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How did you meet your boyfriend?

41 replies

steph19899 · 12/07/2026 15:35

i am struggling to find a man so need everyone’s advice

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malloryknox123 · 12/07/2026 15:38

Stopped looking for one

CalmWriter · 12/07/2026 15:40

Plenty of fish.

NorthernDancer · 12/07/2026 15:41

Now my DH, but met him when we were both co-opted to the same community action campaign

NickSaidSheWasDull · 12/07/2026 15:41

At my friends wedding! I was very lucky to get invited because I must admit we weren’t particularly close and had fallen out previously! It was a gorgeous wedding and I’m forever grateful to have been included by her. She didn’t want me to be left out, I know she was just being kind, and my life improved thanks to her kindness. Been happily married for years and have twins!

Ipsevenenabibas · 12/07/2026 15:42

At the gym.

Nousernameideaaga · 12/07/2026 15:42

Pub

steph19899 · 12/07/2026 15:43

Ipsevenenabibas · 12/07/2026 15:42

At the gym.

Did he approach you?

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Ipsevenenabibas · 12/07/2026 15:45

No I approached him we have been married now for 13 years!

Nourishinghandcream · 12/07/2026 15:45

At an after work social/sport event.

Someone arranged matches with other large employers in our town and we met at one of them. Played against each other and then got chatting at the after match drinks.

MrsMoastyToasty · 12/07/2026 15:46

Set up by his best mate and best mate's girlfriend. We've been together since 1989.

steph19899 · 12/07/2026 15:47

Ipsevenenabibas · 12/07/2026 15:45

No I approached him we have been married now for 13 years!

What did you say? I feel like I need to do the same

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TheyGrewUp · 12/07/2026 15:47

Through politics. Married him 35 years ago.
Previous boyfriends, through friends and friends of friends.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 12/07/2026 15:48

At work.

I’m a support worker and being with someone who ‘gets’ what I do is incredible.

notatinydancer · 12/07/2026 15:49

Pub

MissConductUS · 12/07/2026 15:49

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steph19899 · 12/07/2026 15:49

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 12/07/2026 15:48

At work.

I’m a support worker and being with someone who ‘gets’ what I do is incredible.

Hopefully no snogging in the office 😂

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DelphiniumBlue · 12/07/2026 15:50

Friend of a friend.

SuddenLightbulb · 12/07/2026 15:51

University. Other friends have met their partners/spouses through friends, work, sports, at an awards ceremony, in an airport, playing chess in a park in Paris, doing the Ballymaloe cookery course, while working on a cruise ship, at church, and in a nightclub.

Parky04 · 12/07/2026 15:51

He was by brothers best mate. We have been married for 30 years.

steph19899 · 12/07/2026 15:52

SuddenLightbulb · 12/07/2026 15:51

University. Other friends have met their partners/spouses through friends, work, sports, at an awards ceremony, in an airport, playing chess in a park in Paris, doing the Ballymaloe cookery course, while working on a cruise ship, at church, and in a nightclub.

In an airport haha?

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PhaseFour · 12/07/2026 15:52

At work.

WhatAFoolIveBeen · 12/07/2026 15:52

Work! Lots of dangerous kisses between floors if I ever got him alone in the lift! Shame how it worked out…reading in anticipation of the day I’m ready to look for a new one.

steph19899 · 12/07/2026 15:54

WhatAFoolIveBeen · 12/07/2026 15:52

Work! Lots of dangerous kisses between floors if I ever got him alone in the lift! Shame how it worked out…reading in anticipation of the day I’m ready to look for a new one.

Sounds like Matt and Gina 2021 scandal

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09s · 12/07/2026 15:54

Back packers hostel 1994

Crushed23 · 12/07/2026 15:54

At a rave in Brooklyn.

Interested to hear @MissConductUS ’s story and why it’s been hidden by MN!!

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