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First met at a friend's house party, brief conversation only. Next met at Wigan Pier (Wednesday "Alternative" night). First proper date in Raffles pub, also in Wigan.
Sadly both the Pier and Raffles are both long gone although we are still happily together 31 years later.
Yes!
My lovely wife worked in a pub near to my parent's house where I was staying mid-house move.
She was doing a few nights a week behind the bar. Having got used to living alone, I found it hard not to nip out for a couple of pints about ten o'clock (get away from the folks). And that's how it started. We were married two years later and have ben married for twenty two years now.
Our first date was a BasqueMTB holiday 🙂
1982 at a Halls of Residence corridor party in Agecroft
Agecroft Salford?
I was a patient on the first ward of her nurse training. 29 years ago and our 25th wedding anniversary next year. I owe her so much more than I can ever give but I'm trying with a brand new VW T-Roc when it arrives at the dealer (currently advised as late December)
First meeting in a pub, had been 'chatting' online for a week or so previous. One of my best mates wedding the day before our 'first date' I arrived with a stinking hangover, overweight (I'd spent a few years enjoying the single life) and probably looking like crap.
That was 3.5 years ago and (although I'd probably never tell her) she's been one of the best things to happen to me and completely restored my faith that there is 'one' for me. Popped the question when she organised a completely surprise 40th party for me earlier this year. She was the more shocked one when I'd already got the ring and dropped to a knee to ask her in front of everyone. I was going to do it that night but didn't expect a 100 strong audience when I did it! She was happy 🙂 The wedding is going to have to wait a bit though as I'm mid house renovation which is taking up most of my cash.
I'm definitely punching above my weight.
She was working as a waitress in a ........................ Hungry Horse Pub and they did free re-fills on coke and cheap burgers, winner. Plus I won a tenner as my mate bet me I wouldn't ask her out, double winner!!!
20 years ago, and been together ever since, married for erm 12 years this year and 3 boys to boot.
1981 Kingswood cricket club Christmas bash, I was new to the village had played a few matches in the summer where she had apparently been eying me up!!
We have been together since then apart from a brief year of me going off and playing the field 😉 Oh I also think I swapped her for a bottle of cider at another Crimbo bash (not my best moment)
Managed to put off getting married for 17 years but it will be our 20th wedding anniversary next April
Online, then first date was a few laps round Cannock Chase, followed by leaving with a sore crotch*
*We went for a walk after the bike ride and I still had my bib shorts on.
EDIT: 10 years in now. Luckily my crotch has recovered.
Our first date was a BasqueMTB holiday
Well, it’s rather strange riding apparel but I can see why it led to romance.
Thurrock Yacht Club. December 31st 1978 or January 1st 1979, can't remember exactly as I was well pissed at the time.
Mrs Z thinks it was after midnight, but cannot be sure for the same reason as me. Never seen her drunk since. Must have learnt her lesson.
First one, work. Amazed that there are not loads who met through work...anyway...that didnt work out, and second (current) one, in a pub. Was getting over the split from number one and number 2 seemed to meet every need as we chatted when she served me !
8 years later, 1 lovely daughter and things are good 🙂
Met my now wife of 15 years in a crappy club/bar. Had a random, pissed-up snog and exchanged numbers. Went on a couple of dates and it sort of blossomed from there. Never really looked back to be honest!
Never had a girlfriend despite spending alot of time in pubs in my 20's.Hey ho
Im off to a pub quiz tonight where a nice teacher caught my eye last month. She is a regular at the quiz apparently so im hoping she is there tonight.
Worked together. For 6 years we hardly spoke and both eyed each other with caution.
She didn't drive. I had a two seater Triumph Spitfire. (Yes it was possible - just!) Only two of us were going to a works meeting 20 miles away, so I was deputed to give her a lift. We hit it off immediately and have never been apart since.
She's far too good for me. I'm the lucky one!
In fairly recent years, I tried to pull in a pub. Very attractive girl sat with all her friends giving me the eye. I was with a mate and my brother... I had to drink so many pints to pluck up the courage to go over, by the time I did I was incomprehensible. Stood there awkwardly swaying and just said "Ok, haveanithenighhtch.."
Met through a sports club. Pulled in a pub. 14 years together, married for 9, with 3 kids is a pretty poor attempt at a one night stand.
DezB...seems ok to me ..so did you pull ? 😂
At a rezerection rave in Edinburgh about 1992 , strange things was we lived about 2 miles away from each other back up in Elgin. I blame the Doves.... 🙂
My wife literally fell for me...
I was working as head chef at the Walkabout pub in Portsmouth, she only second day of her Freshers Week at the Uni.
We'd been to another Aussie pub drinking and were going back to the Walkabout for after hours drinks, my wife and her mate were in the taxi rank outside, and her friend caught our managers eye, so he dragged them in for drinks, they were dancing on a table when she fell off and on to me, been married 12 years now...
when she fell off and on to me
spotted a nice soft landing area 😉
Great Langdale campsite. She heard the rustle of me opening a pack of biscuits in my tent from about 100 yards away so barged in to nick some chocolate hobnobs. I later impressed her by climbing a diff wearing bright green Ron Hills. 28 years together.
I met mine at a nurse's party in Newcastle,she was visiting a friend she trained with.We were introduced by the friend the night before ,at another nurse's party (I was a nurse and lived in hospital accommodation,as did a lot of nurses at the time) I liked the look of her,but her friend had spent the previous 3 weeks trying to get into my knickers ,and failing,and whisked a
her away in a fit of pique.At the party her friend,and the friend I'd gone to the party, with both wandered off,so Jill picked me up,twice!I was very,very drunk at the time.She took me back to mine and threw me into bed,sleeping on the floor herself.The next day she went back to her friend's,who gave her a long lecture on my poor moral state,and she came back to mine in tears.I said I really liked her,and would like her to stay with me,but would understand if she went back to her friend's.She stayed,we commuted between Alderley Edge,where she lived,and Newcastle,then moved to Cardiff together,where we bought a house together,and got married,and are still together,with two kids and a couple of grandkids and celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary this year,she's definitely the best thing that ever happened to me.
Online, fortunately I'd, err, um, mis-typed my year of birth, otherwise T'other Half's search criteria would have excluded me. Our first actual meeting/"date" was a day of trail building at Gisburn forest 😀
On a walk with friends in the Lake District. Friend of friend of friend.
There was a pub at the end of the walk.
At sea. Well, on the annual council booze cruise on the Fal Estuary...
name the pub and i'll be there
We met in a pub, then in an airport, then several years later in the same pub. She was my brothers (then) girlfriends best mate, we met in the pub where my brother/gf were having a bit of a send off before heading to Oz for a year or so. Then met at the airport a few days later saying goodbye to brother/gf. I was with someone else as was she, and we never saw each other again (and I barely remember meeting her in the first place to be honest!) for maybe 10 years.
Anyway, long story short, I was single and so was she, my brothers GF fixed us up and we met in the pub. They split up not too long after, but we're still together (14 years, 3 kids). She's definitely punching above her weight 🙂
At work 32 years ago , we celebrate 30 years together next September. We did go to the pub quite a lot as mates before we started dating and nothing ever happened we just got really pissed up 😀
At a party.
My housemate Chris and me used to have these pretty rowdy house parties. Anyway, we had one on the longest day an few years ago. She was gf of one of Chris' mates at the time, poor bloke called Paul. I was in the kitchen making food, and she offered to help (I think her and Paul were arguing). She's one of those annoying people who's won the genetic lottery, blonde, green eyes, slim, clever, pretty. Y'know generally annoying, Fancied the pants of her for a long time from a distance but I always thought she was a bit of an ice queen to be honest, she was always a bit frosty and distant y'know? Anyway, fast forward a few hours and in my imagination we had a dead romantic kiss under the stars, in reality it was probs a drunken snog at the bottom of our crappy garden, all quite unexpected, but still, pretty nice. We had a lush time before she effed off to uni a few months later, which was a bit of a disaster (mainly as she couldn't keep her hands to herself)...we're all good now though 'cos I keep her locked up hahah...
The very same Derek. With the 'interesting' neighbours in the flats below.
My youngers sister's friends. A group were always round before they went off partying - I was either out with mates, or most likely getting ready for an early start (road racing - Time Trials). I was also finishing my Accountancy finals, so waited until after exams were out of the way. Married 3 years later and have been for 22 years now.
Yep in a pub, I had gone to try and meet a girl I had seen there a couple of weeks before. Ended up talking ballocks and cooking with a bunch of lads I half knew. She sidled up and stated butting in, my opening gambit was women can't cook they shove stuff in pans and watch it boil. I have been cooking for her for the last 35 years, she does bake a mean cake though. That reminds me time for a mince pie would you like creme with yours dear.
In a bar that I was playing in - she liked my legs, apparently, because I was wearing shorts (not like Angus Young...) and was in good shape after a season of XC racing. I must have been playing hard to get, though, because although we swapped phone numbers, it was she who called and suggested going out one night...
Which we did, and a couple of weeks later, when she went away for two weeks with her parents and her (now our) two children I moved into her rented cottage to look after her cat and dog and sort of never moved out, I suppose.
Well, we both did, because we bought the house that we still live in now a few months later..
That was twenty six years ago and we’ve been married for twenty five of those.
On a mountain bike ride in the lakes or again send by a mate
Met via internet, first date in a bar near Portsmouth. On our first anniversary we went back to the same bar for a drink and dinner and the now Mrs g-d was introduced to the former Mrs g-d who was sat having dinner with her friend as we strolled through the front door.
I wish and always have wished the former Mrs g-d all the happiness in the world but we decided to go elsewhere for our dinner.
In a meeting, then several after, then a restaurant. Never did get that sale but been together 11 years now, nearly nine of those married.
In the college bar after a formal dinner.
Got the tip off from a chap she liked me, so bold as brass proceeded to try to pull her.
Amazingly I wasn’t rebuffed. 22 years later and one wonderful daughter we’re still very much in love (still not married - that’s what happens when you meet at university).
We have our ups and downs - the challenges of both chasing careers and having high standards in everything we do - but I wouldn’t want to spend my life with anyone else. She’s a force of nature and I owe all my achievements to her. What an amazing woman.
Swansea University refectory 1980.
Both went in early as we were going to see Annie Hall.
Her mate was trying to chat me up...I prefered her.
@Eyepic Ah Swansea Refectory.... the memories of too many cans of Harp..Followed by a stagger up and down Mumbles Mile. (RIP Mumbles Mile)
Met mine again ahead of the curve online via TELNET and a BBS called Shadow based in the US. from my Engineering Computer lab in 1992
Saw that she had a domain in the UK actually Lampeter (about 30 miles away) and suggested we move to a UK BBS called Thantos in Manchester. It was much faster as you didn't have to wait 2 seconds for each character to appear. Guess that was speed dating! 🙂
Online dating in the early 90's was hard work, but at least you had an excuse of lag to blame for not being super witty!.