(Not one singlies) how did you....

mrskitty · 29-05-2006, 10:30

meet your partner?I was thinking about the fact that i have met all my partners through such different situations,so now tell me how did you meet yours?was it really romantic or not at all?and what has been your most embarassing moment whilst on a date?Mine was when the fella opened the door whilst i was on the loo in a restaurant

but hey we were together for 4 years after that!

Gayle · 29-05-2006, 14:55

I met Chris through Oswaldtwistle Players. I'd been with them for a while when we were doing A Man For All Seasons and the Director brought him in to play Henry VIII. He started coming out drinking with a group of us that were all mates. We were friends for a few years before getting together. So when we did get together things went very quickly from dating to marriage to children because we already knew each other so well.

mani · 29-05-2006, 15:07

well erm my mom said ur going to marry xyz. i said ok. cue the wedding and her walking down the stairs...

thats how i met her.

glasgow guy · 29-05-2006, 15:11

I met my wife when we both worked together...first date was in the may, moved in with her in the august, engaged on the newyears eve that same year and married her 18 months later ! - that was 7 years ago and we are still happily together !

West Ender · 29-05-2006, 15:26

I met my husband in January 1960 when he came to Accrington to stay the weekend with a friend of his (they were both in the RAF) who was going out with a friend of mine. I went out with them to make up a foursome and, well, we were married 2 and a half years later.

buttonsmum · 29-05-2006, 18:04

I met Ian on the 4th April 1994 in my local pub which at the time which was the George Hotel on Blackburn Road, he was sat at one end of the bar, me at the other with my sister. I thought it was my sister he kept smiling at, Simon the barman a good freind of ours (sadly no longer with us) came over with 2 drinks, he had bought one, Ian had bought the other. It was only later in the evening that I found it it was me that Ian was interested in, Simon a well known match maker had told me he needed some advise and could he speak to me in the restaurant, when I went in there, Ian was already sat there, Simon said right I'll leave you two to it and dimmed all the lights. And just to make sure we saw each other again he told us that him and a group of friends were going for a meal at Tiggis and would be going bowling after, and to meet them when they had finished their meal, When we got there obviously there was no meal and no-one going bowling he had set us up on a date, so we went bowling anyway. We got engaged 14th Feb the following year. We got married 31st May 1997.

If it wasn't for Simon I have to say I would never have met the love of my life.

entwisi · 29-05-2006, 18:23

Heh,
Other side of the fence now....................

Monday 4th April, meant to be my day off but got 'conned' into working(at Spread Eagle, Barrow) I was the assistant manager at the time. Anyway, I turned up for work, boss sodded off out for the day! I was REALLY peed off. Anyway she returned at about 5 and said shed be back down in 10 mins to take over. I said in that case I'm off, grabbed my coat and did one. Called in at some friends at the Gamecock on teh way home. Had a pint but couldn't have any more as I was driving so went home. As I walked through teh door my mum (god bless her) started nagging, it went on and on and on so I said I'm off to the pub! At the time I occasionally went in the George when not working and it was about as close to a local as I had. I also knew Simon quite well and knew he was working so thought I'd at least have him to chat to.

Went in and there was a disco or something on so I parked my backside at the end of teh bar and started supping. About an hour later two young ladies came in that I didn't recognise( I knew pretty much everyone else in there) and one in particular caught my eye. Anyways I asked Simon who they were. He said if you buy her a drink I'll get her sisters. I responded OK but don't say who they are from,(I'm quite shy really!!!!). Anyway that was done. about an hour later Simon asked me if he could ask me a question about business(I knew he was interested in opening his own place) and said he didn't want to talk over the bar. He said, pop up to the restaurant and I'll be up shortly so I trundled up there and sat down. a couple of minutes later he arrives with Julie in tow. Lights went down and the rest is history.

The Bowling was another set up to make sure we saw each other again but it wasn't needed, We saw each other nearly every day since.

Ernie · 29-05-2006, 19:40

I met Lucy on an Accrington Corporation bus in 1980, I was working as a bus driver, she had one of those rambler cards and used to use the buses quite a lot visiting friends around the Accy area. That gave us plenty of time to chat and we found we had quite a lot in common (except I didn't like the Bay City Rollers) we started going out together and then she moved to Bury, we still continued to see each other until a few years later I moved over to Bury and we bought our house. I guess that is about it really except we are getting married later this year, I never did like rushing anything.

ANNE · 29-05-2006, 22:33

I met my husband on the 16th of January 1972 at St Judes youth club in Preston.
We got engaged unafficially in May and officially on his 18th Birthday. We then Married in 1973 the day before his Birthday.
I was just sweet 16 at thye time.

garinda · 29-05-2006, 23:02

It just shows it is so random if you meet the love of your life.

All the stories are lovely but Ian and Julie's really brought a lump to my throat, especially when they said that their cupid is no longer with us. I'm sure Simon's looking down, pleased that he did a good job the night he brought you two together.

junetta · 30-05-2006, 00:06

I'd been to the Cavendish Club in Blackburn to watch the Muscleman.....who remembers him? After hitching a ride back to Accy, with my mate, I was walking along Blackburn Road towards home when a bloke I knew played gentleman and refused to let me go on alone.

I took one look at his friend and I was lost. I don't know to this day what happened to my 'gentleman' but his mate and I married a year later, 1970.

He's no longer with us but left me two lovely children. Happy days x

Madhatter · 30-05-2006, 00:12

One rang me up and asked me for a date the other just got into the van and we went to mc donalds. I'm single now and happy,as for the future, whatever will be will be.

shiny gem · 30-05-2006, 10:24

i met my last major boyf at a friends house, he practically had a punch up with my friend over which one of them drove me home! lol...were still good friends now so its all good.

my current bloke i met through work...he came in once a month to pay his newspaper bill (i also delivered his paper for a few months). i basically pestered him and kept inviting him out to different places till he eventually caved in! I'm really glad that i dont give up easily lol