How did you meet your OH?

[Everhopefulhev]

Just that really!
I’m single but interested to know how you met your current partners - is there more to life than OLD? God I hope there is.
If you have a funny story I’d love to hear it too

Work 😬 we worked together for a little while on and off as I worked the times I wasn’t at university. We got on well but when I started working there full time after third year, we immediately talked to each other constantly and fell in love.

Hilariously the first time we acknowledged we were boyfriend and girlfriend was when we were parked up at night near a local “dogging” spot (we were NOT PARTICIPATING, it was 4 years ago now so can’t remember but think he was checking something on his phone) and there was a knock at the window. He (for some reason) wound the window down and some bloke was there, he said “hello I’m PC Warren, I’m patrolling the area - are you dogging?” We obviously said no, “PC Warren” asked if we were together and we said yes, so then he sadly bumbled off into the night.. he definitely wasn’t a police officer. Godspeed PC Warren.

In a meeting at work. I’d resigned myself to single parenthood and finally made peace with it and then one day I was asked to stand in for a college who was off sick to take minutes at a meeting.

We were lodgers in the same house post Uni and in our first jobs. I knew all about his habits before we started going out together!
It’s our 30th wedding anniversary next year.

Doing summer camps for disadvantaged children between school and university.

The dogging story is hilarious!!!
Brilliant.

@HeeeeyDuggee that’s where I’m at now - I’ve made peace with wing a single mother and I am actually very happy but it would be nice to share life with someone. They do say it happens when you least expect!

It’s nice to hear some more natural human interactions rather than all the swiping!!

I worked at nights in a pub where he used to come in with friends. We both liked each other from afar, then one night I was out in the town with friends and bumped into him. We started talking and were still at it by 10am the next day.

*being a single mother

Sorry for the typos

At a rehab centre for injured police officers. I'd hurt my arm, he'd hurt his knee.
Everyone was in the bar, there was only one seat left, and it was next to me. He walked in, looking like (I thought) a thug, and I willed him not to sit next to me, but he did. We got talking-and the rest is history. 15 yrs and one child later, we're very much in love ❤️
And he no longer looks like a thug

At university... his, rather than mine. I was visiting a friend for the weekend and staying in her uni accommodation. Met DH on a night out; he was a housemate of my friend's boyfriend at the time (who's also now her DH!)

I met my DH in a cocktail bar. We were both at our respective work Christmas parties.

Dating agency, its like a less glam version of celebs go dating, but I did get to see a picture of him and an info page before I agreed to the date. But it was like celebs go dating as in they arranged when/where we would meet etc.

He likes to tell people I was on the undateables

Dodgy wee pub!

In a bar. We were both working abroad and work colleagues (who knew each other, but we worked different places) invited us both out for after work drinks. He ordered a really awful glass of wine trying to seem sophisticated and I took the piss out of him.

I used to work in WH Smith's as a Saturday girl when I was 16. One day this very good looking boy came in and we looked at each other and I honestly had the weirdest feeling. I didn't like him very much as he seemed to know he was good looking. I then went on my lunch break and popped over to Boots where I met him with his dad coming down the stairs. Again, I just thought "he loves himself"! About 3 weeks later I went to a party and there he was sitting on the stairs. I recognised him and got chatting and realised he was quite nice but only 15 (he looked much older!). I left the party and didn't think anymore about him but then he got my number from a mutual friend and kept ringing me until I agreed to go out with him.

The rest is history as they say. We have been together 43 years and married for 35 years!

Irish bar. We were both living in a uk city and turns out we lived about 10 miles away from each other at home.

11 years and 2 dc later and we live at home in Ireland again.

At work. He was a senior manager and he popped his head round the door.Honestly, sparks flew.

Two weeks later we were at an overnight conference...

22 years later he’s still my ONS ....

We met at church. Both in the 20-30 age group. There were about 10 of us and we all dated each other (one at a time) until we finally picked one to settle down with.

Introduced at 18 by a mutual friend. He asked me out, I said no. Really didn't fancy him. Stayed friends. Lost contact. Then reunited by the mutual friend again. Sparks flew. We have been to get her 18 years now. And I still fancy him.

Running club

The day after the 7/7 London bombings. It was my first day on the job (police) and we got partnered up for foot patrols every day (12 hour shifts and had all our rest days cancelled). We got to know each other very well very quickly.

Gig last year, he was playing in his band. We've been together ever since. Not youngsters either, I am 55 he is 64...so there is no time limit to meeting someone.

In a bar...I was standing by the door and he walked in and came straight up to me...I like confident men!

In a night club. I was really pissed. Took his number and called him the next day and met up a few days later.

Together 24 years married 19 with 4 children. Not bad considering.

One to stick up for OLD.
I was coming to the end of my Masters degree on top of FT work. One Friday night a friend came over (submission for my dissertation was the following Weds, just had a final read through to do) and we got pretty tipsy - she helped me with my profile (I had never even considered OLD) because her view was that I was going to need something to occupy me when MSc done. Sunday night I got chatting to this man, submitted MSc Weds, met him for dinner the following Sunday and that was that. 8 years in October, a house and a 15 month old later - I think OLD is pretty amazing

Friend of friends. My neighbour kept trying to set us up but I am slow on the uptake and wasn't quite sure if I liked him anyway. I was mid 40s, had been single for 5 years and had given up on finding anyone anyway. I just about made up my mind I did like him when he started seeing someone else, and I once again gave up.

6 months later she dumped him. He was heartbroken as he thought the relationship was very serious. He wanted a partner but was scared of getting hurt again. I didn't want to let him pass me by again but didn't want to be a rebound thing. We dated for months before things got more serious. Been together for a couple of years now and it's great.

I'm late 40s and here's early 50s, so it can happen later in life and away from OLD.