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Therese_C
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Ball room dance class at colleg . He was 21 I told him I was almost 18 ( that was in sept, I had turned 17 in aug 2000.) we were married November 2001 had our first baby July 2002 baby # two in september 2004. 
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juancross
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Walking home from school together, ive loved her since. 
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JW10631
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A buddy of mine visited Colombia (South America) in 1998. He met a large number of women there, including - the mujer I would later marry.
Fast forward to 1999. I met a lady on AveMaria Catholic Singles. We got engaged after just two months, but after that it fell apart. She broke up with me two days before New Yearās Eve 1999 - New Yearās Day 2000. I went to Mass on New Yearās Day at midnight. There were less than 20 people there. Went home afterwards and stared at the walls until almost 3AM. I felt terrible.
My buddy put me in touch with my future *esposa *in February 2000. We met in Miami over Easter Weekend that year - the same day the INS seized Elian Gonzalez. We got married civilly in October 2002 and in Church in June 2003.
Fast forward to 1999. I met a lady on AveMaria Catholic Singles. We got engaged after just two months, but after that it fell apart. She broke up with me two days before New Yearās Eve 1999 - New Yearās Day 2000. I went to Mass on New Yearās Day at midnight. There were less than 20 people there. Went home afterwards and stared at the walls until almost 3AM. I felt terrible.
My buddy put me in touch with my future *esposa *in February 2000. We met in Miami over Easter Weekend that year - the same day the INS seized Elian Gonzalez. We got married civilly in October 2002 and in Church in June 2003.
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epower
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I met my wife at a Catholic Dance. The band pulled a bunch of women onto the stage. My eyes caught my wife because she was the prettiest one in the place. She was also the only one able to keep up with the songs.
We spoke for a few minutes after the dance. I did not see her for a few months. We met up at another Young Adult Organizational Meeting. We became good friends. We started dating. Several months later she asked me if I was the one at the dance. It just hit her all of a sudden.
It was a mutual attraction.
We spoke for a few minutes after the dance. I did not see her for a few months. We met up at another Young Adult Organizational Meeting. We became good friends. We started dating. Several months later she asked me if I was the one at the dance. It just hit her all of a sudden.
It was a mutual attraction.
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ridesawhitehors
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I met my husband when we were both riding at the saddle club. It was team-penning night and I was looking to join a team among the many riders present that night. As I was warming up my horse, my future husband trots up on his tall dark horse and with a big smile says, āAre you looking to join a team?ā Now, is that a pick-up line or what?
We competed together all season, made friends, and were married 8 months later. 11 years ago.
Now, is that a pick-up line or what?We competed together all season, made friends, and were married 8 months later. 11 years ago.
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bettyg51
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I voted for āworkā. My husband and I met while we were both volunteers at a pro-life emergency pregnancy shelter that we helped to start. I didnāt like him at first. I was planning to go to a convent to be a nun, so I wasnāt interested in him. After we stopped working together and I dropped out of the convent, I remember looking at him after daily Mass and saying to myself, āHe wouldnāt be so bad. Anyone who cares about pregnant women is a good guy.ā But when I flirted with him, he didnāt respond because he was dating someone.
Later, at the wedding of some co-workers from the shelter, I told him Iād like him to match me up with one of his friends. He called me for a date a few days later.
We have been married 20 years and have 3 kids. Iām grateful that we share a common love for the Lord. I think that is the key ingredient for a successful marriage.
Later, at the wedding of some co-workers from the shelter, I told him Iād like him to match me up with one of his friends. He called me for a date a few days later.
We have been married 20 years and have 3 kids. Iām grateful that we share a common love for the Lord. I think that is the key ingredient for a successful marriage.
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turboEDvo
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Only way to go in my opinion.
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Fashina86
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ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh How cute!Walking home from school together, ive loved her since.
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crobynb
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Reading all these posts makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside . . . tee hee!
Here is my story: My hubby and I grew up a mile down the road from each other, went to the same school (he was two grades ahead of me), went to the same church, and his oldest sister was best friends with my oldest sister. Our sisters always teased us that when we grew up we would marry each other. We started going out (was not actually allowed on dates until I was 16) when I was 14 -a freshmen and he was 16- a junior. That was in 1996. We have been together ever since. We got married after being together 5 years in 2001, converted together from Methodist to Catholic in 2002/2003. This year we will celebrate 4years of being married and 9 years altogether. We are still going strong and more in love than ever. What a blessing from God!! No kids yet . . . but very soon! Weāve got the Baby Fever!!!
Here is my story: My hubby and I grew up a mile down the road from each other, went to the same school (he was two grades ahead of me), went to the same church, and his oldest sister was best friends with my oldest sister. Our sisters always teased us that when we grew up we would marry each other. We started going out (was not actually allowed on dates until I was 16) when I was 14 -a freshmen and he was 16- a junior. That was in 1996. We have been together ever since. We got married after being together 5 years in 2001, converted together from Methodist to Catholic in 2002/2003. This year we will celebrate 4years of being married and 9 years altogether. We are still going strong and more in love than ever. What a blessing from God!! No kids yet . . . but very soon! Weāve got the Baby Fever!!!
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hsmom2four
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Wasnāt sure how to choose an answer for this one - none of the responses seem to fit. My answer is āMy sister made me go out with him!ā
My dh started working for my bil in June of 1985. My sis arranged it so I would have to go to his office for something, and she said, āCheck out the new guy while youāre there.ā I did, and I wasnāt too impressed. (For the record, he wasnāt all that impressed with me, either!) My sis and one of the other female employees at the office kept suggesting to him that he ask me out. Unfortuntely, this made him think I was desparate for a date (I wasnāt; in fact, I was dating someone from work at the time.), so he was reluctant to ask me. It wasnāt until August that he finally called. I said yes just to get my sister off my back about dating him, plus he seemed nice enough - we talked for an HOUR on the phone the first time he called. The rest - as the say - is historyā¦
You could also say he was the answer to a prayer - a facetious one, but still a prayer. About a week before he called me, I had a date with an old boyfriend of mine. This is a guy whom I thought I was really, truly in love with (when we dated at age 18
) but he went out of town for college, and the long distance relationship was too much to handle. However, he said he was still in love with me (this is about 3 years later) and wanted to see me when he was home for holidays, etc. (Convenient, I guess - geesh!) Well, by that time, I had kissed my share of toads and was tired of the whole dating scene. I told him, āSure, whateverā¦ā or something like that, but my heart wasnāt really into it. As he left, I looked to heaven and said, āGod, if you want me to get married, Youāre going to have to throw someone at me, because Iām done looking!ā The next week, my future dh called me for a date We were engaged 6 months later, and have been married for over 18 years now, 4 kids here, one in Heaven, and one on the way. God is so good!
My dh started working for my bil in June of 1985. My sis arranged it so I would have to go to his office for something, and she said, āCheck out the new guy while youāre there.ā I did, and I wasnāt too impressed. (For the record, he wasnāt all that impressed with me, either!) My sis and one of the other female employees at the office kept suggesting to him that he ask me out. Unfortuntely, this made him think I was desparate for a date (I wasnāt; in fact, I was dating someone from work at the time.), so he was reluctant to ask me. It wasnāt until August that he finally called. I said yes just to get my sister off my back about dating him, plus he seemed nice enough - we talked for an HOUR on the phone the first time he called. The rest - as the say - is historyā¦
You could also say he was the answer to a prayer - a facetious one, but still a prayer. About a week before he called me, I had a date with an old boyfriend of mine. This is a guy whom I thought I was really, truly in love with (when we dated at age 18
) but he went out of town for college, and the long distance relationship was too much to handle. However, he said he was still in love with me (this is about 3 years later) and wanted to see me when he was home for holidays, etc. (Convenient, I guess - geesh!) Well, by that time, I had kissed my share of toads and was tired of the whole dating scene. I told him, āSure, whateverā¦ā or something like that, but my heart wasnāt really into it. As he left, I looked to heaven and said, āGod, if you want me to get married, Youāre going to have to throw someone at me, because Iām done looking!ā The next week, my future dh called me for a date We were engaged 6 months later, and have been married for over 18 years now, 4 kids here, one in Heaven, and one on the way. God is so good!
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contemplative
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This is how my parents met. They celebrate 55 years this September. Not a bad deal!
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AnglicanRite
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I met my wife through a dating service. I was a successful and well-established man, yet I could not find a good woman with which to share my life. I had always been deeply attracted to Asian women, so I joined a service in Vancouver that specialised in this.
When I saw her, I thought that she was surely an Asian goddess rising from the sea! She literally took my breath away and I melted when she first smiled at me. We had a wonderful first date, but when I asked her for a second one, she politely but firmly declined! She wouldnāt tell me why, so I was perplexed. But then the women who ran the dating service took mercy on me (seeing how lovestruck and miserable I was over being rejected) and explained to me that the problem was my facial hair! At the time, I had a āJohn Lennon 1969ā beard and mustache, which was my pride and joy. It especially fit the image of an academic, along with my tweed jacket and pipe.
Yet I was informed then that Asian women do not like men with such facial hair! My sea goddess had informed my confidant that she thought I was wonderful, but she could not get past my beard. So I knew what I had to do.
I knew that she stayed with friends on the weekends at this one friendās apartment. So I showed up unannounced, with flowers, and completely clean-shaven! We went out that night and the rest fell completely into place.
We have now been very happily married 15 years this September, and I shave each and every morning :yup:
When I saw her, I thought that she was surely an Asian goddess rising from the sea! She literally took my breath away and I melted when she first smiled at me. We had a wonderful first date, but when I asked her for a second one, she politely but firmly declined! She wouldnāt tell me why, so I was perplexed. But then the women who ran the dating service took mercy on me (seeing how lovestruck and miserable I was over being rejected) and explained to me that the problem was my facial hair! At the time, I had a āJohn Lennon 1969ā beard and mustache, which was my pride and joy. It especially fit the image of an academic, along with my tweed jacket and pipe.
Yet I was informed then that Asian women do not like men with such facial hair! My sea goddess had informed my confidant that she thought I was wonderful, but she could not get past my beard. So I knew what I had to do.
I knew that she stayed with friends on the weekends at this one friendās apartment. So I showed up unannounced, with flowers, and completely clean-shaven! We went out that night and the rest fell completely into place.
We have now been very happily married 15 years this September, and I shave each and every morning :yup:
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blueadept
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I met my wife on the internet, we both wanted to chat with someone else and was to stingy to be signed up for more than a month. The funny part is that she use to work for my dad, she use to be a neighbor who lived behind me, and we worked in the same building for a period of time and I had no idea who she was. On the otherhand, (because of my dad) she knew me quite well. It was a bit scary, but Iāve been happy ever since. 
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mari319
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We actually met at an online dating service. He was the only one whose profile matched who lived in the same town as me. Everyone else was at least 30 miles away. (We lived in a small town.) We talked for a while and our first date was so great it just had to be right! 
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blueadept
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We live in a relatively small town too. As the older I got I found it harder to figure out who was eligible for dating. The oneās that made it known, I wanted nothing to do with. The oneās that would have interested me, I had no idea were available. I think fate had something to do with finding my wife though.We actually met at an online dating service. He was the only one whose profile matched who lived in the same town as me. Everyone else was at least 30 miles away. (We lived in a small town.) We talked for a while and our first date was so great it just had to be right!
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maendem
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We met after Massā¦a nun introduced us!! We were married in the same chapel eight months laterā¦
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Shari
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He was my supervisor at McDonaldās. I was in my second yr at the technical college and he was just graduating highschool. Of course I didnāt know this. And itās a good thing second impressions can be made because his first impression wasnāt that good . Now we just celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary on june 21.
. Now we just celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary on june 21.
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OutinChgoburbs
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I was not making a second mistake, after all that hard work of divorce,annulment, etc. I put down on paper what I thought I wanted in a husband. I put it away for a week. I went back to it, made some changes, and put an ad in the paper (there was no common Internet access at the time). I didnāt ask for a great body, pina coladas, or long walks on the beach. I asked for a Catholic guy who liked kids, a military background (E-4 or above to match mine), had a clean credit history, at least some college, who wanted to be FRIENDS FIRST and then we could see.
I got the biggest pile of letters!!! Home computers and the infamous dot-matrix printer were just catching on, and I received a lot of form letters. I received some really sick letters. I received some really needy letters. Out of the big fat pile from the newspaper, I pared it down to six. I talked with four of them on the phone, some more than once. I dated two of them (took my own car, out in public in a well-lit area), but couldnāt seem to make a good time to meet the guy whoād hand-written me a nice, friendly letter, nonsexual in nature, NICE penmanship! My kids caught the flu, he had to work, etc.
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He was the one!
I got the biggest pile of letters!!! Home computers and the infamous dot-matrix printer were just catching on, and I received a lot of form letters. I received some really sick letters. I received some really needy letters. Out of the big fat pile from the newspaper, I pared it down to six. I talked with four of them on the phone, some more than once. I dated two of them (took my own car, out in public in a well-lit area), but couldnāt seem to make a good time to meet the guy whoād hand-written me a nice, friendly letter, nonsexual in nature, NICE penmanship! My kids caught the flu, he had to work, etc.
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He was the one!
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deaconswife
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We met at college. One of my suitemates had just returned from a trip to Jamaica over break and we were having a Jamaican party with some of the guys upstairs -one of the girls in the suite had a brother in my husbanndās suite. My husband was studying for an organic chemistry test the next day and his roommate (also a chem major) wanted to go to the party but felt guilty for not studying so he dragged him down with the promise of putting in a token appearance and then to return to studying. We saw each other and . We went to my room to talk and talked all through the night. My suitemates thought we were doing something other than talking. 
He proposed to me 4 days later and weāve been married for 27 years after a 5 year engagement - he was kind of slow.
. We went to my room to talk and talked all through the night. My suitemates thought we were doing something other than talking. He proposed to me 4 days later and weāve been married for 27 years after a 5 year engagement - he was kind of slow.
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kaymart
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I went out with a girlfriend one night and met a nice guy, we danced a little then he asked for my number, I was bad, and I did not want to give a stranger my number, I gave him the number that my grandfather disconnected just 3 weeks prior when he moved (he had no fowarding number- he moved in with my parents) Anyway, he gave me his number on a business card from where he worked, I dropped my pocketbook at work and all the contents fell out , a co-worker helped me and when she picked up that card she said :yup: "You are that Nurse heās been searching the world for!!! He was looking for a Kay that is a Nurse and I never put two and two together, anyway she arranged a meeting for me and her friend and 29 years later the rest is historyā¦TALK ABOUT A CHANCE MEETING
(he had no fowarding number- he moved in with my parents) Anyway, he gave me his number on a business card from where he worked, I dropped my pocketbook at work and all the contents fell out , a co-worker helped me and when she picked up that card she said :yup: "You are that Nurse heās been searching the world for!!! He was looking for a Kay that is a Nurse and I never put two and two together, anyway she arranged a meeting for me and her friend and 29 years later the rest is historyā¦TALK ABOUT A CHANCE MEETING- Status