How did you meet your significant other?

[Bini]

We got some new faces around here since our last thread on this, which, I think I posted two or three years ago. But even if you answered before, feel free to share again, especially if it's a good story! So, how did you meet your significant other? To add, was there an instant connection, or did that spark take its time?

 

I was with a group of girl friends in Las Vegas for Superbowl weekend when I met my now-husband. We happened to be staying at the same hotel and ran into each other in the lobby area. He asked me out to dinner one night and I went. I remember one of my friends taking his mugshot and a pic of his plate on her phone in case he was a psychopath, ha. At the time he lived in Salt Lake City and I lived in southern Utah, so we did long distance dating for a few months before I moved up north, and just before the year ended we got married.

[Just_A_Guy]

I met Just_A_Girl at the mental hospital.

 

(We were both going to BYU.  Our callings in our student ward was to go down to the state mental hospital in Provo every Sunday and escort the residents from their dormitories to the chapel on the hospital campus, stay there through the church service, and then walk them back.)

Edited February 2, 2015 by Just_A_Guy

[The Folk Prophet]

There was an instant connection for me. For Mrs. TFP the spark took its time.

 

We met at an institute dance. We were both ballroom dancers at UVSC (now UVU) but had been in different classes, etc. and so hadn't met (though we recognized each other therefrom) so that gave me an excuse to ask her to dance. Then I commenced annoying her for months on end until she finally relented and decided we were an item. After that it went pretty smoothly.

 

edit: if anyone cares, that is Mrs. TFP standing with me in my avatar pic.

Edited February 2, 2015 by The Folk Prophet

[mirkwood]

Mrs. mirkwood and I served in the same mission.  We knew of each other but didn't meet until a mission reunion after we both were home.  I asked her out a couple of months later and that was all she wrote!

[Vort]

Ballroom dancing rocks.

 

Sister Vort-to-be and I were living in the BYU language houses (different languages). The connection was immediate. Sparks flew. Our first date, which would have been boring to any outside observer, was electric for us. I never believed in "love at first sight" or "there's one special person just for you" until that point. Since that time, I don't laugh quite as hard at the idea, and don't dismiss adherents as naifs.

[slamjet]

I met Just_A_Girl at the mental hospital.

 

Welp, compatibility is key

[Jane_Doe]

Middle school.  

 

He had the biggest crush on my friend!  

[Guest MormonGator]

Lady Gator was "dating" my college roommate whom I barely knew. She met him at a orientation a few months before college started.   On the first night in college, I told her that he had a girlfriend back home (he didn't) and that he probably wouldn't be the best choice for her. We've been off and on together since. 

Edited February 2, 2015 by MormonGator

[Vort]

Lady Gator was "dating" my college roommate whom I barely knew. She met him at a orientation a few months before college started.   On the first night in college, I told her that he had a girlfriend back home (he didn't) and that he probably wouldn't be the best choice for her. We've been off and on together since. 

 

All's fair in love and war, but...that is brutal.

[Guest MormonGator]

All's fair in love and war, but...that is brutal.

He turned out to the type who DID mess around on his girlfriends, so ironically my initial judgement of his character (and I'm an awful judge of character, this was pure luck) was dead on accurate. 

 

He "discovered" that he was homosexual in his mid 20s anyway. 

[Vort]

Lady Gator must still be thanking you.

[Bini]

Middle school.  

 

He had the biggest crush on my friend!  

 

I'm always fascinated by these kinds of stories. Knowing someone for that long but not making a connection until later in life.

[Guest MormonGator]

Lady Gator must still be thanking you.

We laugh about it now. 

[Jane_Doe]

I'm always fascinated by these kinds of stories. Knowing someone for that long but not making a connection until later in life.

 

"You can't rush a flower to bloom".

 

My husband didn't ask me out until I had been accepted to graduate school.  Throughtout middle and high school I thought he was immature (cause he was).  He thought I was stuck-up (cause I was). It took time for both of us to grow up and become the person capable of loving each other in an adult way.  And when he did ask me out, having that ten years of friendship to build off of was a great foundation.  

[EarlJibbs]

We knew who each other (acquaintances) since middle school. We didn't date until our Sr year in high school. 

 

Talk about luck. I stole her seat at a small event (unknowingly) and when she came to sit back down and told me it was her seat, I went for the gold and patted my lap. I told her "you can sit here", quite jokingly of course. But to my surprise, she did. That was that. We dated through the rest of high school, she "waited" for me (although she had plenty of dates and many suitors while I was gone) while I was serving in Venezuela. I got home, chased about 2 boys off, one was pretty serious and asked her to marry me. It has now been 14 years. I love our story. 

[Traveler]

As I write this - there are personal things I must state so it can be understood how Mrs. Traveler and I became married.  I am somewhat nerdy but was raised in a power family.  I am kind of the black sheep and the difficult child in my family.  My goal in life as a kid was to launch something into space - something that never quite happened but I did do some spectacular things in the sky that got me into trouble and notice by the US military.

 

Because I came from a power family I had my own business in college and made more $$$ than some of my professors.  But since I am a consummate nerd I have never known how to dress well and just cannot quite conform to the basic successful image.  I loved dating - especially first dates.  I loved doing unusual things on first dates.  For example I took one lady out that was very much a city girl that had never touched even a dog or cat.  We went to a formal dance on horse back and yes I opened up to a full gallop across a city park near BYU on our way.

 

Mrs. Traveler was a cheerleader and the perfect lady.  She is very proper and social and very much an alpha female.  I believe she saw me as the perfect project.  The only thing we have in common is our love of G-d and the restoration.  I have never realized that anyone can love and sacrifice as much as Mrs. Traveler let alone put up with someone like me.  She could have done much better and to this day I am grateful for all she has done for me and our children.  I never believed that there was a soul mate or eternal partner but our marriage has convinced me that our relationship was started long before we ever met in this life.  Mrs Traveler knows me better than I know myself and is a greater blessing than I could be worthy of by this life alone.

[Bini]

^

I never understood the "better half" mentality in marriages. I always thought two people are meant to feel equal. But after marrying my husband, I totally get it, he is by far my better half. His patience and kindness are unmatched. I know he could have met and married a woman much more patient and kind than myself but he chose me It's awesome!

[Bini]

The cool thing is, my husband has never tried to change me but his example makes me want to be a better person.

[Backroads]

I met Just_A_Girl at the mental hospital.

 

(We were both going to BYU.  Our callings in our student ward was to go down to the state mental hospital in Provo every Sunday and escort the residents from their dormitories to the chapel on the hospital campus, stay there through the church service, and then walk them back.)

It's better without the explanation

[Backroads]

Husband's good friend was my college roommate

[Palerider]

I have been a member of the church all my life. My wife and I met at a Single Adult dance. They announced the next song was Ladies Choice. She asked me to dance and found out she had only been a member for 7 months. I was 18yrs old right out of high school and she was 20. We talked and danced the rest of the evening and that was the last time we saw each other for a few years. When I turned 20 I finally went on my Mission. When I hit my one year mark on my mission I got a letter from her. She told me friend of mine met her at another church dance and he gave her my address. She hung on to it for a few months and her Mom told her one day she should write to me. Her Mom went on to say whenever he returns from his mission you two are going to get married. She told her Mom that was weird especially since her Mom had never met me. I came home in the middle of July of 1981. We were engaged the second week in August and married in the Logan Temple in November 1981.

[Guest]

I don't know that our meeting is especially compelling, but I feel that our marriage and everything we've conquered together is a great love story. Marriage can be so hard, and so elating. It's a roller coaster for sure. I wouldn't choose anyone else as my partner, and I'm sure glad he chose me.

[hagoth]

I met my wife in early-morning seminary when we were 14. When a friend introduced me to her, I was impressed by how pretty she was. She had just moved into the stake. Shortly after that we were in a stake play together (Brigadoon), and we became friends. We dated for a year during our junior year starting on her 16th birthday. About a year later, my dad suggested we should break up, since he thought we were too young to be dating steadily, so I prayed about it and broke her heart. Years later, she forgave me. We got married about a year after I returned from my mission. I am a very blessed man.

[Connie]

I met my husband in high school.  I can't really say there was an instant connection, but being a shy girl i was quite intrigued by the new guy at school who didn't have a shy bone in his body.  We were thrown together quite a bit and had several classes together.  Poor guy... when he did finally ask me out i would barely talk to him.  Luckily he was patient with my diffident self.  We got married two months after he returned from his mission.

[slamjet]

I first laid eyes on my then-wife moving out her ex-family and ex-husband from their home (the ex's home).  I thought "yea, I can handle that."  Little did I know.  Nevertheless, marrying her was the best thing I've ever done in my life.  Messing up our marriage was the worst.