How did you meet your mate?

I met my husband online too. We both hung out in a Yahoo chat room, and would talk and cut-up constantly. I was still unhappily married, and he had never been married before. My beloved mother was dying, also. He ended up being my shoulder to cry on. We talked on the phone constantly. He was truly my best friend. I certainly wasn't looking for love, but he was. When my ex-husband met a new woman and moved out (thank God for answered prayers), I went to visit the soon-to-be husband. He ended up packing up all his belongings and we drove across country together. We were married 3 months later. That was 7 yrs. ago. Oh, BTW, he's 17 yrs. younger than me. Scared the bejeezus out of me, but he insisted. I've dated much more than my share, and I'm here to tell you that it's better to be alone than to be in a relationship and feel lonely. It's a horrible feeling.  I don't necessarily believe in destiny, but I do have the feeling that if it's meant to be, then it will be. Never settle. Of course, no one is perfect, but there are certain things you have to insist on. Make sure you know your own bottom line before you accept anyone. You have so much to offer. There's probably a few guys out there that deserve you.

Well you have gotten tons of answers, I kinda hate to be one more, so I'll keep it short A freind of mine took me to a Catholic Charismatic prayer meeting, and a friend of my DH's told him about the meeting.  My friend, and DH's friend knew each other, and kinda introduced us.  LOVE at 1st sight...Still going strong, this june its 30 years

I've had 0 boyfriends in my life.  I'm a socially retarded 21 year old, so when you figure out the secret, could you let me know what it is?!  Please?!  LOL

Just wanted to let you know that I met my wonderful husband online. We have been married for 5 years now and they have been the happiest of my life! All I can tell you is to read carefully when you get responses. Jason wasn't my first online BF and some of the others were less than satisfactory. But the advantage of online dating is that you get to know people from a distance before you jump into a more personal encounter. And you at least know they're literate! LOL I really feel that this avenue of meeting people can be a real boon. You also get so much more exposure to men of so many different walks of life. It sure beats the bar scene...scary! Just make sure you talk on the phone a few times before you meet....it's just good policy...trust me. Some things translate better by voice. : (  OH! and last thing. Be you!! Don't bother trying to be what you think he might want. If it's gonna last he'll know eventually anyway. And you'd be surprised at some of the qualities you consider to be negatives that he actually likes. I have this really loud laugh interspersed with a high pitched squeak that I've always been really embarrassed of. Well I let it out on the first date and my hubby now confesses it was one of the things he loved about me most.  Weird huh? He also says he fell head over heels for the way I blush like crazy whenever I do it. Damn I love that boy. It's not about how many flaws you have as much as whether your flaws compliment eachother. So...in a nutshell....be you and he's way more likely to be him!

My husband and I were introduced by a mutual friend, Marc. He lied to both hubby and me; saying one was interested in the other and vice versa. Well, one day my hubby saw me talking to a man who was just a good customer of ours. Nothing romantic at all. Well, hubby thought I was involved and wouldn't ask me out! I became impatient and said to him, 'When are you going to ask me out?" This April it will be our 10 yr anniversary. I, too, didn't have much experience dating. I married at 18 and divorced at 28. I do remember though, I had a mental checklist of things I wanted to know about a guy so obviously, I went through quite a few dates before finding Mr. Right! I wasn't fooling around- a guy had to have a sense of humor, intelligent, be close to his family, not be in debt, and had to like kids and dogs. If none of those fit, he was outta there! LOL Looking back it was pretty funny. I probably gave up some pretty decent guys even though they didn't fit the bill. Bex

I am single too so I will read the responses. I don't get the dating world and I don't want to lower the bar either. At this rate it seems I will be single forever.

Hi, My story is to long but I just wanted to tell you good luck and i hope you meet the man of your dreams you really deserve to meet someone nice and worthy of you.You are a wonderful woman.

I bought an old sideboard at Goodwill and refinished it.  The only time I've ever done anything like that!  A friend I worked with wanted the sideboard badly, and I finally agreed to trade it to him for some other things - a bookcase, etc. My friend told me "I have this BIG friend who could lift that sideboard and put it on the back of my car".  He brought Bill over - and we looked at each other and that was it.  It was very inconvenient - I was in the process of divorce, had two small children, and he was 5 years younger than me.  It didn't matter.  November will be 35 years we've been married.  Guess it is going to work out! Sandy

Exactly 27 years ago today was my husbands and I first date, we met at work. I was in the 10th grade and he  was in the 12th.  We've been married 25 years this year and have 2 sons, 16 & 22.

I met my hubby on an airplane.