When you met your FH/DH.......

[neebelung]

Just some fun about how your and your FH/DH began as a couple.....

.... how did it go in the beginning?
Did you date right away?
Friends first?
Serious quicky?
Or kept it casual for a while before committing?
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?

[neebelung]

Friends first?
Or kept it casual for a while before committing?
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?

FH and I were friends first. We knew each other for 8 months before we dated at all... once we started dating, neither of us dated anyone else but we still took things pretty slowly in the beginning.. it was a few months before we had "the talk."

[amisteratwisterandme]

FH and I were somewhat co-workers. Different companies but seen each other alot. Became friends for a few years. I was at the end of a ten year relationship. Slowly started spending time away from work together, and have been together every since. The first year was way difficult, but we put the time and energy in it to make it work and now it is truly a blessing. It took me about 2 years to really feel like he was the one. I realized that what I felt with him was so much more true than what I had ever thought possible.

[Jacobs_Girl]

.... how did it go in the beginning?
Did you date right away?
Friends first?
Serious quicky?
Or kept it casual for a while before committing?
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?

When we first met I was actually dating like 4 other guys. I wasnt interested in a relationship and just wanted to see it would be like to date other guys. I wasnt having sex or anything we just went out a few times.

When we first met I wasnt interested in him, I didnt even call him until weeks later. But once we got to know each other we totally fell in love. We became really cool friends for the first few weeks but then could keep our hands off each other.

:grinhappy: its still like that now

[BelhurstBride]

When FH and I first met we were both in long term relationships (me- 3 years, him-5 years). We met at work (at school) and our friendship pretty much stayed in the office. We both felt something and we had a really strong connection, but neither one of us ever said anything. A year later I transferred to another school, but we kept in touch online. A year after that, my relationship was over and I made a visit to my old school to see some friends.

I ended up hanging out with FH that day for a few hours (didn't plan on that, but I drank a few too many cosmos and ended up contacting him to tell him that I was in town). After that day we talked online for a month... then decided to meet up one day (we lived 2 hours apart at that point). From there it got really serious really fast!!

I feel like I always knew that FH was special and that I had a strong connection to him, but I was afraid of ending my relationship with my previous boyfriend, even though I hadn't been happy with my ex and he treated me like ****. I'm soooo happy and grateful that everything worked out the way that it did!

[MrsDM]

Just some fun about how your and your FH/DH began as a couple.....

.... how did it go in the beginning?
Did you date right away?
Friends first?
Serious quicky?
Or kept it casual for a while before committing?
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?

We were just really close friends at first, we were attached at the hip. I was kinda worried at first by becoming a couple, it would ruin our friendship if it didn't work out. Then, after a kiss, my heart melted!! Since 2003, he has been the only one! Looking back, I knew something was different about him, that we would never be apart.

[mitch]

I was writing a book about My Favourite Band AC/DC and decided to go online to talk to other Fans.
It was New Years Eve 2001 and i "chatted" in the New Year 2002 with a Guy in Scotland. Who would also go on to meet His Wife in the same Forum. And are both coming to Our Wedding.
Anyhow, i digress lol.

In the March a Guy called Shmoo came into the Chatroom and We just "Clicked". Chatting online everyday until We finally met face to face on October 11th 2002.

We were both Married to others at the time (Oh the shame of it all LOL) For something that should have been so wrong it felt so right to be together. We finally left Our Spouses the following February. Him moving 300 Mile South to live with Me.

We've not looked back since. :D

[sweetvenus]

We've got a bit of a rocky history but it has made us really strong as a couple.

I was dating one of his roommates when we met, but that was never anything serious and was dying off, so I started flirting with him. We talked a bit over the course of a month, until one night I went to a party at his house. I started heavily flirting with him and he eventually kissed me.

From there, we started seeing each other pretty regularly. He was terrified of commitment, however, and refused to call me his girlfriend for the first 6 months we dated, even though neither of us was dating anyone else. I had already fallen in love with him at this point, so this was really frustrating to me.

After we had moved in together (although we still weren't in a relationship, according to him), he decided to see if the grass really was greener, but quickly realized that he was in love with me and didn't want to be dating anyone else, so he finally committed to me and told me that he loved me.

Two years after that, he flipped out again and broke up with me. I was moving across the state, so he moved in with his friends and I moved here, and we both starting seeing other people. But, he again realized how much it sucked for us to be apart, so he moved to be with me.

I reluctantly took him back, and things went well for about another year, when he flipped out again, although this time it had nothing to do with commitment issues. He was concerned that he wasn't good enough for me, since he hadn't done anything with his life or finished college, so he moved to live with his friends. I was really frustrated with him at this point, so I told him not to bother coming back because I couldn't deal with the emotional rollercoaster anymore. I started casually dating someone else.

We didn't talk for like a month or two, but we started gradually talking and working through all our past issues. It took a few months, and we started dating again. We both felt like our relationship was stronger than ever and we were being more open and honest than before. A month or so after that, he proposed and the rest is history.

[Whitewater]

Just some fun about how your and your FH/DH began as a couple.....

.... how did it go in the beginning?
Did you date right away?
Friends first?
Serious quicky?
Or kept it casual for a while before committing?
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?

We met online, and hit it off immediately in chat and email. We became friends while we were still online, but knew that the potential was there for more. The first time we set actual eyes on each other, we went from 'friends' to 'dating' right there in the Barnes and Noble cafe. It wasn't even our 'official first date' but we knew.

Within a week we were both serious about each other. We started dating in June, and by January we were talking about moving in with each other. When we moved in together in May, that's when we talked and moved from 'serious dating' to 'commitment'. We became engaged in July, just over a year from our first date.

I personally knew that he was the man for me within a few dates. I knew we were going to wind up married within in a month of when we first met in person. At the time, I resisted that but by the time we moved in together I knew, that if I could be married to HIM and nobody else, that marriage wouldn't be a bad thing at all. And as it turns out, I was right. We've been living together for about a year and a half, now, and it just keeps getting better and better. Being married to Fiance is going to be the BEST THING EVER, bar none. I can't wait.

The funny thing is, it took him a LOT longer to figure things out, and I was SO impatient because I *knew* he was the one for me .. . I just sat on my hands and bit my tongue and waited for him to come to the same conclusion, except opposite, of course, LOL! I knew why he was hesitant -- neither of us had good marriages previously and those left some serious scars, and a natural reluctance to marry again (and he knew that I didn't want a serial dater type relationship, I wanted a permanent one) -- but I am SO GLAD I let him figure it all out himself and didn't push him.

I never even thought about anybody else once I met Fiance. Even my crushes on actors dwindled to practically nothing (though I still say Johnny Depp and Hugh Jackman are fine actors, good eye candy and fabulous fathers and husbands, which for some reason is sexy to me). Fiance is my one and only! Nobody else even comes close.


Whitewater (being silly and romantic)

[starsthrumysoul]

.... how did it go in the beginning?
Did you date right away?
Friends first?
Serious quicky?
Or kept it casual for a while before committing?
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?

FH and I met through an online dating site while we were in college - we were both on the shy side, so it was a good resource for us :) We had our first date a couple of weeks later - dinner and a movie with his best friend and his fiancee. We hit it off so quickly and a week later we decided to date exclusively. We got serious pretty fast - My college was about 40 min. away from his, and we were together at least 3x a week. I knew I had something special right off the bat, but it wasn't until probably 3 years into the relationship that I knew he was "the one." I think I was just hesitant that we were on the young side (I was 19 when we met) and I didn't have many other relationships under my belt. I said this to FH one day and he said the sweetest thing I've ever heard him say - "I just think we're really lucky to have found each other so soon." I love him and can't wait to be married!!!

[SerendipityCrafts]

How did it go in the beginning? - We both just a bundle of nerves when we set up a date to re-meet
Did you date right away? - yes - but long distance for 6 months
Friends first? - yes but via emails and phone calls
Serious quicky? - oh yeah :)
Or kept it casual for a while before committing? - we were pretty much committed right from the moment we re-met
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat? - I knew he was the one even before we re-met

[dylansmom011908]

How did it go in the beginning?
Did you date right away?
Friends first?
Serious quicky?
Or kept it casual for a while before committing?
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?



Well, actually we were best friends in high school, where we met, for a few years, then we started working together. I always knew he had a crush on me, so we gave dating a try..only lasted like a week before i told him it was too weird.

Then.. about a year later, i started noticing that i would get butterflies in my stomach everytime i'd think of him.. so i knew we had to be more than just friends... we started dating and have been dating ever since.

If you would have told me 8 years ago that i would be planning our wedding.. i would have laughed in your face and swore up and down you have been drinking... lol

But... i love him and know in my heart i could never love another as much as i do him....:grinhappy:

[WebLady]

.... how did it go in the beginning?
Like what, how we met? We met where I worked at the time.

Did you date right away?
Not right away; he would come into the store like once or twice a week for 2 or 3 weeks and we would talk a bit each time. I kept waiting for him to ask me out and I finally had to ask him out.
Friends first?
eh; we pretty much just dated after I finally asked him out

Serious quicky? Or kept it casual for a while before committing? I don't know; we pretty much saw talked every day for a week after the first date then once we were intimate, he asked me if I wanted to be exclusive. I asked him if that was what he wanted and he said "absolutely" :grinhappy: After about a month we started saying "I Love You"

Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?I never dated anyone else ... I was sort of on a break from men for the past couple of months after dating a bunch of losers. So when we met and got together that was it; especially since he made it clear that he wanted us to be exclusive since we were sleeping together (so did I) ;) Plus he was so great that I never cared to be with anyone else :frogg)

[RebelChick]

.... how did it go in the beginning? Amazing from the start!
Did you date right away? We became a Couple and started dating 8 days after we met
Friends first? for 8 days :winktongue:
Serious quicky? Very much so, we knew we were exclusive the say after our first date
Or kept it casual for a while before committing? see above
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat? I knew he was the one, and here we are 5 years later :D

[RosieAngel]

.... how did it go in the beginning?
We met through a friend. He wanted me baaaaaad, and I was instantly attracted to him physically and emotionally, but I was hesitant due to the fact that we lived on opposite ends of the west coast... So he just got my email and phone number off me.

Did you date right away?
If calling counts and emailing counts!

Friends first?
We lasted about two weeks before we were saying "I love you" and blowing kisses out windows and sending gifts to each other! Though I still can't believe he sent me (expensive) vitamins as his first token of affection. It should have clued me in that he's not the romantic type!

Serious quicky?
I'd classify us as having gotten serious fast!

Or kept it casual for a while before committing?
If those two weeks count, then yes! ;)

Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?
I never went out with ore than one person at a time, because I'm picky, picky, picky and too smart and generally awesome for 98% of the plebs who ask me out. I had a lot of interest, but I only actually dated three people, one of whom I asked out myself!

Haha, that sounds so b!tchy. But it's true! :ooh:

[tortoisegirl]

My fh and I met at college--he was starting grad school and I was a freshman (the age difference between 22 and 18 is a lot at 18, but I think girls mature quicker, lol)! We met and became really close friends, but he was in a long distance relationship so nothing more evolved. We either hung out or talked on the phone every day. I ended up going out with another guy (but still very close friends with my fh, actually this is what broke my then bf and I up), just because he was the only person to ever show interest in me romantically.

By the end of the first year, both of us were complaining so much about our relationships, and were pretty miserable. I ended up breaking up with my bf, and after a month or so, so did fh with his girlfriend. She actually lived in a different country so that was difficult...

We quickly started dating even though we were hours apart all summer. We drove to see each other every weekend, and by the end of summer I went back to school early to stay with fh and hang out. All summer I had been living at home with parents and trying to find a job while taking one summer class. Never did find a job--maybe that was a sign now that I think about it.

So, we lived together for a month and then I had to go to the dorms because that was the housing I had set up for the year. I lasted a week, and felt so lonely and out of place. Ended up moving in with fh in a whirlwind of an afternoon when I found out it was the last day to get out of my contract and get a full refund (very lucky). Amazingly, no one in our lives had a problem with it. My parents were cool with it somehow. I freaked a couple friends out because here we were living like we were married, but in reality had only been dating a few months (officially).

It was a very good thing for us because we tested our relationship, and it survived. We now know that being married won't be too much different. Looking back at it though, I'm amazed that at 19 I was able to jump into that type of life.

Years later we are both done with school, engaged, and living our lives in a new city. We talk all the time about how crazy it was that we both had such a huge crush on each other that first year, yet were dating other people and not cheating. Both of our significant others at the time accused us of cheating, but we never did. We sure did have a lot of late nights we'd stay up talking about life though! Very suspicious.

Things worked out pretty well for us because fh started working for the school while doing grad school, so he got free tuition and tons of benefits with pay. We registered as domestic partners with human resources, and I got free tuition! It really helped us have a boost in savings to start our lives. Amazingly lucky the school had such a liberal policy on that--we only had to have a few easy documents like a joint account and a lease together. I was still able to stay a dependent for tax purposes too, and get extra help from my parents for living expenses.

Awesome thread idea by the way. That was fun to reminisce. =)

[Ninedays9]

I met Eddie at my friend's wedding shower. His brother introduced us all, and I remembered thinking Eddie was pretty quiet, like me (now, when I am around him when he's watching sports, I wonder how I ever thought he was quiet). Then we were both in the wedding party, and he hung out at our table all night, trying to get us all to go up and dance (as a group). And I also slow danced with him during the singles dance.

After that, I was actually kind of interested in him... which I denied when my friend called me out on it because I was with someone else at the time. We talked online for 2 and a half years, and I continued to deny liking him for that whole time. I knew I really cared about him, but I thought we were in the friend zone. Then I moved into an apartment without internet, and he was never online anymore, anyway... and I found myself starting to miss him. I sent him a text, we talked on the phone, he came and visited and..... we ended up dating. That was 2 years ago as of tomorrow.

Now, I wonder why I withheld for so long when I could have been so happy. During those two years and a half years, I pined after other guys and even considered myself in love with a guy who I was talking to online and on the phone. No other relationship or love interest has even compared to this relationship; I didn't even think about marriage at all with my first boyfriend.

But in the end, I do believe it happened at the right time for the right reasons... And now, as the song says... the rest is still unwritten. :) (Sorry for the novel, haha.)

[Scrwballsgrl]

Just some fun about how your and your FH/DH began as a couple.....

.... how did it go in the beginning?
Did you date right away?
Friends first?
Serious quicky?
Or kept it casual for a while before committing?
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?

We met while I was working at my old job and he kept coming in an talking with me and askigng for my number; I finally gave it to him and we spoke on the phone & at work for about a month before we finally went on a date.
We went on two date when we both knew we wanted to be exclusive...we've always had an easy rapport so we were friends right away and have just grown closer the longer we've dated. It did become serious quickly simply b/c we really cared about one another & spent so much time together b/c we really enjoy one anothers company. I knew he was "the one" pretty soon after dating, especially when we had been dating for two years and it didn't seem like that much time could have possibly elapsed b/c we just have such a great time....that old saying "time flys when your having fun".....well doubly so when your in love!:grinhappy:

[kgvettegirl]

Just some fun about how your and your FH/DH began as a couple.....

.... how did it go in the beginning?
Did you date right away?
Friends first?
Serious quicky?
Or kept it casual for a while before committing?
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?

We met online. Neither one of us was looking for a "relationship" RC's first wife had just died from Brain Cancer and I had just ended a 12 year marriage, my second. I just wanted someone to talk to and maybe go to the movies or out to dinner with. I did those things by myself but I would get stares when I did. So after sharing e-mails and text messages He sent me his phone number and asked me to call him. When I did I heard this deep voice with a cute accent. From Texas...rats, both of my ex's are from Texas. I heard the "Danger Will Robinson...Danger" but he invited me to come over to his house and watch the race at Talladega. He said that he was home alone that both of his sons were gone for the evening and that he didn't want to spend it alone. Sue had been gone for 3 weeks then and he was having a real struggle. He sat in a chair and I sat on the sofa and he told me all about Sue and their life together. He just needed someone to talk to. So I sat and listened and the whole time I'm thinking he had what I've been looking for all my life. When I left that night I wanted to give him a hug and tell him it would be alright, but I knew if I did that I wouldn't want to let go.

Skip forward to Aug 6 we went riding on his 4 wheelers. I fell off and got a concussion and a broken tail bone. My dad and brother took me to the hospital leaving RC to follow. While I'm lying in the hospital the 3 of them are joking around with me since I couldn't remember what happened. Since I was a little loopy it seems that I kept looking over at RC and telling him I LOVE YOU. not out loud mouthing it. I would have never said it if I was in my right mind. He was still very much in love with his late wife and I knew better.

After his oldest son moved in with his girlfriend and his youngest went away to college RC asked me to move into his guest room. He didn't want to be in the house by himself. So we shared a house, he would have dinner ready when I would get off work and I did the house keeping and laundry. He would tease me about not remembering anything about the hospital and I would try not to fall in love with him. After about 3 months of that I decided that I need to go on some dates. Just for self preservation of my heart. RC helped me pick out my outfits and check my hair and makeup. But the whole time I'm out with these guys I'm wishing it could be RC. Finally after about 5 of these first dates RC asked me out. He said that he didn't want me to go out with anyone but him. And the rest as they say is history.

[amisteratwisterandme]

From Texas...rats, both of my ex's are from Texas.

Thanks! Now I can't get that song out of my head!!!!:D

[kgvettegirl]

From Texas...rats, both of my ex's are from Texas.

Thanks! Now I can't get that song out of my head!!!!:D
Yeah my brother thinks it is funny to play that song loudly at every family function. RC and I got him last time though. RC wrote new words to it and we sang it together. No more all my ex's live in Texas!

[BarceloMayaPalaceBride]

Did you date right away? -Yes RIGHT away.

Friends first?-Nope, we skipped the whole friends thing.

Serious quicky?-Yes! We spent the first two days rolling around in his bed. I had bed sores to prove it. <-----Not a joke LOL

Or kept it casual for a while before committing? Ha, we were definetely not casual.

Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?-I knew he was the guy for me!!!

[snu]

Just some fun about how your and your FH/DH began as a couple.....

.... how did it go in the beginning?
Did you date right away?
Friends first?
Serious quicky?
Or kept it casual for a while before committing?
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?

We started dating immediately. We first met online, then in person 2 days later. We got serious very quickly. We had an instant natural, connection. I didn't date anyone else after we met. I had been talking to quite a few different guys prior to meeting FH, but I dropped them all as soon as we met. I knew he was "the one" pretty quickly. :D

[EarlyBird]

i met him and he asked me on a date, i refused.. for a couple weeks.. he put his number in my phone that night i met him and he would call and we would talk. I finally agreed to one date... after that we hung out alot but werent dating. i think it took a total of like 2 months for us to be official..We got pretty serious after that but i definatly didnt know he was the one until a couple months into the actual relationship.
when we broke up about a year an a half into it we both dated one other person.. he had a gf and i just dated this one guy.. we both ended it around the same time to get back together and get engaged.

[scarymary48]

Did you date right away? No, we knew each other for 6 months or so first.

Friends first? Nooooooooo. He was my boss, actually, so for those first 6 months he was my mortal enemy.

Serious quicky? Yeah, once we started seeing each other it was pretty quick I guess.

Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat? No, once we got together we both knew that this was it.

[june0609]

My FH pursued me for 5 months after we met. He asked me out everyday and I kept telling him no. We were best friends for the first 5 months though. We hung out and talked on the phone for hours. I didn't want to date him because he was a good friend and I didn't want to mess that up. But after 5 months I gave him a shot...here we are 4 years and 7 months later. He was my only serious boyfriend and I don't regret for one second not dating anyone else after him.

[tha_mrs]

.... how did it go in the beginning? We met at work. We went on our first date on July 20,2007
Did you date right away? yes.
Friends first? ahh..no. But we are best friends now.
Serious quicky? yes
Or kept it casual for a while before committing? we jumped right in!
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?No I haven't been with anyone else since. We had our daughter on June 4 of this year. He is the exact kind of man I want in my life and my son's life. It seems like we've been together forever, even ppl who know us can't believe that we've only been to gether 1 year and 3 months. Everyone says it seems like it has been longer(LOL). I guess that's how it is when you really come in contact with your soulmate.

[Docsgirl]

.... how did it go in the beginning? We've been best friends since the 4th grade.
Did you date right away? Nope. We dated in 8th grade for about a month...haha.
Friends first? Yes.
Serious quickly? No! I freaked out and turned my head when he tried to kiss me.
Or kept it casual for a while before committing? Well, we went back to being best friends for 8 more years after the whole "kiss" incident when we were 14.
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat? We both dated other people for quite awhile, but we loved each other for a long time before being together.

[Chele&Chris]

how did it go in the beginning? We met one night while chatting on a chat program called Pal Talk

Did you date right away? Nope we were friends for about a year before he got the guts to tell me he had feelings for me even though I felt the same way but was also afriad to say anything

Friends first? Yep

Serious quicky? Or kept it casual for a while before committing? We took things VERY slowly we dated online and over the phone for almost 6 years before we FINALLY met in person

Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat? We went through a period of time that we dated other people but I always in my heart knew we were destine to be together.

[Century Guy]

I'm flippin' some of the words in the questions to make this relevent. ;)

1) How did it go in the beginning?

Pretty good. A guy that was dating my sister at the time was very good friends with my now DW. He was trying to set me up with another girl, but when I mentioned my now wife, he got all excited and said we could do a double date. I told him to cool his jets...(I'm not all that outgoing when it comes to women.)

2) Did you date right away?

Not technically. We did some group events first...and then yes, we went on a "date" to Frisch's Big Boy after church one night and had dessert and just sort of got to know each other a bit better one on one.

3) Friends first?

Friends from the beginning, but at the same time as "being interested in getting to know each other better for potential dating."

4) Serious quicky?

We were engaged 6 months after officially "dating" if that says anything.

5) Or kept it casual for a while before committing?

See above.

6) Did you ever end up going out with any other women after you met your FW, or did you know she was the one right off the bat?

Never went out with another woman after starting to date her. I can honestly say that very early in the relationship, I knew I couldn't "leave" her. I didn't necessarily know that she "was the one", but I knew there was something different about her. Not all may understand this, but it was sort of a "God" thing... If you want more details, feel free to PM me.

[brendalin]

We met when we both working at a local community pool and became great friends (we were both dating people at the time). Everyone who knows us always says that we had this great connection.

We went our sepereate ways, but still talked a couple times a year to catch up. When we ran into eachother when we were both out and single things just spiraled. We started dating in Feb, that same year in May he helped me buy a house and a dog, then moved into my house completely in August, 11 months later we were engaged.

[Tadswife]

.... how did it go in the beginning?He had me at "hello" I knew when I met him, he was it
Did you date right away? we met online.. and chatted on the phone and through email and instant messageing for a month
Friends first? I don't thing we were ever friends..we fell for one another pretty quick
Serious quicky? we exchanged our first "I love you's" 7 days after we met and got engaged 5 months after we met, yeah it was pretty quick
Or kept it casual for a while before committing? see above
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat? I was seeing someone before I met my dh, I dropped him like a hot potato, I knew in my heart my dh was the man I would marry. Here we are 5 years later, been married for over 2 years...:D

[acidcookie]

.... how did it go in the beginning?
We met for the first time at JFK airport after meeting online months earlier. We spent our whole first day together in New York. I think it went great.

Did you date right away?
Pretty much. When he dropped me off that first night after our NYC day he sort of awkwardly gave me a kiss on the cheek. We had our eyes on each other.

Friends first?
Not really, though we didn't meet with a match in mind (We met on myspace when I contacted a number of people before moving across the country. It wasn't match.com or something intentional).

Serious quicky?
Yeah, we fell into a steady relationship pretty quickly.

Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?
I knew he was something good and could quickly see him being who I end up marrying.

[FutureKelley]

One night I was randomly searching for people in my area on myspace. I was on my way out of a very abusive relationship (I finally got him to move out, but he still "controlled" me) and was looking for someone to just be friends with. I needed to get out of the house and have any excuse to not be at home talking to the now ex on the computer or phone. I had been trying to break up with him for months now and knew that it wouldn't happen if I didn't have someone to help me through it.

We started talking and found out that we had a lot in common. He had just got out of a long-term relationship (his now ex cheated on him) and was still pretty heartbroken over it. Who knew in the long run that two very damaged people could heal each other?

A couple of weeks after we started talking he invited me out to a friends bonfire party after I got off work. Unfortuantly, I ended up working past 10pm and didn't get out there until almost 11pm. Pretty much everyone had left and those who didn't were pretty drunk, lol. I'm a pretty shy person, so we didn't do a whole lot of talking... we just hung out for the couple of hours I stayed. (the nexy day was when I officially broke up with the scumbag I was with. See, all I needed was confidence!!)

The next weekend he invited me over to his parents to go swimming down at their boat dock. We had fun, got to know each other a bit and after hours of swimming we went back to the house to watch a movie. I kept almost falling asleep during the movie... by this time it was after midnight, lol. After it was over I went to leave and he walked me to my car. He gave me a hug and (I know this now, I didn't at the time!) went to kiss my cheek. I turned just as he was doing it because I didn't realize that he was and he ended up kissing right on the corner of my mouth. Stupid me, I didn't realize that he was heading for the cheek, so I giggled and told him that he missed. That led to our first kiss... the most amazing kiss EVER. I fell in love with him right then and there. I had butterflies in my stomach and tingly lips for HOURS after I went home (and of course I couldn't sleep!).

Suprising though, after it happend he quit talking to me for a week. He said that he wasn't ready to be in a relationship just yet. I was heartbroken, but wasn't ready to give up just yet. I agreed that we should be friends. Over the next couple of weeks we didn't see each other, but talked on the phone every couple of nights. He was scared, but I wasn't willing to let him get away. I did however respect what he wanted and gave him his space.

By the end of those couple of weeks he called me and asked if I wanted to come out to a studio that a buddy of his owned. I did and we hung out for a few hours there then everyone decided to leave. I was backing out of the parking lot when he came out and asked if I wanted to hang out with him and a buddy of his. I said sure and we just drove around all day... not really doing anything special but having a really good time. That night he asked me if I wanted to go on a date with him the next day. I of course said yes! The rest is history... we started hanging out almost every night and became very close, but didn't actually make it "official" until about a month later. I've never looked back!

Holy cow, sorry for the novel! I didn't even realized how much I wrote until the end, lol.

[candars]

Danny was actually friends with my older sister, so I didn't really pay any attention to him at first. I was going through my wild days back then and was already ditching school, so I started ditching at his house. We were friends for a while before we actually started dating. I was actually dating someone else and began cheating on him with Danny. I realized I would rather have Danny than the other guy and broke it off with him. As soon as we had our first kiss, we knew we were meant to be and got serious pretty quick.
Hehe...before we started dating, he told my mom he liked me-although he didn't say it in those words. My mom is really laid-back, so I think he really said something a little more "inappropriate" than that, but my mom just laughed at him and told me later.

[ktmb34]

.... how did it go in the beginning? I met a friend on another forum. We paid half the ticket fee's and i flew out to Ohio. (this is when i lived in Phoenix.) We went out to a couple bars one night and she worked with my honey. We met there. Played corn hole against eachother and i LOVED his dimples!

Did you date right away? Nope. I was in the process of moving so it was the last thing on my mind.

Friends first? Yup, we text a bit, then fell out of it quickly. One day i decided to text him. About a week later we were together!

Serious quicky? Yeah, he said i love you really fast. I waited for about 4 months. But we knew this was it!

Or kept it casual for a while before committing? Nah, but to an extent, we lived in different states!

Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat? He's the one, didn't need anyone else!

[Piedpiper522]

This thread is precious! I love reading everyone's stories!

My FH and I basically grew up together, I've known him since I was around 10 years old. Our parents were best friends, and we'd frequently go camping together, have sleepovers together etc (I have 2 siblings, he has 1, and all 5 of us got along great!). And did bible studies with our two families once a week for 5 years! We lost touch in the beginning of HS, then reconnected his junior year when his brother asked me to Prom! :bbeek: I went of course, as I had a crush on his brother my whole life! Funny tidbit was, that his brother wanted to date me, but didn't think I was interested in him, so after the prom we stayed friends. lol.

But I don't mind, because shortly after that I started re developing a super close friendship with my FH. We had a lot of mutual friends and would hang out a lot together, and went I went away for an internship for the summer, we talked on the phone almost every night (he later confessed that he wanted to call me every night but his guy friends told him not to because he would look desperate! haha!) But when I got back we were closer then ever, and then he asked me to his senior prom! We still weren't "official" until one day we were joking around in the car exactly 1 month to the day after prom, and he all of a sudden pulled over on the side of the road and kissed me (and it was hands down the best kiss of my life), and told me he didn't want to be with anyone else. :grinhappy:

He knew right away he wanted to marry me, and I was a little more cautious due to a bad past relationship, I waited 6 months before telling him I loved him, and he was saying it from the beginning. He is the most trustworthy person I know, and now I love him more then life, and would never ever want to live in a world without him in it. And I can't wait to marry him and start our life together! A bonus is that his family is like my family, and I'm just as close to them as I am my own. I love them all!

[NurseLau84]

I met my husband in highschool. I was in 10th grade and he was in 11th......we were both 16 (he's about 5 months older than me).
We dated, broke up two months later and stayed apart for almost 6 months. We got back together at the end of my junior year and have been together ever since!!
After he finished up with his bachelor's degree in '06, got a great job and saved some money....he bought me a ring and proposed in November (I was 21, a month short of being 22).
We bought our first home in February 2008 and got married in August.
Looks like we're really young to have gone through all these things already (I am 23 and he's 24) but to us it feels appropriate since we've been together for such a long time.
We really are best friends!!

[Kim08]

I love reading these! very interesting!
how did it go in the beginning? In the beginning......how we met is kinda unique. I recieved an email from him that was meant for another person and somehow I ended up getting it by mistake! I answered nicely and told him I think he had the wrong person! turns out he didn't! :) It took a while before we ever met. We did alot of talking by phone, and I had some other things going on during that time, so we didn't always talk, and got away from it for a while. We are both divorced, and have alot in common. In the beginning there were some rough patches.....his ex, my not wanting to move in with him soon enough! but we seemed to work through every problem that came our way! I like that we both handle money the same, we even had the same amount in a savings account when we met! I know alot of times money causes alot of problems in a relationship and marriage. We really enjoy doing things together, going places, vacations, are always the best! We just have fun together. We have minor disagreements rarely so we get along pretty well. I am totally amazed at how talented he is. He can fix anything and is a carpenter so he can pretty do everything around the house himself. He even put a roof on his house all by himself! A perfectionist when working....everything has to be perfect and the best! We live together now for two years and I love that still always do nice things for each other, and I can't ever imagine my life without him in it! We plan to get married eventually, no date set yet.

Did you date right away? No

Friends first? Not really, no

Serious quicky? Kinda quick I guess

Or kept it casual for a while before committing? for a little while!!

Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat? No, I really didn't know right away......took me a few months to really get to know him and that we were right for each other.

[AnnaBanana]

Just some fun about how your and your FH/DH began as a couple.....

.... how did it go in the beginning?
Did you date right away?
Friends first?
Serious quicky?
Or kept it casual for a while before committing?
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?
We met in September 2007 on myspace. We talked on myspace and aim for a week before we met. We had an amazing first date! We met in Boston, had lunch, walked down to the harbor and talked, went on a horse and carriage ride, and then sat in a park and held each other. It was so romantic and wonderful! :) That night we talked and decided to officially become a couple. :) We've been in a serious relationship ever since. On February 14, 2009 we became engaged, and we're getting married on August 8, 2010. :)

[dearmissie]

What a neat thread!! The beginning started over 4 years ago when he had just started college and I was going into my last year of high school. We were brought together through an old friend who we no longer talk to. I actually saw his profile on her MySpace and told her I thought he was cute. Haha, so thanks to her she brought us together and we started talking.
On our first date we went to his house and went swimming. His parents were on a 3 month vacation in Europe and his brother and sister not home. As he drove me up to his house I thought he was going to kill me because we were going through the hills and trees to get to his house. (We laugh back at that all the time!!)
Anyways, we went swimming in the back yard and when I saw him in his swimming trunks I was like yum. He was sooooo hot with that studly body of his (when we met 4+ years ago, he was training A LOT in martial arts so he used to be really fit with the nicest flattest tummy!! How love has changed him and how all my "love" aka cooking has gotten to him. LMAO). We started to cuddle in the pool, him holding me and my legs wrapped around him as we kissed. Then we heard the door open to the side gate and people talking. In comes his sister, and her three friends. We get out the pool to say hi. His sister asked if I was his girlfriend. I pretended that I didn't hear. Then her friend asked me if I was his girlfriend, I couldn't pretend I didn't hear her, I mean we were looking at each other holding a conversation!! So I was like, "Uhhh, I'm going swimming!!" So she looked at DF and said "So is that your girlfriend??" And DF looked at me and looked back at her and said, "Yes." Once they left I was like, "Uhh did you mean what you told them??" And he said, "Uhh if that's okay with you." And we've now been together ever since, and now happily engaged.
We look back now and laugh at how cute we were, little kiddies who've fallen in love. His sister now tells us they all made bets on us. They didn't think we'd last long because I was his FIRST girlfriend. She said 2 months, while two friends of hers said 4-6, and her BF at the time had the most faith in us and said a year or so. We all laugh because now we're going to be together for the rest of our lives.

So we basically started dating right away, skipped the "friends" part. Haha!! We've never broken up, and never dated anyone else while we've been together. In the beginning I seriously thought it was some summer love, but our love just blossomed and now we're engaged!!
Like all couples, we fight. But what makes us strong is we talk about things after the storm is calm. He's the best thing that has ever happened to me. We are still madly in love with each other like the first day I saw him in the pool. I still get the butterflies fluttering in my stomach. He's so supportive and my best friend along side my Mom who I can tell everything and anything to. In the past 4+ years he's been there throughout so many milestones. I feel like I've grown into the woman I am with him standing beside me the whole way. He's been there as I celebrated my 18th birthday, my high school graduation, me choosing my college, me moving, our engagement, and my 21st birthday, and soon our transferring and purchase of a new home. I am so excited for what our future holds and am so blessed to have found the love of my life already. Some people go on forever searching and never find the soul mates, and I'm so lucky to have met him when I was merely 17 years old. He's my high school sweet heart. I love him and so lucky to become his wife. :wub:

[Mrs.Johnson111111]

Just some fun about how your and your FH/DH began as a couple.....

.... how did it go in the beginning?
Did you date right away?
Friends first?
Serious quicky?
Or kept it casual for a while before committing?
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?

I met FH online actually. He responded to an ad i posted and he never has done that before...he isn't really an internet person. And you could tell in his response message... very short, and to the point... a lil boring. But his pic was cute hehe. I responded to him 2 mins after he sent the email and we talked for a few hours. I was surprised how much we had in common.

we went on a date the next night. Just simple dinner and a movie (the movie was bruno lol) and we laughed the entire night together.That night after our awesome date, we both jumped online as soon as we both got home and talked until 5 in the morning lol. Went on a second date the next day...dinner and back to his place where i spent the night (no xxx rated stuff lol), but we talked until we fell asleep. I spent the night every night, since that night lol. I didn't want to be anywhere else but with him.. that whole first week was like non-stop fun and laughs. We definitely hit it off and clicked in a way that i never have with anyone else. But there was something being held back from both of us...and i could feel it. We never shared anything important with eachother. At the end of the week, i just sort of sat down with him and asked him what he really wanted. Did he want something serious and meaning full... or would this relationship always just be fun and laughs... and if the latter was the case, i would be leaving in a week to go back to school. It turned into a big fight, first fight. I was feeling so strong about the relationship being the first real relationship i've ever had...but i didn't want to say that for fear that i would scare him away. He told me he just couldn't be serious with a girl he has only known for a week, and asked me to leave and go home and that he would call me "later"... needless to say, i was heartbroken and seriously thought that was the end of that. I went home and went to sleep... i sleep when i'm upset.

He called me and woke me up later that day after he went to a baseball game with his friends. He asked if i could come down because he was on his way to pick me up and really wanted to talk. I was pretty shocked, since he kicked me out, i thought it was over.

We talked in the car and he told me he was sorry. He told me he was scared to be feeling this way after just such a short amount of time and was not used to opening up, but he said he couldn't stop thinking about it during the game and he didn't want to lose me and wonder "what if", so he asked me if i wanted to give us a try and turn our fun relationship into a serious one. Lol...obviously i did. From there we both gradually started opening up to eachother... tilll we were to the point where we told eachother everything. He asked me to move in with him instead of going back to school... and i did.

About a week after that, we got into a big fight (i can't even remember what it was about) but it lasted hours and we both got drunk in seperate rooms. I just remember not being able to take the silence between us, and i went in and kissed him, and thats when he told me he loved me... (and he cried... tho he won't admit it to me or himself lol)

Ever since then... we have been head over heels in :hearts: and he has been my very best friend.

[FutureMrsWilson]

Just some fun about how your and your FH/DH began as a couple.....

.... how did it go in the beginning?
Did you date right away?
Friends first?
Serious quicky?
Or kept it casual for a while before committing?
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?

We didn't date immediately - in fact, the night we met he gave me his number, made me repeat it backwards since I didn't have my phone with me, gave me a peck... and I kicked him out of my car because I had to get to my barn apartment so I could be at work at 6 am. haha

We didn't start hanging out until a month or so later, didn't take it further until several months later. And we kept it casual for a very, very long time. In fact, the only people that knew we were even seeing each other regularly were the people that lived in the barn apartment across the hall from me... I think I finally told my best friend about 4 or 5 months after we ended up making it slightly less casual.

We talked a lot in the beginning, before it got serious. Just innocent, hanging out in the pasture, staying up until the sun came up TALKING. One night, we got in a really deep conversation, and I got this major panicky-feeling (I wasn't looking for a relationship and was in my revenge-on-all-men phase.. as in.. I would go out with the girls, get the guys in the bar to pay my bar tab, and then laugh when I told them I was going home with the red-headed girl, my roomie.. DON'T JUDGE! I had been crushed prior to this)... So, after this insane conversation (Bob Seger and a thunderstorm in the background... falling asleep on the couch) - I decided it was time to never ever talk to him ever again if I wanted to keep my heart locked up. So, that night, I unplugged my landline, turned my cell phone off, and locked the horse barn up like a tornado was coming. ... I heard the office phone ringing all night long until about 4 am. I had 6 voicemails from him the next morning. I looked at a girl I worked with and went "Well, ****, this is gonna hurt when its over." She laughed and called me a wuss.

...So... he had been really upset, and slightly intoxicated, in the voicemails.. so after work I went and made his favorite slushie (1/2 watermelon, 1/2 strawberry), bought him his type of cigs, went to his apartment.. and I'm pretty sure I told him "I'm going to blame you for all the crying that comes after this."... And then we got slightly more serious, had a rocky time in which we both attempted to see other people.. but just ended up with really akward stories.. hahaha. But, we needed that time, since we were both very committment-phobic and had huge trust issues - but we worked through them.

Now, I could trust him anywhere, anytime, with anyone. We've come so far, and I'm so happy. :hearts:

[melissa1031]

Fh and I met at work.I was casually dating someone else when he asked me out the first time.We've been together since our first date,so we got serious quick.The other guy was history.And we've been together for 5 years.

[bridesmaid101]

Interesting question! :-) Like reading the responses.

I had been on a series of bad dates with others when meeting my beloved. I fell for him pretty quickly but didn't let him know. ;-) (ha!) Totally played hard to get and he liked that. It took him a while to warm up to me- I remember a conversation we had after our first kiss (5 dates later)....about him not being sure about us because he didn't feel the "spark"....

Anyways- you can't make someone love you right? So I told him I'd love to try again but that I understood if he didn't want to... He was up to try again. We never dated another person once we started dating each other.

I loved him after about 4 months...kept it to myself since I'm a traditionalist in a lot of ways and I wanted him to tell me first...he told me he loved me 6 months into it- and we haven't looked back since!

We joke about how "he just wasn't sure" after that first kiss.... :-) And now he's ready to marry me!! :-) I'm glad it worked out for us in the end. :-)

I know without a shadow of a doubt we were meant to be together.... :-)

[ksherlin]

Just some fun about how your and your FH/DH began as a couple.....

.... how did it go in the beginning?
Did you date right away?
Friends first?
Serious quicky?
Or kept it casual for a while before committing?
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?

I met Drew in Choir in High School. It took me 6 MONTHS to chase him, but I knew what I wanted! We were friends first. Infact, very good friends who hung out a lot. It took about a year for it to get serious, he is a very casual guy and didn't want to make a commitment until he knew for sure that he wanted to marry me. He always told me that he was saving his heart for the right person. Since we have been together, we have never broken up or dated anyone else! HOORAY!

[WBandMe]

I can't believe I hadn't seen this yet :)

.... how did it go in the beginning?
We went to the same college, but we met online and I was really hesitant to meet him. I was in this weird situation with my ex boyfriend and I didn't feel right bringing another person into it. He kept saying cute little things trying to get me to meet him, and finally I gave in.

Did you date right away?
Our first real meeting was a date... that night I swore it wasn't, but it totally was.

Friends first?
Well, we saw each other exclusively for a couple of weeks but we never specified that it HAD to be exclusive... then 2 or 3 weeks after our first date he brought me a dozen roses and asked if I'd be his girlfriend :)

Serious quicky?
Or kept it casual for a while before committing?
We were serious right away, knew we loved each other within a month or so, and when we had dated for four months we both felt like we wanted to get married someday. At five months, we agreed to continue dating with the intention of someday getting married... ended up getting engaged a few months shy of two years

Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?
Er, yes, there was a one month period where aliens invaded my body and I broke up with DH and saw someone else. The other guy cheated on me and I knew it and all I wanted was DH... I was so glad when the guy finally confessed and I called DH that night around midnight... he got in the car right then and drove the three hours to get to me, and we were back together within hours.

[ChristineLS]

I looked at him, thought he was handsome, but the aloof nature (at the time, it was moving into dorms in college) made me think he was one of those guitar-playing pretty boys in high school, and would want nothing to do with me. He never introduced himself to me either.

Whoops, was completely off base there! In every sense of the word.

When we did figure out who we were, we were dating other people, and continued to date them. We were friends. He and his girlfriend drifted apart, and eventually I dumped my boyfriend because he moved to Texas and the long distance thing really wasn't working. He expected me to wait for him, though I figured that it would take about seven years to finish my education... he figured I'd come down after my bachelor's degree, which was three... both were way too long and I didn't want that. Plus I was 19, and he was 23 (the age I am now). I was awfully mature for a 19 year old, really, but also awfully naive about things like "life long commitment" and the passage of time... three years is a long time with a lot of life in there! Plus I've grown and matured, as people would do, one would hope, but no way was the 19 year old version of myself in any business making decisions like that. Waaaaay too young. But the catalyst to dumping him was becoming really close to Will. But we never bothered with official titles of seriousness for awhile... we were dating, and I was coming off of a serious relationship so I was a bit hesitant to dive into anything fully out of fairness to Will. Didn't matter, we stuck, quite a bit.

Yesterday was the "Will admitting he had feelings for me" anniversary (four years ago), today is the "Will having great anxiety day, wondering what will happen" anniversary and tomorrow is the "I finally got back to him by dumping my ex and cuddling on a couch with him" anniversary. :D

[dodgercpkl]

Just some fun about how your and your FH/DH began as a couple.....

.... how did it go in the beginning?
Did you date right away?
Friends first?
Serious quicky?
Or kept it casual for a while before committing?
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?

I consider meeting my FH to be an answer to many prayers and a dream come true. :yesnod: He and I met by coincidence while playing an online game. We'd both been playing several years before fate put us into the same corporation. It so happened that his character name was one I recognized even though I'd never talked to him before, so when I saw that he was a leader within the corp and saw that he'd posted his MSN address, I added him to my friends list on MSN. We started talking (mostly about game stuff first, but then moved onto life outside of EVE) and we became good friends. Since we were 6k miles apart neither of us really gave a thought to anything more then friendship.

Fate stepped in again! EVE holds a party/convention every year in Iceland called Fanfest. During our many talks, I happened to mention one day that I was going. His response was immediate: "You're going to Fanfest?? I really wanted to go this year because I had so much fun last year, but I didn't think anyone in the corp was going and I didn't want to go by myself!" 2-3 days later he'd bought his tickets and secured his hotel room at the same place that I was staying. We planned to meet up.

Now I had also gone to Fanfest the year before and had met some people that I'd become friends with and stayed in touch with through the year. A couple of the guys asked me for dates when I got there this year and I did set some up (one was for the night that Anton arrived but I made sure to meet up with him before I did anything - fate was already trying to tell me some! ;)). I met Anton and it took all of 5 minutes before we were perfectly at ease with each other and talking like we always did on MSN. From the moment I met him, he was such a gentleman! He was attentive without being pushy, he made sure I always had a place to sit and wasn't feeling left out, he was protective of me as we walked places, etc. I went on that 1st date that night, but I did so reluctantly and I ended up cutting it short. It was all I needed to make me realize that the person I wanted to be with was back in his hotel room.

The next day Anton and I (and another friend from our corp who also decided to attend) met up to go sightseeing in Iceland. From that moment on we were pretty much inseperable though it took a few days for us both to come out and say so. :p After the tour that day, our friend went to bed and Anton came to my room and we talked all through the night!

Now I have to interrupt my story here to give you some background info. Anton had been telling me for months that he was afraid of females, couldn't talk to them, and didn't think that he'd ever even date let alone settle down. His last girlfriend had been when he was 11!! I'd dated a few guys in my life (not alot) but I'd never found anyone that felt right for me, I never found anyone that I truely loved, and to be honest I'd given up even trying figuring it just wasn't in the cards for me.

When Anton and I were talking, I asked him how he could be sitting there talking so comfortably with me if he was so afraid of females. His answer was "because I already know you".

Over the next several days I found every opportunity I could to snuggle with him and he didn't mind that one bit! :yesnod: We talked late into the night every night, we went everywhere together, he opened doors for me, and just a hundred other little things that meant so much to me! 5 days after we met, I surprised the dickens out of him by kissing him, but he recovered quickly and kissed me back. :hearts: It was then that we admitted that we were falling for the other - just 5 days after we met for the first time in person!

That was also the night before I was scheduled to leave for home. We tearfully said our goodbyes and the moment we got home we spent all our free time together texting each other on MSN. We both knew in our hearts already that this was something special and something worth the effort and pain of long distance. He immediately planned a trip to come see me in January (2 months after our trip to Iceland), and when he got here it became ever clearer that this wasn't just a whim. January is when we 1st told each other we loved the other. :hearts: January is also when we gave ourselves to the other and when we started talking marriage (even though he didn't propose until later). The giving of ourselves to each other is kinda of an important thing for both of us. You see we were both virgins until that point. :luxlove:

10 months after we met he finally proposed to me and I couldn't be happier!

Looking back on how we met, I think there was aLOT of God's work creating a path for us. Anton really believed that he wasn't someone that a female would ever love, nor did he think he would find someone that he could love and marry. I think that us meeting the way we did, via the game in a nuetral situation where we could become friends first before we met, took alot of pressure off of him. We KNEW each other. We liked talking to each other. We felt amazingly comfortable in the others presense. Had we met in a more normal fashion, I'm not sure that things would have turned out quite the same.

All I know is that I'm the luckiest woman in the world to have this man. Anton is this amazing, sweet, gentle, protective man. Probably one of the most telling things I can say is to quote my mom's comment about him "I know he loves you. I can see the look in his eyes when he's looking at you and talking with or about you. It makes me happy to know that he loves you for who you are inside. He doesn't even notice any physical imperfections that you may have, he loves you just the way you are."

Probably one of my favorite moments, is the night I came home after purchasing my wedding dress. I was on cloud nine already because of him asking me to marry him the week before, and add to that the fun time I'd had successfully shopping for my wedding dress. It was like 6am for him and I could tell he was getting sleepy, so I asked him if he didn't want to go to bed since I knew it was late and he was getting tired. His response to me: "I don't want to go to bed. I'm having so much fun seeing you look so happy, I don't want to miss a minute of that!" My heart just about burst with happiness at that! :hearts:

[jessicermoon]

.... how did it go in the beginning?
Did you date right away?
Friends first?
Serious quicky?
Or kept it casual for a while before committing?
Did you ever end up going out with any other men after you met your FH, or did you know he was the one right off the bat?

Our story is... well, I don't know. haha Harlan (my husband) moved in next door to my mom and I with a couple of his friends. They were quite the partiers and I hardly ever talked to them at all. I eventually became friends with one of the guys, Jason, that lived there when he found me on myspace. lol Harlan and I might say hello every now and again, but that's as far as it went for about 2 years.

Then one night, my friends and I went out and invited Jason to come along. We ended up at the restaurant that Harlan worked at and then ended up going to see a band play at the local bar when he got off work. We totally hit it off. From that day, we were together everyday.

Two months later, he was moving out of the house by my mom into an apartment, and I had also bought a house. On the last day that his apartment was going to be held, he couldn't find his paycheck stub, so he lost out and the apartment went to someone else. I told him he could stay with me until he got things straightened out. Needless to say, he never left. We moved in together after only being together for two months.

We got engaged two years later and the rest is history :)

[Katie-ryn]

We were introduced by a mutual friend in high school (me grade 10, him grade 12) at a summer carnival right before school ended for the summer. He had previously dated said friend, but only for a week, so while I thought he was cute but I figured he was off limits (I wasn't gonna date a friends ex boyfriend!). I also thought he was older than what he was. Turns out he thought I was cute, too.

He tried to find me when school started again (this was when high school went to grade 13), but he couldn't remember my name but was too embarrassed to ask our friend. He finally found me in October, but I had just started dating another guy. SO for the next year we talked in the halls, and then it seems as I was walking away he'd get his friends to check me out, you know to approve... lol He graduated high school after that school year.

The next year he came to the school to pick up our friend for lunch, and crossed paths with me in the hall. He was happy to find out I had broken up with my boyfriend, but his hopes were crushed when he found out I had just started dating a new guy. Finally fed up he told our mutual friend to ask me out for him when me and the new boyfriend broke up (it's so high school sounding, but i guess he had the excuse that he'd already graduated...)

A couple weeks later she asked if I wanted to go on a date with him, and I, being oblivious, never realized he liked me, and thought it was a pity date for being dumped, but I said sure. At the time I agreed to go on a date with him I had already agreed to go on a date with another guy, and was a lead in a musical, and it was Christmas/New Years break, so I was busy. I went on a couple dates with the other guy and Jason, and finally decided to go steady (awww...) on January 15.

After that we got very serious, and we got engaged that summer.

Condensed version: We met, I dated 2 other guys (not simultaneously), 1 guy casually, all while being friends, then we dated, and got very serious.

[tangled_poison_ivy]

FH and I met in the oddest way possible. I had just broken up with my boyfriend, who was leaving for the marines a couple of weeks later, and I was about to go to college. FH had just broken it off with his fiancee one month before they were supposed to be married, and he was still in the recovery process. I was in a bad mood, and went to the park one night where a friend of mine was the security guard, and FH was there too. We didn't really talk much at first, but then we started goofing around. That night, he called me on the phone, and we talked for hours... We were dating 6 days later. 6 and a half month later, he proposed, and now we're getting married.

[FelishaKay]

We went to high school together but didn't really talk until after he'd graduated and I was a senior in high school. We started talking in Jan 2008 and I dated a few guys before we really started talking again. We started dating June 23, 2008 and we've been engaged since February 2009.