How many frogs did you have to kiss before you met your real prince?

[SerendipityCrafts]

Just curious - How many guys did you date before you met your FH/DH?

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[soontobemrs]

In the past 16 years, only one b/4 I met FH - it was an 11 year relationship.

[Brad's Bride in 08]

Well I dated two before I met my prince charming, and when I met him I knew he was the one.

[AutumnSkies]

Heehee. Well I met my FH when I was 15 but we didn't start dating til I was 18. So let's see *starts counting on fingers* Oh wait * takes socks off* about 15 guys.

[Doglover]

GOOD question!! Evan and I started dating when I was 16....so I had only actually dated like 4 guys before him. But NONE lasted longer then 3 months and they weren't serious AT ALL, just crushes.

[tinkerjew]

I've gone through two frogs... the one previous to my current relationship isn't even worth thinking about. Bleh!

[Nekochanpurr]

I'm not going to even count my teenage online dating (it was one, and it was lame, lol) so there was only one other person besides Steve. :) And i went out with the other person twice (8 months both times >.<)

[kevinsbride2B]

Honestly there were a lot lol. When I was in high school I dated a guy for 4 years. We were even nominated in our graduating year book "Mostly likely to marry after marriage". We broke up the next September lol.
I was living with somebody after college but it didn't work out for soooooooo many reasons. Maybe because we truly hated one another when we were together lol. And then there are all the little minute unimportant romances through the years that really aren't work getting into.
and it was a fluke that I met Kev, it really makes me feel like it was fate.
The funny thing is when I was 13 I went to the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) and I had my palms read. The lady told me that in my life I would have 3 meaningful relationships. Pretty cool, cause I have!

[SerendipityCrafts]

it really makes me feel like it was fate.
The funny thing is when I was 13 I went to the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) and I had my palms read. The lady told me that in my life I would have 3 meaningful relationships. Pretty cool, cause I have!

My friends and I were "messing around" with a ouija board when I was 17 (no, you wouldn't catch me doing that any more - I know better!).

We asked it the normal teenage questions ....

1. am I going to get asked to prom?
2. how many kids am I going to have?
3. who am I going to marry?

We all took turns and for the most part the ouija piece was moving to yes, or to no or to a number.

When my turn came, it answered yes to the first question, went to the #2 for the next and *insert twighlight zone music here* spelled out H U G H to the third!

Hugh and I had stopped seeing each other about 6 months before that because I had said no when he asked me to go steady grad night. He had gone off to college and I had no way to contact him even if I wanted to (which I didn't). Plus, I was dating the guy that was going to become my first husband. LOL

Talk about wierd!

[Goin2thechapel]

Wow ELizabeht that is weird..LOL

Well, I've had lots of Toads :P I can't actually count alot of them because I had ALOT of "boyfriends" in highschool and "dated" too much in college. I've only been in love one other time before I met Jon. He was my first love and I'll never forget him. Right after him I met Jon and ended up marrying him :)

[TangoWedding]

I dated a lot of people...some good, some SO not worth my time..some for a couple of weeks, the longest was for 7 years. But with each one, I learned something about myself and about what kind of relationship I wanted to end up with.


Guess it worked. :grinhappy:


FH has only had 1 other girlfriend, though dated around a bit throughout the years.

[lize566]

I will not count the stupid little middle school stuff, so other then that none! We meet when I was 15, started dating shortly after, and broke up for a few months once, during which I was "talking" to a guy, but he lived a couple of hours away so I never really saw him, nor did anything more then phone/internet conversations happen. So I would say that I have had no other relationships. Whether that is good or bad, I guess we will find out lol, but after 8 years I think it would be safe to say it's good!

[hummingbird521]

I have dated loads of toads. lol. as well as had my share of toads in marriages. you would have to use your fingers on both hands and your toes on each foot and still couldn't get a accurate count. remember as well I am 45 years old. lol.

[Trillian]

FH and I are both between 20-25 people apiece. We both lead full lives, he's even been married once before for two years when he was young and silly. I get along well with his ex-wife and I'm honest-to-goodness friends with a few of his ex girlfriends. On the other hand, I usually made clean breaks and don't talk to many of my exes anymore.

Being with him is actually the longest relationship I've ever had though. The longest before that was a year and a half, but after 9 months it was long distance, and the two of us were always off and on, so it doesn't really count anyway.

[rainbowtreat]

I hadn't realy had a boyfriend ( jsut a coupel gusy I was interested in but we never got togehter ) before my ex husband. I was 15 when we met and we dated the whole tiem Iw as in high school ( he already graduated ). We married and divorced. We wer together for a total of 12 years. I had some what of an on line thing for a while. I had to break it off because of the distance between. He was from Australia. If he woudl have been able to make it over here we may have been able to make it work. Then I dated my now husband for about 7 months and broke it off for the same reason but atleast he was in the US. I then dated and lived with a guy for a yr before getting back with my husband. We have been back together for 2 1/2 yrs now. He is truely the love of my life.

So to answer the question ( no including the time I dated by husband and broke it off ) I have had 3 major relationships before Nicholas.

[HannahM]

Current husband is my first real "serious" relationship, but I did kiss one frog before him!

[neebelung]

Oh wow, lots and lots of frogs... LOL.....

Let's see..... I guess 5 "serious" boyfriends/previous relationships (one of those actually would be my first husband, whom I was with for 5 years, and another was my college boyfriend whom I was with for 4.5 years).

I dated quite a bit when I was single... Always enjoyed the adventure of it, meeting new people, getting to know people, etc... I always looked at it as an opportunity to make a new friend, and never had expectations about it developing romantically. I even had that mindset when FH and I first went out... :)

[miranda]

I only had one serious relationship before FH, but in high school I dated a few people, and after high school in between the ex and FH I dated a guy. But the three people in high school and the guy in between weren't serious at all (at least on my side...it was on theirs, which is why they ended!).

[kate80]

I had a couple of long term relationships before I found my fiance - I would have thought most people have a least one other serious relationship before finding the right person for them.

I think you need to have a few break-ups first - makes it easier to recognise the one that's right for you when they come along :D

[neebelung]

I think you need to have a few break-ups first - makes it easier to recognise the one that's right for you when they come along :D

Absolutely. You have to have a couple of "bad" boyfriends to be able to recognize (and fully appreciate) the really GOOD ones.

[TangoWedding]

I totally agree with the last 2 posts.

I had a few other serious relationships before I met FH. The longest was 7 years. The next longest was 4 years. SO glad I didn't marry my first ones! :bblol:

But I guess when you know it's right, you know. I knew I'd marry FH before we were even close to dating. :bbeek:

[DaisyBride08]

Lots of one or two-month type "frogs!" But I finally found my prince almost 6 years ago!

[Jess]

0, my fiance was my first boyfriend!

[lizardbnorton]

I had three other relationships prior to my fiance. 2 lasted no more than a month probably. The other I would consider my first love. We dated for about 6 months then I moved away and we lost contact.

[frenchie]

I never really dated anyone before him. I pined after a lot of friends, some of which messed with my heart bigtime (giving me heart cards, flowers, calling me for hours on end, complimenting me) without ever REALLY having a relationship. So you could say FH is the first :)
He's the first man I ever kissed... The first I ever held hands with... And he's the only one for me.

[BrideInCuffs21]

I would say my Prince Charming now is my first. I didn't have the time nor had the inkling of thinking about guys, prolly because they wouldn't give me the time of day or I was always thought of as the lil sis of the bunch. But my fiance is my first true and tride boyfriend and now fiance!!!! He is my first.....