First Date Question

Our first was August 28, 1990--a double date with another couple to see the movie Arachnophobia at the theater.

We've been together ever since.

Almost 36 years ago DH asked me to a college football game. We had met a few weeks before in an English class. I most definitely knew that he was "the one", as did he. This Fall will be 29 years married, two daughters and 1.5 son-in-laws.

He stopped by my parents house (friend of a friend) and asked me to go to the drive-in with him. Parents urged, so I went. Went he brought me home, he gave me the biggest hug. I felt so secure in his strong arms. I think I feel in love right then and there. 43 years in September!

Eta: And with this post, finally made Full Member

Our first date was at the county fair. I had just finished a beauty contest (and lost), and he asked me to ride rides with him. In the beauty contest paperwork, they asked for hobbies so I made some up not knowing they read them during the pageant. DH asked me during that first date, "so, you play piano?" and I said, "oh no, I just made that up thinking it made me sound classy." He thought that was the funniest thing ever and here we are 29 years later still making each other laugh every day.

We met at work. He invited me out to dinner for my birthday. Showed up in a Lincoln Continental he rented for the evening because we were going to the Old San Francisco Steakhouse and he didn't want me to have to ride in his truck! We had a wonderful evening and I knew he was a keeper

We met at Village Inn, both ordered the same thing, and sat and talked for hours. I knew that night that he would be in my life for a long time, although I wasn't sure in what capacity. I think there was only one day since then that we didn't talk or see each other. That was 18 years ago. Our 17th anniversary is this Sunday.

My dh worked with my former BIL, he invited him to a Halloween party so we could meet. We were the only two people there not in a costume, decided it was getting a little rowdy for us and went for coffee.

It took a while for us to really get together, I was just recently divorced and not ready for another serious relationship. He worked shift work at the time and would stop by my house at midnight and we'd go to this little coffee shop and talk for hours.

We dated for six or so years before we finally got married, and we've been together thirty years now.

We met on a blind date (a double date with the friend who was fixing us up) at a street dance. I knew I liked him, but I didn't know if it was just as a friend or more. He claims he knew right away.

I can't remember if it was at a pizza place, or shopping at the mall. I think it was the mall because that was a very neutral place. It wasn't supposed to be a "date". We worked together. I spent the entire time wondering how I could get him into bed, but since I was 17, I wasn't sure just where that would be. Logistics were difficult.

That was 1989!

And no, thethere was never anything romantic about any of it. We were friends who fell into lust who then fell in love. Everything just sort of happened to us--relationship, baby, marriage, careers, separation, and then love again.

Life has been interesting.

Haha, one daughter married, one daughter engaged (hence, the 1/2 son   ).

My sister likes to say she picked DH out for me. She met him through coworkers of his and decided we were "the ones" for each other. She had told me that she met somebody that she thought I should check out but said he didn't like to be set up. I didn't either. So she concocted this story about buying her son a dirt bike (which she really was doing.) Future DH raced dirt bikes, so she asked if she could bring her son to his bike club and check it out. She asked me if I wanted to just run by the club real quick...so I gave in because I know her persistence and I was curious. We ended up getting stuck and covered in mud trying to push her car out.

I remember standing by his couch and he walked into the room from behind me. I turned around and I can still feel the same butterflies in my stomach and recall exactly what I felt at that moment.

The next day she asked me if I was interested and I said "I'd go out with him if he asked." She called him at work about who knows what and he said "I've been going around all day asking everybody if they knew you had a sister. She's beautiful! Is she ok with me having her number?"

So our first official date was out for pizza and then back to his house to talk for hours. I wasn't sure how to take things at first because he took it very slow and was very gentlemanly...which sadly had not been my experience prior to that.

I had a feeling as soon as I met him of "oh there you are" as corny as that sounds. Nothing was rushed. We took our time and just explored each other. During that time my parents were going through a divorce and that really soured me on the idea of marriage so I was a tough-sell in that department but I knew from the minute I met him that I wanted to know much more and this was a marathon, not a race.

Our first date was at this pub that actually wasn't really all that good. We followed that up with a local minor league(really minor) hockey game. It was cheesy, bad, pleasant, and good enough that he wanted to see me again.

We've done other places that were bad. We're willing to try most places at least once.

We met through mutual friends. My friend insisted it wasn't a fix up, and to this day I don't believe her! My friend, her fiance, me, and dh went to eat then to the beach. At that point, we weren't quite sure about each other. My friend and her fiance got into an argument and went off down the beach, leaving dh and I standing there looking at each other. So he said, "Let's go for a walk." and off we went down the beach. We walked, talked, and made out! I knew that night he was the one. That was in 1982. We were engaged 3 months later and have been married 32 years.

I met my husband when I signed up for scuba class. He was one of the assistant instructors. He was kind of shy and dorky and he and I and a bunch of the other scuba people were planning to go see Batman (1989 Michael Keaton Batman). Then one by one all the others suddenly had other plans except for us. I was supposed to pick him up and I almost chickened out. So we went to the movie then grabbed food after. I got back to my place around midnight and I had to pack up my gear and be at the dive store by 0630 for my certification. I'm hauling my gear out while a kegger is happening in my parking lot.

So in the morning I am super-tired and head to the shop. The scuba shop's owner's wife told DH he should ride up to the open water dive spot with me (2 hr drive).

Then I kept getting invited to dive store parties and to go canoeing and it finally clicked that they were setting us up. That was June, we were engaged by November and married next July. It'll be 26 years in a couple of weeks. We still dive and so do both of our kids.