In this item, Grexers may share stories of how they met their spouses or
significant others. Some of these stories can be pretty interesting, but even
the standard "we were introduced" can be cool too. For those who are single,
it gives us hope (or warning). Even if you are not dating/married to/involved
with a person anymore, the story of how you met can be worth sharing. Have
at it...

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Well I will Go first Bee....

        I met my wife of 8 years now, when I was asophmore in high school...
I was at my girlfriend New Year's Eve party and met her best friend...Fell
in love instantly....Needless to say they aren't best friends anymore..But
it has been wonderful ever since...

I'd tell my story if I had one. I mean to me it just seems so weird to just
happen to walk into a place where "The One" just happens to be there and you
two just happen to get to talking....

One cool story I heard was that a couple met when he was a groomsman in a
wedding and had to escort her down the ails for a seat in the church (ails?
eep. Aisles... Stupid lag). One better was a story where a woman just met her
husband by chance in a bookstore. She thought he was cute and managed to talk
to him. Things got rolling and they've been married for 9 years now... and
this was after this woman had been set up on blind date after date, or seated
next to bachelors at parties for years.

My cousin met his wife when they both happened to be outside.. she was jogging
and he was walking the dog. They lived in nearby apt. complexes. They just
started talking. I mean it's odd for me to think that you don't realize it,
but what you think is a routine day turns out to be one that changes your life
forever.

my favorite story...a friend of a friend works for Bell Atlantic as
an operator, he is one of those guys who answers when you dial "411"
for information.  One day a woman called information, asking him 
for some listing that was hard to find.  She kept trying to think of
what street the person she wanted to reach might live on, because
that person had a common name.

Anyway, after ten minutes, he said she couldnt tie up information any
longer, but agreed to call her back on her number to keep helping her.
So he called her back and helped her some more.  He realized they were 
hitting it off and asked her out.  They were married a year later.

This woman called information and ended up falling in love with the 
operator!  Truth is stranger than fiction.

I met my "to be" wife, Nancy, in Pine Valley Apartments, where we both lived.
One January day, she asked me if I would carry out her Christmas tree and .
. . . . . . . 

 I met my ex-girlfriend, Holly while walking to the bowling alley. I was going
to take advantage of a sunday morning special (all you can bowl for $5)
Anyhow, I saw her walking her pet dalmation, and recalling that I once had
2 dalmations, I stopped to pet her dog, then I cordially asked her out for
lunch. That lasted 6 months. We did have some severe arguements, but there
were some lasting, loving moments as well. I wonder whatever became of her.

Ime:help
i I met my ex-wife about 8years ago in college doing a theatrical production
we we were playing love opposites. I left my girlfriend of two years to pursue
   a relationship with her, we were married 9 months later.

I met my wife in Potato Cave, Kentucky, in 1975.

I met my wife in 1984, we both worked at the same place.  At first we hated
each other but as we had to work together we then went on down the road to
together forever.

I met my wife in 1957. We were in the 7th grade, and her locker was next to
mine. Honest. Well, we didn't start dating until much later, though.
In the 7th grade, my interest in her was primarily as someone I could get the 
homework from. I didn't appreciate her other features until much later.

I first met my last SO, naked, in a mutual friend's hottub.
I've never had much patience for smalltalk. :-)
That relationship lasted about 4 years. We're still friends.

I arrested otter in 1989 on a warrant for mopery.

<bubu cakcles>

...sniff!!... Jealous am I. That operator story kills me. Dod any of you know
right away that he/she was the one you were going to marry? I know of 2
instances where this happened. 1.) Guy met girl, guy just KNEW immediately
she was the one, got engaged 5 mos. later, now married for 2 years. 2.) Guy
was waiting in  a hallway of a record company. Saw girl dressed in dirty
t-shirt and jeans walk by, she worked in shipping. Girl smiled at him. Guy
said to himself, "that's the woman I'm going to marry." Guy called his Mom,
living 400 miles away, and said he'd just seen The One. Mom asked the girl's
name and he didn't know. Followed girl down hall and asked her out. She said
she was dating someone. Guy didn't care. Went on date. Got engaged in 4 weeks.
Married for 15 years now, and 5 kids.

i met my hubby over on mnet. got to know him some during happy hours
and picofests.
i'm not sure if i made a good impression on him at first.. he
sure didnt make one on me.
eventually we started hanging out. over the years he became my best friend.
i dont think we ever officially went on a "date".
one day we realized that we were more than best friends.

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  A friend of mine met his wife at 7-11.  She was the cashier working
graveyard shift at 7-11.  He came in for anti-freeze for his car and
some coffee.  It was love at first sight.  They talked for two hours
in the store and when her shifted, they went back to his place and had
sex, (all told about three hours after they met)  They've been
happily married for several years now.

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ummm....well...i met marc on a sat. morn. walk.  :)  got to know him over the
next few days, and then made him go to grexstock.  :)

I like the idea of being friends first and ralizing it's more thamn that.
(sorry abou the typos, it's late). I began karate lessons again last month
after a long hiatus. I vaguely recall meeting a guy named Ken, also a white
belt like me. A few weeks later I noticed he was hanging around to talk to
me (the same thing I do when I like someone). At first I didn't think much
of him and didn't pay attention to him. Thought he was sweet and nice and
there wasn't much of a chance of me wanting to date him. But that attitude
has changed lately... I cought myself looking at him and thinking "He's
gorgeous," which I hadn't thought before. We're talking more and more when
we see each other. Not sure what is happening yet, but I am still afriad he
thinks I will say No if he asks me out. Also, if things did not work out, we'd
still have to see each other weekly in karate class. We'll likely test
together for our yellow belts in 2 weeks (one part of the test must be done
with a partner on your level). But as of now I like talking to him and he's
funny too. 

What do y'all think?

Oh, Happy Easter (and Happy Passover too).

All the best beeswing!
may things swing in your favor!

Re #19:  beeswing, why don't *you* ask *him* out?

ref #15: Mopery is the act of exposing yourself to a blind person. (truth!)
The warrant and arrest were a joke, but he really did take me out of work in
handcuffs. It was an elaborate scheme, arranged by my sister, to get me a day
off from work.
Part of the deal was that I had to take him somewhere nice and buy him lunch.
I knew he was The One when I saw him come into the store; it took a 
couple of years and a thump on the head from a dear friend (rest well, 
Tony) for him to figure it out.

ref #19: I'll second that, bees. If you enjoy talking to him, ask him out 
for a casual cup after class.

Yes, I know I should ask him out. And waiting for a man to decide my fate is
against everything I stand for as a feminist. I think we're chicken on both
parts. Tjinmg is I'm not sure what he would like.... we'd go out for a drink
but I don't know if he drinks or not. (Tjinmg...gawd. make that Thing).

The coffee after class thing is not quite feasible. After class we are all
sweaty, groos, and stinky. And all we want to do is go home, hose off, and
go to sleep. It's sometimes as late as 9:30 at night when we're done.
Ugh it's junior high revisited!

Ask him to join you for a Dairy Queen.

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I'm sure he drinks *something*.  Humans are 98% water.  :)  If he's
interested, it won't really matter where you go.  And if he says no, well,
you can bemoan it here and we'll have sympathy for you.  (Really!)

  I forgot to mention, Dirk and Meg (my friends from the 7-11 story)
have children now.  They usually stop in the 7-11 on their anniversary,
or at least they always did when they still lived in that town. 

Anniversary dinner at 7-11. Get me a Slurpee honey! 

I see HIM tomorrow night. I will keep you posted. 

I met my wife in a ski club I belonged to.  Knew her for a few years 
before we got together at the clubs orphans Thanksgiving dinner.  To
top it off, she called me for our first date.  ;)

Neither of us (nette and I) remember when we first met.  It may have been the
first day of AP History, or it may have been before that.  However, we became
friends, and remained only friends for years, and now we are more than
friends.  It took us long enough to realize... 

I don't think my parents remember meeting for the first time either. 

Well?

   My parents met when my mother was attending Michigan State Normal College
and my father was attending U of M. My father was my mother's roommate's blind
date one night, and my mother was working the Goodison Hall switchboard when
my father arrived to take her roommate out. Less than a month later, my
father asked my mother out. If I remember the story correctly, their first
date was at Drake's.

   I met my ex-wife in 1989, during an rpg-ing session at a friend's house.
She was visiting someone else who was ill and also lived in the same 
apartment, and asked for a ride home when the rpg-ing was over. I was the 
only one going towards Ypsi. To make a long story a bit shorter, we told 
each other our life stories on the way to her house, and then she invited 
me in and got her then-husband to cook dinner for us. Four months later, 
she and her husband were separated and I had moved in. (I said I was 
gonna make it short. ;)

My parents met when they were both at UM, and the plumbing in my mom's house
broke.  One of her roommates knew my dad (his father was a pipefitter) and
so called him over.  When my mom walked in, he was half under the sink.  

my parents met since my aunt and my dad's roomie were dating.  a few months
later my dad told my mom to get a divorce so that they could get married(my
mom was seperated from her first hubby, but that's it)

Jerod (my ex-boyfriend) and I were both in Marching Band.  I was in the Color
Guard, and he was a snare drummer.  Our uniforms are black, and he had
forgotten his black socks.  Seeing me taping my gloves with black electrical
tape (it holds them tight to my wrists), he asked if I would come over and
wrap tape around his white socks.  (The illusion was perfect from the stands).
Anyway, after I taped his socks, he asked if I would go to the bathroom and
get him some toilet paper to stuff in the heels of his socks to prevent
blisters from his new shoes.  He was a rookie, so I went easy onhim and didn't
harass him (much) about his socks.  After the game, we went to a movie, and
we were together for about four months.  We're dear friends now.  =)

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