Anyone fancy cheering me up by telling me how they met their DH after having no/crappy luck dating wise?

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OLD so far

• saw a friend's husband
• met a mild stalker
• felt crap about myself
• was 'liked' by a strange number of farmers
• went on several mediocre dates

Please MNers, tell me that I'll meet someone nice and get married and have babies.

I met mine in my back garden! I lived in a horrible little house share luckily with lovely people, came home one day to a bbq going on in the garden. We met, spent 4 weeks together; just clicked, I knew straight away. I then went travelling for 18 months (already booked!) Met up 3 days after I returned and have been together ever since, 5 years so far. Buying a house and TTC

I went to hand in my master's dissertation on a Monday morning. Now DH was out celebrating with his course mates. Remember looking at him in the pub, thinking he was 35 and married with two kids. He is now, although we've only got the one child

My mum had been in a serious relationship in her early twenties. It ended, and she decided to take a three-month maternity cover in another country. On day 2 she was introduced to my dad. That was in 1978, they've been married for almost 35 years now, 3 kids and 2 grandkids.

In work at an insurance company the last place I expected to meet a husband.

Met my husband in a pub. Only after being together for about two years did he admit that he used to plan our next date whilst we were already on one. I hadn't even noticed at the time but looking back it was so obvious. The absolute brazen cheek of it 😂

I’d been divorced from exH 6 years and had a 2 year relationship and several short term ones and one night stands since, all pretty disastrous.
2017 into early 2018 was horrendous, for many reasons, and I’d almost given up hope on dating or ever finding the right man.
Used to read the ‘success’ stories on the OLD sites and sit and cry and wish it was me.
Sept 2017, on Match, got chatting to someone local (the ONLY eligible guy local to me, despite living in a busy area of London). We chat, arrange a date, then he cancels 2 days before as has gone exclusive with someone else he’s been seeing. :-(
I then have a horrible 2 month relationship with someone else, he dumped me just before Christmas, self esteem on the floor.
Come Feb, the original one messages me again via Match, having lost my number.
Was in two minds about messaging back, but thought ‘what the hell, he’s local, may aswell’.
Set a date to meet, I cancelled due to having a massive hangover. Was another 3 weeks before we could meet again.
Well.... it was love at first sight for both of us! That first date lasted from 7pm til nearly 2am (we stood in the street kissing after the restaurant closed at midnight).
Had a 5th date in Marrakech and told each other we loved each other.
He moved in after 6 months, got engaged last Christmas, and we get married next summer, at the ages of 43 and 49.
😊😊😊

My DH was the manager of a cake/coffee shop... I went in to buy something and walked out with a free cake and his number on my receipt

Gamut of abusive, controlling and bizarre boyfriends of my youth

Unsuitable DH with far too big an age gap and also controlling behaviours

Sexless relationship with good friend with daddy ishoos and still attached to apron strings

Couple of one night flings, both dickheads.

One nice fling but didn't tick my boxes

PERFECT DP! No exaggeration. Met when actively trying not to meet someone and happily single. He is divine. Even his 'imperfections' are to die for. I love him.

*Met on OLD although knew each other a bit from elsewhere

Met DH my first day at work and we hit it off straight away. Ended up sharing a house together with a mutual friend. I knew he really, really liked me but I didn't think I saw him that way at all. I started dating someone else and a couple of weeks in had a proper 'BAM! Oh My God!' moment in the middle night where I realised I'd properly fallen head over heels for DH. That was 21 years ago and we're married with two kids. He's still my best mate, still makes my heart and tum do silly flips when I see him.

My DH was part of a group of people in a pub my boyfriend at the time knew, my boyfriend used to drive me home after we had been to the pub only one day he told me that unless I agreed to have sex with him I could get the train home, SO I was walking to the station and DH caught up with me and walked me there and I agreed to see him the next day

Dumped my old boyfriend the next day and told him why , old boyfriend was on his way to try and change my mind when he saw DH walking down my road, he tried to run him over with his car and they ended up having a punch up outside my neighbours house, my Dad came out and old boyfriend said something nasty about my Mum so my Dad decked him

My Dad looked at DH and said 'you coming in or what?' DH often says he should have said 'or what' and legged it, however we have been married for 47 years so don't think he really means it

Sorry OP not much help in your situation but I do love telling the story especially as DH is now 70 bald and cuddly and doesn't look the type to fight over a woman

Was at my local saying to my friend I was happy to be on my own forever and bumped into a very attractive man whilst having a fag got married 9 months later! He’s the most wonderful man and I definitely don’t deserve him!

She was is a bookshop. I liked the look of her, so I commented on the book she was reading, and took her to lynch.

Lunch

Bumped into a uni friend in the town where I had just moved. We rekindled our friendship and went to her wedding 4 years later. I am now married her DH's brother who was best man at their wedding.

I was very happy on my own, following 5 years of man-shaped drama. Went to a concert and bumped into a man I worked with (and had always liked) years before. Told my friend I was with, who then promptly stomped over to him and demanded he take me out on a date.

That was almost 2 years ago - getting married next year.

shamessly lurking for happy endings

Dp was my aikido instructor. I think hobbies can be a great way to meet a partner, particularly if (like me) you prefer to be friends first.