How did you meet your better half?

[Atti2de]

I met my wife Online, eBay, local free shipping...

[RubyCamaro]

Well, that is a rather long story, but here goes. The first time we met I went to my college best friend’s house. He was her brother’s best friend. The guys were sitting in the living room when we came in. Mike (hubby) was sitting there looking like he was in mourning. I guess he was. He was a senior in HS, quarterback of his football team & dating the head cheerleader. He had just found out his father (special forces –army) was being transferred to Germany. He went to Germany. I got married. Skip to 4 years later… I had gone through a divorce & pregnancy at the same time from my terrifying, abusive 1st spouse. We were both back in Clarksville going to Austin Peay State Univ. He was in my 8:00AM Beginning Drawing 2 Dimension class. My daughter Jina was 6 mo old & had a way of almost always making me late for that early AM class. There were several cute guys in the class I had my eye on. But Mike had picked me out. He says he took one look at me & knew I was the one. He managed to have things set up every day so that the only place for me to sit by the time I arrived was by him. He started talking to me, following me out of class, going to eat on campus with me. I really did not take him very seriously because he was younger than me & still lived at home with his parents. I was divorced with a baby. His mother is German & a Catholic & I thought this was maybe his way of being a rebel or something. I told him right away about my divorce & Jina. I always told guys that right away. I figured if they were going to run from that I wanted to know. He pursued me relentlessly and managed to run off all other guys showing any interest in me. We had a rather fiery relationship in many ways. We loved the same music, shared a lot of interests, & had fun together. He was good with Jina. The sparks between us were hot physically…seriously hot. But so were the arguments. Both of us were pretty marriage phobic. I had Jina to worry about & had been pretty thoroughly terrorized by my first marriage. I think he was just afraid of the volatility of our relationship. We stayed together until we both got our bachelor’s degrees. Then I got a graduate teaching assistantship to Univ. of Tennessee. He moved to Knoxville with me. We managed to stay together through graduate school & the first few years of both our careers. We bought a time share condo together, then a house. We finally found the courage to get married when Jina was 9 years old. We have been together ever since. Jina is married now, 32 years old & we had a son together Ryan who is 17 (going on 30).

[Allen English]

Originally Posted by GSUNCSU

We did it the old fashioned way, she picked me up in a bar and she hates it when I say that

Hey thats how I winded up with my wonderful wife too

[SSGirl]

I met my hubby when we were in high school. He lived in the next town over. I was cruising town with a friend in my 72 Nova SS and he was in his friends 76 Trans Am. He saw us at a light and leaned out the window asking if we would pull over and talk. We did and have been together ever since!!

[helmincamaro]

Originally Posted by y2k king

which wife, i've had three.

I have 3 now.... so maybe I better stay out of this thread .



lol, jk.... I'm single

[BlackIce1066]

Well it happened like this:

At the time of my seperation from my first wife, I was living in an apartment complex on the lower level. I was woken up one evening to a man and woman arguing outside my window. I looked and he was using her as a foot ball across the court yard. I yelled out a few choice words and proceeded to go out side but it was already being handled by the security guards. I noticed few people watching and started to talk to this one lady who later became my close friend and who I now call my sister.

To shorten the story a bit, her and her room mate were devoud christians and her room mate was a good looking gal too. I talked with them for weeks and later began to date the room mate. Her name was Danelle and we had some fun for a bit until she felt her religious beliefs and mine were on a different page. At the time I was not interested in hearing about God or anything having to do with him. Danelle and I broke up and decided it was for the best. Well, this was also around easter time and and I was already invited to go to an easter play held at church. The play was about the crucificion and resurection of Christ. Well, I felt it was necessary to go so I went. Needless to say it was very touching. Danelle and Annamarie (the room mate) were sitting next to me and toward the end when they had an alter call, there was a 30 something man up there giving his life to christ and it was me. During this Danelle was holding my hand leading me through this so we took it as Christ bringing us together. Shortly after that we started dating again.

Months went by and we later got engaged. We started to plan everything but as things got closer to a date, it got more and more uneasy. We thought it was the forces of evil so to speak trying to break us up. We tried everything, especially after postponing the date twice. Everything though kept drawing us farther apart. We were at a loss.

Well, one day she asked me to go to choir pratcie and she was going to be bring a new co-worker to church and if I could show her around. I agreeded and sat in the pews waiting for her to bring this person so I can show her around. I heard them walking down the isle and when I looked up, I was absolutley blown away. And it wasnt from what or who I saw but it was from what I heard. I will get back to what I heard in a bit. Danelle introduced me to April, her new co-worker that just moved back into town and was a new Christian and looking for a good church. During the hour and a half, April and I sat and talked about everything and anything. It was so easy to talk to her and felt so comfortable, I was scared out of my head.

Months went by and April and I drew close. So close in out friend ship that things started to draw father and farther away with Danelle and I. One of the hour long conversations April and I were having one night I told her; "we need to stop talking and seeing each other" because it just wasnt right. I told her that I need to pray about all this and especially after I had heard what I did when I meet her. She said she heard something too and wasnt sure about it eaither. I asked her to repeat what it was she heard and when she did I fell to the floor and started balling my eyes out. It was the exact same thing I had heard when I meat her and that was: "This is the one I have been working on for you" She couldnt believe it either. It was then that we knew it was Gods ahnd that was in all of it and how could we deny it. At the time when she had been saved in a church in Colorado Springs, months had past and she was forced to move back to Pueblo. She doesnt know why but this confurmed it.

I told April we need to stop talking and seeing each other until everything is over with Danelle and me. We waited for about two months and I finally called April and she knew I was going to call cause she was walking right next to it when it rang. We started dating again and 2 moths later were getting married. Its been 14 yrs now and she is my best friend. Yes, we have had our ups and downs but like the scriptures say: " What God has brung together let no man tear apart"

[3 SS's]

here's our second grade class pic together, although I couldn't get her to give it up til H.S.

[tjd24]

Fran and I met at the University of Scranton PA - she was a Junior and a "Townie" (lived in Dunmore PA) , me a Sophomore and a "Dormie" (from Somers, NY) (yes, she robbed the cradle and I needed a more mature woman to tame me - HA).

We worked on the Yearbook together, she was the Editor, I was the Photographic Editor - so lots of tension on deadlines & we didn't really like each other that first year and didn't date. When we got back for our Senior/Junior years I asked her if she was dating anyone while sitting on the Student Center steps - as fate would have she said no and I asked her out. That first date I took her to a nice dinner and then dancing to a show-band where we shared our first kiss. Although I had a reputation (not well deserved) as a campus stud (yes me, at my dorm the year before we had a spoof of the NCAA Basketball Rankings called the AP Stud Poll which ranked the guys in the dorm by their dates and alleged conquests - I finished 2nd though not with Fran as a "conquest" - but I digress) I took her back to her home like a gentleman.

We dated through her Senior year ('79) and mine the following ('80), when I graduated I'd drive from Somers NY to Dunmore PA almost every weekend for three years as we started our careers - her in teaching back then, me in business - to build some equity toward our planned life together and complete our Master's degrees (MS in Secondary Ed/Business for Fran at Scranton, MBA Finance/Marketing for me at Fordham). We married in '83 and celebrated our 25th Wedding Anniversary in 2008 in Italy and 27th this past July.

She is my soulmate and love of my life - though we weren't blessed with children (we've spoiled our Gold-Capped Conure Parrot KiKi for over 18 years - he wants a Z28 when available now that he's old enough to drive though his claws can't reach the pedals, so he'll have to settle for those parrot-sized roller skates) we've shared a great life so far and looking forward to spending more time together as our careers wind down. That she supports my Camaro passion and goes to local car shows/meet & greets and road-trips like the Buyers & Builders Oshawa Meet & Greet back in August is a bonus - pic is us at Niagara Falls after Oshawa event. I enjoy her passion for gardening helping where I can and we both love to travel and cruise (on ships, as well as in the Camaro and her G6 Hard Top Convertible).

Great thread Scott - thanks for starting - its nice to see how so many of our camaro5 friends met.

[MaddogZ28]

My wife and I met in grade school (4th grade). We stayed friends through high school and college. We started dating toward the end of college and got married a couple years ago!

[aldaron327]

This is gonna go a little long. I apologize in advance.

I used to fly AH-64Ds in the Army. I had just come back to the States after 3 years stationed in Germany. A week after I signed into my new unit, I was directed to attend some training down at Ft. Rucker (having just been stationed at Ft. Riley). I left to attend that training and on my ex-wife's Birthday (feb 14th), I got a call from her while I was on a break from class. She told me that she was leaving and wasn't coming back. I spent the next 4 weeks of training going through the motions and had found out that my ex drove half way across the country to hook up with some guy she met on the internet. That ended that one for me. I got a lawyer and had all the paperwork ready to go when I got back to Kansas. Upon my return, my fellow pilots from my Company grabbed onto me and took me out for a night on the town. That night, Amber and I met very briefly, but I was wiped out from a long drive, emotional drainage, and waaaaay too much alcohol. She was in a similar boat, so other than exchanging a smile (half-hearted on my part), we didn't interact.

I woke up the next morning at my buddy's house (we got a cab back to his place and I slept on his couch) and got all my stuff together and headed home, planning fully on sleeping off the remainder of the horrendous hangover I had. I also planned on staying home that night to try and get my house in order since my household goods arrived from Germany while I was gone and my ex just dumped all the boxes out into the living room floor to get her stuff out of them.

As I sat there on Saturday afternoon in the midst of a pile of junk, I got a call from my buddy. He was grabbing dinner with some friends and wanted to make sure that I got something to eat. I reluctantly went out with them and then we went back to another buddy's place to have a "driveway drunk". I swung back by my house and picked up one of my acoustic guitars for something to do while I sat there semi-miserable. Around midnight, we'd run out of beer and were trying to figure out how to get more. That's when one of the guys that was there who knew Amber called her. She was at a BBQ with some other friends and was looking for an excuse to get out of there, so she showed up with some beer.

I had spent the majority of the night drinking and being that "weird, lonely guy" in the corner just playing my guitar. When she walked in, something inside me woke up. I got up from playing and introduced myself. She said that she remembered me from the night before and I was surprised. The rest of the guys were intent on drinking more, so Amber and I sat down and started talking. She really liked my TBSS and wanted to sit in it, so we hopped in and I showed her around it. We sat there with the sunroof open and the radio going and just talked and it was like every broken piece of my life no longer existed. Every wound I ever suffered was suddenly gone. My ex-wife was like a chapter that had been torn out of my book. We talked until the sun came up and we'd long since been sober. We went back to my place and took a nap together for a while. When we got up, she invited me to go to the movies with her and some friends, so I went. We spent that night together too. We talked all night again. I met up with her every night after that and we started dating after my divorce was finalized.

I spent the next several months with her until I deployed to Iraq on September 3rd of 2007. While deployed I talked to her (thanks, satellite internet!) almost every single day and spent the majority of my R&R Leave with her. I got home on November 20th 2008 and we got married at the courthouse on December 15th 2008. We had a full ceremony with family on June 6th of 2009. She's my absolute best friend and a stunningly beautiful wife and mother. Oh yeah, we had our first baby on September 3rd of 2010. 3 years after we had to be apart for a while.

whew, that WAS long-winded.

[MikeSVX]

I am the better half......

[Dreamer2430]

Well, the short story is we met on a blind date.

The slightly longer version:
For the previous 2 years ('07 and '08) I was living in a very small mining town. I'm from Denver, CO so living in such a small town (~2000 people) that was mostly men or married/taken women at 23 wasn't stilling well with me. I made the 4 hour/200 mile drive into the nearest big city, Phoenix,AZ. I went to see a movie, but I was a little early, so I went to the restaurant bar next to the movie theatre. As I was sitting at the bar a couple walked up and at next to me at the bar. The wife was very clearly in charge. She was ordering drinks and food for the husband when the bartenderwas clearly asking the poor guy, not her. But, it was kind of funny and when she went to the restroom I started talking to this guy and even his wife when she came back from the restroom. However, I had other intentions that night. There were a couple of good looking waitresses there, so I asked the bartender is either of them was available. His response was, " Well one is engaged (dude, check out the ring finger) and the only has a boyfriend right now, but she'll probably be single again in two weeks." So, clearly neither of them was the right girl. Well, the couple overheard all this and told me that they had someone I should meet. At that point, I had nothing to lose. They set up a double date the following weekend and my wife and I hit off. We started dating in December 2008 got engaged in July 2009, moved from Arizona to Nevada in May 2010 (for my job) and got married back in Scottsdale, AZ on September 25th. Yes, it's only been 18 days, but EVERYTHING has been great!

[Milk 1027]

I don't think I can say here......

[Steve]

My wife worked as a teller at a bank that was located in the same building as the grocery store I worked part time in. I was working my way through college. She looked hot and I needed a good pick-up line to get that first date. The two dollar bill was just being released so I took a $10 bill out, waited to get in her line, and promptly told her I need six $2 bills for this. She asked me if I knew what "fat chance" meant. I knew this was not going to be easy. I followed up with "If you let me take you out for dinner I will spend this whole $10 on you." (shades of Homer Simpson) As you can tell I am more of a geek than a pick up artist. She must have felt sorry for me and said "wait one minute while I check something." Fortunately I had a lot more money in my account than I did in my hand. She stated, " You have just enough here to take me on one date." What can I say - While there is a whole lot more to this story I did manage to land her, and she is the best catch in the world. We have been married 30 years this year, have three great sons and our first grandbaby just arrived 4 months ago. I wouldn't believe back then that I could love her a hundred times more at 30 years but I do. Life is good!