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1987H2001M2002Inanny Thu 26-Jan-23 12:08:04

How/where did you meet your husband?

I met mine in 2008 via on-line dating. We've been happy ever since. Funnily enough my eldest son met his wife on the same site. I would always say it's not for everyone and extreme caution should be used especially with all the nasty scammers/weirdo people around.

I was talking to a lady on Ancestry about this topic and she told me she got her husband out of the paper (guess she meant something like a lonely hearts column) but it sounded so funny !!

1987H2001M2002Inanny Thu 26-Jan-23 12:16:00

Oh my dyslexic fingers/brain goes faster than I can type!! it should say Our best beloved,we've been and everyone.

MrsKen33 Thu 26-Jan-23 12:25:09

At art school when I was seventeen.

VB000 Thu 26-Jan-23 12:37:04

Met DH online in 2009 - although it can be a minefield, I would recommend it!

It was an English speaking site, but we were both living in France at that time.

Kate1949 Thu 26-Jan-23 12:38:52

At work in 1967. We've been married 54 years this year.

sodapop Thu 26-Jan-23 12:38:55

Via an ad in the local paper.

Greyduster Thu 26-Jan-23 12:44:26

I was setting my sights on his best friend, who I didn’t know was engaged to someone else. To get me off his back, he set me up on a blind date with DH. The rest is history!

NotSpaghetti Thu 26-Jan-23 12:46:33

1st year at university.

sharon103 Thu 26-Jan-23 12:55:11

He was a blind date set up by my best friend.
I thought I was going to a pub with just her. When we got there he was outside with a few of his friends.
I got introduced and it was love at first sight. This was in 1971.
He left in January 1987 for someone he worked with. Divorced 1991.

kittylester Thu 26-Jan-23 12:55:29

Work Christmas party. His brother worked for the same company as I and had sneaked him in for the post meal disco. 1969!!!

mamaPow5 Thu 26-Jan-23 13:00:00

At a Methodist Guest House in 1965. We’ve been happily married for 52 years.

FannyCornforth Thu 26-Jan-23 13:01:47

At a wonderful traditional pub a stone’s throw from where I lived at the time.

MrC’s sister was the landlady.
I was in the throes of almost having a nervous breakdown (seriously).

My mom had just died; I’d been royally dumped by the man who I thought I would spend my life with; my best friend had moved to the other end of the country; and I was totally out of my depth trying to do an art PGCE.

I was also drinking far too much.

MrC said it was love at first sight.
He asked my out numerous times before I succumbed.

He saved my life ♥️

ExDancer Thu 26-Jan-23 13:08:08

At a Young Farmers' dance in the 50s.

Anniebach Thu 26-Jan-23 13:28:51

In a scout hut 1966, married 1968
He died 1976 .

cornergran Thu 26-Jan-23 13:34:41

At work in 1967. We married in 1969 and he’s still tolerating me. It seems odd now but my Dad needed to give permission for me to marry.

Auntieflo Thu 26-Jan-23 13:35:53

At a dance hall, over the Odeon cinema in Hounslow.
Married in 1961, still going strong after 61 years.

HousePlantQueen Thu 26-Jan-23 13:38:42

Small ad in a magazine, pre online dating I suppose. I always remind him that it pays to advertise! 35 years this summer.

dotpocka Thu 26-Jan-23 13:41:40

library
most literal man ever meet hes gone and i have aphasia

dotpocka Thu 26-Jan-23 13:44:35

LITERATE

M0nica Thu 26-Jan-23 13:47:50

In my first year at University, but it never occurred to us that we might be made for each other for another six years. In fact, we actually lost touch with each other for about a year.

dragonfly46 Thu 26-Jan-23 13:51:55

At university in November 1966 - married in 1968!

Witzend Thu 26-Jan-23 14:57:12

1968, student union coffee lounge, as they called it. I was first year, he was 2nd.
Married in 1974.

Ashcombe Thu 26-Jan-23 15:07:42

Initially at school where we hardly knew each other. We both married, then many years later he found me on Friends Reunited so we dated then married in 2015. He lives mainly in France whilst I'm in England.

Ladyleftfieldlover Thu 26-Jan-23 15:09:24

Met at work in November 1974, moved in together May 1975, married in May 1976. It was the talk of the office!

GrannySomerset Thu 26-Jan-23 15:13:22

BBC London hostel in November 1960 - he was a new graduate entrant, I was a secretary. Married in September 1962. It was clear from the very beginning that the relationship was either serious or off.