Where did you meet your other half?
#18
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Re: Where did you meet your other half?
Well, I was set up on yet another blind date by my 'mother' through a younger girl she worked with. It was arranged by this girl and her boyfriend who was a Flt Lt in the RAF and he was the Station's 'Supply Officer' - so I guess he 'supplied me' - LOL. OH was also a Flt Lt in the RAF at the time. Anyway, after attending a Garden Party together that was 'it' - we were hardly apart after that. We will have been married 15 years this July and together for 17.
#19
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Joined: May 2012
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Re: Where did you meet your other half?
met my girlfriend in Sydney... shes Canadian... and I'm British...
#20
Re: Where did you meet your other half?
She was in Hicksville, Georgia (where we now live!) and I was a magazine editor in Bournemouth. I had free internet access both at work and at home (unheard of at the time) and we went to the same chat room on IRC. It was a 'general' rom where friends just hung out, not a lonely hearts meeting point. She used to go to a different room but come in every once in a while. One day, she came in and was basically ignored apart from the usual first welcomes. She said "I don't know why I bother to come in here. No-one every talks to me".
I was a mod in the room so I felt an obligation to make people welcome, so I replied "I'll talk to you". That was 16 years ago. The IRC server is long gone and we've been married 14 years and counting!!
I was a mod in the room so I felt an obligation to make people welcome, so I replied "I'll talk to you". That was 16 years ago. The IRC server is long gone and we've been married 14 years and counting!!
#21
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Re: Where did you meet your other half?
I'm sure not in Kingscross!!
One of the better nights out I had - not partaking of the offered services, more just a spectator - saw some reasonably unusual sights that night - never been thrown out of so many bars in one night! There were over 20 of us, blokes, which didn't help. The (ring) leader, an ex Ozzie Army Warrant Officer, made sure we saw a lot - one bar I had just taken my first pull on my pint, and we were thrown out - what a waste of beer!!
I did like Sydney, and some of its other 'burbs...
One of the better nights out I had - not partaking of the offered services, more just a spectator - saw some reasonably unusual sights that night - never been thrown out of so many bars in one night! There were over 20 of us, blokes, which didn't help. The (ring) leader, an ex Ozzie Army Warrant Officer, made sure we saw a lot - one bar I had just taken my first pull on my pint, and we were thrown out - what a waste of beer!!
I did like Sydney, and some of its other 'burbs...
#22
Re: Where did you meet your other half?
Online, back in the day when it was very frowned upon, even more so when I told people that I was moving to another country to be a guy that I had met online I know many people had doubts that it would work however we have been 'together' as a couple for 11 years, married 9 years, have 2 kids together... I hope the doubters have a different opinion now
#23
Re: Where did you meet your other half?
I had no idea what to do with myself after the internet company I was working for in London went bust (didn't they all)
All my friends from Uni had done the travelling thing and I decided if I was ever going to do it, it had to be now. About 9 months later I got a job for 5 months working as a camp counselor in Pennsylvania. He was on summer break from college and working at the camp to earn money for his next semester. We were mates first, then spent most of the time having a summer romance, after our jobs ended we bought an old van and traveled around the country in it with mates from the camp. I had the time of my life. When my visa ran out I went home absolutely crushed, convinced he didn't really feel the same way. 19 days later he showed up on my doorstep in England. We got hitched 18 months later.
All my friends from Uni had done the travelling thing and I decided if I was ever going to do it, it had to be now. About 9 months later I got a job for 5 months working as a camp counselor in Pennsylvania. He was on summer break from college and working at the camp to earn money for his next semester. We were mates first, then spent most of the time having a summer romance, after our jobs ended we bought an old van and traveled around the country in it with mates from the camp. I had the time of my life. When my visa ran out I went home absolutely crushed, convinced he didn't really feel the same way. 19 days later he showed up on my doorstep in England. We got hitched 18 months later.
#25
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Re: Where did you meet your other half?
Posted this elsewhere - but it's a cute story, so (at least in my opinion) worth repeating!
I met my British husband 8.5 years ago at the wedding of my college roommate (also American) and his childhood friend (British). THAT couple had met while she was in the UK visiting a friend who was studying abroad and a group of friends went out to a club. Three years later, she had moved to the UK (to get her masters and spend more time with her soon-to-be husband) - but they had their wedding in the States. That is where I, a single American girl, was conveniently seated between two single British guys. I began chatting with both, but really hit it off with one in particular and spent the rest of the evening and much of the next day/evening with him.
We began emailing regularly - although I thought it was more of a pen-pal type thing (there was attraction, but I figured the distance would make anything impossible). Then 6 months after we met, my mother was suddenly killed in a motorcycle accident and when the cute Brit heard through our mutual friends, he called me. While I was on the phone with him, I realized that for the first time in days, I was smiling - and crying - because I was so happy to hear his voice and the sweet comforting things he was saying! After that, we spoke more often, emailed daily, and he booked a ticket to visit me.
On that first trip, we acknowledged our feelings for each other. Two months later, I flew over to visit him. A week after I returned to the States, he called me up and told me he couldn't wait until we saw each other next (at Christmas) and he had to know if I would marry him. Yes, he proposed over the phone - but the urgency and sweetness made up for it. I accepted, naturally. We spent the next year flying back and forth between the US and UK. Eventually, he came for a long 3 month visit over the holidays. Near the end of his visit, we decided we didn't want to wait another year for our planned wedding and were sick of the back-and-forth long distance thing, so we went to the courthouse and got married! . . . then quickly filed the paperwork to adjust his status and all that jazz before the 90 day window closed. Everything happened so quickly, but we don't regret it a bit!
Exactly one year after our courthouse wedding, we had a big family wedding with all of our friends. At THAT wedding, two of my American girlfriends hit it off with two of his British groomsmen. Both couples have since married! One couple lives a mile down the road from us and the other couple lived in the UK for four years and has recently moved back to the States and now lives across town from us. The original US/UK couple that started it all still lives in the UK, but they plan to move back to the States (same town as the rest of us) in 5 or 6 years.
We all joke that it is a bit incestuous that four American friends married four British friends . . . but it has all worked out so well! Having close friends that share your unique experiences and frustrations is really wonderful and priceless!
I met my British husband 8.5 years ago at the wedding of my college roommate (also American) and his childhood friend (British). THAT couple had met while she was in the UK visiting a friend who was studying abroad and a group of friends went out to a club. Three years later, she had moved to the UK (to get her masters and spend more time with her soon-to-be husband) - but they had their wedding in the States. That is where I, a single American girl, was conveniently seated between two single British guys. I began chatting with both, but really hit it off with one in particular and spent the rest of the evening and much of the next day/evening with him.
We began emailing regularly - although I thought it was more of a pen-pal type thing (there was attraction, but I figured the distance would make anything impossible). Then 6 months after we met, my mother was suddenly killed in a motorcycle accident and when the cute Brit heard through our mutual friends, he called me. While I was on the phone with him, I realized that for the first time in days, I was smiling - and crying - because I was so happy to hear his voice and the sweet comforting things he was saying! After that, we spoke more often, emailed daily, and he booked a ticket to visit me.
On that first trip, we acknowledged our feelings for each other. Two months later, I flew over to visit him. A week after I returned to the States, he called me up and told me he couldn't wait until we saw each other next (at Christmas) and he had to know if I would marry him. Yes, he proposed over the phone - but the urgency and sweetness made up for it. I accepted, naturally. We spent the next year flying back and forth between the US and UK. Eventually, he came for a long 3 month visit over the holidays. Near the end of his visit, we decided we didn't want to wait another year for our planned wedding and were sick of the back-and-forth long distance thing, so we went to the courthouse and got married! . . . then quickly filed the paperwork to adjust his status and all that jazz before the 90 day window closed. Everything happened so quickly, but we don't regret it a bit!
Exactly one year after our courthouse wedding, we had a big family wedding with all of our friends. At THAT wedding, two of my American girlfriends hit it off with two of his British groomsmen. Both couples have since married! One couple lives a mile down the road from us and the other couple lived in the UK for four years and has recently moved back to the States and now lives across town from us. The original US/UK couple that started it all still lives in the UK, but they plan to move back to the States (same town as the rest of us) in 5 or 6 years.
We all joke that it is a bit incestuous that four American friends married four British friends . . . but it has all worked out so well! Having close friends that share your unique experiences and frustrations is really wonderful and priceless!
#26
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Re: Where did you meet your other half?
Posted this elsewhere - but it's a cute story, so (at least in my opinion) worth repeating!
I met my British husband 8.5 years ago at the wedding of my college roommate (also American) and his childhood friend (British). THAT couple had met while she was in the UK visiting a friend who was studying abroad and a group of friends went out to a club. Three years later, she had moved to the UK (to get her masters and spend more time with her soon-to-be husband) - but they had their wedding in the States. That is where I, a single American girl, was conveniently seated between two single British guys. I began chatting with both, but really hit it off with one in particular and spent the rest of the evening and much of the next day/evening with him.
We began emailing regularly - although I thought it was more of a pen-pal type thing (there was attraction, but I figured the distance would make anything impossible). Then 6 months after we met, my mother was suddenly killed in a motorcycle accident and when the cute Brit heard through our mutual friends, he called me. While I was on the phone with him, I realized that for the first time in days, I was smiling - and crying - because I was so happy to hear his voice and the sweet comforting things he was saying! After that, we spoke more often, emailed daily, and he booked a ticket to visit me.
On that first trip, we acknowledged our feelings for each other. Two months later, I flew over to visit him. A week after I returned to the States, he called me up and told me he couldn't wait until we saw each other next (at Christmas) and he had to know if I would marry him. Yes, he proposed over the phone - but the urgency and sweetness made up for it. I accepted, naturally. We spent the next year flying back and forth between the US and UK. Eventually, he came for a long 3 month visit over the holidays. Near the end of his visit, we decided we didn't want to wait another year for our planned wedding and were sick of the back-and-forth long distance thing, so we went to the courthouse and got married! . . . then quickly filed the paperwork to adjust his status and all that jazz before the 90 day window closed. Everything happened so quickly, but we don't regret it a bit!
Exactly one year after our courthouse wedding, we had a big family wedding with all of our friends. At THAT wedding, two of my American girlfriends hit it off with two of his British groomsmen. Both couples have since married! One couple lives a mile down the road from us and the other couple lived in the UK for four years and has recently moved back to the States and now lives across town from us. The original US/UK couple that started it all still lives in the UK, but they plan to move back to the States (same town as the rest of us) in 5 or 6 years.
We all joke that it is a bit incestuous that four American friends married four British friends . . . but it has all worked out so well! Having close friends that share your unique experiences and frustrations is really wonderful and priceless!
I met my British husband 8.5 years ago at the wedding of my college roommate (also American) and his childhood friend (British). THAT couple had met while she was in the UK visiting a friend who was studying abroad and a group of friends went out to a club. Three years later, she had moved to the UK (to get her masters and spend more time with her soon-to-be husband) - but they had their wedding in the States. That is where I, a single American girl, was conveniently seated between two single British guys. I began chatting with both, but really hit it off with one in particular and spent the rest of the evening and much of the next day/evening with him.
We began emailing regularly - although I thought it was more of a pen-pal type thing (there was attraction, but I figured the distance would make anything impossible). Then 6 months after we met, my mother was suddenly killed in a motorcycle accident and when the cute Brit heard through our mutual friends, he called me. While I was on the phone with him, I realized that for the first time in days, I was smiling - and crying - because I was so happy to hear his voice and the sweet comforting things he was saying! After that, we spoke more often, emailed daily, and he booked a ticket to visit me.
On that first trip, we acknowledged our feelings for each other. Two months later, I flew over to visit him. A week after I returned to the States, he called me up and told me he couldn't wait until we saw each other next (at Christmas) and he had to know if I would marry him. Yes, he proposed over the phone - but the urgency and sweetness made up for it. I accepted, naturally. We spent the next year flying back and forth between the US and UK. Eventually, he came for a long 3 month visit over the holidays. Near the end of his visit, we decided we didn't want to wait another year for our planned wedding and were sick of the back-and-forth long distance thing, so we went to the courthouse and got married! . . . then quickly filed the paperwork to adjust his status and all that jazz before the 90 day window closed. Everything happened so quickly, but we don't regret it a bit!
Exactly one year after our courthouse wedding, we had a big family wedding with all of our friends. At THAT wedding, two of my American girlfriends hit it off with two of his British groomsmen. Both couples have since married! One couple lives a mile down the road from us and the other couple lived in the UK for four years and has recently moved back to the States and now lives across town from us. The original US/UK couple that started it all still lives in the UK, but they plan to move back to the States (same town as the rest of us) in 5 or 6 years.
We all joke that it is a bit incestuous that four American friends married four British friends . . . but it has all worked out so well! Having close friends that share your unique experiences and frustrations is really wonderful and priceless!
#27
Re: Where did you meet your other half?
Here are more stories, from the US Marriage Based forum: http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=745102
And here is mine, specifically: http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...21&postcount=2
Rene
And here is mine, specifically: http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...21&postcount=2
Rene
#28
Re: Where did you meet your other half?
We met at my boss's New Year's Eve Party. I was standing at the opposite end of the room when I saw my husband walk through the door. He looked at me and walked straight over to me. He says it was love at first sight....but I didn't feel the same way...took a while for me.
We worked for the same company...at the same office but worked in different departments. He worked mostly away from the office on customer sites...I worked mostly in the office. I found out later that we had both attended the same business conference just before Christmas. The guy sitting behind me had a fit...my husband was sitting next to him.
We worked for the same company...at the same office but worked in different departments. He worked mostly away from the office on customer sites...I worked mostly in the office. I found out later that we had both attended the same business conference just before Christmas. The guy sitting behind me had a fit...my husband was sitting next to him.
#29
Re: Where did you meet your other half?
FT Polk LA, officers club. Was having a post work drink with a friend. My future wife walked in to get a drink, she was at a reception in another part of the club.
I was blown away and mentioned to my friend how stunning she was, way outta my league. He said, "I know her, her (UK) brother coaches the FT Polk Rugby Team." We were introduced, and later married. We cannot remember if our friend that introduced us even stayed at the table, lost in each other. For me love at first sight. Her escort to the other event left, rather upset, for some reason.
I was blown away and mentioned to my friend how stunning she was, way outta my league. He said, "I know her, her (UK) brother coaches the FT Polk Rugby Team." We were introduced, and later married. We cannot remember if our friend that introduced us even stayed at the table, lost in each other. For me love at first sight. Her escort to the other event left, rather upset, for some reason.