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Where did you meet your significant other and how long have you been together?

199 replies

Benny91 · 06/12/2025 13:18

Just wondering, as I met my other half on a dating site and we’ve been together 7 years.

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Cocolapew · 06/12/2025 13:18

Pub, 32 years.

Lupin61190 · 06/12/2025 13:19

Tinder and have been together 10 years and married for 5

FridayNighFeeling · 06/12/2025 13:19

Work 15ish years and counting

wordywitch · 06/12/2025 13:19

I met my DH in 1998 in Germany (neither of us is German) while working and travelling abroad. Been together ever since.

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 06/12/2025 13:22

On a train thirty years ago in a country where both of us were living at the time. We got talking because we were the only two foreigners on the train!😂

SilentAndQuietLight · 06/12/2025 13:26

Internet forum (not a dating site). 21 years.

Nannyfannybanny · 06/12/2025 13:27

Work,36 years ago.

Jugendstiel · 06/12/2025 13:28

At the theatre, went with a mutual friend. Instant click. Went on a date a couple of nights later. Married 30 years.

aveenobambino · 06/12/2025 13:29

Work, 3.5 years

Alwaystired23 · 06/12/2025 13:29

Through mutal friends. Together 17 years, married for 15.

TheGreatBugsy · 06/12/2025 13:29

University, 30 years

Seeline · 06/12/2025 13:30

Church choir, 35 years ago

Crushed23 · 06/12/2025 13:37

At a rave, 10 months.

earlymorningriserzz · 06/12/2025 13:41

Bangkok whilst solo travelling - together 8 years

wiffin · 06/12/2025 13:41

TheGreatBugsy · 06/12/2025 13:29

University, 30 years

Ditto

MarkerBonVine · 06/12/2025 13:49

In a pub 29 years ago. He was a friend of a friend.

Member278307 · 06/12/2025 13:51

Met 65 years ago delivering his papers. Married 60 years.

mindutopia · 06/12/2025 13:53

At a bar in India, 17 years.

IndigoIsMyFavouriteColour · 06/12/2025 13:53

Met at a friends house, together 20 years

sunshineandshowers21 · 06/12/2025 13:56

met at a roller disco when we were 14, been together 19 years.

wandatotherescue · 06/12/2025 14:15

on a dating app 6 years ago, got married this year and found out I’m pregnant last week 🥰

lingmerth · 06/12/2025 14:23

Met at a disco aged 15.
Married for 41 years

BalladOfBarryAndFreda · 06/12/2025 14:24

In a bar, 26 years.

BristolHelp · 06/12/2025 14:24

US Summer Camp, 10 years! We were 19 and 21!

ResusciAnnie · 06/12/2025 14:25

Party. Been together 18 years. I saw him and thought ‘I’m gonna marry him’. I was 18. Married 4 years later!