Tell us the unique or unusual way you met your spouse!

[nONIE]

When push button phones replaced dial phones,the buttons you pushed had a distinct tone, almost instrument like. Well, one Saturday night I was sitting home bored out of my mind,(this didnt happen very often, honest!) and I decided to play the tune twinkle twinkle little star on my telephone buttons. Well, to my surprise a nice sounding male voice on the other end said HI! do you want to come to a party?? Being the party animal that I was in those days I said sure! you bet! absolutely!.........and the rest is history.

[Rokinronda]

You sure you want to hear this?? I think yours is the best!!! Christmas Eve, my Mom dragged me and my sister out to go to a house party. But 1st mom wanted to stop at a little irish pub that she bartended at. 3 young guys walk in. I told mom I wanted to meet the guy sitting in the middle. She said he was too shy. I said, take me over there and introduce me. She did and we got a little table for 2 and talked non stop! I knew that night I would marry him. We never made it to the house party. The rest is history! LOL TWINKLE TWINKLE in his eyes, I picked the finest of the 3 guys!!

[nONIE]

Ronda, you sley me!!!!! 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl

[chuckinca]

When push button phones replaced dial phones,the buttons you pushed had a distinct tone, almost instrument like. Well, one Saturday night I was sitting home bored out of my mind,(this didnt happen very often, honest!) and I decided to play the tune twinkle twinkle little star on my telephone buttons. Well, to my surprise a nice sounding male voice on the other end said HI! do you want to come to a party?? Being the party animal that I was in those days I said sure! you bet! absolutely!.........and the rest is history.



Nonie:

ur lucky you didn't get a number on the other side of the world!

[chelsea24]

It's a simple story. Had a house built and was moving to a new area and needed a new veterinarian. My friend said, "Oh, I can recommend one, my family has been going to him for years. So I went to him. ;D Then I realized I had to marry him because I couldn't afford his prices! LOLOL 1rnfl Truly my soulmate though. :bigthumbsup:

[Donna]

I am a Paramedic and John was the Fire Chief...

I responded to an auto accident with entrapment..John was there as the Chief and I pulled up on the Medic Unit..The patient was very unstable and had to be air-lifted...

From there, it was history.. :read:

[renielarson]

While in college, I had a good male friend who was a teacher and was looking for a room mate to share his trailer expenses. College students were always in need of a place to live and he found a sailor just back from Nam who had re-enrolled in college. After less than a month, my friend called me and said not only had he found a good renter but a man he thought I would like. He invited me over and the rest is history.....

[jadebox]

My Dad was in the Air Force and we were stationed at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. One day at the swimming pool I met this cute Airman. We arranged to meet that evening at the Silver Wing Service Club. We dated for 6 months and then it was his time to go back to the states. Six month later we went back and he traveled from DC to PA to see me. We went to Biloxi and a few month later he showed up there to ask me to marry him. Six months after that he went to Clovis, NM where we got married. All this travel was necessary because I was still in high school until 2 weeks before we got married. So that is the rest of the story.....

[mac9]

One of my co-workers was hospitalized and I went to see her. While there, her brother-in-law,a nurse in the same hospital, stopped by to see her. We made plans to play pinochle when she was released. For 6 months, we were buddies and pinochle partners. One night just the two of us went to see a film. We were married 2 weeks later and have been together for 37 years. Oh, yeah, we still play pinochle together AND are able to golf together!

[graciegirl]

AS a student at Ohio State I got a part time job working for a company owned by my husbands family. I knew they had three sons but they were away at military school.

I was young and romantic and hadn't outgrown my dreams of finding "The PRINCE". One day I was redoing the display window and saw three young men dressed in military attire staring at me in the window. One was taller and HE Had on a red jacket, the other two were in blue. I could hear music playing. The gorgeous young man in red with epaulets and stripes on his pants looked just like Cinderella's PRINCE.

They came into the store and I learned that they were the family's three sons, and were dressed in their uniforms because their grandmother had wanted them to sit for a photographer.

I was very shy and I didn't drive or have much money. He would talk to me a lot and asked me to go to his sisters wedding with him. He offered to teach me to drive. He had a 57' Plymouth Fury. (WOW!) He was VERY respectful of my shyness, but I thought he would NEVER kiss me. Well after two weeks of trying to learn to drive I finally I kissed him and the rest is history.

I am so LUCKY. He is still my PRINCE.

[Russ_Boston]

Meeting my wife wasn't unusual (same part time job) but how I met my first 'real' girlfriend was a different story. I was working as a summer replacement fire fighter on my city's fire department when I was 16. We had to go through emergency medical training and I actually got to work on the rescue squad along with the paramedic.

One day after getting out of work, but still in uniform, I came across a traffic accident. I saw a young girl laying in the middle of the street. She was walking across the street and was hit by a car. She was bleeding and in shock. I did what I could for her until the rescue arrived. Since I worked with them they let me ride with her to the hospital.

We became friends and then starting dating shortly after that. It lasted a couple of years but it wasn't meant to be and I met my wife shortly after.

[Taltarzac]

Meeting my wife wasn't unusual (same part time job) but how I met my first 'real' girlfriend was a different story. I was working as a summer replacement fire fighter on my city's fire department when I was 16. We had to go through emergency medical training and I actually got to work on the rescue squad along with the paramedic.

One day after getting out of work, but still in uniform, I came across a traffic accident. I saw a young girl laying in the middle of the street. She was walking across the street and was hit by a car. She was bleeding and in shock. I did what I could for her until the rescue arrived. Since I worked with them they let me ride with her to the hospital.

We became friends and then starting dating shortly after that. It lasted a couple of years but it wasn't meant to be and I met my wife shortly after.



That's a really neat story Russ Boston.

My problem is that I usually have feelings for the wrong girl while the wrong girl has feelings for me. Never the twain have ever seemed to meet up in my personal life.

[Avista]

I met my husband the first day of first grade. His mother brought him in the class room as showed him the seat he was assigned to--right in front of me.

[nONIE]

Avista, that is amazing!

[nONIE]

Nonie:

ur lucky you didn't get a number on the other side of the world!




1rnfl Chuck, your so right, My parents would have killed me for the long distance call and I wouldnt have understood what the hail he was talking about anyway!!

[sschuler1]

My girlfriend and I went to the Holiday Inn because that was the only bar in town that had dancing and a live band. We knew it was going to be crowded because it was a Saturday night, but we wanted to see if anyone we knew was there so we could sit with them at their table. We spotted my brother sitting at a table with a girl I didn't recognize, so naturally we went over to find out who she was. We sat down at the table with them, but my brother said his buddy was on the dance floor with his wife and we would have to relinquish the chairs once they were done. But he said we should stick around because they were getting ready to leave and we could have their table. So the song ended and we got up out of the chairs to give them their seats back, and out of the corner of my eye I saw this guy come running over to us. He showed up at my side within a split second of my getting out of the chair! He said "You're not leaving yet, are you? You just got here!" And three weeks later we were engaged.

[njgranny]

I was going to business college in Wilmington, DE. One of my roommates lived near Dover Air Force Base. She met these two guys at a skating rink and asked my other roommate to double date with her. Reta liked him, but she was really going steady with someone else at the time. Soooooo - he got passed to me. On our first date, I knew he was the one. We were engaged 3 months later and married 8 months after that. My roommate (who introduced us) eventually married the guy she'd met at the skating rink, but it didn't last. They are still friends, however, and he and his wife are included in all their family gatherings.

[NYVette]

I was January 5, 1972
I was out for the night with a buddy. I wanted to go to a particular bar but the bar had a $2.00 cover charge. My friend said he didn't have the money for a cover charge so we should go to another bar where beer was 50 cents. So we went. Keep in mind it's January in NY...cold so not much skin is visible. My future wife, Linda, was wearing a short top showing her stomach which made her stand out from the other girls. She's over 5'10" so that got my attention also! (I'm a sucker for tall women with exposed stomachs) When I first noticed her she was with another girl, but the second girl was now with someone on the dance floor. She looked a bit bored so it seemed like a good time to talk. During our conversation she told me that her original plans were to go to a different bar but she was with her cousin and the cousin didn't have the $2.00 cover charge to get in. Maybe we would have met anyway....it was in the cards for us to meet that night.

[TIGER]

Hello everyone. tiger here....

I was on a date with a girl from new york and we decided to drive upstate to the Washingtonville winwey in upstate new york. well, while my date was busy buying some wine at the wineshop i ran into 2 other girls from newburgh, n.y. and i quickly got one of there telephone numbers and the rest is history......regards, tiger from the villages..

[another Linda]

Well, we met in a psychiatric hospital and were immediately crazy for each other! (pause for effect)

Actually I was a student nurse and he was a medical student. We were on rounds of new patients. He noticed me because I was so beautiful (or maybe it was the hot coffee I spilled all over him.) I spilled coffee all over him because he was so sexy (or maybe it was because one of the new patients was a guy I had been dating.) Whatever.

But it was complicated. I had just joined the army and he had just gotten a deferment. No problem says I. Give up your deferment and join the army with me. You really are crazy says he.

But he did give up his deferment, for me! Now 40 years and 4 kids later we're still having fun -- and still crazy for each other.

[RCT]

I drew the short straw.

[redwitch]

The one thing I knew was that my future husband would NOT be in the military. I'd lived that life enough to know how hard it was on the women and kids.

Anyway, I worked at the Fort Ord Officer's Club as a secretary but was helping out because the cocktail waitress didn't show up (again!). One company was having a beer call. To put it mildly, the booze had been flowing for a few hours. This one really cute captain asked, "Are you married, separated, single, divorced or thinking about it." I was impressed he could roll that off his tongue after 5 beers, two shots and something else. We dated. He asked me to marry him. I said no way -- three times.

When he got notice that he was going to be riffed out, I finally said yes. We married two weeks before he got out of the Army after dating for almost 2 years. He really was and is a great guy and we had 10 years of a good marriage. The last 2 just had us drifting in different directions. We're still friends and, hopefully, always will be.

[Just Susan]

Toga Party.......http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj277/lake21brook/_Decadence3.gif

[Rokinronda]

Hi Susan!!! Never went to a Toga Party! woohooo Now thats a good one!

[Russ_Boston]

Susan - you weren't near URI during the seventies were you?

If so I've always wanted to apologize :joke:

[Just Susan]

Ronda you missed a good time by not going to a toga party or two. They were a perfect capping off of the freedom of expression, shall we say of the 70's. Yes, Russ it was during the 70's, but it was San Francisco, 70's, so no apology needed.
Our meeting is a story we love to tell, but only in person...so maybe someday....just imagine two people, each totally committed to staying single, on a collision course with marriage. Sometimes we still can't believe it...maybe that is why we are still in love.

[samhass]

Susan, you made such a telling statement. Instead of saying we are still married, you said
''maybe that is why we are still in love." Some people are just married. We are some of the lucky one ones that are still "in love". Ain't it grand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rokinronda]

Susan, you made such a telling statement. Instead of saying we are still married, you said
''maybe that is why we are still in love." Some people are just married. We are some of the lucky one ones that are still "in love". Ain't it grand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:bigthumbsup: We are also very much in love! Yes, we are very very very lucky, yes indeedy!!!

[Just Susan]

Susan, you made such a telling statement. Instead of saying we are still married, you said
''maybe that is why we are still in love." Some people are just married. We are some of the lucky one ones that are still "in love". Ain't it grand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


“and that’s the truth.” http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj277/lake21brook/edith-ann.jpg

[Rokinronda]

Lily Tomlin!!! LOVE HER!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocBO0fr1Ui4

[HankD]

Well, I was stationed in Va.Beach and had just moved into a place off base and would sit out on the steps and drink a beer after work and just be mellow 8). I used to see her walk her little poodle every evening and she would always glare at me if I looked at her. Finally i met her younger brother and he invited me to go see a high school football game with a group of them and guess who was there? Yep the future Mrs HankD. That was in October and she was 19 and I was 21, and in December on New Years Eve we skipped across the state line into Elizabeth City, North Carolina and eloped. They said it wouldn't last but I guess maybe "they" miscalculated cause it will be 39 years this New Years Eve and :hot: :2excited: I just hope that the staute of limitations on the Mann Act is long past 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl

[Sidney Lanier]

My car was laid up in the shop and I needed a ride to a PWP (Parents Without Partners) discussion group. They would do anything to get men involved, so they convinced HB to pick me up at my cousin's house; she knew my cousin, which helped, and her house was a couple of blocks from each of our respective apartments. Even so, I didn't realize that HB arrived with a weapon (an umbrella with a really sharp point!) just in case I....

As they say, the rest is history!

[Cassie325]

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[graciegirl]

Ok...so I am told that it is my turn and after reading all of these stories...well I have to be completely honest!! I heard S had a house in TV's....the rest is history!!


Ok...I am kidding...well partially! I knew S loved a good party! If there was food and drink I knew S would show up! Invited or not.... ;)

We both worked in the senior services industry in upstate NY. I knew I wanted to really meet S. I decided that I would throw a party for all of the people in the industry...I am sure there was a reason....I made one up....but really who needs a reason for a party...let's call it "Networking".

So the invites went out...and the people showed up....S was one of the first ones to arrive. We spent the evening talking(even though I should have been hosting the party)....S had no clue in my interest at all!! Had to almost take a bat to the head! HELLO in there!! ;)

After several emails and phone calls later I was finally asked on a date. The best steak house in town...the best bottle of wine (or 2) and wonderful conversation!! What an impression....I was treated like royalty!! what more could I ask for...

2 months later we came for our first visit to TV's together....the villa had been bought 3 months prior. I fell in love with the house, with our life, with every part of the person S is....Who wouldn't fall completely in love while in TV's!!!

The rest, as you all say, is history....and still making more history.....

thanks for sharing and asking about me too!! ;D


Are you both still working in the "senior services industry"? What exactly is that?

[Cassie325]

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[conn8757]

I was transferred from Tampa to Atlanta in 1971. Joe & I worked for the same company and he had been at my office doing my job temporarily when I was hired. Tampa was not nearly as big as it is now. He had long hair and I was used to the short AF cuts that McDill guys had. I knew I was not interested in him. Before I got to Atlanta, he said his roommate's girlfriend, Caroline, was looking for a roommate. Her last roommate had married another roommate of theirs. She was the second roommate of Caroline's to marry one of her boyfriend's roommates. I was the third 4 1/2 months later.

[Cassie325]

I was transferred from Tampa to Atlanta in 1971. Joe & I worked for the same company and he had been at my office doing my job temporarily when I was hired. Tampa was not nearly as big as it is now. He had long hair and I was used to the short AF cuts that McDill guys had. I knew I was not interested in him. Before I got to Atlanta, he said his roommate's girlfriend, Caroline, was looking for a roommate. Her last roommate had married another roommate of theirs. She was the second roommate of Caroline's to marry one of her boyfriend's roommates. I was the third 4 1/2 months later.



Very cute!! I hope Caroline finally got married herself!!

[conn8757]

Caroline did marry - just not to my husband's ex-roommate. After marrying off three roommates each to the other's roommate (in a 2 year period), they went their separate ways. Caroline was everyone's bridesmaid - I thought of her when I saw the movie about the girl with all the bridemaid dresses - I think it was "21 Dresses".

[faithfulfrank]

Met my wife in church......it was a real active, very contemporary music, youthful, non denominational church.

There were way more teenage girls there then guys, so I was kinda like "Fresh meat" so to speak.
This was 30 years ago....much better looking then. ;D

Many of the girls seemed to make a bit of a fuss over my visiting, inviting me to other events, etc........ She was the only one who didn't seem to care at all about me...... :dontknow:

Next week is our 29th anniversary.

Frank D.