How did you meet your husband?

[Sithi]

Was it how you expected to meet ‘your husband’?

Watching SATC (again) and always makes me reminisce about relationships.

I will start.

My husband was defo not who I expected to settle down with. I went away for uni, lived in a different city for several years, worked with people from all around the country and the world.

And I ended up marrying a lad I had a crush on at school in year 7. 😂 Live in a small town where people tend to settle down quite young. At 29 I despaired of the dating pool in my area and had sworn off relationships. Just went on a date with my husband cos found him very fit and the rest is history…

I really love stories where it was totally unexpected so please share ❤️

Blind date - suggested by someone I worked with but we weren't particularly close at all.
Together 20 Years, married for 13, 3 DCs, 2 Dogs later.. guess you could say this Friend knew something we didn't!

We worked at the same school. We married 10 years later. He was my best friend. We were married 27 yrs.

Love your mn name. What a cracker of a story too

Thank you.

I'll try to add a bit more info without outing myself... Reading someone else's post jogged my memory as to why I started working at that particular school.

I was originally supposed to report to another school for interview. At the last minute, I got a letter telling me to head to a different school. (I was straight out of college.)

I was offered the job on the spot, but not shown round the school. I was young and naive, so didn't think it strange. I took the job.

After I signed the contract, I was shown round the school - a week or so later. The teacher that I was replacing came to see me.

"Has anyone told you why I'm leaving?"

"No..."

"A kid swore at me and I clipped his ear."

This was the 1980s. The LA moved him to the school I was supposed to be going to in order to avoid a scandal. (Apparently, that was enough to satisfy the parent.)

I had completely forgotten that aspect...I feel more than a bit weird about that.

Nowadays, the other teacher would have been sacked. I believe he stayed out of trouble the rest of this teaching career.

Love these stories X