How did everyone meet?

[Converse34 1]

So how is it they we all came to meet our fiance(e)s/Spouses from the US/UK? I'm thinking a lot of people met online, but I bet just as many hadn't. I met must husband at a party when I was a student in Manchester.

[greeneyedgirlfl 0]

Very cheesy, but met online through a dating site...he paid a membership just to send me a message, and the rest is history!!!

Dawn

[ginger1981 0]

I met Nicky on a message board for Doves (the Manc band) who we are both huge fans of. We are also huge fans of the band U2, and he mentioned on the board he was basically coming over to the US for a bunch of shows. I messaged him and asked if he was coming to the show in Omaha, Nebraska (I'm originally from Nebraska and only moved up to Chicago a couple years ago) and at the time he wasn't, but changed his mind (he was originally going to go to the shows before and after Omaha). So we made an arrangement...if he gave me his presale code, I would get the tickets for us. So did that, he came over for the show and stayed with me (and about 6 other U2 buddies of mine) in my apartment in Lincoln. That also happened to be a few days before my birthday, so I had a birthday party at a local restaurant and later drinks at a martini bar called Doc's.

Now, what happened next just proves that Nicky is indeed truly in love with me!

So we were drinking and doing shots, and my friends wanted me to demonstrate a certain flaming shot called "The Statue of Liberty." Basically, you take a shot of rumplemintz, dip your finger in the shot....light your finger on fire, then take the shot. Once you have the shot down your gullet you put your finger in your mouth to put out the flame. Theoretically, this is all supposed to happen so fast that only the alcohol on your finger burns, and not your flesh.

So anyways, a bunch of us all thought it would be a good idea to make the Brit do the "Statue of Liberty." So Nicky nervously dips his finger in the shot, lights his finger on fire...and goes to take the shot. Now, instead of it ALL going down his gullet he splashes some of the booze on his face, and when he goes to put out his flaming finger he accidently lights his face on fire.

I'm not kidding you, poor Nicky had a flaming face.

To my embarrassment (and my friends embarrassment) we were all so shocked we sat there like idiots with our mouths open for a few seconds, including my friend who is a trauma nurse. One of my other friends (who happened to be an ex-flame...pun not intended) had his wits about him, looked around the table for water...and seeing that it was all booze decided to blow out his face. He just leaned over and "pfff pfff pfff" and put Nicky's face out.

Thankfully, other than a small bit on his cheek it was alcohol that burned, and my trauma nurse friend stepped into action.

As you can imagine, I felt BAD about it, and after he left we lost touch for a while. However, a few months later I was planning a backpacking trip to Europe and I got back in touch with Nicky, and we started talking about backpacking Scotland and Ireland. After leaving Paris I met up with him in Newcastle, and we finally had our first kiss several days later in Glasgow. And from there on out it is history.

So anyways, that is the long winded...and fiery version of us first meeting!

Edited February 6, 2008 by ginger1981

[ginger1981 0]

So how is it they we all came to meet our fiance(e)s/Spouses from the US/UK? I'm thinking a lot of people met online, but I bet just as many hadn't. I met must husband at a party when I was a student in Manchester.

By the way...greetings from Wrigleyville. I go out to Arlington Heights once a month or so to see a friend, and we always eat at Fuego, which is the best Mexican food I've ever had this side of the border (well, considering it is b/c I've never been south of the border :-p)

[Oosie 1]

So how is it they we all came to meet our fiance(e)s/Spouses from the US/UK? I'm thinking a lot of people met online, but I bet just as many hadn't. I met must husband at a party when I was a student in Manchester.

We met online, it was a dating site but initially we kept in touch thinking the other one wasn't a possible partner. Neither of us wanted someone in another country. Our feelings changed over time though.

[Jeraly 4]

I'm not kidding you, poor Nicky had a flaming face.

That is too cute!!

Jeremy and I met the boring way it seems on an online game We chatted for years, had a failed attempt at a relationship, got back in touch, had another go... That's the short version Long version on our website

[C and J 1]

Josh and I met on a gaming website (a mod site for Sims2 back when I really liked that game), became good friends through playing Guildwars and World of Warcraft together and agreed to meet after about 10 months of knowing each other. The first visit was wonderful and things went on from there

[Jeraly 4]

Jeremy and I actually have the name of the place we met and our character names engraved on the inside of our wedding bands

[English Muffin 59]

Scott and I met online too. We met through a penfriends website and were just penfriends to start with.

Gillian

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Alex and I met online on some forums - also terribly boring! (A more lengthy answer is in my profile).

I love the story, ginger! Now that's something interesting you definitely don't mind telling family and friends!

[catrocks 0]

I met Ben at a music festival in Belgium. I was living in Brussels at the time, and he was living in Germany (air force). I was at the festival with my Dutch speaking friends, and I didn't speak it so I was kind of bored.... anyways on the last night we were going back to our tent for more wine when I heard people speaking beautiful English!!

So, we went over to their tent (completely wasted) and ended up hanging out with them all night. At the time I was shamefully drunk and didn't really talk to Ben. We asked where they were from and they said Canada. I'd spent a month in Canada a couple of years back so I asked where in Canada, and they said Lethbridge, AB.... that is the town I spent a month in! - they picked that town because one of the guys was from just over the border in Montana and thought he'd say Lethbridge because nobody would know where that was!

Anyways my friend started dating the Montana guy, and he told us they were really American, and they'd been telling people they were Canadian because they'd gotten attitude from some Belgians when they said they were American. So, they started visiting us in Brussels on weekends and that's when I really started talking to Ben. We started dating about 3 months after we met - the military send him to Utah in Feb 05, so we were long distance from then until last August. He's out of the military now

[*julez* 124]

Griff and I were at the same business conference in Chicago that was hosted by the company he then worked for. We didn't actually meet during the conference, but in the bar afterward! I ordered a pint of Harp while all the other women ordered Merlot. He was intrigued and said hello. Neither of us talked to anyone else the entire night!

[weedebz 0]

Through Yahoo. Nick sent me a message that just said, "you look nice...talk?" Well I replied. I was down as my boyfriend had slept with my mate, Nick was down as his girlfriend had ran off with his best mate. I said I needed a holiday and was going to stay with a friend in Texas, we decided to meet for a couple of days. Had big argument with friend in Texas, decided rather than cancel holiday I'd change my flights and just go there for the full 3 weeks. The rest is history and the future lies ahead.

regarding games...I was also a guildwars addict, so much so I was and still am a guild leader. Don't play as much now. Was a WoW addict for many moons too but gave up when decided to move to US as not spending money on subscription for a character I can't use in US. Currently addicted to sid meyers pirates.

[Gareth's Girl 0]

Gareth and I met online on a pen-friend site. My close friend convinced it would be a great idea to have a pen pal. After weeks of searching through different ads and only finding muppets and weirdos (I would get requests for my bank account information and worse.....much, much, much worse), she sent me Gareth's ad. I responded to his ad and the rest is history. The best decision I ever made.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

We were students at UCL - I was on my year abroad