How did you meet..

[robvious]

Dark night at about 1:30 am in a parking lot...

I can't even remember the year... summer between high school and college maybe... but at about 1:30 am in a dimly lit mall parking lot... I was with my high school buddy and a girl we both knew, took her to The Rocky Horror Picture Show midnight movie for her first time... after the movie we ran into another group of 3... 2 girls and one guy... our girl knew their guy... and I thought the tall girl was very attractive but did not have the nerve to chat her up... opportunity missed... but I now think fate, destiny, hand of God is a real thing... I just kept running into the tall pretty girl... late nite run to a frat party my friends had to talk me into going (was not a frat member - just crashed it)... we danced... when about to call her found out she was "seeing" a friend of my buddy... oh well, opportunity missed... later went to a friends apartment to study for a big exam... she was her roommate... this went on and on all thru college... hit and run... never being able to connect... then after college at a Halloween party at the farmhouse my buddy was renting, she was there... along with the guy she was seeing that first time we missed... she picked me and not him this time... wise choice...lol... we dated for a few years. she has been and always will be the love of my life... and we will be celebrating our 25th Anniversary this coming September... buddy from that first night was the best man... so when people ask how we met...
"A dark night at about 1:30 am in a parking lot" is how the story starts...

 

[JohnZMI]

I was 50 in 1991, about a year out of an ugly divorce, and wasn't much of a party guy; put an ad in a local singles publication (what are you looking for, what do you like, what don't you like, etc.) and met my lady for drinks and dinner. We clicked, had both been married several times before, and a couple of months later we were married on Kaanapali Beach on Maui. 28 years later we're happy as can be.

 

[sheepdawg]

My wife was the waitress at a place I used to eat lunch at 2 or 3 times a week. We started a conversation about every time I came in so I figured I might as well ask her out. The day I was going to do it she asked me out before I had a chance. The rest is history. She said the first thing she noticed about me was that I was a good tipper.

 

[rwsmith]

In high school....

I went to a Christmas party hosted by our Latin club. There was a quartet playing Christmas music and there was a girl with long dark hair playing the clarinet. I really liked what I saw and later on had the opportunity to sit with her a few minutes in a part of the room that was almost pitch black dark. I decided that I was going to get to know her better. Later on I had tickets to an off Broadway production of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' and asked her to go. She accepted. And that became a long, sometimes difficult journey. That was 47 years ago. We've been married 40+ of those years.

 

[Old TexMex]

I was a Security Police shift commander on Andersen AFB, Guam. I responded to a call of an active duty guy chasing his ex-wife through base housing. I got his car stopped right in front of the house in which his ex-wife had taken shelter. I was always Officer Friendly but this guy was a cocky little **** so I had him standing at attention (I was a 1Lt, he was a SrA) while I lounged against the grill of my trusty Plymouth Fury. I finally stuffed him in the back and went up to the house and thought to myself - hell, no wonder he’s chasing her. We were married in 10 months and have managed to stay that way for 33 years.

Now THAT’S a love story way to go.

 

[Srruger762]

Last day of school my senior year she caught my eye. I asked her out for a date that day, Long story short been married for 37 years.

 

[Mals9]

I was 22 and hanging out in a bar when I noticed her standing at the bar. As fate would have it she wound up sitting the booth next top me. Her friend and mine hit the dance floor so we only had each other to talk to. I was not much of a catch, I had yet to figure what I would do with my life and she was college educated and held a full time job. I assume she took pity on my. We have been married 27 years and have 3 kids. her mom was mortified she met a guy in a bar and my mon asked what she was doing with me. I still carry the business card she gave me that night.

Mals

 

[jimmyj]

I was a "Cradle Robber".
We met after She ran a red light and I conducted a traffic stop on Her. I issued Her a traffic Citation and We met again at Traffic Court.

 

[bigwheelzip]

I liked his motorcycle, so I introduced myself.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I was a "Cradle Robber".
We met after She ran a red light and I conducted a traffic stop on Her. I issued Her a traffic Citation and We met again at Traffic Court.

You old smoothie!

 

[Rustyt1953]

Lt. Sig: "Airman!!..your wife must come with me as a material witness!" " Don't be in a hurry as this could take 30 years, or so."

"Smoke 'em if ya got 'em"

 

[delcrossv]

I met my future wife at a church "young adults club" movie night. Talked all through the intermission and was rudely interrupted by the movie starting again.

On a side note, it turned out I had met her brother earlier at a party. We were both doing Physics at the time, he was doing Solid State, and I was doing Plasma. He never mentioned he had a sister- probably didn't want her to get together with a "plasmoid". I've razzed him about it since.

23 years and 8 kids later, still glad I decided to go to see "While You were Sleeping".

 

[Huski92]

Met in the ER. She’s a nurse and I’m a firefighter. Our friends pushed us together. And I’m glad they did.

We were both in our mid thirties and neither of us were ever married. Never wanted to be. But, after our first date, we knew we were meet for each other

14 years together and 12 great years of marriage.


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[ladder13]

Once upon a midnight dreary.........

 

[Rustyt1953]

Once upon a midnight dreary.........

Were they rapping?

 

[SteveA]

I met my wife in a sports bar. I was studying for the Bar Exam and my fellow law students and I would head to a nearby bar after Bar Review classes every evening for some darts. Walked in and there was this tall pretty gal slam dunking a basketball on a regulation height goal set up. Turns out she was a friend to my fellow classmate, and we got to talking. She asked me to take her fishing at one of our ponds. We've been together 27 years.

 

[Bro. Dave]

My wife and I just celebrated 47 years of marriage on Monday the 24th. We met at the church I served as a Youth Pastor and she was a Deacon's daughter.

She knew I was going to be a preacher and married me anyway. I'm not completely sure she knew what 47 years as a Pastor's wife really entailed, but she is the most important earthly tool God gave me to do the task.

 

[Kiwi cop]

During the last half of 1996 my first marriage fell apart. We both separately decided on the same day a week or so before Christmas to take off our wedding rings.

The breakup was messy. She hung on for a couple of months in the house sorting her life out, so I would sleep in the spare room when working and head to Auckland, 4 hours away, to stay with a friend on my regular days off.

On my Auckland visits I ended up having two short term relationships. I knew going into both they were wrong for me and would not last but.....

The whole situation saw me loose focus at work. I took a month off to go work for a mate on subdivision contracts to get my head straight. When I got back to work I saw two jobs advertised in the same 3 persons station about 10 hours drive from where I was, six hours the other side of Auckland. Better yet there were around $9000 a year in extra allowances for this hard to fill station and I needed the income boost. I applied for both positions and got offered my choice on application alone.

I had a couple of weeks leave which I spent with my brother who was on the other side of the North Island from where these jobs were. I drove over, looked around the town for a few minutes (1500 people, blink twice and you've driven through on the highway/main street). When I saw the empty house next to the police station I somehow knew this was the one for me.

I took the job that came with the house. My official start/move date was 1st September 1997. The first six weeks were spent moving, going back to my old station for several court cases, and getting caught up on mandated training that had not yet made it to my old district (S&W M 10-8 to Glock 17 transition was one training course). I also found out that I was the only cop in the station at the time. One other had been appointed but was yet to start and the other position had become vacant in the meantime. During that 6 weeks I tried to settle in but found it hard to get out in the community. I wanted to wait and sort out the good residents from the not so good (ethnic gang town). I spent more than a few nights with only my dogs for company wondering just what the heck I had gotten myself into.

Sometime around mid October I was rostered 1700-0100 on a Friday. Around midday I got called in to deal with something minor and decided to stay on duty and finish early. After an early dinner I decided to spend the last 90 minutes of my shift checking out the three bars in town. I thought if they saw me early the locals would think I was working (they knew my roster as well as I did). I was hoping not to get a call out later that night.

The first two bars were quiet. Around 7:30 pm, half hour before end of shift, I walked into the third bar, the businessman's hangout. Walking into the vestibule I pushed open the double doors to see a mass of curly red/gold hair being tossed over a shoulder in the far corner. First thought "I wouldn't mind meeting her". Second thought "She'll be married with a couple of kids and not available".

The owner was behind the bar with several of the local businessmen sitting on stools. I went over, got a coke, and was talking when Don, the owner, looked over my shoulder and said "Brent, have you met Karen"?

I turned around and saw two hazel eyes beneath that mass of red/blonde curls. Karen and been the second, and much younger, wife of one of my predecessors in the station who had passed away from cancer back in March (the second vacancy that was still waiting to be filled). When she shook my hand I didn't want to let it go.

I overstayed my shift talking to Karen and only left when a local gang member asked me to give him ride home.

We had our first date a week later. In February 1998 we moved in together, living in the police house weeks I was on call and at her house on my off weeks. In late '98 I proposed but she wasn't in any hurry to marry me. She saw no ned for a piece of paper.

In March 2003 I was advised I had been selected for promotion into the area's 24 hour station. That was when Karen decided we had better get married as a sergeant could not be living in sin (she's a very lapsed Catholic girl). I didn't like being a supervisor due to the politics of the station. I stuck it out for six years then took a job back in road policing at a lower rank just to get away from the place.

It has not been easy, especially during Karen's illness and transplant. But those of you who know our story know how devastated I was when we almost lost her a few years ago.

We still live in the house she was living in when we met. Her son, who is now in his 40's, treats me like his own father who passed away when Ryan was a teenager.

And Karen still tells people I was more interested in taking a gang member home the night we met that I was in taking her home.



Oh, incidentally. When I took that gang member home he insisted on my going inside to meet his missus and having a cuppa tea. About 5 days later he found me at the station and asked if I would talk to her again. She didn't believe I had just given him a ride home from the bar. She believed I was dropping him off after arresting him for something and she was making his life miserable until he told her what it was. I went back around a day or so later for another cuppa and chat, and to tell her that yes, I really did just give him a ride home.

That night not only gave me my love match but made me professionally in the town. I never had any issues with the local gang. I treated them fairly and they respected me as a person, not just a uniform. They also saw to it that word got passed to Karen about things I "needed to know" in the town.

 

[Kiwi cop]

My wife and I just celebrated 47 years of marriage on Monday the 24th. We met at the church I served as a Youth Pastor and she was a Deacon's daughter.

She knew I was going to be a preacher and married me anyway. I'm not completely sure she knew what 47 years as a Pastor's wife really entailed, but she is the most important earthly tool God gave me to do the task.

She is definitely your better half.

Say hello to her for us.

Just wish I could find someone who can bake her cornbread.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

In '86 my little sister and her new high school friend thought I should meet the girl’s mom. I called her and we had a blind date. That was it. Here she is last Christmas with our daughter mentioned above, and well armed in a Virginia City, NV. hotel room in 1988 coming back from Livingston, MT. I met Mike Venturino there and showed him these guns, but that's another story.