - that was nothing!

 

[PassionFruit]

I should probably start posting in this section.

I met my current bf while attending college in a Women's & Gender studies class. We first began to just hang out with each other, and I guess when we were doing that you could say we were dating, because as we spent more time together we became more intimate. So for about a year we were officially in a a relationship, but then.....well he was having some issues he couldn't seem to workout, I guess it was both the religious and cultural issues. So we broke up for awhile, but we didn't really stop talking to each other. We just didn't hang out like we used to. Then as of late 2009, we decided to get back together.

 

[The Nihilist]

craigslist.

 

[GrumpGrump]

craigslist.

Liar.

 

[The Nihilist]

Liar.

<3

 

[Beauty4Ashes]

I met my now husband here on cf in the singles section in 2007. We met and started dating in 2008. We dated for a year long distance as I was in canada so we travelled back and forth a lot. Then I moved here in 2009, we got engaged on my birthday in the summer of 2010 and got married this past November. We are really happy and so blessed to have eachother.

 

[married0116]

I met my husband at my associate pastor's wedding! She married my husband's brother... and when I looked into Sean's eyes, I knew he was The One. The thing is PRAY, and ask God to show you the One.... you can't go looking. It'll happen when you least expect it! (I prayed when I was 10 years old that I would marry a strong Christian man who would respect me and my morals and values, and that God would show me the One on HIS time!). Well, I didn't think I would marry until I was 30, because I didn't see that any man had the morals and values I did. I had my life planned out -- okay, I'll spend 7 years on the road working with a consulting firm, and WRONG. I met my husband when I was 20, and married him right after I finished my college education (1 1/2 years later). He valued me, respected and loved me, and still does to this day! Our marriage is strong, and we've built it on Christ!

 

[Valerita]

I met my boyfriend in Guatemala on a mission trip with a praise orchestra. When everyone exchanged emails, we got each others and started emailing and skyping back and forth. I felt the Lord calling me back to Guatemala to teach children, and Gabriel helped me find some volunteer work while I was on my summer vacation from college. He asked me to be his girlfriend in June. He had been planning to go to Seminary in the U.S. and so I helped him raise his funding to get his visa. Now we are just a few hours away in the U.S. and went back to Guatemala together for our winter break. We got back 2 weeks ago and are planning to go back to Guatemala for the summer. I got another teaching mission, and he wants to see everyone too.

 

[flippin4christ]

I met my fiance at college at a Christian Concert me and a few of my friends were attending. He had a mutual friend and we started talking and exchanged phone numbers and since then we have been together. That was my Freshman year in college and his Sophomore year in 2006.