How did you meet your spouse/SO?

[JNA]

Who is this spouse/SO that you speak of ?

[btrage]

As long term committed or married couples, it's important we remember and revisit these stories.

[Hink]

As long term committed or married couples, it's important we remember and revisit these stories.

I agree. With all the shit that happens during the year, sometimes it is easy to forget what you have and why. Love is fickle and easily taken advantage of.

[kjel]

He was a client of the previous organization that I worked for. He was referred to me for assistance in writing his resume because his program manager had no idea what to do with him being that he was not the run of the mill client they were used to dealing with. So I met him, drafted his resume, gave him some pointers about where to look for work. I saw him a week later reading Neruda and said hello and that I was hoping that he was reading Neruda in Spanish because his poetry loses meaning in English. He laughed and asked what in the hell I was doing in the organization in that city if I knew about things like Neruda. I didn't think anything of it, apparently he thought otherwise.

Eventually I was placed in charge of the program he received services from and he worked as a volunteer on a number of my projects. When Thanksgiving rolled around he didn't have anywhere to spend it so I invited him for dinner (I always invite "strays", it's a family tradition). He never left.

Almost 3 years together, we have a little one now, and will be getting married over the Christmas/New Year's vacation in the Dominican Republic (although we'll be doing the civil ceremony in NYC sometime soon).

[Vancity]

I met my S/O at work a couple years ago. It was my first day at the job and I didn't know my way around the surrounding area. He was in the lunch room when I went up to eat... I asked him where I could go to get good food nearby for next time. He gave me some directions... but I thought he was attractive, so I told him I am bad with directions (I am, but I probably could have figured it out) and asked him if he would show me the next time we had lunch. That started the tradition of us having lunch together, and soon I was asking him out for dinner too... one night we were walking down the street and I took his hand and stopped him and kissed him... And not much else happened for a while.. but dinners turned into walks and drives and talking and time together, and then one day we were 'we'... And that's how it went. (well, it wasnt exactly that easy.. but those are the parts that count)

I think I made every first move..

[natski]

I met my bf of 5 years online, through a social media site which was popular a few years back. We talked quite a bit when i travelled in Europe that year, i think the clincher was sending him a post card from Budapest, where he wanted to travel! He was moving interstate so we chatted for about 5 months before actually meeting in person. When we met, it was as if I was catching up with an old friend, easy relaxed etc. he turned up on his motorcycle with his leathers, which was always going to be a winner he soon then after got a posting for 3 months overseas, and then finally returned home and got a job within 3 hours of me. I had already planned a 2 month trip away with my best mate (male best friend) before he came on the scene, and he was cool with that, ended up meeting up with us part way through and travelling (and we managed to meet a few cyburbians along the way!) so we had dated for 7 or 8 months and survived a 1 month trip together, including a road trip across USA. He is a very tolerant, laid back person