Any Childhood Sweethearts? Let me know your story!

[OneWaggishMum]

We recently have done a social media post about childhood sweethearts "then to now" and it had such a good response.
I am such a sucker for stories, so would love to hear some of yours.

I will start by mine...
Myself and my DP met when we were both very young, I was around 6yo and he was 8yo. We lived in the same village, however went to different primary schools so we hadn't really known each other previously. One Christmas, we sat next to each other on a ride at the village Christmas Fair... We didn't speak one word to each other and that was that. It came about that our parents became friends within the village and we used to spend every holiday together as 2 big families and we became friends over the period of the next 10 years.

We never went to the same secondary school and he went to a private school around 20 miles away and his family eventually moved nearer to his school, so naturally, our families didn't see each as often.

Fast forward to when I was 19, I had just broken up from my "Long term" Boyfriend at the time and was living my best life - No drag along dead beats anymore! I was in town with my best girl mate and with my drunk eyes, I spot this HUNK of a lad sat in one of the booths. I was soon to realise that it was him.. and little did I realise that that was the start of it all. Although I was very much aware that I had taken a slight fancy to him and was a tad bit giddy when he came around, I kept him waiting for another 6 months before we went on our first date.

We are now engaged, getting married in the Maldives in 2021, we have a blonde bouncing daughter who's 11 months old; we sadly lost a little boy first time . We have 2 business's together, along with my business that I have had since I was 18 and he also runs a gym. We have recently renovated our house and life is a dream.

I realise that I have only highlighted good points, and don't get me wrong there are many more. There are also so very sad times that I wont get into.

Please share your stories! I will look forward to reading them

I think we just qualify for this! My dad sent me to a private school for my last year of high school and I met who is now my husband on the first day. He fell over me in the library! We became best friends and everyone around us would making knowing comments about how we should be together. Sadly the timing wasn't right and we went off to separate universities.

We got back in touch shortly before my 19th birthday, when I asked him to come to the party. He sadly couldnt make it, but took me out to see a film a few days later, and we've been inseperable ever since! We've been together 10 years and married for 5 this year. He's my best friend in the whole world. I used to stay up late texting him when I was 17, and it sometimes blows my mind that I get to wake up next to him every day! He's the weirdest, lovliest, nerdiest, sweetest man in the world, and every day with him is the best!

Not that we're perfect, mind you - there have been bad times. We've struggled with infertility for the last 4 years and are still trying to conceive our first baby after many fertility clinic appointments, tests, surgeries and disappointment. In the mean time we live with 2 little idiotic cats, work in the same office and started doing martial arts together last year. We're trying to make the most of this quiet time before babies make our life insane!

What do you mean by "we have recently done a social media post"?

@Wilsonicus Oh My God I love it! He literally fell for you!
I wish you all the best with your fertility!
Thank you for sharing!

Are you a journalist?

Me and dp met when we were placed in the same class at Nursery aged 3. I moved village to start school and we didn't see each other for 15 years. We ran into each other on the bus and I was immediately taken by this guy covered in tattoos (not my type at all) but didn't say anything as I was to shy. Fast forward 3 years and I get a new job and my soon to be dp is on my team. We tried to keep things professional but we were drawn to each other and have been together ever since. He says that he fell for me the moment he saw me.
We are getting married this year and have a wonderful little boy and are having another after 2 losses. Couldn't be happier

@SleepwalkingThroughLife no I’m not. We have quite a large following base on Instagram and Facebook and I posted our story a few weeks ago on how 10 years have changed us and what we’ve done in the past 5 years mostly.

Met at 15, got together soon after. We are getting married this year on our 12 year anniversary, baby arriving few months later. Honestly couldn’t be happier - he’s a wonderful man.