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    anniebear    August 15, 2010   Toronto, ON

     

    I met my fiance at church, when I was thirteen years old. But we didn't start dating until years later :)

    I knew he was the one when I saw how kind and patient he was with my niece who has cerebral palsy. My niece has musculoskeletal problems and very slurred speech. Hardly anyone can understand her when she speaks, but my fiance was so patient and built a rapport with her and now he's her favourite person.

    I love hearing stories about how other women met their husbands-to-be and when they knew that he was The One :)

     
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    Mrs. Spring    May 10, 2009   California

    Oh, that's a really sweet story!  My Fi and I met in college.  He asked one of our mutual friends to find out if I might be interested in him, but I told her "Hell, no!"  One night everyone in the dorms was gone, and we ended up...  "talking" all night long.  (hehehe  :) Two days later he told me he wanted everything or nothing and I had to make a choice to committ or get out!  We went on an official first date a couple days later, and I knew almost immediately after that. 

    The funny thing is that at the time I had a crush on one of our other mutual friends.  During a camping trip with all my girlfriends, my Fi, and the crush, I actually told my girls I was going to marry the next guy I dated.  Of course, at that time I thought I would be dating the crush next, but it's funny how things work out! 

     
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    Samisomsam    March 13, 2010   Longview, WA

    I worked with FI for about 1 1/2 years, and then I moved away for 6 months. When I moved back (got homesick) we started dating. I knew he was the one 3 months into our relationship when I had to spend 5 days away from him.

     
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    msgiraffe    May 2011   Chicago

    My FI and I met the end of our first week in College, freshman year. I lived on the art floor, and he lived on the music floor directly below mine in the dorms. Some friends and I were going around to different floors trying to meet people, and we saw him and invited him up a floor to play guitar for us.

     He then played and sang for us for 3 hours.

    I knew that night.

    We were exclusive 2 days later, and 3.5 years later we're engaged! The big day is 2 years away :).

     
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    KateMW    8.30.03   Birmingham

    We met at a local bar on a Sunday night watching a cover band of our favorite band {Allman Brothers} and a couple of days later we went to see the real band.

     

    I knew he was the one when we were "just friends" a couple of months later and trying to set each other up, I finally realized that he was the guy I needed to be set up with! He's patient, kind, fun, smart, and a wonderful father and husband. What more can a girl ask for?  

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    minneapolitan    11/7/2009   Minneapolis, MN

    We had a few mutual friends in college and had met in passing at a couple parties.  So when we had a random history class together (unrelated to our majors, we both just love history) I went up to him and asked him to sit with me!  Then we started dating maybe a month later, and on our second date we had the most RIDICULOUS conversation and we both cite it as our like, "Wow, this is it." moment.

     
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    stormy9973    October 3, 2009   Ottawa, KS

    Ok, are you ready for this... I met my FI online of all places.  He sent me a message on April 2nd of 2008, I replied on April 4th and from that day for about a week we emailed everyday and then I gave him my phone number.  He called me and left a message and I returned his call and 4 1/2 hours later we hung up the phone.  Everyday after that we were on the phone for at least an hour each nite if not more.  He was living in FL at the time and I was in KS.  3 weeks after talking with him on the phone, I decided to fly out and meet him.  He was moving back to KS that same time, so I flew out and then drove back home with him in a UHaul.  Figured if we made it that long together and still got along, we were good!!!  Let me just say, I had NEVER done anything like that before, but if felt right and felt like I had known him forever.  October 10th of 2008 he proposed and we are getting married Oct. 3, 2009.  I knew from the 1st phone call that he was "the ONE".  Can't wait to be married to him!!

     
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    ejs4y8    June 20, 2009  

    We met in college. Nothing crazy exciting about that story. I think I knew he was THE ONE about 1.5 years into our relationship. I can't remember the exact moment because I never had that sudden emphany, just this *feeling* that grew stronger and stronger. I remember laying in bed next to him one night (when we lived together that summer) thinkiing to myself, "yeah i could do this forever"....and then when I realized how heart broken that I had to go back to school and we couldn't spend more time together. He never told me he wanted to marry me, but told me he wanted to keep me around forever. He didn't want to say he wanted to marry me until he actually asked me. He finally said that sometime right before his deployment to assure me we'd get married when he got back. Every time I went to visit him this feeling and inkling that he was "the one" just kept growing stronger. But I was a skeptic and decided to wait and see how it goes b/c i'm just that way. I was only a baby sophomore in college, lol. We got engaged the day after i graduated college.

     
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    djmaddiebluedog    06/06/09   Connecticut

    what great stories!  i thought i'd add mine b/c it is a little different.  my FI and i met at a mutual friend's party (though we didn't know one another).  Also, it was a gay party - sooo...we were basically the only single straight guests there.  i told my mom 'it was like shooting fish in a barrel!'  anyway, by the 3rd date (we met on Sunday and the 3rd date was Thursday of the same week) I knew he would be the man I married.  Something about his face looked so familiar to me, it was like i had always known him, and would always know him.  It was like 'hey you! there you are.'

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    AmberEyes    October 9, 2010   Toronto

    These are such wonderful stories! I met my fiance at a friend's wedding. We sat at the same table and after some small talk realized that we lived on the same street, just two blocks from each other. We just hit it off and started dating shortly after. All the guys I dated before him were real jerks, like they'd make me be the ones to pick them up for dates, and then they'd tell me they "forgot their wallet" so I would be forced to pay for stuff. But when my fiance pulled up into my driveway and stepped out of the car holding a bouquet of flowers, I thought to myself "where have you been all my life." I've been smitten by him ever since.

     

     
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    Springbride09    05/01/09   Florida

    I met my FI though work. He works for one of my vendors. We talked on the phone through work only for 1 1/2 years, but we never met in person, but there was always this unspoken connection. He would tell the guys at his job "I would marry that girl sight unseen" And I used to tell my warehouse guy " I could talk to that man for hours" He just has the most incredible voice. Well finally he had to make a delivery to my office cuz someone was out sick. Thats how we met in person. Then things just progressed from there. There are are other things that led up to everything but I could write for hours about them. After talking on the phone (out of work) for hours on end. Then just hanging out, I just knew. Now we are geting married in 13 days!! EEEEKKKK!

     
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    Serya    October 7, 2011   Frederick, MD

    I met my guy when I was waitressing midnight shift at the Waffle House! He was one of the regulars - he'd come in when he got off work and act as "security" (he's in law enforcement) for free coffee.

    I knew he was a great guy from get-go but what really locked it for me was when I saw how he is with my children. There's a huge difference between a father and a daddy... He's daddy. No question.

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    kurlynut    September 2009   Los Angeles, CA

    I met my fiance in Italy.  I was there on vacation and my FI was in port there (he's in the Navy stationed in CT).  We were lost and his friend asked if we needed help.  After chatting it up with them, they ask us if we wanted to go and have drinks.  Sure why not?!  The funny thing was that my FI was a bit arrogant that night.  Regardless, we decided to meet the next day at the Vatican and go to dinner. 

    Well, the next day, my FI was much more quieter.  The funny thing is we met at the Vatican, and there was something about him as he stood there during one of the masses.  I didn't realize until then how attractive he was.  Needless to say, we clicked and by the end of the night he pulled me aside from everyone and we had our first kiss.  He was leaving the next day so we exchanged information (email, number, etc) thinking I would never see him again.

    We emailed each other through out his deployment (5 months of it).  Nothing serious until he called one day from Dubai.  After our 3 hour conversation, I could not get him out of my head.  I think there was something about this talk that made me feel that he was the one.  Six months after we first met, he flew to California to visit me.  I knew once I saw him again at the airport and the kiss we had.  This confirmed my feelings of him being the ONE!

     
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    DesertChildAZ    11/12/09   Chandler, AZ

    I met my FI on match.com!  He was the first (and only) person I met on that site after joining.  When I first signed up, I looked through all the guys profiles they sent me and he had this totally original listing and photo (it was a sepia photo and he was dressed in a suit and a hat in the style of the 20s) and I just thought it was so brave to post something like that!  Creative. :)  

    We corresponded online for about a month before I finally agreed to talk to him on the phone and then we talked for 6 or 7 hours (no kidding) nearly every night for several weeks before I agreed to meet him.  I was more nervous about meeting him because I liked him so much from our conversations that I was afraid there's be no "spark" when we met face to face.  But that was not the case.  That was Jan 2007 and we've been together now for 2.5 years and are getting married in November!

    I don't think there was ever a specific moment I said he's "The One".  Probably because I really don't believe in the whole idea that there's only ONE person for every person.  What I do know is that I trust him with my future totally and without hesitation.  He's my best friend.

    By the way, my stepbrother got married about 3 years ago to his wife, who he ALSO met on match.com.  (It's the whole reason I joined in the first place.)  And he was the first man she met on match.com as well!

     

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    ejs4y8    June 20, 2009  

    Your stories are all so cute! Mine is so...practical, LoL. I'm such a snooze How did you meet your fiance? And when did you know that he was The One? :  wedding Icon Razz but your stories all made me smile!

     
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    anniebear    August 15, 2010   Toronto, ON

     

    Wow, everyone's stories are so sweet. I can't pick a favourite out of them, because they're all so unique and interesting!

    ejs4y8 your story is not a snooze at all, college sweethearts are so cute :)

    Mrs. Spring, it was  cute how you first said "Hell no" when your fiance asked if you were interested, then it all worked out :)

    And DesertChildAZ, that's so cool! I think I will recommend match.com to a couple of my single friends who are still looking for a decent guy to connect with. Maybe they'll have better luck with it than eharmony :)

     

     

     
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    I met my fiancee on match.com. We 'met' two years before we had our first date. During that time we chatted about our mutual love of macs, all things nerdy, and what we would want out of a relationship.  During that two years we became good friends, however the timing was always off. He'd be with someone, I'd be single or vice versa. In August of 2007 he started asking me to go out on a date with him, but I worried if the date went poorly I'd lose a friend.

    However, once we had our 1st date, it seemed pretty obivious that we had met our 'match'. We've been an official couple  in October 2007, and became engaged November 2008. Our wedding will be in Nov 2010 and I am so excited to marry the man who is my best friend! 

     
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    Jessie516    May 16, 2009   Ann Arbor, MI

    I met my fiance at my freshman orientation for college.  I was trying out for the marching band and he was one of the upperclassmen assigned to help freshman go through the audition process.  We became friends and later housemates.  We didn't start dating until around 10 years later!!  I didn't have a The One moment, I think I slowly realized that not only was he my best friend, but that I was totally in love with him. :)  Kind of a "When Harry Met Sally" thing, I guess.

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    VegasBaby    October 2010   Illinois

    Fun topic. I met my fiance when my college roommate wanted to set me up with her single guy friend, A. So, A came with to visit us at school with his roommate, M, and M and I....hit it off! I knew M was the one about 3 months in when we got into a little bit of a disagreement and he was so kind and so patient and rational about it all, and he was willing to work at the relationship.

    And, next weekend he will be the best man in A's wedding....lol. so it all worked out :)

     
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    RoddyBride09    September 5, 2009   Bethlehem, PA

    My FI and met online through Yahoo! Personals. I was pretty busy with work at the time and was starting to transition to a new job. I was fairly new in the area and only knew 3 people so I was looking more for friendship. Sure enough one day, I got sent a message from this pale looking man with the most amazing blue eyes How did you meet your fiance? And when did you know that he was The One? :  wedding Icon Wink. We spoke on the phone for about a week then decided to meet up in person at a restaurant in a local mall. We did the typical dinner and a movie but it was just magical!

     The day we met I knew I was going to be with my FI for a long time. It really didn't take long for us to freely talk about marriage and getting married to each other so I would say it was less than a year. I am so very happy and cannot believe how fast our wedding day is coming!

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    MrsSl82be    October 24, 2009  

    Awww love to hear these stories!!! Mines kinda long, so I'll give the condensed version. Fi and I have known each other for about 13 years now, grew up in the same neighborhood and had a lot of the same friends.  He even taught me how to sneak out of my parents house without getting caught!!  Him and our friend JOsh would come get me at my parents and we'd go back to Josh's and hang out and listen to music all night on school nights!  But as we got older we started to not like each other, so we only hng out when the big group was together.  After high school, he was by best friend at the times bf's roommate, so i saw him pretty frequently but we were both in serious relationships.

    April 04 me and the ex broke up, and him and his broke up about a month later. Both cuz they cheated (but not with each other, which would have been interesting since they were each others first loves).  We ran into each other at a party that I was going to meet bf and her bf at, and bonded over our break ups.  We were each others second loves (did you catch that fact that our first loves were each others first loves too?  my what a tangled web we weave)  and this time we got it right! June will be 5 years and while the first 2 were rough, I wouldn't change a thing.  What was my aha moment? When he went to FL with his family for 5 days and all my friends teased me about moping around like a sad puppy dog who lost his best friend (remember that kids book with the sad basset hound who just wanted a playmate? ooohhh what was the name of that book???).

    Yeah, that's pretty much it.  I wouldn't trade him for the world, he's actually out fishing with my dad right now.  I never would have thought in a million gazillion years I'd be marrying him, and its so funny to see the expressions on our friends faces when they remember how we didn't like each other in high school!  How did you meet your fiance? And when did you know that he was The One? :  wedding Icon Biggrin

     
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    We met on the train. When I only say that, it sounds so romantic and old-fashioned and sweet. The day we met, we sat in the same row but across the aisle from each other and kept looking at each other through the entire trip. Awwwwwwww! Right?

    The actual details are:

    it was September 11th, 2001. (We ended up talking to each other about a week later.)

    we were both in relationships (His lasted a lot longer than mine did. I knew I was ready for him long before he did anything about disentagling himself from his prior relationship)

    we were "just friends" for about six years (see above)

    Anyway, I'm new to the site, and thought I would introduce myself by going back to where it all began, so to speak.

    There are some great stories on here!

     
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    High school - photography class/orchestra.  We didn't date until after we went to prom as friends - the summer before we went to colleges 3 hours away from each other.  I think that there were a few moments for me to "know".  Here's the biggestone I remember, though.  Sophomore year of college we got really fed up with the long distance thing, and angry at the situation, but not each other.  We were camping and for some reason just both became really upset and honestly considered breaking up.  It wasn't at all that we didn't care about each other, we were just sick of the distance and not being together...and the thought of doing it for 2 1/2 more years seemed impossible.  When we were both crying then looked at each other and started laughing hysterically, we both knew that as frustrating as it was, we were "stuck" with each other - never would want to be apart.  Here we are - 6 years into our relationship, looking into a soon engagement.  Did long distance 4 years, and now in the same city.  When you can't even argue together without laughing and wanting to just hold each other, you know it's right. :)

     Over the years as I see him with his students, with my niece, etc., I can't imagine my life without him more and more.

     
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    jennycv    September 2011   OC

    Hello,

    I met my FH online back in 1999. LOL We kept in contact by email for a whole year. And decided to exchange phone number and meet. We went out on dates for another year and then after that we started dating. Now planing our wedding for June 2010.

     

     
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    asdionis       Austin, TX

    Wow, I wrote a whole long thing here and I accidentally closed the page. Ergh.

    Anyway, I love hearing all these stories! It's like the best romantic parts of all the TV shows/movies all at once!

    Long story short: we met in high school in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We ran into each other one fall night in our sophomore year (2001) when I was hanging out with friends in his neighborhood and we just randomly had a hug that pretty much changed our lives, I guess! A hug!

    His family had to move to Houston halfway through the year due to Sept. 11 when lots of the western companies were closing their offices in Saudi. It seriously sucked. But for some reason, we ended up exchanging simple gold bands just... as gifts? Symbols? Promise rings? We definitely didn't think of them that way, though. Anyway, we stayed together even though he moved. Then my family had to move, too. (Which also sucked, since I had lived in Saudi since I was 2 months old.) Anyway, my parents left in February for Hawaii and left me to stay with my best friend's family until the end of the school year (so awesome). 

    Somehow, we kept talking through email and IM, and miraculously, we convinced our parents to let us meet up that summer. (We owe a lot to our parents! They must have been nuts, though, to let us do that. Two 16 year olds. Hm.) So I went through Houston on the way to Hawaii and spent a couple weeks with his family there.

    That summer was our "The One" moment for both of us. We were sitting on the stairwell by the big windows and we were just talking about life and how happy we were together.. and we looked at each other just knew! We sort of got engaged then, unofficially, actually... (Shh, nobody else knows this.. haha.)

    So, 2 more years of long distance (not the most fun time in life) and 4 years of college together later, we got officially engaged! And now here we are.

    P.S. The online meet stories are super interesting! Congrats, everyone!

     
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    keggerssk    10/03/09   Tucson, AZ

    My husband to be was my TA in MBA school :)

     
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    Lilivati       Indiana

    We met freshman year of high school.  :)  He told me much later that he'd wanted to ask me out while we were in high school, but thought I was dating one of his friends (I wasn't).  He actually didn't ask me out until we were both seniors in college. 

    I knew I was in love with him when I came home after the worst year of my life and realized he was the only person I wanted to talk to.  I realized he was the guy I wanted to be with forever a lot more gradually over the next year or so.

     
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    ilovenycmissie    September 2009   nyc

    I met him at a bar in Times sqaure or rather in Hell's kitchen more towards 8th avenue, we hung out he was travelling on his last day of travelling for one year and was going back to england the next day.

     

    We clicked exchanged e-mails and numbers and I thought I would hear  from him saying he met someone already. I started travelling to Europe that year and somehow we always kept in touch and started visiting each other every two months  til two years later he talked about getting married

     

    I think I knew when we started seeing each other I couldn't see dating beyond him, you know how when you meet someone you know youre supposed to meet other people, I drew a blank with him; I didn't want to date anyone else anymore

     
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    jaedawn    TBA   Columbus, Ohio

    Ok, I have to tell this story because it's adorable...

    Sam and I worked together 13 years ago and went to college together.  We were the closest thing to best friends, and went out on a date or two, but chose to remain friends.  I'm still not sure what we were both thinking.  Friends would hound and harass us about why we weren't dating and how we belonged together.  But one thing after another would get in our way.  I was terrified that if we chose to date and then broke up I would end an amazing friendship.  He thought I had given him a chance and he had screwed it up and therefore he didn't deserve to try again.  (Silly boy!)  So we both went on to date other people.  He left the country and I got married.  I divorced 2 years ago and he was engaged.  He had been, without question, my greatest regret.

    So 2 months ago he calls me out of the blue.  He says everything about his life is spinning out of control.  He misses me and wants to see me.  We meet at 11:30 at night on a Friday at an all night place, stay up half the night laughing and talking about old times.  In the middle of the conversation he says, "Why did we ever stop dating??  Wouldn't you agree that was a mistake?"  And the rest is history.  He asked me to marry him last week, exactly 2 months after we met that night at Steak-n-Shake, and about 10 years after I'd given up, believing we would never be together.  Ah....miracles happen and dreams come true :)  

    Happiness and well wishes to everyone! 

     

     

     
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    Karma007    10/10/2009   Bay Area

    These are amazing stories! Every one is so perfect! I met FI when we worked together briefly 14 years ago. We dated off and on for years, but the timing was never right; I eventually left the area and married someone else. Coming home for a visit, I agreed to meet him for one drink; It got pretty complicated, but here we are, just like he always said we would be. I would have given anything, just to see him again.

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    ThePhotoBride    June 19, 2010   NC

    I met my husband 2 years ago yesterday!  I got a summer intern position at his unit (he's a Marine), and we started dating six months later.  We had a lot of problems with coworkers who disliked the fact that we were together (you know, the type of people that have to create drama because their own lives are boring and empty).  Anyway, it got really bad for my husband, who started to suffer the consequences of said drama.  He was being chewed out by his superiors.  They were threatening to kick him out of the military.  We had only been dating 3 or 4 months at this point!  Any other guy would have said "to hell with this" and ended the relationship to save himself the grief.  I knew he was the one when he stuck by my side through the worst of it, even when he stood there multiple times getting berated and screamed at by high-ranking superiors.  He just took it, because he knew he loved me and wanted to be with me.  I am certain there are many guys who would have bolted at the first sign of trouble.  He is an amazing person.

     
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    MaybeeBecca    August 22, 2009   Kansas City, MO

    I met my fiance at the campus ministry I joined my first semester in college, though we never really talked much for the first couple years (he lived in the ministry house at the time). I ended up dating one of his good friends for quite some time, though, and he ended up getting engaged to a friend of mine. His engagement ended, though, right around the same time that things finally ended with my ex, and we started talking more. At first I got really mad when I realized that he was interested in me because it seemed so unlikely that a relationship could work out, and then got even more upset when I realized that I liked him, too :-P. But as time went on all the reasons why it wouldn't work worked themselves out. He ended up moving closer to be part of the ministry I was working with by that point. I still said no the first time he asked me out, but about a month and a half later he asked again and by that point I felt confident enough in the relationship to move forward with it. And how did I know he was the one? I don't know....I think it was just a series of little things I noticed that built up: the way he interacted with the kids around the house, the way we shared a lot of the same dreams and visions for where God was taking us, his commitment and respect towards me, the positive encouragement I got from just about everyone who knew us, and just the fact that I realized I loved and trusted him more than anyone else I guess. I don't know, it's hard to pinpoint an exact moment or reason, so I guess I'll be one of those annoying people that just say, "I don't know....I just knew!"

     
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    yellowrose    10/3/09   Dallas

    We met on Eharmony... but he'd seen me in the grocery store before that. he was the first guy I went on a date with from the site. And he ended up only living like 3 miles away. Oh, and he looked way better in person than he did in pictures. He's not super photogenic for some reason.

    Our first date was on a Sunday afternoon and lasted 6 hours. And it was the easiest thing I'd ever done... no awkwardness at all (well, except that he almost burped in my mouth when he was kissing me at the end of the night! but I just thought it was funny because he was so mortified). I could tell he was really smart but not pretentious about it. He did/does this thing where he'll drop science terms into pseudo-gangsta sentences (eg "I had to TGF-Beta that shit.") which is hilarious to me. 

    I knew I was in love with him by that Tuesday, but I wanted to wait for him to say it first. He said it while on the phone that Wednesday (I was stuck at the hospital on overnight trauma surgery call). Within the first week we had four dates, and probably would have had more but I had to take call twice! I didn't beleive in love at first sight until it happened to me... and over time my instinctual love for him has just been justified over and over again by his actions and the values that he's shown me he has.

    He asked me to marry him on the fly, without a ring, after a week and a half. we scared the crap out of our parents and friends until they had seen us together more and realized that our crazy fast love was actually lasting and growing stronger. I think he'd basically moved in by two months because it felt natural and organic. 

     
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    attybride    9/25/10   Boston, MA

    We met online - we started off emailing and instant messaging and then moved to talking on the phone.  The first time we met in person, we went out in Boston with his friends.  We had a good time, but I didn't really see it going anywhere.  A few weeks later we saw each other again and hung out just the two of us.  We laughed and laughed for hours and that's when I knew I didn't want to see anyone else but him. 

     
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    MsPeanutButter    10/31/2009   Columbus,OH

    my fi messaged me on facebook of all places. i thought it was cute and wrote back. after exchanging messages for 2 weeks we exchanged numbers and met up at a coffee shop close to the campus we both graduated from.

    we stayed until they closed up for the night and then headed to bw's (chicken wings) because we were hungry. we stayed until the wee hours of the night laughing and carrying on.

    its been 4 and a half years and we are getting married on Oct 31, 2009!

     

    who knew replying to a random message would result in meeting the man of my dreams? gotta believe in fate.

     
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    lemilie    06/05/10   Atlanta

    Our story is totally random, but that's kind of how we work..

     

    We met for the first time in Orlando, FL at the National Convention for our (coed) fraternity. He goes to UK and I go to UGA.. but  one of my friends at UGA knew him from Bands of America and introduced us. I actually had a crush on his friend, but had a boyfriend at the time. Said boyfriend wasn't very nice, and I was looking to end it, but.. didn't. At the time, I thought that my FI was a much better fit for me, but I wasn't looking for anything serious so I didn't look into it. As we kept in touch over the next semester, those same thoughts would come up - wow, we're really similar, he's so funny, we have similar interests, same outlook on life.. but nothing came off it because he was 6.5 hours away in Kentucky. Come March, and UK was playing UGA in the SEC Basketball Tournament. My friend and I went to visit with him and his friends, and that ended up being the night the tornados hit Atlanta. We couldn't get out of Atlanta to get home, so my friend and I ended up staying in the hotel with them.

    The next day him and I kept texting back and forth, and decided to meet up and go on a date. After hanging out at my house and going to get some Mellow Mushroom, he decided I was worth a shot.. the next week we met up in his hometown in Tennessee (where I met his entire family.. there's a lot of them). 

     

    I knew he was the one before we even started dating.. but officially.. I called my best friend the night after the tornado and told her I'd just gone on my first date with the man I was going to marry. Exactly one year later he proposed in Toledo, Ohio (at another convention for our fraternity) and I said yes! 

     

    Sorry for the long story.. there's really no short way to tell it. It's hard when random people ask us how we met :-)

     
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    lovingpink    06-26-09  

    hi!

    We met at first when he was working as a second purser onboard a cruiseship and i worked as a customer service rep. That was in the end of 2001. 2nd time we met was a year later, we kept in touch for nine months and then he came to miami... ooopppsss! forgot that small detail he is from Finland! ... yes he lives there, was i crazy? YESSSSS! but hey we still together and now he is moving here and we are so ready to start our family in a few years.How did you meet your fiance? And when did you know that he was The One? :  wedding Icon Wink

     
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    Kittyachi    August 2010   New York

    OK, since I can't actually tell this story to many people, I might as well spill it here. I met my FI in the bathroom line at a bar in Tribeca. We were both drunk. We ended up going into the bathroom together and making out within like a minute of meeting each other. The friend I was with (who is my MoH) had been looking for me and was like WTF, then we came out of the bathroom and I went to go get another drink, and he told my friend "I'm gonna marry that girl"  :)

    We ended up talking at the bar for three hours. And I just knew it. It felt like I'd known him forever. And he's got the most beautiful eyes - I got lost in them for sure. Haha he also lied to me and told me it was his birthday - he says now because he was looking for any excuse to get me to stick around.

    Anyway, the parental version is that we met at the bar, only standing AT the bar waiting for drinks. No need to be like HEY MOM I met this great guy we made out in a bar bathroom! She would NOT have been pleased. I do tell everyone he lied about the birthday though :)

     
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    Sparklez       Canada

    My fiancé and I worked together. No one knew I had a crush on him and everyone was convinced he was still with his live-in/longtime girlfriend which turned out to be far from the truth. I couldn't have imagined in my wildest dreams that this would every materialize into a long-term, lasting commitment but it did and it's the best thing ever. I agree with many of the ladies above - it's not always a "moment" but for me, but rather an emotional realization that I could (and did!) care for this person beyond all previous conceptions. It was not the "a-ha" moment some get but it's there's a certain all-encompassing comfort, love and happiness that this person was in my life and feeling confident in where we were. It's a wonderful experience, as so many of us have gone through a few toads to find our prince. It never seems worth it back then but it definitely is when the right one comes along! :) Congrats for finding your life partner ladies!!

     
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    fontgoddess    August 8, 2009   British Columbia, Canada

    We met online through blogging. He left a comment on one of my posts. I checked out his blog and left a comment. We started emailing. Really long, wide-ranging emails. The emails got a little flirtatious. After a month or so of this, I finally couldn't stand the suspense anymore so I sent him an "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" email. This was July 2006. We had about a three hour phone conversation that night. (He lives three time zones away) We ran up huge phone bills over the next 2 months. When he came to meet me in person, he brought me a camera for my computer, so ever since then our primary communication when we're not visiting each other has been video-chatting. We got engaged this spring, and are getting married 2 months from today (yay and EEK!).

    I think I pretty much knew from the first. Because we emailed and talked so much, we really got to know each other in an amazing way before we ever met in person. And then when we did, it was like coming home.

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