OK, I admit it, this is a more female sounding thread, but I'm wondering how you met your wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, SO?
I need some ideas as I'm planning to get 'out there' after the New Year, and I'm not much of a bar hound. Plus my family and freinds apparently don't know any single women for a fix up.
Guess I'll start. Elaine's ex and I were in the same civic group and used to joke about swapping wives. After me and my ex split Elaine and her best friend were determined to find someone for me. Her ex cheated, she called me to see how to cope. That was 7/31, I moved in December, we got married in May and the baby came the following December.
I met my current girlfriend through a friend at work. None of my friends knew any single girls (at least any single girls that I wanted to date) so I found new friends. I started socializing a bit more with people I knew but didn't know that well. I figured either one of them could end up working out well, or like happened one of them would have a single friend.
My biggest advice is just to meet people, even those who you have no intention of dating, especially women, they love to play matchmaker.
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Backpacking in Europe. Travel is a great way to meet people.
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After I got divorced, I met the guy I live with now at work. My ex-husband did internet dating and he got married and has a baby with a girl who is just like him. Its almost creepy how much alike they are. I would try the internet thing.
I met my wife through a friend from work. She worked with my coworker's wife, and they (as a couple) each worked on us over a period of time, telling each of us about the other.
We finally met at our friends' place one night. They both fell asleep in their recliners, and my wife and I had the awkward starting conversation of "Do we just leave them sleeping and go home, or what? Oh, and what was your name again?"
Oh, and the fun part is that my buddy used to talk about how "hot this chick is that works with Bonnie." I never let him live that down......Nice!
I don't think this will help either. I met my hubby on active duty while in the Army. We were in the same unit and company. And the rest is history...:p
My sister worked with three attractive, single young woman about my age. She gave me one of their phone numbers and I set up a date. I wasn't sure which of the three it was until I picked her up that night. I must have gotten lucky because we're still together 28 years later.
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I was at a party with some friends, I see this chick, whom I've been scoping for quite some time, waiting for the right time to strike, with a friend if mine. Now, I know my friend has another girlfriend, so they are just friends. Easiest thing in the world to just go over and start a conversation like that. Then later, at the christmas ball at my school, I went over to her (we still diden't know eacother then, we just exchanged some words at the party and joked a bit) and said "I demand a dance" I'm such a gentleman :p
Girlfriend, same college, she was a friend of a friend. Hit it off great, I left my previous girl the next day.
almost 2 years now, even if shit hit the fan today (LOL it wont, this girl is great, plus is my workout partner and understands me, what more could I ask for) I wouldn't do a single thing differently.
I'm really leaning toward the internet dating thing. A friend who went to school with Elaine met her husband that way and if you see 1 of them, you see both of them. I figured I could use my sister as she seems to know everyone, but apparently every woman she knows either smokes (been there, done that, not again), is married or, ummmm, is large.
I agree with what the others have said about the online dating. There's just so many people to chose from. Only advice I'd give with that is that once you have an interest in a woman, plan to meet with her in person and then treat it like a "regular" relationship after that (meaning, don't conduct an online relationship if you can help it). It's hard to see through people's BS through emails and instant messaging, but it's usually pretty detectable in person.
Met Bob at work. He was one of my regular customers at the retail store I was working at the time, and I just enjoyed his sense of humor. After Katrina, I asked him out for coffee because I figured I had nothing to lose, 2 years later we're still going strong and he's definitely the best guy I've ever dated.
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My wife and I met in college when we were both 18. She was the roommate of a friend of mine from high school. I had a serious girlfriend back home at the time, but Pam and I clicked right off the bat and the next thing I knew we were kissing outside the dorm. That was Fall of 1985 - we have been together ever since (22 years - yikes!). Married since September 1989.
Michael's roommate in college was sooo in love with my roommate (who didn't return the luv) and I soooo had a boyfriend at another college. So we double dated several times with them to save my roommate. I broke up with the long distance BF and was WAY feeling the pressure from RL. For a brief period (honestly, it was only two weeks), I ended up dating his roommate. On a trip to Branson with RL's parents, I finally relented and fell head over heels in love with him. That was in the fall of 1995 and we've been together ever since.
I met the other half of my soul in a flipp'n bar of all places. She hit on me! I turned around, saw that gorgeous creature and turned right back around knowing I was out of my league!
Luckily she kept at it. :p
How did you meet?
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