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,,,

My DP was my boss at work and I thought he was gay!!!! We got to know each other and had our first date four months later - he is most certainly NOT gay but just the kindest, sweetest person I have ever met.

That was six years ago.

[warm yummy feeling in tummmy)

I met my dh when we were both crew on a round the world yacht race, we were on the same boat and love blossomed between Brazil and New York :o

i was on a hen do in Benidorm. he was on a stag do in the same hotel.

we first met in the pool and i thought he was a total nob head.

we met a few more times over the weekend but on the last night we sat outside the hotel til 6am chatting, just the two of us.

When i arrived home the next day i already had a friend request from hi on facebook. It didn't even occur to me that it would be anything other than a mere hello every so often on there.

well after 6 months of chatting via facebook with increased frequency and texting all day every day we took things a step closer.

it's been 2 years now and i dont think i can imagine him not being here now.

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booking in for a nice read later :)

Well this is a bit but neither of us remember! Not because we were drunk or anything though

We met at some point when we were teenagers as we bumped into each other sometimes in our different groups of friends. To be honest he didn't make much of an impact on me - and clearly I didn't on him but we were teens and into other people and there were a lot of people in our groups of friends.

We became friends later when I was chasing after his best mate and we spent most of our time together just hanging out. After a year in Aus when his best mate met someone else (now his wife) and I realised it was not to be I came home and after a few months things started to change between us and now here we are 10 years later, married with 2 DC

After lots of failed attempts at meeting someone nice in London, I moved to a smaller, nicer city for a new job.

I didn't know a single person, so had found a room in a nice, friendly house.

About half an hour after I arrived in my new life, I was taken to a bbq at one of my new housemates' exes - my now DH was said ex's best mate. So my new life started immediately!

Nearly seven years on, I'm no longer in contact with the girl who introduced us, but DH and I are going strong!

Met dh originally when I was 5 and he was 4 at Sunday School. I hated him as he pulled my pigtails and made me cry.

Fast forward about 23 years, he turned up as a trainee in the office I worked in.

He came in my room one day and put his cold hands on my neck and said its cold out there. That was the moment I knew he was mine.

We both went to a Christmas Eve lunch with work,it got to about 4 and everyone else began drifting away. Then there was three of us. We began walking towards taxis, the other girl got in one and dh and I decided to go for another drink instead. We went to another bar and snogged. He came back to mine.

He had to walk home Christmas morning and I went to my parents. We didn't say anything to anyone at work, met up on the sly and then came clean after about 6 months.

To sum up: got together Christmas 1993, living together by summer 1994, married 1996, dd 1998 and ds completed it all in 2003.

We have also had a few house moves with his job and now live in England although we are both Scottish.

He was my university tutor and supervised my dissertation. I was wildly in love with him for a year and after a series of 'moments' during tutorials I saw him coming up to the exam hall to pick up our exam scripts after my final exam (his). I convinced him to come for a drink with us and four hours later he took me outside, threw the exam papers on the floor and kissed me. We've been together since and he is the most wonderful man I've ever met.

He was my university tutor and supervised my dissertation. I was wildly in love with him for a year and after a series of 'moments' during tutorials I saw him coming up to the exam hall to pick up our exam scripts after my final exam (his). I convinced him to come for a drink with us and four hours later he took me outside, threw the exam papers on the floor and kissed me. We've been together since and he is the most wonderful man I've ever met.

a group of friends went out to celebrate the end of our first year of university at a night club.... My best friend's boyfriend's best friend's brother (you still with me?) came along. My first thought was "he looks really young" but then later in the night he said to me "I am not trying to pick you up but I think you're really pretty" ahhhhhh, and then I noticed him properly. I remember going home that night excited I had met him.
We became friends, then friends that snogged, then friends again, then friends that travelled together etc etc until finally we decided to just get together properly... we really have grown up together... met 19 years ago, been married for 12. DC 2 on the way...

Speed dating! Been together almost seven years now, and married for three. Second baby due in spring. Life is wonderful and I still have trouble believing it's all real :)

MONTY27 - No, by the time we'd worked out that this was more than 2x holiday romances the travel agent had closed down!

Happiestblonde, in my head that's quite Hollywood-esque, dramatic and very sexy!!!

Definitely worth a double post

fimbo you have known your DH almost all your life,now that is something...

lindy so much for being alone in a new place,,it didn't last did it? you ended up finding looove,

headfairy very romantic indeed..

ineedacleaner your loud and bubbly personality is why he is with you,he needs balance in his life and you are it,it wouldn't be fun to have a quiet house all the time,some noise is needed:o

suncottage why did you think he was gay?

i see a very nice pattern here,not only have you guys been together with your partners for a long time,you have also known them from when you were quiet young,,very nice,,

keep them coming ladies,,

TooBlessed I think you are right there actually.
His ex that walked all over him was also quite shy and quiet and even though they have a ds there was none of the screaming and chasing and singing and shrieking that me and my dc's always do.
DSS loves spending time here for that very reason.

There are some lovely stories here
We are a romantic old bunch after all.
Great thread to start TooBlessed.

i met my dp on plenty of fish he messaged me the morning after the night after i had joined the site.
i had only joined to meet people to chat with as i couldnt really go out as i had 3 dc's under 7 plus was 6 months pregnant.
he was the last message i had read and had a comment about it being polite to repl even if it was just to tell him to f off
well i messaged him but didnt say f off we chatted for a few days loved his sence of humour we had loads in common plus the fact i loved his picture we agreed to meet up i had been honnest and told him i was pregnant and would have my then youngest dcand swapped numbers.
he sent me jokes through texts for a few days andd my daughter pulled my tv off its stand and broke it . i spent that day looking for a new one that she would have a hard time breaking and pulling off and didnt answer some of his texts.
the tv had been delivered and i had the great idea of connecting up the tv and tunning it myself even thought i'm not the most technically minded person. he ang while i was trying to sort it and heard me getting stressed and by this time v upset when he offered to come help me i tried to put him off at first but he was adament so i agreed and gave him my address.
he turned up in his mpv came in sorted it and said payment was a brew and friendly chat so i made his brew and we sat and chatted when we finally looked at the clock it was quarter to 3 in the morning so i said he could crash at mine thats when he kissed me for the first time and asked if he could keep me we've been together since and in the 6 months we've been together i have gained 4 more kids a kitten to go with my cat a dog and a puppy and a fab mil who i get on with plus my own knight in shining armour.
when dc4 was born he came early and i had a bad bleed and was obviously panicing loads he stayed calm through out the whole thing organising a friend to sit with the kids as they were asleep at the time and stayed with me til "our" son was born he even cried when he saw him for the 1st time
my dcs dont have any contact with their dad throu their dads choice and dp has said when we have been together at least 2 years and we can prove how committed we are he plans on adopting the kids
all i can say it thanks mum 4 suggesting going on a dating site

Went to a party at friend's house, noticed gorgeous bloke there telling stories and generally being adored by everyone. I didn't think one of his jokes was very funny and told him he could do better than that :o

I was feeling thoroughly pissed off with the world and remember saying to a good friend who was due to visit me that I had given up, and life and men were just shit. She backed out on me and I went to a pre-arranged private view of somebody's paintings on my own without her.

I was introduced to my DP as an artist who might want to paint me, and saw it all as purely professional until we went outside for a smoke and chatted. It took about ten minutes to fall in love, and we spent the rest of that night and every other since together.

I met him whilst we were both working for the BTP in London.

I had finished a 12hr shift and was outside the station waiting for a bus when I was mugged. I went back into work to report it and he was one of the responders.

He came into my office the next day to see if I was alright and asked me to go the theatre with him.

We've been together for 18yrs, 15 of them married

I met DP after moving into a flatshare.I had a room upstairs and he had one downstairs. I didn't end up using my room very much!

been together 41/2 years DC2 due Christmas eve

thank you -' i needacleaner ,its also like that in my house,DH not that much of a talker but ever since we had our DD he can't avoid it coz there is so much singing going on,and our DD is loud even at 7 months so she won't take no for an answer,daddy has to talk ,i am loving this girl:o

luvsgonzo this man is amazing,you pregnant and all,wow,he is a keeper for sure,,such a nice story,

Elephant clever you,he noticed that you were not eating out of his hand like the rest of them and HAD to have you:o

Bitoffun has he turned you into a true artist yet?are you turned on by a monalisa painting now?:o

bearskin thank God for that mugger,,well not,,but hey ,look where he brought you,to the love of your life,,,

We have a friend who regularly hosts dinners and lunches. Both of us had known this friend for about a year, and kept on missing each other. Then one night, I arrived at friend's house for dinner, and he was standing outside talking to DP about DP's new suits. I came over to say hello, made some sarky comment about DP's suit and skipped upstairs. I can still remember his face - he looked quite shocked. We were at other ends of the table, and I noticed him staring at me all night. Part of me thought "weirdo" but the other part of me thought "uh oh. This could be serious". Then he wanted to ask me out, so asked another mutual friend for my number. Mutual friend said no, he would go out for dinner and some stuff with both of us first, just to make sure . So, we went for dinner, the three of us, then the next night we went to a comedy club, and mutual friend very unsubtly said "I have to talk to the comedian about some business" ( again), leaving DP and I to have a drink on our own downstairs.

Then followed six months of dating, me snogging him every now and then and then freaking out and saying "no, I don't think so" the next day. We also both denied to all our friends that something was going on, DP even told one of them that "I don't even like that Abs".
Just before three of us were going away, I snogged him again and said no again. He then said "that's it, I give up". It was then (stupid bint) that I realised how much he meant to me. We went away, he was very cold the whole trip, so I was a bit put out. I came back before them, then he came back and on the day he was back in work I sent him an email saying "welcome back! I missed you!" He later said that's what kept him going that long day back. That night, we decided to go for dinner, and after we finished, we were walking along the pavement, he reached out for my hand, I took it, and that was it.

tooblessed
thank you i know definately no plans on letting him go

It was my flatmate's 30th birthday. She was moaning the fact that she was 30 and didn't have a man, so I dragged her out on a "getting drunk and leering at men" evening.

I spotted DH standing at the bar. HE has very pretty eyes. I sat next to his mate (who subsequently was our best man) and asked him "So, does your mate dance". The mate informend me that DH was a nice bloke who just needed a woman to "keep him in order". Well....I was a teacher who mostly taught stoppy boys. It was like a red rag to a bull. I dragged DH onto the dance floor and snogged him at the end of the night.

We swapped numbers and I promptly told him I wasn't availabel for two weeks as I had assignments to do (was just finishing my PGCE) Two weeks later I was tidying up my desk, having handed everything in, found his number, rang him up and demanded to know why he hand't called. We areeanged a date for the next day.

Reader, I seduced him [bludh]

I don't think he regrets it as we've been together a dozen years, married for 9.