How did you meet your spouse/significant other?

[promisednot2bid]

I've always loved to hear stories about how people met. Want to share your story?

[promisednot2bid]

lol, thanks for the big number, wheeze. Yeah, sure love my flaming forklift.

[wheezerdog]

Hehehehe.... it was fun converting a standard Clark or whatever it was to a racing, hot-rodding forker. lol

[wheezerdog]

hehehehehehe.... always wanted to say that.

[promisednot2bid]

oh brother. lol.

Seriously though, thanks for watching my threads for me when I can't be here.

[wheezerdog]

It's my pleasure Peanut.... I'm kinda surprised no one else wants to come forward with their stories. I'm sure everyone on eBay hasn't posted yet. Either that or there are a lot of single people on eBay. lol

[rum4fun]

HI Everybody!! I'm still "fairly new" here & saw this thread & thought I'd share my story.

In June of 1991 I lived in Maryland and I worked for the
Coast Guard in Washington,DC as a civilian. My 1st
steady boyfriend had broken up with me in March because
I was "too nice", whatever that meant.

I was set up on a date with a coastie to go to the Gulf
War Victory parade on June 8, 1991. The date was nice,
but it was like being out with a friend or a brother.
Anyway, I had forgotten my camera & went back the next
day to take some pictures of the displays and had the
soldiers sign a poster for my 5 year old sister to take
to Kindergarten for show & tell.

I met a lot of very nice soldiers & there was one in
particular that was friendly & talkative. He signed my
poster, but I had run out of film & didn't get a picture
of him. The display he was working was right next to
the Smithsonian Metro Stop that I had to get on to go
home & he stopped me as I was leaving & invited me to
have dinner with him.

Well, I said I'd meet him at Murphy's Irish Pub in DC,
because I didn't want to hurt his feelings, but I've
never been a very assertive/outgoing person, so I wasn't
sure that I'd go. I got home & my mom was upset with
me for going into the city by myself & we got in a
fight, so I changed clothes, grabbed my keys & went to
meet my new friend. I figured if I drove & he ended up
being a jerk I could always leave since we were meeting
in a public place.

Well, that day changed my life. We closed the Pub,
sitting there in a nice little booth talking about our
lives & interests. His birthday is the day before mine,
we both had young siblings and so on.

Anyway he went backt to Camp LeJeune the next day with
my phone number & address & called me 3 days later.
Every weekend after that he either came up to see me or
I went down to see him.

We were married 2 1/2 years later on September 11, 1993
& we will be celebrating our 11th anniversary tomorrow.
We didn't get to spend our 10th toghether because he
was in Baghdad while I was home with our 2 beautiful
children.

He is a wonderful, caring man who I am so PROUD to call
my husband and my friend.

Sorry this is so long, but you did ask & that's the whole story.

Thanks for listening. 🙂

Rum

[wheezerdog]

Rum... no need to apoligize. Yours is the kind of story that Promisednot2bid was looking for. Very warm, human, and happy. Thanks for posting and don't be a stranger.

And Welcome to The Park!!

[promisednot2bid]

[wheezerdog]

Well hi bun-yay.... nice to see you and I see you brought along your little friend.

[wheezerdog]

Not good to be on page 3 Peanut....things disappear without explanation here. lol

Hope you have a great day.... TGIF!

[wheezerdog]

Hi Peanut... hope your lazy day went well.

To refresh everyone's memory I met my wife over 30 years ago and I'm still married to her. We both worked at a manufacturing plant that I started with in 1967 and was forced into retirement in 2001. Jake started in 1973 and worked every job in the shop and then moved to planning and then on to Purchasing. She took over the job that was held by my uncle until he retired. She took over in 1988 and was the only Purchasing Agent until they closed in August 2003.

[wheezerdog]

Oh yeah..... Jakes ex-husband and my ex-wife to whom we had been married to for 8 years got together and gave us a wedding present. They both said we deserved each other. To that we concured and thanked them both for their well wishes.

[3birds3dogs]

Hi:
I love your stories..all of them......Here's mine:

HOW WE MET....

Somewhat over 20 years ago.My best girlfriends car had broken down and she asked me to take her and another friend out to meet these two guys. She knew me well and I
would have no trouble staying in the background...I was so picky when it came to men.It was at a club in a large city in the east. I did.....

When the two guys arrived at first I paid no attention at all to them and I took a seat at the bar and tried to mind my own business.

I did notice sort of out of the corner of my eye...that one of the guys kept kind-of standing behind my chair not in a bad way just hanging around.

Finally...he took a chair next to me. And further along we began to talk.

It didn't hit me immediatly...but after a while I realized that this was going to be the man of my life.

At this point the third lady realized and accepted her plight of not having a date for the evening and though we tried to include her in conversation down the road she asked to go home and I took her home at that time .......
but the guys followed and waited for my friend and I to return to a designated spot.

WE at this point got in my new friends car and went clubbing(dancing like disco) all the way to New York City...all night......
then got breakfast at a pancake house in the Bronx.Those pancakes never tasted better than that morning.

Thar new friend...my husband Marvin and I have never been seperated since...........

We have now been married for 22 years.We got married in Las Vegas at the Silver Bell Wedding Chapel ..and stayed at the old Alladin Hotel and Casino...which at the time looked like Elvis had just been there a minute ago.Heavy velvet curtians and bed coverings.

We will never forget how we met or our wedding...for all
the days of our lives.

A match truly made by someone besides ourselves...Because
without his intervention I don't believe Marv and I would ever of met.Our paths would never have crossed that night.

I also give my BEST GIRLFRIEND.......KAREN (who tragically
passed away a few years past) a hug and a kiss and a thank you from her STILL AND ALWAYS BEST FRIEND ....ME!!!

[wheezerdog]

3birds3dogs,
That was a sweet story and it sounds like you married a wonderful man.

I'm terribly sorry about your friend and we have a thread dedicated to our friends and family called 'Garden of Celebrations'.

Here is something nice for Karen......

I Want You To Know
by Angela

A brief moment of darkness
was all that I knew,
before Heaven's Gate
came into my view.

Loved ones and friends
I had missed for many years,
welcomed me with open arms
and many happy tears.

All the hurt, fear and pain
that I have ever known,
is gone from my life,
I am finally home.

I gazed upon the Lord's
sweet smiling face,
and for the first time in my life
I knew and felt His grace.

I know that you miss me,
but please dry your eyes.
I will always be watching and loving you
from my home in the sky.

A cool breeze on your face,
a touch of light rain,
I will send as a reminder
that we will be reunited again.

Life on earth is but one
brief moment in time,
I am finally home,
Eternity is mine.

[wheezerdog]

Goodmorning Peanut.