"How We Met" Stories

[Kathleen C-C]

If he were still alive, today would be Daniel's and my fifth wedding anniversary. I spent the day at "home" in Starkville, MS, where we met, fell in love and were married. It was so nice to be back on the Mississippi State campus, and it brought back a flood of happy memories, tears, and more memories...I went to the hill where we had our first date, the chapel where we got married, had lunch with friends, and picked up another order of cheese. The day and the cheese made me , and now I'm in a rather mushy and nostalgic mood, so...

I met Daniel through a Secret Santa gift swap in my freshman year of college at MSU (2003). He was my secret Santa, and one of my gifts was the “Adventures of a Reader” ornament from Hallmark. We started dating soon after that. The next Valentine's Day, he asked the organizers to give him my name again for the "Secret Sweetheart" swap, and my secret gift was my engagement ring! We were married on November 12, 2004, 5 years ago today. I was still in school on my wedding day, so we got married between classes at 1:15p.m., and I went back to class at 2 (My German prof was a big meanie and wouldn't let me skip a quiz "just to get married", or we could have had the whole day off.). Daniel and I were not blessed with human children, but one night he climbed into a dumpster and pulled out a little black cat, and she was our "baby". Snowflake kept me going after Daniel died on June 3, 2006, 3 days before my 21st birthday. Daniel and I only had 568 days together, but they were the some of the most amazing days of my life.




Brian and I met the day we were born. He was born around 9a.m. on June 6, 1985, and I came along 11 hours later at 8:07p.m. I'm not sure how our parents met in the hospital, but we give them full credit for introducing us. I was Lucy's (Sally's birth mom/Brian's first wife) maid of honor when she married Brian, and Lucy, Brian and a very tiny baby Sally (just 6 weeks old, and so precious!) were the only guests at my wedding when Daniel and I got married. We taught each other how to walk and dance, and we know more about each other than we do about ourselves. We have seen each other through the best and worst of times. Brian is the one constant in my life, the only person in the world that I can count on all the time for anything and everything. We have our own language and complete each others thoughts and actions. All of our friends have always said that we have too much in common to just be best friends and that we'd probably end up married someday!

I don't know if this will make sense to anyone else, but there has always been so much "drama" in every other part of my life that the first 19 years of my life were pretty unhappy. I have never felt like I needed a husband to "complete" me, but Daniel and Brian have made me into the happiest version of myself that I have ever known. They are the only 2 people in the world who let me know that it's completely okay to be myself, and not the fake, petty, unrealistic version of myself that the rest of the world often demands to see. I don't believe that the truest version of "Kathleen", my actual self, really existed until I fell in love the first time...

[faeriequeene]

^^^^ WOW! Your story is truly amazing. I'm happy to hear your life has been blessed with two men who have made you who you are today. You have been through more than many ever experience in a lifetime, and I have to say I admire you for your strength and your big heart. Kudos to you - giving you an exalt point.^^^^


Nick and I met at college - we both came in Fall 2006 at the Baptist College of Florida - straight out of high school and rather innocent in our own rights. We had a class together our first semester - New Testament Survey, but we rarely spoke - even though we only sat one or two seats apart. We had a mutual friend, Amber, who I began to spend more time with when school resumed in January, and hanging out with Amber got me hanging out with Nick. We both had a large gap between classes so we, along with two friends who were dating, would play pool after lunch. I ragged on Kent's pool game (and he really did play poorly) and this somehow got Nick and I talking. I was in "giddy school-girl" mode for a couple of weeks - giggling and smiling at every mention of Nick. Our first date was on the 8th of February 2007, we went to see The Messengers in theater and went to Steak & Shake after - where we talked until two in the morning. The second date was a double date with Kent and Sarah - putt-putt golf and Steak & Shake again. When we got back to campus, Nick asked to go on a walk so we headed towards the lake. Standing next to the dock Nick asked me to be his girlfriend (and boy was he nervous!) and of course, I said yes. It was 11:30 the day before Valentine's Day, and I was happier than I'd been in a long time.

About three months into our relationship while watching t.v. at his house, he turned around (he was sitting on the floor letting me play with his then long hair) after seeing one of those cheesy diamonds last a lifetime commercials and told me that I was the girl he wanted to marry and nothing short of death would keep him from doing so. I was both in shock and thrilled at the same time because only moments before (seeing the same cheesy commercial) I had thought to myself that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him, and was trying to figure out a way to tell him.

Over the past couple of years Nick and I have grown closer and cannot wait until we are able to get married - finances having kept us from doing so as of yet (they have also kept an engagement ring off my finger). We've had our share of rough patches and had plenty of good times - and I await each new day knowing that it is another day I have with him.

Our three year anniversary of being together is in February, and I can't believe how fast the time has gone by. With my graduating in May we hope to move and get married soon thereafter - even if we can only afford to go to the courthouse. My life and relationship with Nick has made me who I am today, and I can honestly say that I would never again want to be the person I was before we started dating. I love him so much, words don't even begin to do justice to describe it.

[kellieleegraham]

Darrell and I both taught school. He was teaching at the high school, I was at the middle school. A couple of the teachers kept bugging me to go on a date w/ him, but I wouldn't b/c of a bad break-up I went through earlier. I finally gave in. We went out to eat after a basketball game he coached. We've been together since then. That was January 11, 1999; we got engaged July 22 and married August 4, 1999. God blessed me w/ him! He's my heart-takes care of me, indulges my love for shopping, loves my parents...I couldn't ask for more!
The school district has since torn down the old school where we met. He tried to buy a piece of the gym floor, as we were introduced there, but it was to no avail. I would have loved to have a table made from it!
And it is a small world...during the summers, Darrell worked w/ his brother-in-law, a general contractor. He actually helped build my parents' house a couple of years before we met!

[nmcox]

Chris and I met in one of the most unconventional ways. After CT (my ex fiance) and I split up, I started working at Rite Aid as a pharmacy tech. My job was the only thing holding me together. I was sad and lonely, constantly trying to rebound, but having no luck. I'm very picky when it comes to men and no one was attracting me or holding my attention. So, I gave up.

I decided that it was time to live my life and not by the rule of a man. I set personal goals for myself (grad school, pharmacy certification, etc) and started to pursue them. My mom and I took a long weekend down to Isle of Palms, SC. It was there that I decided that I wanted to go to grad school at USC.

One night I was talking to my pharmacist, Ben, about my relationship conundrums and he told me just to wait. I could find some nice doctor or lawyer in grad school and end up being just as happy. That weekend, I got a facebook message from a stranger who happened to be one of Ben's friends. The next morning, I happen to be working with Ben. I looked at him and asked him what he said about me. He played innocent, but little did I know what he had done.

Chris and I met for the first time at an Italian restaurant across the street from my pharmacy. I got their early and decided to order a beer to calm my nerves. He came in, smiled at me and ordered one too. Right then I knew he was something special. We had some things in common right off the bat and honestly, I thought we'd be nothing but friends, but on July 4th, he kissed me for the first time and it was perfect. Since then, we've been together. It's been a slow process, but it's working. He's my best friend and my lover. He understands me and listens to me. I don't know where I'd be without him. Thanks facebook and thanks Ben.

[Krejci]

I went to College orientation in the summer of '05. I was only going an hour away, but I had a serious boyfriend of 2 years and leaving was hard but we thought we could do it...
So at orientation we get split up into groups that we are with for the whole weekend, my group was pretty good, everyone seemed very open to meeting each other and was friendly. There were these 3 guys in the group though I could not stand, they were all jocks, and talked about how awesome they are at sports and packed lips the entire time. Now I am not like that, I played sports but went to a trade school that was not typical high school cliquey, I am also very artsy. Just because you play sports, I don't automatically think your wicked hot or awesome! So all weekend we had to play lame games to get to know each other and they would never want to participate, but worse was when we had to come up with a funny way to sing the Alma marta. Well all the ideas were lame, but we had to do something, and every idea these guys shot down over and over. I got so mad that I yelled at them and said "You guys have no right to be putting down every one else's ideas when you 3 haven't come up with any of your own!"
Then a few months pass and one of the girls from orientation lives in the dorm 2 doors down, and I become best friends with her and her 2 roommates. We would all eat at the Dining commons together every night and they were business majors (I was art) and They had this friend from class that would come over and talk to them sometimes. One night he was bragging about all the goals he scored in the hockey game the night before, and how his friend (next to him) didn't score any!! well come to find out his friend was the goalie.
The next day I heard the goalie had a thing for me, but I wasn't interested because I was involved.
A few months later I go to a basketball game to cheer on one of the girls, and the goalie is there,. He starts talking to me on the way back but I was on the phone with my bf. After I get off he comes back and says "Oh who was that? Your boyfriend or something?" I had no idea really who this kid was still and I was "ummm yea..."
So anyways one of the girls I am always with LOVES hockey (and she's was hooking up with one of the guys on the team) so I would go to all the games with her because I have always like the sport even though never got into it. Then we start getting invited to the hockey parties and I end up seeing the goalie a lot, we become friends on facebook and talk a lot online, and talk more at the parties. I break up with my High school bf over winter break because things weren't working, he was the same person he was in high school while I was growing up and changing a lot while on my own in college.. and I kinda had a crush on the goalie.
So the goalie's name is Chris, we had out first "date" in his dorm room while watching the grinch with Jim Carey! (we were broke college kids) I would go to everyone all of his games and cheer him on (first string as a freshman) then go to the awesome hockey parties that would last till the sun came up. We had 80's dance parties and we still reminisce about those parties. Well the funny thing is, is that the girl from my orientation group that I was best friends with one day goes "Isn't it funny that we were all in the same orientation group?" And I was like "who?" Chris was one of the 3 guys I couldn't stand!!!! his annoying jock thing is a front he puts on cause he thinks its cool! lol
So now in Jan will be our 4 year anniversary. We spent almost all 4 years of college together, graduated and now have both moved back home. Its really hard on us because we live an hour away, but we are making it work, and hopefully by Jan we can move in together, and get engaged shortly after.
I have never dated anyone like him before, we are so different! I am from very liberal artsy family with a lot of girls while his is very conservative, WICKED into sports and almost all boys! But Opposites Definatly Attract!

This is when we first started dating


This is most recent


Guess we havn't changed too much!

[melissa]

My husband and I met many years ago when I was working in a restaurant and he would come in and eat with his cousin.
I always thought he was handsome but to be honest when I first met them, I thought the cousin was the cutest..........haha. Anyway, I was too shy to talk to either of them at that time.
Years later, I was "cruising" the parking lots here in our town and he asked me what I was doing out riding around by myself and I stopped to say hi and be nice. He asked me to go out the next Friday which was October 5, 1987. We have been together since then.
There have been good and bad times as with any relationship but I could not have put together a description of a man and given it to God and it came out any better than my husband.
He stands by me and he loves me no matter what. He loves the few pounds I have put on over 20 years. He loves the way I cry and carry on for no reason sometimes. He loves the way I put his uniform together for him before he goes to work. He loves it when I cook breakfast for supper. He loves me.........and I am glad.
We have two wonderful kids. Our son will be 20 in February and our daughter is 13. We have a housecat named Shadow and a boston terrier named Oreo.
We love God and each other now probably more than ever.

[Crystal]

My husband & I met on America Online of all places!! We were both chatting in the Knoxville, TN chat room, and we started talking in an IM. One of my friends had already met him, so when he asked to call me - I knew he wasn't a psycho so I said yes. We talked on the phone until the sun came up & we decided to meet later that day. We took a quick nap, and then met at Cozymel's in Knoxville. The rest is history. We were only together for 4 months before one morning he said "Let's get married today" and I said "Okay!" We went to the court house, filled out the necessary paperwork, and went to a park to meet the justice of the peace. Of course then we had the difficulty of telling our parents (it was horrible!!) but my mom thinks he hung the moon & his parents are pretty fond of me too. We now have been married for 9 years, and we have 3 sweet babies.

[aejones2]

love your story, crystal!

i dated the same guy from age 16 until i was 22. we were just never meant to be together (kinda like that new kelly clarkson song). so when i graduated college, i moved back home for a while and was going out a lot with my cousin and her friends. one night we ran into a guy who used to work at a local gas station that is my dad's #1 hangout spot. i always thought he was the cutest thing, but he's 8 yrs older, so when you're 10, you never really think you'd date that person. ANYWAYS, we saw him out that night and we started talking about what each other had been up to, and later that week we friended each other on myspace (which i had at the time) and facebook. he gave me his number and told me to call next time i was going out and he'd do the same. so one night i had met a friend for cocktails after work and was texting with him. told him he should come out. my friend left not long after he showed up and the two of us stayed there for a couple of hours just chatting away. when we went to the parking lot to leave, my vodka mouth asked if we could make out lol he was a bit thrown off to say the least but i got the kisses i wanted! it sounds so hooker-ish to re-tell it, but oh well. that was early january and we've been dating ever since. it's so weird & awesome to come home and find what you've needed all along. reminds me of a quote, "sometimes where you belong is right back where you started from." i really think he's "the one."


p.s. he doesn't work at the gas station now...lol...he's a procurement specialist for a national company (even though i do joke that he should clean my windshield when we stop for gas)

[!Ashley!]

Great stories, girls!

I met Jonathan at the beginning of my junior year (last year). He walked in to my psychology stats class and sat next to me. I thought he was cute and for some reason I just had this feeling about him. I tried to think of stuff to say to him all week but I couldn't think of anything. so Thursday night I was working on homework and got the idea to email him about some problems I was having. (I figured out my problem soon after but decided to email him anyway ;-) )I got his email off the class roster list...it was easy to find him since there were only 2 guys in the entire class. He emailed me back later that night and said to call him if I needed any more help and gave me his number. So I did call him later with some legit problems and he helped me. He also added me on facebook. (little did he know I had already checked out his facebook to see if he was single...I'm such a stalker!) The next day in class we had an awkward conversation lol but later that night he found my screen name on FB and IMed me. we chatted for a couple hours online and somewhere in there I mentioned that if he wanted to hang out sometime that weekend, I'd be up for it. he asked if I had meant "hang out" like go to a party together or on a date. I said I don't know, either would be fine. so then he asked if I wanted to go to dinner with him. The next night, after going out with my friends, I went to hang out at his place and the next night he took me to this really nice restaurant and the rest is history. We've been together for a year and 3 months. We're moving in together after we graduate next spring and plan to get married someday down the road as well. :-)
I truly feel there is a reason we ended up in a class together. He's the greatest guy I've ever known. He's always there for me no matter what and puts up with my moods which is VERY important. I consider myself very lucky to have such a wonderful guy in my life.



first picture ever taken of us



more recently (on halloween)

[Jen Goz]

I'm another internet story like Crystal

Back in the Myspace days (9th grade) I used to just add people who had a lot of friends added on top of adding my friends. Somewhere along the line I added this guy Chris, who was the guy in high school everyone knew; he was a jock but the really friendly one. Well Chris messaged me with the usual What's up? We go to school together... blah blah haha. We ended up talking on AIM every night, and eventually we would call eachother every night and talk for 3-4 hours at a time. We still hadn't seen eachother in person, but come yearbook time he wanted me to sign his so we planned to meet up after classes were out. We met up and walked home together after because he lives 2 blocks away from me.

Well technically Chris had a girlfriend from a few towns over. He had talked about her to me and how they never saw eachother and she just never seemed to care. A few days after we had met, he asked me out. I asked him if he had broken up with his other girlfriend and he said that he was going to he just had not talked to her in awhile. Well I wasn't going to turn him down... I know, bad person I am, but I really liked him! He broke up with her the day after, and what she doesn't know won't hurt her I guess. She knows that we were together after they broke up though so fair enough.

Chris and I have been together since, although we have hit 2 rough patches. The last time we split was for the summer after my senior year because we both really needed space. Two weeks before I was leaving for school he contacted me and asked me to have lunch with him. That lead to a really romantic reuniting, but I won't bore you all with that, haha. We will have been together for 5 years in June

I'm really lucky to have someone who loves me and respects me at such a young age. We have plans to eventually marry, but for now his family basically considers me their daughter anyway. And now after writing this I miss my baby! But home tomorrow night to see him, hehe.

Love reading everyone's stories!

[pkaugust]

I loved reading everyone's stories too! I'm so late on all these topics, for being off the boards so long.

I have known Paul since I was in 8th grade (I am now a junior in college, 20 and Paul is 27, he finished his Master's in Jazz Performance this past May). He was an instructor in a extra-curricular music program I was a student in (I know, scandalous) - but he was never MY teacher. He was the youngest teacher in the program and all of the teenie-bopper girls, and high school girls thought he was so cute, "Oh Mr. Geresy this or that" - none of which he will admit to recollecting, haha. Anyway, because of that I vowed I never wanted to be one of those girls who was all over him and avoided him like the plague. That went well till I was a junior in high school. My ex-best friend was a mutual friend of ours, he was like a brother to Paul and to me. It's another story about how he became an ex-best friend... Anyway, that friend gave Paul my information - screenname, etc randomly for reasons Paul doesn't remember and we talked for many months before going out together as friends (to the mall to help him get some things for his three week backpacking trip in Europe). The relationship has many chapters to it, but that was the beginning. It was a particularly difficult semester for us this past one - to which I told Paul "You are either one hell of a guy or one hell of a fool" and what does this remarkable man say? "I love you because when my arms are around you, I know everything is fine - because I want children with you and when I see our future together, I love it" This man is nothing short of a miracle and I'm not sure what I did to please God that he gave me Paul but I'm sure as heck not going to mess it up!

[chelseab45]

Kathleen, your story truly touched me. You are a very strong woman.

Mikey and I met on myspace of all places back in June of 2005 through a mutual friend. He was living in New York at the time so it was very hard to make a relationship work. However, on Oct. 22, 2005 we made it official. I was 16 and he was 20. He would come and visit me every couple weeks and finally in late January of 2006 he moved to Ohio He proposed to me on my may 5, 2008 on my 19th birthday while I was at work. He got me a baby kitten (Casper) and tied the ring around his neck and proposed to me at work. We've been together now over 4 years, we will get married probably in 2012 after I graduate college.

here are 2 pictures of us from when we first met back in 2005




and here we are now