How Did You Meet?

[ArizonaTickler]

I was wondering if any of you had interesting stories you would share about how you met a significant other, regardless of whether you are still together or not. I've never really had an interesting meet story, so I am always interested in how other people have met.

 

[Coup de Grace]

Nothing terribly interesting here with my fiance. We met at work and attended the same college where she watched me date quite a few women. When we first met, I had no idea that she was even interested in me. Being the dofus I am, I even told her about other women I wanted to date and didn't stop to think of how she felt. Eventually, we got together and ended up having to hide our relationship because of her racist, ERRR old-fashioned Parents.

 

[myth77]

My ex and I met in college. He was reading a poem to some friends, and it stopped me cold. I'd never heard anything so real and beautiful before. I figured someone with a way with words like that was a good thing...turns out the gift could be used for evil too. Still though, no regrets...I have 2 beautiful daughters 6 years apart in age with the same birthday...magical🙂

 

[TklDuo-Ann]

Drew & I met online. He got his first computer, searched "Tickle" and found my original site (The Tickle Chamber) among the search results. He dropped me a note via e-mail. We wrote back & forth a bit, then chatted via AIM, then on the phone. After a bit, we decided to meet in person. He made the 4 hour drive up to where I was living at the time and we spent a weekend having fun. And the rest, as they say, is history! 🙂

 

[Canadian_Eh]

I actually met my signifigant other (Very soon to be husband) in College. We were in one of the same classes together.

I was having a really rough morning as I had gotten some pretty bad news from my doctor, So I had a break down at the end of class. So as I was cracking from all the pressure, My fiance' saw that I was noticably upset and out of concern went to talk to the teacher as he thought I may have been upset about the class. We became inseparable from that day on.

We always joke around with people when they ask how we met and we tell them he told the teacher on me 😛

 

[Dawes]

I've known my significant other now since I was fourteen and she was thirteen.

Vae and I first met online, on an old service called Prodigy. You know you remember those old days of 56k modems, handshakenoises, annoying Internet front-ends, BBS services! We were part of a group of chatrooms that involved writing and story-creation, and one of our super-slick online friends named James at the time introduced us to one another.

Katie's first response to him? "Rance? That guy's a retard. I don't want to meet him!"

Fortunately, she and I hit it off so well that by the time we could drive, we were regularly hanging out with each other, and we'd developed our friendship over several years of phone conversations, sharing ourselves creatively, and learning how to be teenagers. That she lived in New Jersey and I lived in Maryland allowed us to hang out pretty regularly.

Unfortunately, times can be rough -- when we both got to be eighteen and nineteen, we got drawn in separate directions both emotionally, physically, and mentally. She went off to school and I pursued work. Instances of miscommunication led to distance; distance led to us stopping talking because we were both afraid to recognize that distance and separation. All of a sudden, we were both out a best friend. Why? We were simply too frightened to ever recognize the mistakes we made in not talking.

Fast-forward several years. Vae and I had not spoken for two years and nine months when (ironically enough), she got back in touch with James, who was part of a writing group online that I also happened to be a part of. History repeated itself -- I one day saw a very familiar username browsing this forum James and I belonged to. It was Vae's. I was frightened, but I missed my old best friend so much that I sent her a message telling her I wanted to talk again.

That was three years ago. In that time, we'd reconciled our differences and discovered just how much we meant to one another, just how fucked up our lives had been without one another in them. Communication is something we don't take for granted anymore -- we did it too much when we were younger to care to risk ourselves to it now.

In the end, Somebody Big was trying to make sure we met that second time as coincidentally as we had the first time. Somebody Big was trying to tell us not to screw it up again. The past three years have been amazing. I've got my best friend back in my life, and now that best friend is also the woman I hope to have at my side for the rest of my life. And this is all just the beginning...!

 

[Vae]

It's true. I did not want to talk to him at all. I thought he was completely, fucking retarded and I had no interest in meeting him. I actually begged James to not introduce me to him. James was thankfully stubborn.

Rance and I originally bonded on our dislike of James. It all went wonderfully up hill from there.

The rest of the story? I couldn't have said it better myself. 🙂

 

[love feet]

Nothing terribly interesting here with my fiance. We met at work and attended the same college where she watched me date quite a few women. When we first met, I had no idea that she was even interested in me. Being the dofus I am, I even told her about other women I wanted to date and didn't stop to think of how she felt. Eventually, we got together and ended up having to hide our relationship because of her racist, ERRR old-fashioned Parents.

wow Parents 🙁!

 

[love feet]

I actually met my signifigant other (Very soon to be husband) in College. We were in one of the same classes together.

I was having a really rough morning as I had gotten some pretty bad news from my doctor, So I had a break down at the end of class. So as I was cracking from all the pressure, My fiance' saw that I was noticably upset and out of concern went to talk to the teacher as he thought I may have been upset about the class. We became inseparable from that day on.

We always joke around with people when they ask how we met and we tell them he told the teacher on me 😛

so sweet of him!

 

[ArizonaTickler]

Thank you so much to everyone who has shared so far 🙂

Also, I do remember Prodigy. I had a joke with a friend a long time ago that Prodigy was just a button that said, "Click here to go to internet"

 

[Ticklemeslow]

We actually met on Tickling Community almost 4 years ago. My s/o PM'd me b/c we have the same birthday. We both moved over here and communicated through PMs, and AOL instant messaging, then we graduated to the phone. After 5 months, I came to visit and to see how it was seeing each other face to face. Needless to say it went great, and I ended up moving in with him, and that's the story. Not all that interesting I know, but I hardly post, so I figured what the hell.

 

[Dawes]

Also, I do remember Prodigy. I had a joke with a friend a long time ago that Prodigy was just a button that said, "Click here to go to internet"

Seriously, that place was a dumpfest, including (but not limited to) the e-mail addresses.

"Hey, can I e-mail you?"
"Sure! Give me yours."
"Oh, just [email protected]. What's yours?"
"[email protected]!"

(....I can't unlink that e-mail address, so I wonder if it's real!)

 

[tickler118]

Well I'll share a bit on how I met my last two girlfriends if you like.

The last serious relationship I was in was pretty typical. We were in some of the same classes in college (still are! eek!) and I guess by chance we happened to sit next to each other one day and just hit it off I suppose! This one lasted a while but eventually just fizzled out.

The one before that was a little bit different. I was at a house party and I made it my intentions to just chill out with the boys as I hadn't seen them in a while. However, a friend of one of the girl's that I hang out with asked her to set us up. I couldn't really refuse as the girl was pretty smoking and I was pretty stunned that she fancied me but to be honest this relationship didn't last pissing time! One month or so.

 

[Angel77]

8th grade chorus.
We were friends first, than high school sweethearts. We eventually went our separate ways, him joining the Marines, off to CA and getting married while I stayed in PA. Ran into his mother a few days ago and found out that he's divorced, is currently in the Guard stationed in Iraq and will be moving back to Pittsburgh when he returns. She gave me his email addy so I think today might be the day where I have the balls to just say hi. 🙂 It did help that his mom told me that he was wondering if I was still in the area, and how was I doing and how he'd love to see me again. Hmmm......

 

[myth77]

^^Yay Go for it Angel

 

[Angel77]

^^Yay Go for it Angel

I'm thinking I should too! 🙂

Thanks for the extra push!

 

[Strider]

We're in the same suspension troupe and actually had been in the same scene for years without ever actually meeting. I was actually in the group for around 4 months without having any conversations with her longer than a few minutes. We do a show one night at which I leave a t-shirt behind. She finds it in the equipment and says I can come by to pick it up whenever. I do, expecting to be at her place for 10 minutes. I stay til 5am.

This was just over a year ago and we're moving in together within the next couple months.

 

[ArizonaTickler]

Angel, we must know - Did you email him?

 

[Angel77]

I did late last night.....waiting on a response! I think the time difference is 8 hours from here to Iraq so not sure when his work shift is/done. Fingers are crossed!!!