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[BriansBride07]

Well I guess I will start even though I am less than 6 mo. till we get married.

Me and Brian met close to 15 yrs. ago, he told his family when he seen me at a neighbors house, "I'm going to have her" LOL his family laughed at him yah right ok. Well we met up about a mo. later at a mutal friends house. He asked me out to dinner and a movie and I laughed at him I was like yeah right ok, I don't think so. He told me I was a snobby bi#ch and I started crying LOL go figure a stranger but I was just getting out of a abusive relationship 2 mo. prior and the scars were still there. He felt horrible. But we talked it out and everything was fine. About 2 weeks later I was at a friends house party and he showed up I was like oh no here we go again LOL.... We tried to talk but just ended up argueing all the time for the next few mo. that we seen eachother. My friend was interested in him so I told her to go for it. He wanted nothing to do with her so I gave them about 5 mo. and then everytime I looked at him it was like I have to know him better lol... After 6 mo. we both were at a little park with some friends and he pulled me aside, he was so sweet he apoligized for the way he acted in the past and the stupid arguements that we had. He asked me out and I said Yes... Well after only dating for 5 mo. I became preganant. I was so scared I was only 19 and didn't know what to do and thought he was going to leave me. I told him that I was preganant he asked me if I wanted to have an abortion and I told him NO WAY and that was the end of the discussion. He stayed thankfully at the time he was cutting down cedars and selling them so he went and got a decent job. He was 21 at the time and very much into partying, so I was so scared that he would up and leave. thankfully he didn't. When my son was 4 mo. old I became preganant again I was 20 at this time. And I denied being preganat for 6 mo. bad idea as it could of hurt my daughter. Thankfully she was born healthy. When I was 8 mo. pregant with my daughter we moved in together in our own home. It was ok but we chose it b/c my car was broke at the time and we needed family close by as I was ready to pop lol.. So we moved just a few places up from his mom.

We have had alot of rough patches in our relationship with health, raising babies when we were not ready and maintaining a home. we have stuck by eachother through thick and thin and when numerous family and friends have told us that it would never work out, b/c everything happened so fast.

Brian has asked me to marry him probably 6 times before I accepted. I never accepted b/c it wasn't the right time being we didn't have the $ or the problems we were going through at the time. I mean just b/c I had a stroke doesn't mean that he should marry me, he was there for me through the whole thing that is all that mattered to me.

So fast forward to 13 years later and he asked me to marry him in April of 2005. He told me later that I was suppose to wait until Mother's Day but b/c I kept pestering him he had to do it sooner or he was going to burst. He had the ring for a month before he proposed and everyone was clued in on it but me.

He told me one day and I was not feeling well I had strep that he needed to talk to me downstairs. I was like oh no he got fired, or something bad had happened. He got down on one knee and I started balling lol.. I don't remember his exact words but I do remember him asking me to marry him and I was speechless, he laughed and asked me again I then said YES about a 100 times. I cryed so hard It was perfect to me. He called the kids down and let them in that I knew they started laughing at me for crying so hard and said MOM why are you crying this is what you wanted. LOL I told them that these were happy not sad tears. I called everyone I could think of and told them. We decided to wait for a little over 2 yrs. so we can have our wedding that we can pay for, as our families are both not able to fully fund the wedding.

I guess opposites really do attract... I am so glad that I had a change of heart and that I didn't let the first impression of him slip through my fingers. I am a very judgemental person and usually go by my first impression. Thank god I reconsidered this one. :) He is truely my rock,

[shawnsgirl]

I must say that is a truely inspiring story! The two of you already beat the odds and because of that you have a true deep love. I also got pregnant young at the age of 20 and then married the first time around at 21. Some people in those situations can turn their back and walk away on their family and not tough out life together. The two of you didn't, you pushed through the thick and thin of it all and made your relationship work and kept you family together. What the two of you have done is very comendable (I probably spelled that wrong!) and I hope the two of you are proud of yourself for beating the odds against you. It's even harder when you have people telling you that it will never work. Good for you two for proving them all wrong!!! I hope the two of you have a gorgious wedding that you have always dreamed of because after all you have been through you deserve it!!!

I must say isn't it funny how when you least want it that true love comes knocking on your door?

[BriansBride07]

Thank you, and it's true that we have been through alot together and we thankfully were strong enough to stick together. we joke alot and say that we are stuck like glue and nothing can pull us apart nothing.

Yes, true love did come knocking on my door when I least expected it. I always thought that I had loved before but truely didn't. It was just puppy love. I will never forget coming home the first time Brian told me he loved me and my mom telling me that I was glowing LOL.... She told me she knew that the "LOVE BUG" had hit me big time and that me glowing was a sure sign that it was true and not puppy love anymore. She cryed happy tears. me too... LOL

[WebLady]

I posted my how we met story (http://forums.onewed.com/showthread.php?t=395) a while back if anyone cares to read it ;)

[shawnsgirl]

Oh wow! I love your story and you now hubby stalker! LOL...J/k but it's very cute. That's another thing when you meet the one all of those fears of getting hurt and being able to trust and not worry so much are just out the window. I should have been scared out of my mind when shawn and I first started dating but somehow I wasn't at all. I wasn't afraid of getting hurt and there was trust that was just there.

[shawnsgirl]

Okay this is gonna be kind of long....But I'm a firm believer in destiny and GOd's plan for us and this is why!!

When I was 18 I was looking for colleges, out of all the great univeristies I was accepted to I had narrowed it down to 2. Penn State University and a small state university called Mansfield...BOth two totally different colleges. Masfield being very small and Penn State absolutly HUGE!! Anyways, when I went to mansfield (MU) to check things out I had this feeling like I belonged there it was this odd extremly weird gut feeling that I never had...I told my mom about this feeling and she was like you picking Mansfield over PSU?? I was like yeah I just kind of have this gut feeling me telling me that I just have to go to school there...Some people that gradueated high school before me had asked me to be their "sweet mates" and I jumped to it! I didn't go to most of the freshman orentation things that they had. I was too busy meeting new people...One of those people I met was Shawn. We had a few classes together, he was in his senior year and I was a freshman. We had a good friendship but both were already in relationships. Shawn still lived in a near by town but we lost touch. I ended up pregnant, engaged and married, to my now ex husband. After two kids a divorce and one bad relationship after the divorce; Five years after leaving college I was out with the girls one night...I was hanging out with some friends and all of a sudden this guy asked me hey didn't you go to MU?? I was like yeah....next thing you know two other people come up and one of them happen to be shawn...Shawn and I talked the rest of the night. We exchanged numbers and would talk on occasions, then we started hanging out, we both had these feelings for one another but I knew I didn't want to say anything in fear of being in another relationship..One night while talking on the phone. Shawn spilled out all of his feelings. He told me I was his best freind and that he wants to take our friendship to the next level. At first I was very hesitant but that didn't last long at all. Soon though I found myself falling in love like I never had before. All of this is pretty amazing considering he is from New Jersey and myself Pennsylvania. After college he went home to Jersey for awhile and decided to move closer to all of his college buddies in PA. If we wouldn't have made those decisions that we did perhaps we wouldn't have met. But destiny and by the hand of God I honestly feel that we were meant to be together!! I am sorry for the such a long post...I wanted to share my story...I've been through alot..A bad divorce, two wonderful children, and a shattered heart. I know some of you have friends, family, etc. that has gone through this sort of stuff..Just let them know that God truely has a plan for all of us...He did for me and shawn and I have found my sould mate....all the time he was always there...

[WebLady]

Great stories :D

Don't you just love how the right person can come into your life and change it forever (in a good way of course ;))

I love that cheesy line from the movie Jerry Maguire - "You complete me" Because I think the right person does complete you. No not in a way that you were somehow not whole before, but in the way that I think there is a special person for all of us.

When you find that person it just makes everything in your life better. And without that person you feel incomplete and wonder how you ever got along without them before :wub: If that makes any sense :geek:

[SaralovesMike]

I posted my how we met story (http://forums.onewed.com/showthread.php?t=395) a while back if anyone cares to read it ;)

Brandi, how sweet!
I'm glad you found your angel, thanks for sharing!

[BriansBride07]

Brandi, that was a great story. I liked the part about your Stalker lol that was cute. Thanks for sharing.

[BriansBride07]

Jonelle, that is a great story. It is a good thing that you went with your instints on which college to go to, I'm glad that you and Shawn found each other in the end.

[SaralovesMike]

Mike and I met a year and 1/2 ago online. Talking about it later we were both kind of on and off trying the online dating thing. I had met a couple different people online up until Mike and had some pretty bad experiences. In fact, I was almost NOT going to go thru with meeting Mike. If you would have told me I was about to meet my future husband I would have told you you were crazy!
We started emailing eachother back and forth and something was very different. I couldn't quite put my finger on it. It seemed like I had known him for years. We clicked right away, I guess this is the reason why I didn't cancel on him. I wanted to find out more!
After about 2 weeks of emailing and talking on the phone we decided to meet and that was at a Starbucks one night after work.
He looked like one of those "love 'em and leave 'em" type of guys. So automatically I assumed that I'd never see him after that day. After Starbucks we went and had dinner (for 4 hours!). He was really easy to talk to and we had a good time. After we pretty much closed out the restaurant we decided to call it a night. And so began the "am I ever going to see him again?"
That night I got an email from him. He told me that he had a great time and wanted to see me again (Happy dance!!) and asked to get together over the upcoming weekend. Of course I accepted.
After that weekend we spent pretty much every spare moment together, weekdays, weekends you name it. I saw him more than I saw anyone in my family at this point.
In September (3 months after we met) we went away for a weekend together up in Frankenmuth. We started talking about the possibility of moving in together and eventually getting married. But first we had to meet both sets of parents and other family members. That happened not long after we came back. My mom just recently told him that she and my dad knew we were going to get married the minute they met him.
He took his sister with him in October to buy my engagement ring, and swore her to secrecy. She was the only one that knew what he was planning to do.
On December 8th, 2005 he proposed in the middle of a blizzard up in Frankenmuth at the Silent Night Chapel. Needless to say no one was suprised when we came back home that weekend and told them we were engaged.
We planned our wedding for June 16, 2007, which is exactly 2 years to the day when we met.
I can't believe that we are now 5 months away!

[BriansBride07]

What a great story, thanks for sharing.

[SaralovesMike]

What a great story, thanks for sharing.

Thanks! :)

[shawnsgirl]

That's a sweet romantic story!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

[countrygirl]

Josh and I met two and a half years ago at my nieces soccer game. His daughter, now my daughter too (heehee) was on the same team. My sister called me before the start of the games to tell me that "You HAVE to mee this dad on the team, he is 6'4, brown hair/eyes, good looking, oh, and has three kids". Ummmm, ok.

Anyway, during the game, he was coaching w my BIL, he kept glanceing at me and had an awsome smile on his face. My mother, being the subtle soul that she is tells me that if I don't go after that, she will kick my butt. Guess she didn't realize that his x (they were sep at that time) was w/in earshot distance. heehee.

He came to my sis's house later that afternoon for a bbq, and we had plans to go out that night, my sis, BIL, Josh and I. Josh asked my son's permission to take me out. Nico told him "NO, I want you to stay here w me". It was cute.

We have been together ever since.

[nic1124]

I posted my how we met story (http://forums.onewed.com/showthread.php?t=395) a while back if anyone cares to read it ;)

He must've set a world record for a man going into a shoe store that many times! LOL. KWIM? Obviously he liked you. Thats a great story.

[WebLady]

He must've set a world record for a man going into a shoe store that many times! LOL. KWIM? Obviously he liked you. Thats a great story.
I know right :bblol: I love telling that story ;)

[SerendipityCrafts]

Our story (originally posted to - http://forums.onewed.com/showthread.php?t=2462)

1978 - Hugh and I were friends. We used to meet at the local dances most every weekend and we had even shared a kiss or two and so, when he asked me to the prom in 1978, I said yes. In keeping with Montreal grad night tradition, we went up to the look out point ("The Mountain") to watch the sun come up with all the other grads dressed in their finary. He asked me to go steady and I said no ...... duh! I panicked - he was 17 and I was 15 and I honestly thought he liked me just as a friend. I never saw him again after that. He moved int town to go to college and I stayed in the burbs to finish high school.

We both got married, had two kids each and ended up separated, I started a website for our highschool, Hugh signed up, I welcomed him and we started to "chat". 23 years after I last saw him, we re-met and we formed an instantaneous bond!

Skip ahead 5 years ...... we knew we were getting married, it was just a matter of timing - heck, I even had a ring and a dress. One Friday night, Hugh picked me up at work. He was dressed up and so I knew something was "up". He wouldn't tell me a thing about what his plans were.

We drove into the city and he pulled up at a top notch Montreal hotel. He told me that he had reservations for dinner. He also told me that he had tickets to see the Butterflies Go Free exhibit and I just "knew" that he was going to propose, surrounded by all the beautiful butterflies (we have a thing for butterflies!).

We had a nice meal in a fancy french restaurant and when the meal was over, he suggested that we take a walk along the main drag. We hadn't gone too far when he suggested that we turn back and go to a bar that he remembered being on the same street as the restaurant.

As we neared the restaurant, a gentleman got out of a limo and said "Mr. H?" and Hugh said "Yes, Mr. George?" With that, we got into the limosine and we were heading towards the mountain. We arrived at the look out point and Hugh suggested another walk.

There we were, the city lights twinkling and bright ..... Hugh got down on one knee and said "Twenty eight years ago I asked you to go steady on this very spot and you said no. I have another question for you tonight and I am hoping that you will say yes. Will you marry me?"

I was expecting the proposal but he still managed to surprise me and I started to bawl. What I didn't expect came next ..... he pulled a ring box out of his jacket and placed it on my other hand! I was so confused ... "what is this?" I asked.

LOL Apparently, he had bought this ring and it was meant to hold the place for the "real" ring that we would shop for together. The thing is .... the week before, we were in a mall in another city when I saw the "real" ring that I wanted. It was perfect, on sale and I wasn't about to leave the mall without it.

I was always going to receive two rings .... but not in the order that he planned for me to get them!

28 years and 2 months later, in front of family and friends I will be saying YES!!!!!!!, to the most important question of all ..... Will you take this man to be your husband?

[kevinsbride2B]

Here's the story of how Kevin and I met...

I had moved back to my Mom's house in September after breaking up with my live in boyfriend over some VERY bad circumstances. So by the time I moved back I had pretty much sworn off men for good! So a few months past and my Mom started to bug me about dating. I would just stay in my room, work and sleep.
I came home from work one night to find my Mom upstairs on the compter. I thought she had heard me come in but apparently not. I said hi and peaked my head in and thre she was starting an "online profile" for ME! I was like WHAT???? Obviously one thing led to another and I started to use the service. It was a free Toronto site no biggy. I expected nothing from any of this.
One day I was checking my profile and I noticed that somebody had added me to their favorites but never left me a note. So I looked into this guy to see what he was all about. He mentioned that he was a single father and so on. I was intrigued so I messaged him. We chit chatted for a month on msn before I would even give him my phone number.
Finally the night came to where we were going to talk for the first time. My Dad had called me previously to let me know that he was in town and had an extra ticket to a wine tasting. Well I'm a total wino!!! lol Needless to say I came home from that night "happy" lol and had to talk to Kevin. Thankfully he saw the humour in it all and we continued to talk for another month before meeting.
He called me and asked me if I was interested in going to a VW bug show with him in Niagara falls. This would be our first date and a full day event. I was nervous!!!
I spent forever getting ready before I went into the backyard to talk to my Mom. Kevin showed up early, rang the door bell and no answer. 10 minutes he spend knocking. Thankfully just as he was getting in his car I came around the corner to see him and he saw me.
We took off on our first date and it was amazing!!! We talked for like 6 hours. He wasn't even home from dropping me off before he called to see when we could go out again!

[Mrs.Gittins]

My husband Tad and I met through an on line chat room. At the time, I didn't have any intentions on meeting anyone from an on line chat room. My room mate at the time was in this chat room talking to someone, when she got up to do something. So I wanted to keep her seat nice and warm, so I jumped in it when she got out. This wierd screen name poped up "Tohdman" I was wondering if this person could spell, because toad was spelled wrong. Anyway, we began to chat back and forth. The first time we sat and talked via the chat room, we discussed getting married. I thought it was funny at the time so I just went with it. It took forever for him to call me, almost a month. We just mainly chated through instant messenger and e mail.
I thought for sure he just wanted someone to chat with. I was developeing feeling for this man, and didn't know what to make of it. So a little over a month later, a week or so after we began to talk on the phone( once we got on the phone, we couldn't get off) We met at a parking lot near his home. The very moment he got out of his car, I ran to him and hugged him. That was the very moment I knew I was really going to marry this man. This is my soul mate. 5 Months later we went to a bed and breakfast. I had always wanted to do one of those. We got settled in and I went out side to get some fresh air. Since he made it clear he was waiting for me to go somewhere. He told me to knock three times when I come back. I found that strange, so i did. When I came back, I knocked and walked in to a floor covered in purple rose petals, I love purple. He sat me down and read me the cinderella story( He always said I was his cinderella, and I always called him my prince, and if we were to ever get married I wanted to do it with a cinderella theme) He knocked on the wall and asked if I heard something, I said yes, you knocked on the wall. He asked me if I heard anything else. I looked at him strange. There he pulled out a cinderella carriage with a letter in it. He then got down on one knee, read me this beautiful letter on how I have completed him and made him whole. And he is the luckiest man to have found somoene like me. And asked if I would marry him. I cried!!!!!!!!!!
Of course I said "yes" and ran out the door down stairs to the attendents and told them my boyfriend just asked me to marry him. And ran back up stairs. I was so happy, I wanted the world to know I am the luckest woman alive. I have the very best man anyone one could ask for. He truely completes me in every way shape and form. He still continues to take my breath away. I realized right before we got married. I bought my dress four months after we met and a month before he asked me. I know God had a hand in our meeting. And I truely am blessed to have my husband.