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I met my hubby 40 year ago today at 10:30 am, in the break area of a job i worked part time, He worked full time
 
We met 11 years ago, online, in a nerdy place for nerds to do nerd things. (I've learned most people don't know what I'm talking about when I try to be more specific. That's how nerdy it is. :P )
 
Lol Lorry! :)

We were introduced through family. In a couple weeks - it's going to be 9 yrs to the day :)
 
We met the first time 6 years ago last week. I was actually meeting up with/hitting on his roommate O_o
I paid him almost no attention.
The next time (6 years ago next weekend), I was at that same house, but for a birthday party. He read my name in Japanese from the tattoo on my back, I turned around with a very surprised smile and then he had my attention :)
 
I interviewed my husband for a job with the company we now both work for! Ha ha! In my defense I wasn't interviewing for a husband and we were friends for years before we became romantically involved. Still sounds funny when I tell people that's how we met.
 
That's hilarious Karen!!!! I am guessing he must have totally rocked your interview! Lol :)
 
My husband and I met in college... specifically at a fraternity party, over a game of pinball! I was DD that night and looking for something to do, lol!
 
I met my husband where we both worked, 40 years ago this September. Two things about us are that he never actually asked me to marry him - he just started planning our wedding with my future god mother.... lol - and we knew each other less than a year when we walked down the isle in the Greek church. Think of me like the groom in "My big fat Greek Wedding". I guess he thought I might get away..
 
I met my husband 48 years ago (in September) at a registration dance sponsored by Washington State University my 4th day on campus (I was an incoming freshman and he was a transferring junior). He asked me to dance because he was trying to avoid a pushy friend of his then fiance. He fed he a line about being able to tell which dorm I lived in by my accent (each dorm has their own, you know, haha). I was so naive, I bit. There's more to the story, but it's long.
 
i met my husband 16 years ago today - at a bar in paris. i was living there at the time and had friends visiting from the US. we went into a bar and started talking to a couple of french guys. the french guys called my husband-to-be and told him to come to the bar and join them to be b/c he is half american and speaks fluent english. my husband and i hit it off that night and we all ended up going out together 3 nights in a row ... and the rest is history :)
 
I love seeing everyone's stories. :)

I met my husband at work. I had just transferred into the department and we were doing a neighborhood cleanup. I hadn't seen him before (he'd been on vacation when I started), but I noticed a cute guy up in the tree cutting branches. He ended up leaving his jacket behind, so my boss made me take it home to return to him later. I washed it and was all excited about using it as an excuse to talk to him. But the next day, when I brought the jacket back to work, I noticed he had a wedding ring, so I was totally bummed.

We both worked in Seattle, but lived south in Puyallup. I randomly kept running into him around town either alone or with his kids, but I never saw him with his wife. Fast forward six months... we'd become friends and shared a lot of common interests so we talked every day. One of our co-workers got engaged, and she was talking about rings, so I looked over at Tim's hand, and I noticed his ring was gone. They'd been separated off and on for a couple of years but he never said a word. Daily ring watch started then (:giggle). We continued being friends and then started having lunch together and that went on for several months. We even carpooled for awhile, but he would never admit that he was separated. His daughter came into work one day and told me some of the backstory, but I kept it to myself. One of my other co-workers figured out that I was smitten with Tim, and decided to play matchmaker. It was like a romantic comedy (with more comedy than romance). A lot of craziness happened. At one point, Luis made up some weird story about me dating the major of Seattle to throw some of the nosy gossipers in the office off the trail. And there was a blind date fiasco that I went on as well because we thought we found Tim on a dating website, but it turned out to be someone else. There was a tarot reading and other craziness that went on for several months.

Finally, after about a year of being friends at work, I went on a trip to Barcelona/Italy, and Tim volunteered to drive me to the airport (from work). He gave me a hug goodbye and I literally spent THE ENTIRE flight to London wondering what that hug meant. I called the office at one point during my trip and talked to Tim and Luis. Luis told me that he thought Tim was missing me. I got back from my trip and had dinner with Tim to tell him about the trip. He took me to a romantic restaurant, but totally acted like it was just a friends deal. When I got back to work, he acted like he hadn't seen me at all, so I was totally confused. But a couple of weeks later, we had dinner together again and talked about getting together (my daughter and his had talked/conspired at one point as well). So that was it. We were an item. And Luis was the best man at our wedding. :)

Tim still gets irritated if I bring up any of the crazy behind-the-scenes stuff he didn't know took place before we started dating because he feels like he was totally clueless. I even wrote out a based-on-true-events mini novel and had it bound for him as a wedding gift, but he never read it. :p
 
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John worked with my friend's boyfriend. They had an after-work get-together and my friend Kristi invited me along. I hardly talked with him at all that night, and actually thought he was there with someone else. But then he called a few days later, and we went on our first date, and the rest is history. 23 years later ...
 
We met in college - actually like the first week of my freshman year. My roommate had a class with him and they became friends and she introduced us. I was still just 17 the first time we met! We were just friends (although he did take me to the homecoming dance) until January, then we got serious and have been together ever since. :)
 
we are high school sweethearts. We have been together for more than half of our lives and this year we will be married 10 years.
 
I met my Wayne at Muscular Dystrophy camp 37 years ago. He was there to help out. He proposed on our 1st date (although we were out together at parties).
 
I love reading everyone's stories!
I met my husband 22 years ago in a nightclub, through a mutual friend. He was pretty quiet and shy but felt brazen that night because he had gotten in underage. He told me I had gorgeous hair and a beautiful smile.
 
honestly.. GASP.. CRAIGSLIST! yeah.. he posted an add looking for a friend.. we met.. clicked and spent every day together since..
 
we met at a summer job. i had just finished high school. and every summer, when college let out for summer break, we returned to that job. we became friends/dated on and off. so i've known him since i was 18 but we didn't marry until i was 28.
 
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