Getting to Know Eachother – When we met…
May 11th, 2010 by Allison Silber
Hello Again!
I absolutely love this portion of my blog as I get to hear some incredible stories from all of you! Today’s topic: How we met! Interesting stories always come out of this question, just like those great (and all completely real) stories from When Harry Met Sally (My favorite movie!). I am very excited to hear all the non-traditional meetings and how they have turned into the incredible journey you have had since.
My Turn: When we met, we didn’t know where it would lead.
As far back as I can remember we have known each other. When I was about 8 his sister and I were best friends and my cousin (who I am very close with) was his. The point when I really took notice of him was about 8 years ago. I was going to school in Oregon, but we spent the majority of that first summer together. That first summer was the point where I had taken notice of him and developed my “crush”. Some of my favorite memories come out of that incredible time. June 27, 2002 was our first kiss :) We spent a lot of time together thereafter.
In the years to come we led different lives, I was away at school and he had moved on. In my heart I always knew that I would marry him but that didn’t really become something until years later in 2006. I came back from school and we started dating-and that is how the new story began-which lead to where I am now, engaged to be married to this man.
Your Turn:
When we met….(fill in your blank!)
Time to let all the amazing details loose on the comments! :) When and how and everything in between!
PS: Want to see the past “getting to know each other” segments?? How did he propose? What are your wedding colors? What are your favorite wedding details?
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May 12, 2010 at 2:55 pm, Katie said:
My husband and I met through his mom! I was living in Ohio working in a bank, Ben was living in Florida. His parents were moving to Florida and wanted to open an account at a bank that had branches in both Ohio and Florida….my branch it was. Ben flew to Ohio to help his parents move and while out and about with his mom she brought him into the bank to finish up the final details on the mortgage on her new house in Florida. Wow, I thought he was so cute, I could barely speak to him. But I was living in Ohio (and had a boyfriend) and he was living in Florida. Well, 3 years later I decided it was time to get out of the Ohio winters so I transferred with that bank. I called his Mom to see if she would like to show me around town since I didn’t know a soul and we went to dinner the next evening, and Ben joined us! Well, 4 days later we had our first real date and 10 months after that date we got married! We’ll be celebrating our 7 year wedding anniversary in June!
May 12, 2010 at 2:59 pm, Allison O'Grady said:
That is SUCH a cool and totally accidental way of meeting! He must have really stuck out in your mind to remember to call her!
Thanks so much for sharing!! :)
May 12, 2010 at 3:14 pm, Deb D said:
What sweet stories of meeting future spouses!
I met my husband at university when I joined a Christian group on campus – I was a brand new first year student and he was a 2nd year student. We didn’t really see each other much since he was studying engineering and I was a science student, but we had several mutual friends, one of whom ended up being our best man.
I can’t say that we thought much about each other when we first met. I thought of him as a geeky and introverted engineering student and he just saw me as one of a bunch of rowdy first year students he saw around campus occasionally, LOL.
It wasn’t until we were asked to lead a group together the following year that we got to know each other better and discover that our first perceptions of each other weren’t totally accurate. We became good friends and started dating two years after we’d first met. The rest, as they say, is history and we’ve been happily married for 9 and a half years now!
May 14, 2010 at 8:30 am, Cindy said:
When we first met, I thought he was too old for me! :)
I met George on an online dating site in the spring of 2008. He sent me a message and we wrote back and forth a few times, but I noticed he was 11 years old than me and for some reason let that convince me he wasn’t right for me. Thankfully, he did not take my age into account.
Eventually, we met in person for coffee, but I ended up dating someone else. But George and I developed a strong friendship over the next year..so strong that he was one of the first people in town I called when I went through an awful break-up.
It sounded cliche and like a rebound, but shortly after that bad break-up, I knew I wanted to be with George. I was hesitant to tell him because I doubted he was still interested in me as more than a friend. Thankfully, he wanted to give dating a try also. We’ve been together ever since I confessed my feelings for him and were engaged less than a year later. I can’t wait to be his wife!
May 14, 2010 at 12:18 pm, Hi-Fi Weddings said:
The first time I saw my now hubby was at a party. He and some friends walked in (after drinking some margaritas – so they were all pretty silly) and I heard him laughing from across the room. I pretty much fell in love right then and there. I (surprisingly lol) wasn’t drinking that night and tried to make small talk with him about music. We ended up hanging out for the night, and somehow (neither of remember how) got his phone number. We both know he didn’t give it to me, but I have no idea who did. Anyway, I called him the next day (a few times) and his friends convinced him to go hang out with me (he had just gotten out of a rather bad relationship, so I don’t think girls were a priority). We ended up hanging out and swimming together…and ever since that day we haven’t been more than 12 hours apart! Which is actually crazy cause before him I was all about “my space” and I could go weeks without seeing the boyfriend. And he was the same way. But with each other we totally clicked and I’m thankful we’re able to spend so much time together! We live (duh), work, and play together everyday! :)
(sorry this got kinda long-winded…I’m totally an open book so I talk a lot haha)
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