Anniversary - Get the tissues

[Danyale]

20 year a go I married my best friend. Not just guy I was in love with, but my literal best friend. From the moment I met him, we laughed a lot. Worked many emergency scenes together. We bon-fired and even danced a time or two on a day off when we would "run" into each other while out living single lives - mine when I could find a babysitter, haha!



This sweet guy didn't have a dime to his name, asked me to be his with a ring of string. He didn't make grand gestures. Just asked me to be his and let him be mine with a simple "Believe in me. In us." He said many many other words down on his knee with a hand on his heart and tears in those eyes - but those words are the ones I remember the most.

Do you have a sweet story of your wedding/relationship story too share? Do you document every year or just the milestone ones - although isn't every year a milestone?

 

[crystalbella77]

Awww I love this so much! Happy anniversary!

My hubby and I had a rocky start and it's still hard to talk about....we ran off and eloped when I was 18 and had gotten kicked out of my house. I feel like life has thrown every single terrible thing it could at us. It has been so amazing basically growing up and growing closer and he has turned into an amazing man!!! He's such a great leader and the best dad!! We pretty much have had to go through everything alone and we are both stronger and closer because of it. It will be 14 years this year. <3 <3

I usually do a page every year of some kind for us or for him. I wish I had photos or wedding photos so usually I go photo less or get creative

 

[jesskab]

We met in high school. I saw him picking up trash with a balloon on his backpack. Our school gave everyone a balloon on his/her birthday, so I knew it was his birthday. I said "No one should have to pick up trash on their birthday" & hugged him. We were 17 & he fell in love. I was already seeing someone. He spent the whole summer wooing me & I finally said yes. We eloped when we were 23 & had a wedding 2 years later. We had our 1st son when were 30 & the next 2 years later. We're 38 now & have been together over half our lives. It's never been easy, but more & more I see us growing apart. We just don't care about the same things in life. I document all of that. I'm very open, I scrap about life, not just the good stuff. That's just where we're at. I don't know what the future will hold, but I believe in acknowledging the present & living life as best I can.

 

[mrs2a50]

@Danyale - what a wonderful story!! I feel truly blessed to have found my soulmate - married 22 years this year. Our first date was January 17, and we got married on June 17, so the 17th of every month is deemed "date night."

 

[Danyale]

Awww I love this so much! Happy anniversary!
My hubby and I had a rocky start and it's still hard to talk about....we ran off and eloped when I was 18 and had gotten kicked out of my house. I feel like life has thrown every single terrible thing it could at us. It has been so amazing basically growing up and growing closer and he has turned into an amazing man!!! He's such a great leader and the best dad!! We pretty much have had to go through everything alone and we are both stronger and closer because of it. It will be 14 years this year. <3 <3
I usually do a page every year of some kind for us or for him. I wish I had photos or wedding photos so usually I go photo less or get creative

Wow, that is hard, especially for a beginning! This happened to some friends of mine, and they are on 22yrs - so there is something to say about forging ahead together and making through the fire, haha! Such a sweet story when you view it that way ♥ I love that we have some photos - disposables cameras all the rage, ugh. LOL! Creative would help, I need to do that to add to my album

We met in high school. I saw him picking up trash with a balloon on his backpack. Our school gave everyone a balloon on his/her birthday, so I knew it was his birthday. I said "No one should have to pick up trash on their birthday" & hugged him. We were 17 & he fell in love. I was already seeing someone. He spent the whole summer wooing me & I finally said yes. We eloped when we were 23 & had a wedding 2 years later. We had our 1st son when were 30 & the next 2 years later. We're 38 now & have been together over half our lives. It's never been easy, but more & more I see us growing apart. We just don't care about the same things in life. I document all of that. I'm very open, I scrap about life, not just the good stuff. That's just where we're at. I don't know what the future will hold, but I believe in acknowledging the present & living life as best I can.

aw "No one should have to pick up trash on their birthday" - that is simply so sweet for a first line from anyone. Who else can say that. EVER, bwahahaha!

@Danyale - what a wonderful story!! I feel truly blessed to have found my soulmate - married 22 years this year. Our first date was January 17, and we got married on June 17, so the 17th of every month is deemed "date night."

I love that idea! We do date night every other month at least, but never with such perfect goal day in mind! I may have to try that to remind us - hey it's that time again, dood.

 

[carrie1977]

Awww...what a great story...I love it!

Matt and I met at a mutual friends wedding in October of 1999. He was a groomsman and I was a guest. He looked so handsome in his tuxedo and we ended up on the dance floor together. I had just gotten out of a relationship that had started to turn into a very possessive boyfriend so I wasn't looking for anything. I was there to have a good time and celebrate my friends getting married. Well, the wedding was held at a lakeside resort in the mountains. I lost the key to my car sometime that night and he offered his chalet for me and the friend I brought with me to sleep in. We had breakfast together the next morning while I waited for my mom to bring me my spare key. We've been together ever since. So, what started as a night of fun turned into a lasting relationship.

 

[LynnG]

Happy Anniversary.

DH and I fell in love when I was dating his flatmate (roommate in US speak I think) although we had first met at journalism school 18 months earlier. Fortunately the friend took it well and was our best man and did a great speech in rhyming verse for us.

 

[scrapsandsass]

I met my hubby in a convoluted chain of events because my grandma got hit by a car. :/ She loves to take credit for it, btw. It is a long story, and I actually wrote it up as a fictionalized novella for him as a wedding gift (that he never read ). We've been friends for 15 years, dated, moved in together, and then finally married... we just celebrated our 11th anniversary last week.

 

[~Mary]

Tomorrow is our 20th wedding anniversary. I met him at church. He liked me but I didn't like him. I thought he was cute, though. One Sunday we had a terrible storm and I lived an hour's drive away. Our priest insisted that Michael stay with me until the storm was over and then lock up. He was so laid back, I was so uptight and always stressed. Eventually we started dating and I complained to our priest that Michael was boring and not my type. He wisely told me that I did a horrible job picking out men so let him pick one for me. He was right. The first few years were not easy at all - we clashed over every little thing. We were committed, though, and he was an incredible dad to my girls. Over time I mellowed out some and he upped his ambition a few notches....and over the years we've become best friends as well as lovers. We're a great team - we balance each other like I never thought would be possible. He's the romantic one, I am not, so he's all excited about our anniversary tomorrow and we have plans to Skype for sure. (He's currently away on an army mission.) I am so very glad I listened to my priest and stuck with Michael. I can't imagine my life with anyone else.

 

[MandaKay]

Happy Anniversary Danyale! We share an anniversary...my husband and I got married 15 years ago today!

I met him at a party - I was only 18 - he 21. I used to smoke (when I was a rebel child), and I actually burned him in the eye that first night we met. He also asked if I would marry him that first night (I think that was after I said I would cook and clean - and definitely there were some booze involved) LOL! Anyway - I was kind of on and off dating my highschool sweetheart at the time - knowing that that relationship was going no where, but not quite ready to give it up. My now husband and I stayed close friends and saw eachother often - he never gave up on me! I finally came to the realization that he was the man of my dreams and I needed to move on with him! It was all history from there and we got married when I was 20 - both of us were trades work people (me cosmetology, he construction), so no college to contend with! I would definitely consider him my best friend. We have built 4 homes together (challenging years in our marriage each time - LOL), have 3 beautiful daughters, 2 dogs, and we love doing life together (most the time)! Another funny fact...his Dad was in my parents wedding - our dads were real good friends growing up, but we had never met until after highschool.

Love hearing all these stories - it always amazes me to hear how people come together!

 

[Danyale]

Happy Anniversary Danyale! We share an anniversary...my husband and I got married 15 years ago today!

I met him at a party - I was only 18 - he 21. I used to smoke (when I was a rebel child), and I actually burned him in the eye that first night we met. He also asked if I would marry him that first night (I think that was after I said I would cook and clean - and definitely there were some booze involved) Another funny fact...his Dad was in my parents wedding - our dads were real good friends growing up, but we had never met until after highschool.

That is sooo cool! We married almost eactly 3 months after our 1st date. My husband asked me to marry him technically the 1st night we sort of looked at each other as more than friends, hahaha! He said it jokingly, but later - 6 weeks when he actually proposed - said he meant every word - he just couldn't believe it came out of his mouth. We had never even kissed - just friends at that point, haha! That's crazy we both had similar things happen with our goofy guys.

Matt and I met at a mutual friends wedding in October of 1999. He was a groomsman and I was a guest. He looked so handsome in his tuxedo and we ended up on the dance floor together. I had just gotten out of a relationship that had started to turn into a very possessive boyfriend so I wasn't looking for anything. I was there to have a good time and celebrate my friends getting married. Well, the wedding was held at a lakeside resort in the mountains. I lost the key to my car sometime that night and he offered his chalet for me and the friend I brought with me to sleep in. We had breakfast together the next morning while I waited for my mom to bring me my spare key. We've been together ever since. So, what started as a night of fun turned into a lasting relationship.

Sigh ... a dashing knight in shining armor. double sigh ♥

Happy Anniversary.

DH and I fell in love when I was dating his flatmate (roommate in US speak I think) although we had first met at journalism school 18 months earlier. Fortunately the friend took it well and was our best man and did a great speech in rhyming verse for us.

hahaha, what a great sport! My sister had a similar situation and he ended up being her now husband's best man. WHAT?!?! lol - love always win ♥

I met my hubby in a convoluted chain of events because my grandma got hit by a car. :/ She loves to take credit for it, btw. It is a long story, and I actually wrote it up as a fictionalized novella for him as a wedding gift (that he never read ).

uhm, what?!?! Poor Grandma and wow a book! That is a very unique beginning, haha!

Tomorrow is our 20th wedding anniversary. I met him at church. He liked me but I didn't like him. (He's currently away on an army mission.) I am so very glad I listened to my priest and stuck with Michael. I can't imagine my life with anyone else.

Poor guy, haha. This just gave me warm fuzzies - despite the cold beginning, out of that came love - it is all good.

 

[jk703]

Happy Anniversary! I'm wishing you a wonderful day and happiness in the next 20 years!


DH and I were introduced in college, he liked my friend, and didn't notice me at all. I didn't notice him much either, I had just broken it off with my ex of 7 years. (I also had blonde hair at the time, and we joke and say he ignored me until I went red!)

We then met at a college fraternity party about 6 months later. I was DD, and was trying to get the pinball machine to work. I went up to a bunch of the guys for help, and he ended up helping me. He says he just turned it on, but I don't buy it. I tried that! So... by the end of the night, since I was DD, I drove some of my sorority sisters home, and a couple of the brothers. He was one of them. (That ride is a story in itself!)

Fast forward another month, and we were hanging out at a local bar across the street from my apartment. He was there, and we got to talking. He asked for my number. No paper around, but I had a pen, so I wrote it BIG (really big) on his arm.

The next day, I get a phone call from my a couple of my sisters who lived on campus. They were calling to check that I gave my phone number out and to who. I said he had it on his arm... they looked and it was clean. He sheepishly (I was told) said he forgot, and when he got up, he showered. After, he had an "Oh, crap!" moment and ran down the hall to their room. We all couldn't stop laughing. DH and I still laugh about it almost 14 years later.

Even though he didn't graduate, college actually made us a strong couple. Friends, trust and communication were learned. Plus, it makes for hilarious stories that I will eventually tell our boys! HAHA!

 

[michelepixels]

Happy anniversary @Danyale and @~Mary and @MandaKay !

I replied to Robert's personal ad on Prodigy, one of the earliest internet providers in June 1994. He wasn't the first. My mom had just introduced me to Prodigy the previous winter and I met several guys that spring via the Prodigy personal ads. The experiences varied, but all were interesting! After a few emails and a phone call with Robert during which he asked, "So would you like to see my face?" we arranged to meet at my favorite park by the ocean, Ellen Browning Scripps Park in La Jolla, CA. He lived in Studio City (Los Angeles County).

We fell in love quickly and got engaged the following October! He hadn't planned to propose. We had spent all day together and in the middle of a discussion he said, "Someday, when we're more financially stable, will you marry me?" We had a long engagement and married July 13, 1996. So we'll be celebrating our 20th anniversary this year too.

 

[lorryfach]

I met my DH online, in what is basically a chatroom for computer programmers. We were definitely not looking for romance. I thought he was funny and helpful, and somehow we just ended up talking to each other more and more. He was still in university, and he decided to come visit during his spring break. Our first week together in person was the subject of my very first digi-scrapbook. That was spring 2005 and for the next two years, one of us flew to the other one every time there was a school break. We got married over spring break 2007 when we were still living in different countries. A couple months later, I was finally able to quit my job and move to Denmark.

 

[Sokee]

I love reading all these happy stories!

I saw my hubby (April 5th we will be married 30 years) across the parking lot and my heart did a flip flop (a church youth group outing) took a photo of him without him realizing it. Showed it to a girlfriend who did know him. She showed him my photo and long story short we all went out on a double date..... 4 months later he asked me to marry him and I said yes. WE set the date for our one year anniversary from our first date. He is still my best friend and the one who still makes my heart go flip flop 30 years later.
Oh when we got married I was still 19 and he was 24.

 

[Chel]

I totally LOVE reading all of these stories!

The short version (I could fill up a thread) is that I feel in love with him the moment I saw him in 1989 - my 8th grade year. It took him longer to figure it out. BUT he did and we were engaged before I finished HS in May of 1994. We got engaged by a poem that he wrote and mailed to me. Hubby was in the Navy at the time and wanted us to be engaged before I left HS. I think he was was worried I might go off into the big world after I graduated and find someone else. LOL! We got married in March of 1995.

 

[3littleks]

Mine handed me a ring while we were sitting on the couch watching tv. I don't think he even asked me. I was pregnant so there was no fanfare or excitement. Just a quick "here." lol
We have been through so much in the last 12 years, though. 3 kids, separation, re-connection and a cross country move. Who knows what is to come for the rest of our lives.

 

[lorryfach]

Mine handed me a ring while we were sitting on the couch watching tv. I don't think he even asked me. I was pregnant so there was no fanfare or excitement. Just a quick "here." lol

This reminds me. When I was a kid, I asked my mom about her engagement and wedding stuff, and I was all excited to hear about my dad's hidden romantic side. Apparently the proposal was "wanna do this?" and she doesn't even remember what she wore to the wedding, the date for which was chosen because it was a long weekend from college. Oh my poor, silly kid-self. But in September they will have 50 years of marriage, so they've got the important stuff!

 

[klee73010]

DH and I celebrate 6 years married in July.
We first met in early July of '09, when I was visiting his roommate. He and I were formally introduced later that month at that same roommate's birthday party. I was actually friends with the roommate's sister for more than 10 years at that time, and was sort of hanging out with her. She was talking about "this guy, Jimmy" and was in the process of finding and pointing him out to me, when he actually was walking up behind me, reading my name in Japanese from my butterfly tattoo. His first "real look" at my face was me turning around at double speed with pure shock and excitement on my face that he could read my name in Japanese. We started unofficially dating, while I was busy "staying single" (which really just meant I was playing the field, unwilling to give up the current fling), but by the end of September, I asked if he wanted to be in "official boyfriend status". We were in love by October, engaged in Feb, and married July 30th 2010.