How did you meet your SO?

[jordyonbass]

How did you meet your SO?
We used to work at Crown Casino here in Melbourne, she was my boss for a brief period of time but was my best mate's boss for longer. They became good friends and we got to know each other better via my best mate.

Was it love at first sight?
Definitely not, she actually thought I was annoying

When did you know it was for real?
Not to give too much information here, but I gave her a 4 and a half hour massage one night after some drinks. We got a good idea at that moment

What ways did your SO show he/she was a keeper? And vice versa.
We both were in the same position of our lives at the same time and I think we connected because of that. Plus we had many common interests at the time which we were surprised to find in another person.

What almost (if anything) broke you up?
I went through a very rough period for a while where we were apart while I got myself sorted out. We came straight back to each other.

What made you realize this was forever or at least forever right now?
After the above mentioned period in my life

 

[Laila619]

Missy, that picture is too cute for words! Seriously, it's like you guys are a fairy tale!

 

[Haven]

Awww Missy, your story is so sweet. You definitely sound like you found your b'shert. And you guys are a gorgeous couple.

Thank you for asking for old photos, it has given me a wonderful little walk down memory lane! The oldest digital picture I have of us is something I posted here on Pricescope after we were engaged. I think we were still using film cameras when we started dating in 2004, but this one is from 2007 when DH had just bought his first digital camera. I can't believe how different things are now!

 

[missy]

Thank you Lailaand Haven. So kind of you both.

Haven, thank you and I agree. Going through all the old photos bring back such happy memories.

You and your dh are the GORGEOUS couple! You guys can be on the cover of a magazine for beautiful couples.
And yes haha how different things are now re photo taking. I don't even own a camera but our phones can handle selfies so easily.


I was thinking wouldn't it be nice to see photos of couples when they were dating and then after they were married and then as they are now as a walk down memory lane?

I would love to see more photos if anyone is willing to share. Don't be shy.

 

[rubybeth]

Okay, I'll share a photo of us from early 2007 at a fancy fundraising event we went to. I also asked DH last night how he knew I was a keeper. He basically said, "I don't know, it's not very romantic, but I think I always knew I would marry you." So maybe it was love at first sight, and it just took him a few years to figure it out?

 

[jordyonbass]

Are me sharing our couple pics fron 2007?

This was a few months after we started dating. I was 19 and she was 23 at the time.

 

[missy]

Haha 2007 is a popular year here though my pic was from 1999.
Loving all the gorgeous PSers and their SOs!
Thank you for sharing your pics.

 

[Haven]

This thread is too sweet. I just love seeing everyone.

And, you are too kind, Missy. I won't do it but I could post a picture of me today, pregnant with #2 and exhausted after teaching all morning, and we could all marvel at the ravages of time.

 

[marcy]

No Missy. I am not sorry I asked for your story. You and Greg were meant to be.

I am loving everyone's stories. Keep them coming.

 

[Dancing Fire]

When did you know it was for real?

..Still not sure after 40 yrs together ...

 

[missy]

Haven, I have no doubt you are beautiful even during the throes of pregnancy. You are truly beautiful i.e. on the inside as well as outside. Wishing for you a healthy happy pregnancy and for a healthy baby!!!


Thank you dear Marcy. And same to you. You and Marty are truly a perfect team!

DF, you cannot fool me. I know you and your DW are still like teenagers in love. <3

 

[Mayk]

How did you meet your SO?
On Line.. I live in a small beach community and I was stalking the site without a profile as I was newly divorced (1 year) and not really ready to jump in yet. I saw his profile and paid $24.99 to join and send him a message. We had our first date about two weeks later. I still tease him he cost me $24.99.

Was it love at first sight?
For him yes... for me it took longer. He was so sweet and kind and perfect I was sure there was a flaw hiding somewhere so I stayed very cautious for a long time. Poor man.. he really was all he appeared to be and much more.

When did you know it was for real?
Two years into dating when I was in a really bad car accident. I realized I'd been wasting time asking questions. I needed to forget my past and move on and trust again in someone so sweet, kind and generous.

What ways did your SO show he/she was a keeper? And vice versa.
Always! In 8 years we have never argued. We always talk through things. I've never been mad with him and neither of us has ever raised our voices at each other. I love his ex who is now married to her significant other she and her wife and both awesome and very good to me and his kids are good to my DD. It's a nice blended family.

What almost (if anything) broke you up?
Our one struggles during dating was getting the kids used to the idea of the parents have new partners. We had one tense vacation where they were not meshing well. We talked about it took some time to think about it and made a plan to work through it. We actually took some time off to make sure we were ready to move forward and have "the talk" with the kids that we were serious and moving into a more committed relationship. It was a bumpy three months but it was well worth it... it took about that long to resolve the issues with the kids. Second marriages with kids are hard and it takes some extra work and consideration.

What made you realize this was forever or at least forever right now?
Last year when I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer and went through the process of making a decision and surgery if I hadn't been 100% sure before I was when we were through it. He never missed an appointment, he took notes, he helped me with my options and when I chose the most drastic he stood by me. He cried in the waiting room waiting on me the day of surgery (my best friend sat with him) he took off tons of work to be with me, he milked drains (sorry.. gross) and washed my hair and got up at night to make sure I had pain meds on time. He never flinched. He reminded everyday that boobs didn't not make me beautiful or loved. He's a prince and I'm so very lucky and so very much in love. Blessed!!!

Picture on the trip we decided we would get married... he didn't actually propose until December that year but this was the trip where we talked about the future.

Etc. We dated three years and in June we will be married five. It's been hands down the best five years of my life.

 

[Mayk]

Okay, I'll share a photo of us from early 2007 at a fancy fundraising event we went to. I also asked DH last night how he knew I was a keeper. He basically said, "I don't know, it's not very romantic, but I think I always knew I would marry you." So maybe it was love at first sight, and it just took him a few years to figure it out?

you are sooooo cute!!!! love this picture!

 

[Mayk]

Awww Missy, your story is so sweet. You definitely sound like you found your b'shert. And you guys are a gorgeous couple.

Thank you for asking for old photos, it has given me a wonderful little walk down memory lane! The oldest digital picture I have of us is something I posted here on Pricescope after we were engaged. I think we were still using film cameras when we started dating in 2004, but this one is from 2007 when DH had just bought his first digital camera. I can't believe how different things are now!

OMG... Haven you are stunning!!!! I love seeing pictures.... and he's very handsome

 

[monarch64]

Aw, Mayk I've never read your story before (knew a lot of the other ones posted here already!) and it's so nice. Thanks for sharing--you guys are gorgeous!

 

[jordyonbass]

Are me sharing our couple pics fron 2007?

This was a few months after we started dating. I was 19 and she was 23 at the time.

Holy cow - I REALLY have to start proof-reading my posts from now on. My typing accuracy has been absolutely horrid over the last 12 months

 

[Scandinavian]

I love this thread so much and all your stories are so sweet - and you are all so beautiful to by the way I love your pictures - so I guess I should do some sharing too.. lol.

How did you meet your SO?
We met at university, very standard I guess, so not too much to tell about that, but he was very sweet I could tell that he noticed me one day during a lecture, and always being teased by my friends for my blonde hair, I thought I might try to do what my friends always told me that I do without thinking about it - throw my hair over my shoulder and see what happens. Well watch and behold - it worked, lol So by the next lecture he was sitting next to me. And during the first break he asked to borrow my notes which I knew that he did not need as I knew he had been to the last lecture. Kind of obvious if you ask me.. But maybe that was the point.. Next time we met he asked me to go see a movie with him. And that was that really..

Was it love at first sight?
For him, yes. He asked me what I would say if he asked me to marry him something like 2 weeks after the movie thing. I'm glad I did not run screaming - something I threatened to do if he didn't back off a bit.. I was a bit more scared than him of thrusting someone enough to give away my heart like that.

When did you know it was for real?
Christmas eve. He had bought me a very lovely necklace and when I opened my present and he was not there (he was with his family and I with mine) I was suddenly very sad that he was not with me. It felt like a big hole in my heart. So I told him and he came on the night bus because it was impossible to get a plane ticket.

What ways did your SO show he/she was a keeper? And vice versa.
I have no idea why he came to love me so fast. He just says that he did / does if I ask him (tall, dark and silent version, lol). I feel at home when I'm with him. Normally, I get a bit tired when I'm with other people for a long period of time like going on holiday with friends. With him, I always feel that I can relax and everything is going to be just fine no matter what happens.

What almost (if anything) broke you up?
Nothing has ever been close to breaking us up, but we had a few misunderstandings in the beginning because we are very different and sometimes say things differently. And I have a lot more temper than him, so he needed to learn that its not a big deal if I'm not always calm and collected, lol. He realised this quickly as I'm the same with my parents, and I think it actually reassured him of my feelings that I treat him as family and not as a friend that you could lose. We are a family, nothing can change that.

What made you realize this was forever or at least forever right now?
When he proposed (10 months after we started dating) I said "yes". Didn't know that he was going to propose, it was a surprise, although my parents knew, as he had asked my father for "permission" first. I was kind of surprised that I said yes like that, without even thinking, because I was not really there yet in my head. Everything was going a bit fast for me. But I did not hesitate, and I was sure. Thankfully. I do think he pressed the time a bit and took a chance on that one, LOL. And now we have been married for 10 years and the 10 year bling brought me to PS Triple lucky

 

[Dancing Fire]

[quote="missy|

DF, you cannot fool me. I know you and your DW are still like teenagers in love. [/quote]



Yeah, 40 yrs ago in 1976. I was 17 and she was 16. The red 1975 Camaro was my first car her's is the 1969 yellow Camaro. She like my new car not me...

 

[House Cat]

[quote="missy|

DF, you cannot fool me. I know you and your DW are still like teenagers in love.

Yeah, 40 yrs ago in 1976. I was 17 and she was 16. The red 1975 Camaro was my first car her's is the 1969 yellow Camaro. She like my new car not me... [/quote]


These are so cute!!!

 

[Laila619]

DF, love the pics of you and your wife, very sweet. 40 years together is a big deal!!

 

[NOYFB]

Here's a recent pic of us from a few months ago, when we were celebrating our 15 year wedding anniversary in Vegas. Me with my purple hair and him with his salt and pepper beard.

 

[Dancing Fire]

DF, love the pics of you and your wife, very sweet. 40 years together is a big deal!!

Yes it is!...I should be on my 5th wife by now...

 

[Dancing Fire]

[quote="missy|

DF, you cannot fool me. I know you and your DW are still like teenagers in love.

Yeah, 40 yrs ago in 1976. I was 17 and she was 16. The red 1975 Camaro was my first car her's is the 1969 yellow Camaro. She like my new car not me...

These are so cute!!![/quote]
Thanks, Time flies, it seems like yesterday when these pics was taken.

 

[jordyonbass]

Here's a recent pic of us from a few months ago, when we were celebrating our 15 year wedding anniversary in Vegas. Me with my purple hair and him with his salt and pepper beard.

Tell the hubby that I respect his beard game as I used to have a gandalf goatee as well

 

[missy]

Loving the new additions! PSers have personality galore and are an attractive bunch for sure.

 

[blackprophet]

How did you meet your SO?
We met though a pre-Facebook social media site (which shall remain unnamed LMAO). I think I messaged her first. But she was already friends there with my best friend, so I guess I had an in. We talked on there for a few months and met up at a film festival one of her schoolmates were running (she was studying communications at the time). We were causal friends first and slowly became closer. We didn't start dating until 6 years after we first met.

Was it love at first sight?
For me, I wouldn't call it love at first sight, but I knew almost immediately that she was someone special. I remember telling my best friend in early 2007 (the same one that knew her) that she was too special for me not to take a shot on her. It only took me another 4 years to build up the courage to ask her out. For her def not. When we met she had a bias against Canadian guys (She's Canadian, but grew up in Florida), and was not even remotely interested in a serious relationship, which is where my head was at, at the time. I even have a conversation saved that we had on MSN a few weeks after we met where she is asking me what it feels like to be in love and how do you know. Years later after we had said it to each other I showed her the conversation as asked "do you get it now"?

When did you know it was for real?
The day we started dating. We were very very close friends. I sent her an email (see: taking 6 years to build up the courage above) and in there I warned her that if we started dating we couldn't do it lightly and I gave her an out so she could let me down gently. I never thought she would be interested. Turns out she had be complaining to her friends for about six months before that about the fact that she wanted to be with me and it would never happen. In light of all that information I was pretty sure that was it.

What ways did your SO show he/she was a keeper? And vice versa.
I'm not a easy person to 'get'. It causes a certain amount of conflict in my life. But she is one of those people who just gets me. And we get along great. And we share the same values. Basically she was better for me than every other woman I had ever dated, and I had dated some pretty amazing women who didn't work out.

What almost (if anything) broke you up?
Our one struggle is her two best friends from Florida. We went to Florida for one of their weddings on our one year anniversary. They ignored me for that whole week and so did my SO. I tried to accept it because it was a wedding. But since then they have showed little to no interest in me. One marginally more than the other. I still haven't gotten over that week as a result. My SO doesn't see it. It won't end us, but I fear for how it will play out.

What made you realize this was forever or at least forever right now?
I will admit that I fall in love fairly easily. And I knew I was there. So when I said the words, my SO actually cut me off saying it back. As evidenced above, before us, my SO was pretty skeptical about love and her ability to get it and feel it. As a result, I even went so far as to say to her in that moment "let me clarify, I'm not saying I love you, I'm saying I'm IN love with you". She said she understood that and that is how she felt too. I was pretty shocked, but it also gave me the confidence to stop questioning. It was going to LAST.

 

[MMtwo]

These stories have been so fun to read.

How did you meet your SO? Ahem. After going through a hard divorce and burned out on online dating, I decided to find someone to spend time with without any strings (FWB). I was just "done" with dating. Enter the other half as a temporary fix on a vacation from dating and all of that complicated stuff...found in the depths of the internet.

We hung out, went to dinner and kept things super low key for months and months. It was drama free and very direct. He called me
once a week and on and on it went. We laugh now because when people ask us how we met....always that pause and shared giggle. The truth of it would cause some scandal. We white lie on this one

We noticed we were super compatible and still sort of shrugged it off and enjoyed things.We dated for 8 months before we decided to become serious. There was no big dramatic event, no romantic angst, but in time we realized we managed to build a really strong relationship based on friendship. Yup, our relationship trajectory was the same one that can boil a frog and the frog never feels a thing. Put a frog in a pot and turn up the heat until the fro...well, anyhow, you know the old saying

Was it love at first sight?
Nope.

When did you know it was for real?
When we noticed how great we were together as a team. We had a complete Bonny and Clyde compatibility and stopped to notice it. I think we also admired the personality, character and ethics...but that took a while to notice. We weren't looking for THAT. We are usually in step. When we do something, both of us are fierce and we hunt it down and kill it (problem solve or goal set) in the same focused way. It's kind of fun. We are both complete nerds and probably on the spectrum, so our ability to communicate together is uncommonly good for both of us.

What ways did your SO show he/she was a keeper? And vice versa.
When we realized we were so much better together than apart. That decision was a rational decision to invest in a great thing. He has also been there for my kids who had a traumatic past and won their trust by being the man he said he would be, every time. Consistency should be his middle name. There are about 100 reasons I love him.

What almost (if anything) broke you up?
Politics, but never a break-up level issue. We do have spirited conversations at times.

What made you realize this was forever or at least forever right now?
Forever, because what we have together is so solid, unshakable and excellent, I can't imagine not being on our team.
Etc.

 

[monarch64]

Moneymeister, I love your story!

 

[Mayk]

Moneymeister, I love your story!

+1

 

[packrat]

When we got married. A year later at Epcot. Four years ago when he graduated the police academy.