How did you meet your DH/DP

[TooBlessed]

my DD is sick and my heart is really sore,however one thing always puts me in a good mood,and thats when i think about how i met DH,what can i say?i am a romantic and having parents who have been married for almost 40years and are genuinely in love i can't help myself,,so ladies ,wow me with your stories,good or bad,i need some cheering up,,did you think he was the one?where?how long before he popped the question or before you became partners?

oh my story.Dh and his mom,twin brother were in Southern Africa for a holiday,DH's twin walked into my office one lovely morning to make a booking with me for a shark and whale watching trip,i booked him and he left,the next day he came back,asked me to go and have a drink with him,i refused but we kept chatting for about an hour,it was almost close to closing time,we did our goodbyes and he left.

About 5minutes later he came back, i did not recognise him coz he brought twin brother with him,who is now my DH,the first time i saw DH i thought 'he is beautiful',they are identical twins by the way,anyway he asked again if we would go for a drink and this time i said yes,,the rest as they say is history,,and i am glad i ended up with my DH,,to cut a long story short,i met twin one,who asked me out and i said yes after meeting twin two,who ended up marrying me and bringing me all the way from Africa to Europe,,and i couldn't be happier,,,there is more but i won't bore you,,,

What a lovely thread!
I moved into a student house with my mates & he lived in the house next door. Our eyes met over cheap punch at a party they'd thrown to welcome us to the road!
He told me on the 1st night he'd marry me (I blamed too much vodka) but 18 yrs on, we've got 2 fab kids, have been married for 10 yrs & he's the absolute love of my life

Oh you all have such lovely stories!

Mine is a bit rubbish in comparison:

we both worked in mcdonalds and got together on a drunken night out, my 18th birthday actually, 13 years together, married 2 and a half and 2 dds.

i was 15 and i went to some house parties where i met dh whilst drinking home brew milk & blackcurrent [shudder]

mild* not milk...milk would be much worse!

I was working for a big multi-national company and was reassigned to work in the head office of a company we had just taken over.

I was taken round to meet all the staff and remember CLEARLY the moment I was introduced to DH, what he was wearing, how he looked up and shook my hand. I don't know what it was about him, but I just knew. From my new desk I could see his desk and we worked together quite a lot over the next few months.

But he was living with another girl and they were apparently very much in love, so I did my best to forget about him.

We both used to get the Picadilly line home, and he always seemed to be leaving at the same time as me....but I never dared ask him out, as he was taken.

Then one evening we had a work night out, had a few drinks.....on the escalator down to the tube station we forgot about the girlfriend.....

And here we are, 15 years and 3dcs later.

me and my Dh hooked up at some well classy spots in Manchester .

First meeting at The Roadhouse on Newton Street, he says he can remember me because I was wearing black PVC trousers was really skinny and had massive hair. I don't remember this, I thought we met at "Absolute Havoc" at The Pheonix on Oxford Rd. It's likely my mind was so frazzled that my memory is unreliable. We didn't get together though just mates.

After University lost contact, I moved to Leeds to move in with a fella, disaster, realised I didn't fancy him split up 2 weeks later, managed to move back to Manc as managed to get a job there straight away. Looked out of the bus window on the way home from work work, saw a familiar face making a roll up leaning on a battered old sierra, it was him! Jumped off the bus 4 stops early, next week he took me on a "date" to "Havanas" on Deansgate, got drunk realised we weren't that into the salsa vibe. Went back to his, I agreed to share his bed "as a friend", which lasted about 10 minutes .

11 years on married with 2 fabulous dcs. Still have the PVC trousers.

The fatal bus stop was BarXS/Sainsburys in Fallowfield...classy!! (for benefit of TSC )

Met when we were 11 at school. Became good friends in the fifth year. Started going out in the sixth form. We were and are very different - he is a Dr of science and i'm an artist. He is quite structured and was the year "boff" i spent most of my time in the head of year office being told off for cake fights and climbing into holes in ceilings.

When we went to a reunion two years later loads of folk were surprised we were still together....that was 20 years ago

TSC - that's brilliant!! If I was your mate, I'd tell passing strangers my proposal story!!!

pink you lusty girl you :o

thank you mama she is still not well,i am taking her to the doc after she wakes up,,

LeQueen there you are,i had a feeling you would come here,3 times a charm,,aren't you glad that you are married to him?because he sounds lovely,,thnx for sharing..

meowy nice story,,thank you

freudian glad there is a happy ending after all you went through

dolce yours is too,look where you are today

custardo i was wondering about the milk too :o
mrsdepp atta girl :o

minx :o

TSC that is romantic,if i was your mate i would be telling the story all the time,

i never realised that mine was until i told it to a friend in a salon,it was so quiet by the time i finished and all the girls were going wow,,now when i look back it was bloody romantic,

DH knew he wanted to marry me but we were worlds apart,had nothing in common,different races,the first time we met for only 30 min and they left the next day, ayear later a riend of mine died in a car crash and i was lost,DH didn't hear from me for sometime,and during that time he had booked a ticket for a surprise visit to Africa,when he asked why i was not communicating,i told him,and he said he was going to surprise me but seeing i was so heartbroken then he might as well tell me,

i thought he was gonna say 'i got married',instead he said the magic wordsi am coming to see you next week,,OH MY DEAR LORD.He came and stayed for a week,that week i took him everywhere,showed him what my life was like,and i didn't know he was ticking the points,,a year later he was asking me to come for a holiday,,which ended up being a marriage coz he would not let me go,,in a very nice i can't loose you way,,

the icing on the cake is we had DD and we are going on the 13th of dec to meet the my family ahhhh,,,i have to stop,i am putting myself in a state,,,

a friend,,not a riend...

Awww lovley thread.

I met my DH in Newcastles Bigg Market nearly 20 years ago. We were 18. The first two years were bliss then I had a wobble and kept finishing with him getting back together etc.

Eventually decided I couldnt live without him. We moved in together when we were 23, got married at 25 and starting have children at 27. We now have 2 DD's, have been married 13 years on 4th December and we are more in love now than ever.

Oh and Saturday gone we spent a very nice evening together (minus DDs) at Lumley Castle and then onto a friends party. Very romantic. He is definitely the only one for me. Gorgeous looking, hard working, loyal, loving, I could go on and totally irreplaceable!!!!!!

Heres to another 13 years!

LeQueen it does make sense to me,i was or at least i thought i was in love with a guy rom my church,he was happy to have me around him,but not as a girlfriend,and the whole church was sure that we would get together,including myself,it didn't happen and i was not happy:0 ,it was about time when DH came on the scene,and this guy broke up with his girlfriend a week after i left Africa,and now he keeps telling me he should have given me a chance,,yeh right..well i am gone gone with the wind---

We went to school together; I've known him since I was 6 or 7.

Always had a bit of a crush on him at secondary school.

Then went out with his brother first
What can I say? We grew up in a very small town where there wasn't much to do.

laura i am raising my glass of orange juice,a toast,to you and your DH,,may the wonderful years continue...

All of you who have answered on my post have been married for many many years,and i feel humbled in a good way,because it makes me believe that romance is not dead yet,its possible to be with one person for a long long time,,thank you for sharing,,

i took DD to the doc,apparently she has an ear infection,bless her,hope she will get better soon,,

olifin? you went out with his brother first?but ended up with him,,not bad girl:0 i never got the chance to try twin brother,i doubt i missed much,,he is bad..

EmmaB1 I haven't read the whole thread, but did you ever tell the travel agent that she became matchmaker for you all??

It sounds really wrong doesn't it TooBlessed?!

Added complication is that, at the time, the brother had recently split up with someone. He subsequently got back together with her and she is now my SIL :)

I really shouldn't tell these stories out loud. It makes everyone think my hometown is a hotbed of weird sin

My ex-H had walked out leaving me with all his debt for a younger model. With three children under 7 and a dog. To say I was devastated and my confidence non existant is an understatement.

Three months later on Mothering Sunday I was alone as my DCs were at their dad's.

I was on a forum and got chatting to a guy about ski-ing. He offered to buy me dinner one day and I said "how about lunch in an hour". I don't know why I said it but he agreed as he then realised the significance of the date and that I didn't have my DCs.

We met for lunch. Hit it off. Were together for six years and then got married two years ago.

olifin i am liking you and your town :o can i move there? but you have to promise to give me all the gossip,,

bigbadmummy how lovely,i have heard many stories about net dating and most of them are not so nice,,its great that yours turned out so well,,

I'm met my gorgeous wonderful DP on........ Plenty Of Fish!!!!!!!!

Have been together nearly 5 years now, we have a DS and he's a fab dad to my other 2 as well still very very much in love and he still makes my knees weak and gives me butterflies in my tummy

Met dh at primary school when I moved in 2 doors away from him aged 7.
Used to walk home from school together and he could see me playing in my garden.
He had a crush on me early teens but was utterly petrified of me as I was quite loud and bubbly. He is still pretty quiet I still am not.
We both moved away from the street but did stay in sporadic touch overview years.
When my relationship with my older dc's dad broke down I called him as he had been through a break up earlier that year.

Now he is a great dh, great step dad and dad to our 5 now month old. We got married last year and sometimes I cannot believe I married the shy boy next door but one and mil cannot believe he married the freckley girl that talks a lot.