My best friend introduced me and the bf. They went to college together, and he graduated and moved to my city. She was visiting me for a few days in January and suggested we hang out with him. It wasn’t an actual setup but he IMed me a few days later and we hit it off.
On a blind date. I thought he was an arrogant, self centered bastard and he thought I was a mouthy, opinionated so-and-so. We each went home and declared “never again, ick.”.
So then we got married.
Well, no, there were some other things in there. But the truth is, I still think (more than a decade later) that he is an arrogant, self centered bastard and he still thinks I am an opinionated, mouthy so-and-so. On’y, that wasn’t all there was.
Thirded. I met my fiancee at a Dopefest in Atlanta. We’re hoping to webcast our wedding in a thread here in August!
Met my honey at a Dopefest, although neither of us pursued the matter after first meeting. We saw one another again a year later at another Doper gathering, met for lunch a few weeks after that, and have since been outrageously happy with one another.
Friend had the spark of genius: F_PUB reminds me uncannily of Boy. So she introduced as at a party and we hit it off. Still going 18 months later, 300km apart :(.
Met previous boyfriend at Police Rangers; sort of a cadets program for high school kids. Essentially we did courses over a term, Bronze Medal, Small Boat License and some driving skills if we were old enough. It was brilliant coz you were guaranteed to see each other every week in a relaxed environment.
My roommate and I had just picked up the MMORPG FFXI. We were fans of George R. R. Martin’s Songs of Ice and Fire books, so like the good little nerds we are, we named ourselves after characters in the series.
One night, my roommate noticed another player with a name from SoI&F. They started talking. My roommate yelled across the apartment for me to come meet this guy, saying that despite the origin of his name and the fact he was playing an MMO, he seemed pretty normal. I finished nuking a bunny and went over to say hi.
That was three years ago. He’ll be moving 2400 miles to live with me come August.
I can remember it as if it were yesterday. I was at a party, quite a posh affair, and I didn’t really know anyone there. I was making small talk with strangers and not really enjoying myself at all. In fact, I was planning on leaving early.
And then this gorgeous vision walked in. I can still remember the blue dress she wore, the way she had her hair in ringlets over her ears … I recall exactly her delicate makeup, the way she carried herself. Her face was mysterious yet beguiling, her figure a delight in curves, her gait measured but sinuous.
It was as if nothing else at all existed, not just in the room but in the whole Universe. I’ll swear the whole room fell silent as she came through the door and walked over to a free table and sat down alone, a slight smile playing on her lips. I knew then that if I didn’t summon the courage to introduce myself to this beautiful person, I would never forgive myself for the rest of my miserable, solitary existence.
My heart thumping, I walked carefully over to her and quietly introduced myself, a tremor in my voice. Would she care for a dance?
She told me to fuck off, so I married someone else.
Only kidding.
I met my boyfriend on OKCupid. Five months later I’m still quite amazed that we ever managed to find each other, because a) we’re both over 30 (unusual on that site), and b) under “normal” circumstances I would never have written to him. I’m so grateful for whatever made the stars align just right on that day!
Exactamundo.
I blame Usenet. Really, I do.
I also met him here.
I met my wife in a bar. We started chatting, hit it off, and the rest is history.
Together almost 10 years. Married almost 8.
Met my sweetheart in college, when we were both on a semester abroad in London. Wooed her our last year of college, had a long-distance romance for the better part of a year (she was in Vermont, I was in Ohio), then lived together for almost a year before getting married. We celebrate our 17th wedding anniversary in August.
I’ve never dated someone that I didn’t meet online first, through dating sites, in the 10 years or so that I’ve been dating.
Although my current boyfriend is someone I met via a BBS many years ago when we were 14 (it was not a dating site). We re-connected last year via BBSMates.com (a place to find all those weirdos you used to chat with back in the Dark Ages) and found we had a lot in common and started dating. We had gone on our first date when we were 14 and never spoke again until we were 26
Being that my “finding a date” experience is so limited, I enjoy reading about how the rest of the world hooks up!
After two months of brush-offs and psychos, I was ready to give up.
Then she e-mailed me. We met and had a great first date – saw a movie and had dinner, talking the whole time. The date ended in a handshake and we went our separate ways. I e-mailed her on Wednesday (the first date was on the previous Saturday) asking if she’d like to go to a jazzfest in Boston then off to get some sushi at a place in Cambridge.
She accepted, and the rest is history. We’re getting married in 5 weeks.
I met him the old fashioned way. I picked him up in a bar. Which, now, sadly is closed (but we have most of the memorabilia from inside it so it’s ok.)
I met mine in the course of his work. He was the electrician remodeling my mom’s place of work. (She actually introduced us.)
I met my husband one summer during high school. We were both working at the same summer camp. I disliked him instantly. He tried to sleep with any girl who had a pulse. If I saw him, I would turn around and go elsewhere. He thought I was a stuck up bitch. Truth be told, I had a huge crush on his older brother. Fast forward a year, back at summer camp. I was sitting on a picnic table at orientation and he walked in, as if he owned the place, cocky bastard. I turned to my best friend and said, “I want that.” Two weeks later, we were a couple. I was 17, he was 21. We’ve been together for almost 16 years, married for 14 and have 3 kids. Just goes to show that first impressions aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.
Weird. We’ve been together 10 years, and married almost 8.
I answered his Yahoo!Personals ad, he lived 40 minutes away, we set up a meet, a date, a sleep-over, met the families, got married. All in a brief 2 years, married 5 years in August, hope to meet fellow Dopers at the Viva Las Dopers this summer. ** Drachillix** introduced me to the SDMB after the first dinner he made me at his house, a sly way to lure me into his sleeping chambers.
“Look! A computer! Look at this great site! Look! My bed! You could stay the night!”
I met mine in my Judo club. I beat him up, he asked me out. We were both going out of town the next week so we decided whoever got back first would call the other one to set up a date. I was going to Florida and he was going to North Carolina. By coinsidence, we both had lay-overs in Chicago and ran into eachother in a sandwich shop at the O’Hare aiport. We decided it was fate and have been together for four years now, married almost two.