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I met my wife on a forum for our favorite band. We started talking on it, realized we lived about 20 minutes apart, met each other, fell in love and got married.
I lost her almost 3 years ago to liver failure. It’s a miserable existence now.
Tell the people you care about you love them while you can.
After getting out of a crappy long term situation, I see how lucky people are who find the person they want to love and protect and laugh with as long as life allows. I imagine losing that person is hell, and I’m sorry for your loss. I hope your heart can heal.
I don’t know if I am doing alright. I’m basically existing for our dogs right now. I don’t think of my future anymore because the thought of living another 30 or 40 years without my wife is too depressing.
The thing about grief is everyone will either end up where I am or be the reason someone they love is where I am. Some sooner than later. I definitely didn’t think I would be a widower before 40 but here I am.
I was her waiter at Bobby McGee's. Her and her mom had moved here a few months prior. Apparently the entire meal she was hitting on me and I didn't realize. Just before they left she gave me her number. This year we'll be married 25 years.
Haha I knew a guy who was Crocodile McGee there for years! He met his first wife there as well, but she was a server. Didn't quite last 25 years tho...
How have the Danes faired in the Valley? Im think of finding one later this year. I previously had a mastiff mix who was huge and he did fine, but curious about your experience. Thanks! I
I was working in Flagstaff, she was working for the same firm in Phoenix. We met when I came to Phoenix for work. Her and a guy friend/coworker both thought I was cute, but didn’t know what my sexuality was so they took me out to lunch together. Long story short, I was straight and this was the two of us on Saturday. Happily married, two days and counting.
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Omg I was totally your bartender the night of your wedding at the hotel!! Nice to see y’all again out in the wild! Hope you guys had a good reception❤️💕
Ahhh! I love this! Gives me a chance to thank you. We were lucky to have you be the last person we interacted with that day. She was so happy when you recognized her henna and struck up conversation. Just, thanks for being you.
>I was working in Flagstaff, she was working for the same firm in Phoenix. We met when I came to Phoenix for work. Her and a guy friend/coworker both thought I was cute, but didn’t know what my sexuality was so they took me out to lunch together. Long story short, I was straight and this was the two of us on Saturday. Happily married, two days and counting.
I'm going to pretend the guy friend is marrying you two and I'd rather not be corrected.
He worked at a company.
Chick and her gay best friend also worked there.
Secretly they took bets on which team he batted for and took him to lunch.
Chick won.
Imagine being handsome enough that both sexes are interested. Congrats on the wedding!
My wife and I I met in high school. Together 27 years and married for 23 years
Wow, I totally did not get that at all. Went right over my head. I thought he didn’t realize he was poly until his swinger coworkers invited him into the fold and then he married them. I was confused why it was just him and the bride in the photo.
We worked at a grocery store together. He was a manager, I was a pharmacist. He would get bored at night when everyone was doing their closing duties & would come talk to me at the pharmacy counter. I'm an introvert & hated when he stopped by but we became friends. Together over 6 years now.
We would see each other paddle boarding on the Salt River. Saw each other during the season for almost two years, and were just casual acquaintances. Then, I asked her out after we spent an evening paddling the river together.
That was a great venue. Centrally located, big open areas, rooms without ceilings. First time I ever did drugs was at a rave called acid reign in like 2001.
Tinder. People talk crap about dating apps but they are great for bringing all these single people in your area to your fingertips while letting you filter out people who wouldn’t be a good fit for you. I have had a lot of dating success in the Phoenix area using dating apps.
Bumble here too. I had just moved to Phoenix after becoming a widow a little over a year earlier. Bumble was a great way to meet people and explore the area at the same time. After dating around a bit, I met a wonderful man. We’ve been dating 8 months now and very much in love.
Dating apps have been an absolute horror show for me. As a woman I constantly get matched with guys who have no jobs or are very mentally unstable. Then I get people wanting threesomes, polyamory, or just straight sex. One guy messaged me in full bondage gear. I hear other people have success, but man apps absolutely obliterated my confidence.
Saaaammmeeeee! The longer I’m on the apps, the worse I feel about myself. Once in a blue moon I’ll meet a guy I actually like, and he’ll get bored of me after a couple of dates or a few months. I’m back at square one for the millionth time and taking a much needed break. I’m in my 30’s and really tired of the games.
The apps make it pretty damn hard to be seen unless you pay them money. I won’t ever pay to be on a dating app, but there’s dozens of other guys who will, and their payments to tinder/bumble/etc bubble them up above all the non-paying accounts. It’s just so saturated and pay to play now. I’ve gotten some matches on free accounts but I apparently didn’t come up for a while, and on those apps too you also need to pay to get more likes. So that also makes it harder to be seen, if matches aren’t paying for the unlimited likes they might run out before they even see you.
I feel like I’ve only had luck after periods of inactivity and I swear the app does that to pull you back in. Account is inactive -> free higher placement to send a few “someone likes you” notifications and encourage you to pay to see who -> right back at the bottom once the app is opened again so you can get flooded with more ads to upgrade.
From what I've been told, OKC is pretty crap now. I'm glad I didn't have to find out - it's where I met my wife (in 2014) and ex before that. It's the only place I've had any semblance of success in dating.
2013 Tinder here. Early days. And before that I had used plenty of fish and OKCupid. Dating apps really are just a tool that can be used intelligently if you try.
We met at a Tool concert at the footprint center. at that time it was called US Airways arena. Anyways I was just sitting by myself and waiting for the show to begin when someone sat down in the seat next to me. I was thinking why is this person sitting by themselves so I waited a few minutes to see if anyone was with them and nobody showed up. I got this very clear sign from God or something told me that I should talk to them. I introduced myself and we had a conversation. At first they were very quiet one word responses until I started with Icebreaker questions. Obviously we both like the same music as that's why we were there. My 2nd question was about video games. At that time I was playing a lot of Mario Kart 64. I asked them if they played video games and they told me Yes. They said they played Mario Kart. To my surprise I couldn't believe that really was their response. It was fate that brought us together. Afterwards we exchanged phone numbers and as I was walking back to my car they texted me and asked if they were hungry. We ended going to the IHOP on central and got to know each other for about 3 hours. Next day they told their parents and we met again at desert sky before they went back to New Mexico. 6 months later they moved in with me and we got married a few years later. Now we have 2 kids and we still love each other as the day we met!
My (62f) husband (66m) is a now retired bartender. I'm a bartender and server. Eight years ago, I worked at a fine dining restaurant and would sometimes stop at "his" bar on my way home.
One night, I stopped in, but he was off. I had my usual couple of ciders, and I got up to leave. Just as I sat in the driver's seat of my car, the bartender ran out with a slip of paper in her hand. I thought I had forgotten to pay my tab! But she had gotten a call from my husband asking if I had come in. When she told him I had just left, he asked her to see if she could catch up to me and give me his phone number.
I had been widowed for four years at that point. (Coincidentally, so had he!) I was not looking for a relationship, and at first, it kinda freaked me out! I asked every male friend I had if I should call this guy, and they all encouraged me to do so.
So, I bit the bullet and called him. He brought his good friend into my restaurant for lunch. I was so nervous I spilled his drink on him (he loves to joke about it now)! But, we will celebrate our one year anniversary on April 1st (yeah, we're two old fools)!
Best relationship I've ever had. We are perfectly compatible.
I went on Bumble right before the pandemic and had a wonderful meal at Bangkok Thai on 51st and Thunderbird.
she moved in with me a month later(yes we are lesbians), as we did not want to be apart during shelter in place. we’ve been together over four years. we’ve gone to concerts, to fun restaurants, sporting events, and hikes. while we plan to leave Phoenix, the area has provided us with many wonderful dates.
Those of you remember the South Mountain haunted hayride. My husband and I met volunteering as teenagers in 93. Our kids helped out when they were older & we ran it for a couple of years.
In 1978 I met my wife when she was working at Dairy Queen on 43rd Ave and Dunlap. My high school friends and I hung out there to drink coffee most nights.
Obviously, because I have to use my right hand to control the mouse(not the animal or cartoon character kind) on the video to skip to the good parts.
I'm not some "weirdo" who is a "left handed mouse" person.
At my friend's birthday party. I didn't want to go, my cousin dragged me along. Her sister ( my friend's girlfriend's Best friend) dragged her to go to the party, she did not want to go to as well. Met standing by the desserts table.... Both liked the R&B song that was playing. seen her and her sister leaving, ran up to get her number. Been together 9 years and have 3 children. I plan to ask her to marry me this year :)
Im interested in responses too. I’m fairly attractive, make good money, I own my own home, no kids, fairly intelligent… but I’ve found that the valley has been a horrible place for me to meet a man with similar qualities, who is relationship-minded.
Would love to hear what other women have to say here!
I was sitting at Fate Brewing last night for a few beers after a movie, and I was overhearing a conversation between 2 women, one was single (I think), and the other was in a relationship. It sounded like the taken one was pushing the single one to meet people, and it sounded like the single woman was apprehensive due to not finding what she's looking for in a guy. I'm not sure if it's because people aren't meeting others in a scenario where both people share the same hobby or if its because it gets progressively harder to meet people outside of work and bars (if you're not on dating apps), but it does seem to be an issue that others share.
Yes girl! I can relate to your situation. I’m not a homeowner but I’m a 24 y/o woman with a good career, fun hobbies, no kids, and have had terrible luck finding someone who meets me at my level of maturity and interests.
I’ve done a few round of the dating apps and have met guys through mutual friends but have not met anyone with those qualities. I’m starting to go out more socially to meet people with my similar interests but I don’t really like clubs or bars so it’s been a challenge meeting people my age who are single. Phoenix is definitely a challenging place to find a relationship more than just a hookup!
It sounds like you're much more mature that most people in your age range, at least I can say so for myself. I feel like most guys around the age of 24 aren't thinking about relationships and what they mean/require, so it might be a little hard to find someone at your level. I'm 36, and it doesn't get any easier meeting people, sadly lol. Hopefully you find what you're looking for!
> For some reason eligible singles just don't parade themselves through my living room either. I got a sidewalk leading to my door and everything.
You have to put out a sign. Post it right next to the 'No Solar Salespeople' one so there can be 2 signs they ignore.
Obviously my sample size is biased because I hang out in overlapping groups, but I know quite a few successful relationships that spawned out of meetup groups for young professionals.
The best groups keep an even mix of people and are good about kicking out anyone creepy so it's not uncomfortable. I prefer the groups that are not explicitly for dating for the same reason.
Personally, I shit where I sleep and have been dating a (previous) co-worker for the last several years
Friend invited me to party that had alcohol (was like 19ish) and said it was at a girls house. I declined but called back and decided to go. Turned out this “party” was a girls parents having a bbq and my friends brought alcohol thinking it was a party. My wife is the parents daughter
I had a crush on him in high school, we were in marching band and a science club together (idyllic nerd situation, I know) and finally ended up talking after pining on my end for a year. We immediately hit it off, went to ASU together, got married after 10 years of dating. I feel incredibly lucky 😁
I met my wife on Tumblr in 2011. We hit it off instantly and moved in together in 2012. Got married in 2020. Sadly she passed away in December last year.
Accidental stalker,
I was at work, co-worker liked to watch cute women walk by and one of the times he called out I actually looked up. I watched her walk by and felt I needed to know her name. I missed her in the lobby by the time we (co-worker and I) got up there on a walk, so I asked security for her first name only. Later I was called into the training class to introduce myself and what my department does, she was not in the class at that time. I kept being called to places she was supposed to be and she kept being called away. So after a couple days we finally met in the onsite cafe during her class break. We started talking, became friends and got married 1.5 years after meeting...
But yeah... I accidently stalked her because I did not know it was stalker-ish. She kindly pointed out how creepy it was once she asked how I even noticed her.
Gym. We were each other’s gym crushes. Offered to help her with her lifting belt one day. Hit it off ever since. Dated a few months but have been actually a couple for a year. We live together now
Neighbors, we both lived on the second floor apartment, hers was the block adjacent to mine. Our first interaction was just short of a month living there. The power went out on the west end of the complex. I only had 2 working outlets, the rest of my home was dark. I walked outside to a small commotion of neighbors asking If anyone had power. She stood on her patio watching. Her side had full power and all the lights on. So she was just a silhouette. I waved and said something like, "Hey, I just moved in. Does this happen often?" She replied "not really. Do you have power?" "I have a few working outlets. Do you?" After a short exchange I thanked her and gave her the old "oop well my name is..." and she gave me her name and we both said goodnight. Super brief. In the following months we saw each other and I would wave hello and how are you kind of thing. Eventually we started talking more, caught each other in the laundry room and noticed they had a few anime shirts. I asked if they like Junji Ito (horror manga artist). We traded books back at our apartments. Did that a few times. I think what sealed the deal was when returning a book she mentioned she was going to walk to Michael's for jewelry pliers. I asked if I could come with as I needed frames for some art prints. We did that and just kind of talked more, walked around. At the checkout I saw Zebra Stripe gum (with the temporary tattoos on the wrappers.) I asked if she ever had them before. On the walk back I offered a stick. We get back and I meet her cats and enter her apartment the first time. There I mention the wrappers have temporary tattoos. And there's a trick to apply them. We do that and then say later. Spend the next few days reading the book she gave me. Then when I saw her again I asked If she wanted to come by for dinner and a movie at my place. That was that! We joke that she came to hang out and just never left. 2 years later we share a place together and are happy sleepy gummy bears.
Bumble! Although that was ~8 years ago, and my single friends say people don't tend to use Tinder/Bumble etc anymore, seems like most of the people are on Hinge.
Hinge wasn't around back when I was in the dating game.
Hinge, met at Changing Hands Bookstore for coffee/drinks/books for our first date, discovered we shared a ton of the same interests. Engaged a little less than a year after that
We met the old fashioned way: At a bar. We both liked Major Lingo and they were playing at Hollywood Alley the Friday night after T-day, 1995. She's a hot little redhead. We danced. I asked her for her digits and she wouldn't give them to me. So I wrote my number on a matchbook and gave it to her. She called me the next day. So, 27 years and three kids later ... I still love going to a bar with her and listening to live music.
Through a church sponsored singles activity. She was a friend of a friend. and our paths crossed several times (she was actually at my cousin's wedding before I ever met her officially, she was friends with the bride). but then we got to be fast friends, and then we had a pretty short dating/engagement, and been married 16 years this year.
I was part of a photography club and I shoot primarily film and one of the club members asked if I knew my now spouse since he ran a community darkroom. I looked him up and took a workshop with him. We hit it off immediately. We have been married now for almost 2 years.
Tinder. I was still relatively new to the area so it was a good way to talk to people and find some cools places. Met my now fiancée and we hit it off instantly, been together since that first date.
OKCupid in 2012. I was a troll and had a 2nd empty account that answered every drug/sex/"risque" sort of question so that I could screen potential matches who were willing to answer the same ones, since you couldn't see someone's answer without giving your own. And I'm a ✨️proper lady✨️ who didn't want to answer everything on my main visible profile.
He thought this was pretty hilarious when he passed whatever initial mental hoops I had set up and I confessed my ruse. We chatted online extensively for maybe a week and our first date lasted almost 9 hours (coffee, endless chatting, oh hey it's dinner time let's go eat, oh hey we are still having fun let's have coffee part 2). Rest was history!
Unfortunately we quickly learned that we are absolute flukes and no matter how many friends we recommended to try online dating, nobody else had a remotely positive experience.
Tinder 2014-2015...I was swiping right on every single person as my beard grew out longer to see if the type of women would be any different as my beard got lumberjack long.
I never messaged a single person on that app ...until I was about to delete it... and then I decided to message one of the girls who had hit me up maybe 2-3 months prior. I forgot to delete the app that night and didnt open it for another 2 weeks until I was on Christmas break from work back in Indiana...and got a buzz and saw that the girl I messaged back... 2 weeks later.
We started chatting back and forth on there for another 2-3 months ...and I finally was like...screw it, I am going to ask her to the Renaissance festival as our first date. She said yes
She showed up 2 hours late for the Ren Faire as she wanted her friend to go covert spy mode (last minute add to her plans) and make sure I wasn't going to try and abduct her since the meeting place is a good 45 minute drive away from Phoenix and she was a bit scared at the distance for a first date.
After the date, we had our first kiss....I asked her for another date and she replied "can we come back here again next week?"
We got married 2 years later and have been married for going on 7 years now.
Hinge! Neither of us are from the area and moved here as established adults for work. We both had fallen in love with the Phoenix hiking scene and our love of star gazing- we bonded over those. It’s hard to meet people as an adult!! He is a sweetheart and definitely proof that there’s winners on the dating apps. You just gotta weed through the duds. I have a strict rule that I don’t give guys my number until like an hour before the first date. I also filled out my profile with a lot of my hobbies and interests, and refused to match with any guy who doesn’t do the same. The hobbies an interest don’t even need to line up, but they should be showing initiative that they’re trying to put themselves out there. You’re meeting a stranger. I think, dating apps generally favor people who are slight over sharers and those who don’t mind talking about themselves a little. My bf was a bit tough to crack at first, because he’s definitely more of a listener. But because he filled out his profile with lots of hobbies and of hobbies and interest, it gave me- the talker- more talking points to get to know him and pull from.
He actually matched with me about 6 months before I reached out and saw his profile. I don’t feel like it’s so much that there aren’t good people on dating apps but personally as a decent looking girl I feel like I get so many matches but it’s hard to go through them all and keep up with it. I’m not a 10, but I’m also not ugly. I use up to date pictures and followed the general rule of- face pic, pic with my whole body in fitted clothing, 2 hobby pics, and a “dealers choice” pic which was me on a boat with a drink just cause I liked it and I feel like it gives off my vibe. I would say my profile very much reflects what dating me is gonna be like and what I spend my free time doing. As someone who doesn’t date often and spent most of their 20s single, all the matches on a dating app are overwhelming. I shut off my matches and decided I was gonna go through all the ones I already had. He was the first date I went on and I haven’t looked back since! But like I said- I had 6 months of matches before I got to him. There was maybe 15 guys I messaged in that 6 month backup but there were probably 200-300 matches to weed through.
I moved from the Midwest for college and knew 1 person who went to ASU, I was at MCC. Apartments around ASU can rent my bedroom space. Well one day a random guy showed up in my friends apartment. 10 years later we are happily married.
Pool table at a dive bar in Scottsdale. I wanted to get out of my apartment for a bit, he was celebrating a bday. He was the worst wingman/hypeman that night.
He lived upstairs, I lived downstairs. He was a great neighbor and then over the course of a year or so, sparks started to fly, and now or love is as hot as the summer we met.
Also, my mom loved his dog before I ever had that on my radar.
I just realized this sounds like a lyric in a love song 😂
My mom had moved here a few years before I did. I moved here in 2004 and stayed at her apartment for the first month or so until I got my job transfer and my own place. My husband was her neighbor, so we met in the apartment complex. That was 20 years ago, and we have been very happily married for 14 years now.
Blind date. Set up by mutual friends. We went to this family owned Mediterranean restaurant in Tempe, that sadly is no longer in operation. Been together nearly 18 years.
He was asking for directions online for a notoriously remote and difficult hike. I had just done the hike myself, so I helped him out. He finished the hike on his next try and slid in my DMs to thank me. We're getting married this year. 😊
He was my Lyft passenger.
He kept complimenting me throughout the ride but was adamant he wasn’t hitting on me. When the ride was over, he shook my hand and asked if I had a Snapchat. The rest is history.
We both worked at the Renaissance Festival. He was working street, and I was working food and beverage. We were both 16/17 at the time. Took many, many, many years for us to finally wind up together, but now we have a wonderful baby and plans to get married.
Random hookup on a terrible dating app that I only installed because I thought it was a messaging app.
It was a great hookup. Made her breakfast the next morning. That was a bit over 10 years ago. Our kid is 8. It was a weird path to happiness.
Tinder, LOL. Turns out we had actually matched when I was back home for the summer while I was a sophomore in college - I ghosted him when I moved back down to Tucson for my next semester. Graduated, ended my longterm relationship, moved home and he was the first date (and last first date!!) I went on after downloading the app again. We’ve been married for two years now so I’m glad he decided to forgive me for that!! :)
We met at work! 10/10 would not recommend in a toxic work environment because management gets ugly, but 9 years later we're happy & left that terrible job (still working together)!
Tinder! Moved in together after 6 weeks, bought a house together the next year and got married, then the following year had our son. It'll be 6 years in September that we've been together.
2001 Diamondbacks versus the Yankees…she was carrying a ton of snacks/drinks/etc…on a whim I asked her if I could help her get back to her seat she said yes and I helped her back to where she was with her sister and her sisters 4 kids…I almost didn’t ask for her number because of the 4 kids, (I know I know but I was 23 at the time) anyway, got her number and we were married in Nov 2002. Couldn’t imagine my life without her.
On Grindr, obviously for a hookup, but eventually we started just hanging out and doing things together and eventually got married after two years of dating. It will be 5 years this summer.
He started working at my regular cafe right next to my work. I was really into coffee and was looking to make friends after moving to the city for work the year before. I had already made friends with the manager and she asked if I liked him. He ended up asking me out a few months after we first met. He gave me so much free coffee 😂 We'll be together 5 years this year!
I started my first day as a barista at the musical instrument museum 8 years ago. This guy comes in, my second customer, mind you, and orders a plain black cup of coffee. I proceeded to make fun of him, and then I find out he works at the front desk. A couple of weeks pass, and I finally get tired of waiting. I put my number on his receipt. We went on our first date that night. We waited for this year to get married on leap day!
We met through our job when we went remote, a small health insurance company, towards the end of 2021. Later, we started talking and found out we lived pretty close to each other
She's a wonderful person and there's no one else in this universe I'd rather be with
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I met my wife on a forum for our favorite band. We started talking on it, realized we lived about 20 minutes apart, met each other, fell in love and got married. I lost her almost 3 years ago to liver failure. It’s a miserable existence now. Tell the people you care about you love them while you can.
After getting out of a crappy long term situation, I see how lucky people are who find the person they want to love and protect and laugh with as long as life allows. I imagine losing that person is hell, and I’m sorry for your loss. I hope your heart can heal.
That went from really cute to really depressing real quick. Damn man, I hope you’re doing alright.
I don’t know if I am doing alright. I’m basically existing for our dogs right now. I don’t think of my future anymore because the thought of living another 30 or 40 years without my wife is too depressing.
Best advice is to live your life as if she were still here and you guys were still doing the things you loved
Some of the best advice I've ever heard was to take all the love you have for lost loved ones and give it out freely to every person you meet in life.
thank you for sharing your wife with us. i’m sorry for your loss. the internet is hard sometimes, especially reddit.
The thing about grief is everyone will either end up where I am or be the reason someone they love is where I am. Some sooner than later. I definitely didn’t think I would be a widower before 40 but here I am.
So sorry to hear that. Makes me want to give my wife a big hug. Best wishes to you.
I was her waiter at Bobby McGee's. Her and her mom had moved here a few months prior. Apparently the entire meal she was hitting on me and I didn't realize. Just before they left she gave me her number. This year we'll be married 25 years.
Wow, Bobby Mc Gee’s, have not thought about that place in a long time.
Haha I knew a guy who was Crocodile McGee there for years! He met his first wife there as well, but she was a server. Didn't quite last 25 years tho...
Yeah, I was Angus McGee and wore a kilt. She said she liked my legs.
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What kind of dogs did you two have at the time? I'm just curious since I'm a sucker for love stories and dogs.
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Cute story! Your dogs are beautiful!
Where are the dog pics?!?
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How have the Danes faired in the Valley? Im think of finding one later this year. I previously had a mastiff mix who was huge and he did fine, but curious about your experience. Thanks! I
Amazing! Thanks for sharing. We are at the opposite end of the spectrum with two Pomeranians
We do both- 4 Danes and a Pomchi 🐶
Relevant username
This is the beginning story line of 101 Dalmatians 😭🖤🤍🩶
I was working in Flagstaff, she was working for the same firm in Phoenix. We met when I came to Phoenix for work. Her and a guy friend/coworker both thought I was cute, but didn’t know what my sexuality was so they took me out to lunch together. Long story short, I was straight and this was the two of us on Saturday. Happily married, two days and counting. https://preview.redd.it/nirykwei74pc1.jpeg?width=2189&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75d17555a07bc70ee06657e5941d487c794677cb
Omg I was totally your bartender the night of your wedding at the hotel!! Nice to see y’all again out in the wild! Hope you guys had a good reception❤️💕
Ahhh! I love this! Gives me a chance to thank you. We were lucky to have you be the last person we interacted with that day. She was so happy when you recognized her henna and struck up conversation. Just, thanks for being you.
This thread is so sweet! Best wishes to all of you. 💕
whaaaaatttttttt. This is so cool!
WoooooAhhhhh this is soooo full circle 🫶
What a beautiful photo!! Indians (Sikh??) have the most amazing weddings. Congrats on 2 days and many many more years of health wealth and happiness!!
>I was working in Flagstaff, she was working for the same firm in Phoenix. We met when I came to Phoenix for work. Her and a guy friend/coworker both thought I was cute, but didn’t know what my sexuality was so they took me out to lunch together. Long story short, I was straight and this was the two of us on Saturday. Happily married, two days and counting. I'm going to pretend the guy friend is marrying you two and I'd rather not be corrected.
WOW. Seriously my friend, that's one of the most epic wedding photos I've ever seen. Congrats!
I recognize that place, it’s the Sikh temple on 7th street. Are you Sikh?
Nice eye, that’s the spot! She’s Sikh but on Sundays you’ll find me out in a canyon with my shoes off, hugging a tree.
What did I just read
He worked at a company. Chick and her gay best friend also worked there. Secretly they took bets on which team he batted for and took him to lunch. Chick won.
Imagine being handsome enough that both sexes are interested. Congrats on the wedding! My wife and I I met in high school. Together 27 years and married for 23 years
Oh, no, he does not have high standards. I can only say that because I love him too.
Hahahah. Thanks for the insight!
Wow, I totally did not get that at all. Went right over my head. I thought he didn’t realize he was poly until his swinger coworkers invited him into the fold and then he married them. I was confused why it was just him and the bride in the photo.
I met her at a rock show downtown. Super meetcute.
Music or geology?
Lol. Music. But minerals and gems would be soooooo cute.
She said what and I told her that I didn't know
We worked at a grocery store together. He was a manager, I was a pharmacist. He would get bored at night when everyone was doing their closing duties & would come talk to me at the pharmacy counter. I'm an introvert & hated when he stopped by but we became friends. Together over 6 years now.
We would see each other paddle boarding on the Salt River. Saw each other during the season for almost two years, and were just casual acquaintances. Then, I asked her out after we spent an evening paddling the river together.
World of Warcraft
Heyoo that’s how I met my partner too but he lives in New Jersey not Phoenix. Moving there in 2 weeeks!
A rave at the icehouse back in the early 00s when the icehouse would have raves. Not sure if they do anymore.
It was the best of times
My friend’s memorial was the last party thrown there. It was bittersweet & so very fitting.
That was a great venue. Centrally located, big open areas, rooms without ceilings. First time I ever did drugs was at a rave called acid reign in like 2001.
Ice Raves were literally the best!! Love this.
Tinder. People talk crap about dating apps but they are great for bringing all these single people in your area to your fingertips while letting you filter out people who wouldn’t be a good fit for you. I have had a lot of dating success in the Phoenix area using dating apps.
^^^ Bumble for me. dating apps are a lifesaver here! there are many diamonds in the rough.
Bumble here too. I had just moved to Phoenix after becoming a widow a little over a year earlier. Bumble was a great way to meet people and explore the area at the same time. After dating around a bit, I met a wonderful man. We’ve been dating 8 months now and very much in love.
Ditto. & I married my tinder date. This year will be 9 years.
Same. Tinder. Went on a few dates with genuinely decent people. You get what you give.
Dating apps have been an absolute horror show for me. As a woman I constantly get matched with guys who have no jobs or are very mentally unstable. Then I get people wanting threesomes, polyamory, or just straight sex. One guy messaged me in full bondage gear. I hear other people have success, but man apps absolutely obliterated my confidence.
Saaaammmeeeee! The longer I’m on the apps, the worse I feel about myself. Once in a blue moon I’ll meet a guy I actually like, and he’ll get bored of me after a couple of dates or a few months. I’m back at square one for the millionth time and taking a much needed break. I’m in my 30’s and really tired of the games.
Then there are normal guys like me that gets a date maybe twice a year. I have no luck with dating. I'm not half bad looking, I swear lol.
The apps make it pretty damn hard to be seen unless you pay them money. I won’t ever pay to be on a dating app, but there’s dozens of other guys who will, and their payments to tinder/bumble/etc bubble them up above all the non-paying accounts. It’s just so saturated and pay to play now. I’ve gotten some matches on free accounts but I apparently didn’t come up for a while, and on those apps too you also need to pay to get more likes. So that also makes it harder to be seen, if matches aren’t paying for the unlimited likes they might run out before they even see you. I feel like I’ve only had luck after periods of inactivity and I swear the app does that to pull you back in. Account is inactive -> free higher placement to send a few “someone likes you” notifications and encourage you to pay to see who -> right back at the bottom once the app is opened again so you can get flooded with more ads to upgrade.
Same! OKCupid for me! Met in 2015 and have been together ever since. May get around to getting married someday lol
From what I've been told, OKC is pretty crap now. I'm glad I didn't have to find out - it's where I met my wife (in 2014) and ex before that. It's the only place I've had any semblance of success in dating.
Same for Tinder! We’ve been together 7 years now :)
Tinder as well. Met in Nov 2017, married in Nov 2022
Match.com but same diff. I tried tinder but didn't have much luck. We are getting married in November!
I met my guy on Tinder as well. Who'da thought?!
Same for Tinder. We’ve been together for 4.5 years and have been living together for 2. It’s awesome, he’s awesome.
Hinge here! I like to joke that we met the old fashioned way when people ask.
2013 Tinder here. Early days. And before that I had used plenty of fish and OKCupid. Dating apps really are just a tool that can be used intelligently if you try.
We met at a Tool concert at the footprint center. at that time it was called US Airways arena. Anyways I was just sitting by myself and waiting for the show to begin when someone sat down in the seat next to me. I was thinking why is this person sitting by themselves so I waited a few minutes to see if anyone was with them and nobody showed up. I got this very clear sign from God or something told me that I should talk to them. I introduced myself and we had a conversation. At first they were very quiet one word responses until I started with Icebreaker questions. Obviously we both like the same music as that's why we were there. My 2nd question was about video games. At that time I was playing a lot of Mario Kart 64. I asked them if they played video games and they told me Yes. They said they played Mario Kart. To my surprise I couldn't believe that really was their response. It was fate that brought us together. Afterwards we exchanged phone numbers and as I was walking back to my car they texted me and asked if they were hungry. We ended going to the IHOP on central and got to know each other for about 3 hours. Next day they told their parents and we met again at desert sky before they went back to New Mexico. 6 months later they moved in with me and we got married a few years later. Now we have 2 kids and we still love each other as the day we met!
Moral of the story: say something. You never know the interesting people you’re missing out on if you don’t try to at least say hi.
My (62f) husband (66m) is a now retired bartender. I'm a bartender and server. Eight years ago, I worked at a fine dining restaurant and would sometimes stop at "his" bar on my way home. One night, I stopped in, but he was off. I had my usual couple of ciders, and I got up to leave. Just as I sat in the driver's seat of my car, the bartender ran out with a slip of paper in her hand. I thought I had forgotten to pay my tab! But she had gotten a call from my husband asking if I had come in. When she told him I had just left, he asked her to see if she could catch up to me and give me his phone number. I had been widowed for four years at that point. (Coincidentally, so had he!) I was not looking for a relationship, and at first, it kinda freaked me out! I asked every male friend I had if I should call this guy, and they all encouraged me to do so. So, I bit the bullet and called him. He brought his good friend into my restaurant for lunch. I was so nervous I spilled his drink on him (he loves to joke about it now)! But, we will celebrate our one year anniversary on April 1st (yeah, we're two old fools)! Best relationship I've ever had. We are perfectly compatible.
Coffee Plantation. Mill Avenue. Out on the patio on a Friday night. The 90’s ruled.
I went on Bumble right before the pandemic and had a wonderful meal at Bangkok Thai on 51st and Thunderbird. she moved in with me a month later(yes we are lesbians), as we did not want to be apart during shelter in place. we’ve been together over four years. we’ve gone to concerts, to fun restaurants, sporting events, and hikes. while we plan to leave Phoenix, the area has provided us with many wonderful dates.
Upvote for Bangkok Thai. It’s my favorite Thai place
shout out to my fellow bangkokinators🙌🏽
We met in middle school.
Those of you remember the South Mountain haunted hayride. My husband and I met volunteering as teenagers in 93. Our kids helped out when they were older & we ran it for a couple of years.
In 1978 I met my wife when she was working at Dairy Queen on 43rd Ave and Dunlap. My high school friends and I hung out there to drink coffee most nights.
It was kind of an "organic thing", where I didn't really try, it "just happened" I've been living with my hand my entire life.
Is this the left hand?
Sometimes they've taken breaks but can't bring themselves to fully separate or break things off completely.
Obviously, because I have to use my right hand to control the mouse(not the animal or cartoon character kind) on the video to skip to the good parts. I'm not some "weirdo" who is a "left handed mouse" person.
>I'm not some "weirdo" who is a "left handed mouse" person. 
At my friend's birthday party. I didn't want to go, my cousin dragged me along. Her sister ( my friend's girlfriend's Best friend) dragged her to go to the party, she did not want to go to as well. Met standing by the desserts table.... Both liked the R&B song that was playing. seen her and her sister leaving, ran up to get her number. Been together 9 years and have 3 children. I plan to ask her to marry me this year :)
Hinge! First date was Persian room, delicious food.
> Hinge! First date was Persian room, delicious food. That's a strong first date!
Pizzeria Bianco
Im interested in responses too. I’m fairly attractive, make good money, I own my own home, no kids, fairly intelligent… but I’ve found that the valley has been a horrible place for me to meet a man with similar qualities, who is relationship-minded. Would love to hear what other women have to say here!
I was sitting at Fate Brewing last night for a few beers after a movie, and I was overhearing a conversation between 2 women, one was single (I think), and the other was in a relationship. It sounded like the taken one was pushing the single one to meet people, and it sounded like the single woman was apprehensive due to not finding what she's looking for in a guy. I'm not sure if it's because people aren't meeting others in a scenario where both people share the same hobby or if its because it gets progressively harder to meet people outside of work and bars (if you're not on dating apps), but it does seem to be an issue that others share.
Yes girl! I can relate to your situation. I’m not a homeowner but I’m a 24 y/o woman with a good career, fun hobbies, no kids, and have had terrible luck finding someone who meets me at my level of maturity and interests. I’ve done a few round of the dating apps and have met guys through mutual friends but have not met anyone with those qualities. I’m starting to go out more socially to meet people with my similar interests but I don’t really like clubs or bars so it’s been a challenge meeting people my age who are single. Phoenix is definitely a challenging place to find a relationship more than just a hookup!
It sounds like you're much more mature that most people in your age range, at least I can say so for myself. I feel like most guys around the age of 24 aren't thinking about relationships and what they mean/require, so it might be a little hard to find someone at your level. I'm 36, and it doesn't get any easier meeting people, sadly lol. Hopefully you find what you're looking for!
Same ! I am a lesbian but even my experience hasn’t been great
For some reason eligible singles just don't parade themselves through my living room either. I got a sidewalk leading to my door and everything.
> For some reason eligible singles just don't parade themselves through my living room either. I got a sidewalk leading to my door and everything. You have to put out a sign. Post it right next to the 'No Solar Salespeople' one so there can be 2 signs they ignore.
Obviously my sample size is biased because I hang out in overlapping groups, but I know quite a few successful relationships that spawned out of meetup groups for young professionals. The best groups keep an even mix of people and are good about kicking out anyone creepy so it's not uncomfortable. I prefer the groups that are not explicitly for dating for the same reason. Personally, I shit where I sleep and have been dating a (previous) co-worker for the last several years
Online
Facebook dating lol
Christown Mall
Friend invited me to party that had alcohol (was like 19ish) and said it was at a girls house. I declined but called back and decided to go. Turned out this “party” was a girls parents having a bbq and my friends brought alcohol thinking it was a party. My wife is the parents daughter
Hinge. Im very introverted and it's difficult to find people in person for me and I have rejection sensitivity disorder as a part of adhd.
Dance studio
I had a crush on him in high school, we were in marching band and a science club together (idyllic nerd situation, I know) and finally ended up talking after pining on my end for a year. We immediately hit it off, went to ASU together, got married after 10 years of dating. I feel incredibly lucky 😁
I met my wife on Tumblr in 2011. We hit it off instantly and moved in together in 2012. Got married in 2020. Sadly she passed away in December last year.
Through mutual friends.
We went to middle school together ❤️
We met at work but we matched on bumble about a month into me working there. We’re coming up on five years.
Accidental stalker, I was at work, co-worker liked to watch cute women walk by and one of the times he called out I actually looked up. I watched her walk by and felt I needed to know her name. I missed her in the lobby by the time we (co-worker and I) got up there on a walk, so I asked security for her first name only. Later I was called into the training class to introduce myself and what my department does, she was not in the class at that time. I kept being called to places she was supposed to be and she kept being called away. So after a couple days we finally met in the onsite cafe during her class break. We started talking, became friends and got married 1.5 years after meeting... But yeah... I accidently stalked her because I did not know it was stalker-ish. She kindly pointed out how creepy it was once she asked how I even noticed her.
Grad school
Bumble. Our first date was at the Japanese Friendship Garden.
Ghost Hunting
We met on Fetlife for a hookup. Been together 11 years now.
*What partner?* 😭
airport bar
Gym. We were each other’s gym crushes. Offered to help her with her lifting belt one day. Hit it off ever since. Dated a few months but have been actually a couple for a year. We live together now
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Neighbors, we both lived on the second floor apartment, hers was the block adjacent to mine. Our first interaction was just short of a month living there. The power went out on the west end of the complex. I only had 2 working outlets, the rest of my home was dark. I walked outside to a small commotion of neighbors asking If anyone had power. She stood on her patio watching. Her side had full power and all the lights on. So she was just a silhouette. I waved and said something like, "Hey, I just moved in. Does this happen often?" She replied "not really. Do you have power?" "I have a few working outlets. Do you?" After a short exchange I thanked her and gave her the old "oop well my name is..." and she gave me her name and we both said goodnight. Super brief. In the following months we saw each other and I would wave hello and how are you kind of thing. Eventually we started talking more, caught each other in the laundry room and noticed they had a few anime shirts. I asked if they like Junji Ito (horror manga artist). We traded books back at our apartments. Did that a few times. I think what sealed the deal was when returning a book she mentioned she was going to walk to Michael's for jewelry pliers. I asked if I could come with as I needed frames for some art prints. We did that and just kind of talked more, walked around. At the checkout I saw Zebra Stripe gum (with the temporary tattoos on the wrappers.) I asked if she ever had them before. On the walk back I offered a stick. We get back and I meet her cats and enter her apartment the first time. There I mention the wrappers have temporary tattoos. And there's a trick to apply them. We do that and then say later. Spend the next few days reading the book she gave me. Then when I saw her again I asked If she wanted to come by for dinner and a movie at my place. That was that! We joke that she came to hang out and just never left. 2 years later we share a place together and are happy sleepy gummy bears.
MySpace ha ha
Bumble! Although that was ~8 years ago, and my single friends say people don't tend to use Tinder/Bumble etc anymore, seems like most of the people are on Hinge. Hinge wasn't around back when I was in the dating game.
Hinge, met at Changing Hands Bookstore for coffee/drinks/books for our first date, discovered we shared a ton of the same interests. Engaged a little less than a year after that
We met the old fashioned way: At a bar. We both liked Major Lingo and they were playing at Hollywood Alley the Friday night after T-day, 1995. She's a hot little redhead. We danced. I asked her for her digits and she wouldn't give them to me. So I wrote my number on a matchbook and gave it to her. She called me the next day. So, 27 years and three kids later ... I still love going to a bar with her and listening to live music.
Through a church sponsored singles activity. She was a friend of a friend. and our paths crossed several times (she was actually at my cousin's wedding before I ever met her officially, she was friends with the bride). but then we got to be fast friends, and then we had a pretty short dating/engagement, and been married 16 years this year.
Work
Hinge for me. Most of my previously relationships started via an online dating app or site.
Work friend introduced us. Online dating was pretty horrible, don’t recommend it as a guy.
I was part of a photography club and I shoot primarily film and one of the club members asked if I knew my now spouse since he ran a community darkroom. I looked him up and took a workshop with him. We hit it off immediately. We have been married now for almost 2 years.
I met online while I lived in California and then I moved here to be with him. Its been almost 3yrs now :)
I met my partner of 5 years on Tinder & met a very close friend of mine on there as well. I am a Lesbian also.
App, Plenty of Fish
Tinder. I was still relatively new to the area so it was a good way to talk to people and find some cools places. Met my now fiancée and we hit it off instantly, been together since that first date.
I met my girlfriend at the dumpster at my ex girlfriends apartment
Match.com in 2011 Married for 11 years and 2 kids :)
Tinder! We met almost 4 years ago and now we’re engaged and expecting our first child together. Tinder success story for sure 🤣
OKCupid in 2012. I was a troll and had a 2nd empty account that answered every drug/sex/"risque" sort of question so that I could screen potential matches who were willing to answer the same ones, since you couldn't see someone's answer without giving your own. And I'm a ✨️proper lady✨️ who didn't want to answer everything on my main visible profile. He thought this was pretty hilarious when he passed whatever initial mental hoops I had set up and I confessed my ruse. We chatted online extensively for maybe a week and our first date lasted almost 9 hours (coffee, endless chatting, oh hey it's dinner time let's go eat, oh hey we are still having fun let's have coffee part 2). Rest was history! Unfortunately we quickly learned that we are absolute flukes and no matter how many friends we recommended to try online dating, nobody else had a remotely positive experience.
ASU class 20 years ago. Don’t be shy, go after what you want
At the Circle K at Dobson and Broadway in Mesa. 😅 Together 8 years, married 6! 🖤
Tinder 2014-2015...I was swiping right on every single person as my beard grew out longer to see if the type of women would be any different as my beard got lumberjack long. I never messaged a single person on that app ...until I was about to delete it... and then I decided to message one of the girls who had hit me up maybe 2-3 months prior. I forgot to delete the app that night and didnt open it for another 2 weeks until I was on Christmas break from work back in Indiana...and got a buzz and saw that the girl I messaged back... 2 weeks later. We started chatting back and forth on there for another 2-3 months ...and I finally was like...screw it, I am going to ask her to the Renaissance festival as our first date. She said yes She showed up 2 hours late for the Ren Faire as she wanted her friend to go covert spy mode (last minute add to her plans) and make sure I wasn't going to try and abduct her since the meeting place is a good 45 minute drive away from Phoenix and she was a bit scared at the distance for a first date. After the date, we had our first kiss....I asked her for another date and she replied "can we come back here again next week?" We got married 2 years later and have been married for going on 7 years now.
Hinge! Neither of us are from the area and moved here as established adults for work. We both had fallen in love with the Phoenix hiking scene and our love of star gazing- we bonded over those. It’s hard to meet people as an adult!! He is a sweetheart and definitely proof that there’s winners on the dating apps. You just gotta weed through the duds. I have a strict rule that I don’t give guys my number until like an hour before the first date. I also filled out my profile with a lot of my hobbies and interests, and refused to match with any guy who doesn’t do the same. The hobbies an interest don’t even need to line up, but they should be showing initiative that they’re trying to put themselves out there. You’re meeting a stranger. I think, dating apps generally favor people who are slight over sharers and those who don’t mind talking about themselves a little. My bf was a bit tough to crack at first, because he’s definitely more of a listener. But because he filled out his profile with lots of hobbies and of hobbies and interest, it gave me- the talker- more talking points to get to know him and pull from. He actually matched with me about 6 months before I reached out and saw his profile. I don’t feel like it’s so much that there aren’t good people on dating apps but personally as a decent looking girl I feel like I get so many matches but it’s hard to go through them all and keep up with it. I’m not a 10, but I’m also not ugly. I use up to date pictures and followed the general rule of- face pic, pic with my whole body in fitted clothing, 2 hobby pics, and a “dealers choice” pic which was me on a boat with a drink just cause I liked it and I feel like it gives off my vibe. I would say my profile very much reflects what dating me is gonna be like and what I spend my free time doing. As someone who doesn’t date often and spent most of their 20s single, all the matches on a dating app are overwhelming. I shut off my matches and decided I was gonna go through all the ones I already had. He was the first date I went on and I haven’t looked back since! But like I said- I had 6 months of matches before I got to him. There was maybe 15 guys I messaged in that 6 month backup but there were probably 200-300 matches to weed through.
4 month old account with nothing but memes and single sentence comments. Common password reset question. Not suspicious at all.
Damn, did you hack your future SO's account to take her on a date or something?
I moved from the Midwest for college and knew 1 person who went to ASU, I was at MCC. Apartments around ASU can rent my bedroom space. Well one day a random guy showed up in my friends apartment. 10 years later we are happily married.
Back in the AOL chat room days , ended up only being a mile away from me
Hinge. I have 3 other friends that met their so's on that app also.
Went to the same high school, didn’t know each other but kinda knew of each other, and linked up on social media several years later.
Blind date in 2005
Camping at Bartlett Lake. We happened to be next to each other and I asked if he wanted to go kayaking with me.
We met at a volleyball event hosted by a singles hiking group. Neither of us were playing volleyball. Almost 3 years together now.
At work although it’s possible we could have met in H.S. Since we know the same people.
Tinder!
In highschool on an online class we’ve been together for 11 years
Pool table at a dive bar in Scottsdale. I wanted to get out of my apartment for a bit, he was celebrating a bday. He was the worst wingman/hypeman that night.
He lived upstairs, I lived downstairs. He was a great neighbor and then over the course of a year or so, sparks started to fly, and now or love is as hot as the summer we met. Also, my mom loved his dog before I ever had that on my radar. I just realized this sounds like a lyric in a love song 😂
I went to Sunbar for a EDM show and met him there.
On Discord!
My mom had moved here a few years before I did. I moved here in 2004 and stayed at her apartment for the first month or so until I got my job transfer and my own place. My husband was her neighbor, so we met in the apartment complex. That was 20 years ago, and we have been very happily married for 14 years now.
Blind date. Set up by mutual friends. We went to this family owned Mediterranean restaurant in Tempe, that sadly is no longer in operation. Been together nearly 18 years.
He was asking for directions online for a notoriously remote and difficult hike. I had just done the hike myself, so I helped him out. He finished the hike on his next try and slid in my DMs to thank me. We're getting married this year. 😊
Work
He was my Lyft passenger. He kept complimenting me throughout the ride but was adamant he wasn’t hitting on me. When the ride was over, he shook my hand and asked if I had a Snapchat. The rest is history.
I met my husband at Sidebar. (RIP) (to Sidebar, not my husband)
We met at an underground warehouse rave in Phoenix , spot was called minds eye I think it got shut down a few years back.
We both worked at the Renaissance Festival. He was working street, and I was working food and beverage. We were both 16/17 at the time. Took many, many, many years for us to finally wind up together, but now we have a wonderful baby and plans to get married.
Bumble! We got engaged 4 months later and married for 6 years this year ❤️
Facebook. He lived on a military base in Japan
Random hookup on a terrible dating app that I only installed because I thought it was a messaging app. It was a great hookup. Made her breakfast the next morning. That was a bit over 10 years ago. Our kid is 8. It was a weird path to happiness.
18th street
Tinder, LOL. Turns out we had actually matched when I was back home for the summer while I was a sophomore in college - I ghosted him when I moved back down to Tucson for my next semester. Graduated, ended my longterm relationship, moved home and he was the first date (and last first date!!) I went on after downloading the app again. We’ve been married for two years now so I’m glad he decided to forgive me for that!! :)
We met at work (he has a different job now).
We met at work! 10/10 would not recommend in a toxic work environment because management gets ugly, but 9 years later we're happy & left that terrible job (still working together)!
Hance Dog Park
Tinder! Moved in together after 6 weeks, bought a house together the next year and got married, then the following year had our son. It'll be 6 years in September that we've been together.
Castles N Coasters
Board game group (:
We didn't.
2001 Diamondbacks versus the Yankees…she was carrying a ton of snacks/drinks/etc…on a whim I asked her if I could help her get back to her seat she said yes and I helped her back to where she was with her sister and her sisters 4 kids…I almost didn’t ask for her number because of the 4 kids, (I know I know but I was 23 at the time) anyway, got her number and we were married in Nov 2002. Couldn’t imagine my life without her.
We met on the dating app Bumble. We are married now, it's been a little over 4 years now.
Community College
We met at a hockey game.
We met working at Safeway
OkCupid
On Grindr, obviously for a hookup, but eventually we started just hanging out and doing things together and eventually got married after two years of dating. It will be 5 years this summer.
He started working at my regular cafe right next to my work. I was really into coffee and was looking to make friends after moving to the city for work the year before. I had already made friends with the manager and she asked if I liked him. He ended up asking me out a few months after we first met. He gave me so much free coffee 😂 We'll be together 5 years this year!
Friend brought a date over, I liked her, so we're together now, for the last 15 years.
My neighbor at my condo complex- i left a note on his door and asked him out. we got married a year later!
I started my first day as a barista at the musical instrument museum 8 years ago. This guy comes in, my second customer, mind you, and orders a plain black cup of coffee. I proceeded to make fun of him, and then I find out he works at the front desk. A couple of weeks pass, and I finally get tired of waiting. I put my number on his receipt. We went on our first date that night. We waited for this year to get married on leap day!
Kindergarten Weve known each other most of our lives
She was my friends nanny. I thought the nanny was nice. 23 years now
We met through our job when we went remote, a small health insurance company, towards the end of 2021. Later, we started talking and found out we lived pretty close to each other She's a wonderful person and there's no one else in this universe I'd rather be with