How did you meet your other half?

FoldingJoe

Met at Uni.

Married ten years in August with two kids; three year old girl and a five month old boy.

janm399

Got dragged out to a pub to meet a couple of friends & their friends. Had two of them competing to get me--the winner ended up talking about foreign languages, then chemistry and physics. We both proceeded to got far too drunk, went back to mine, but ended up falling asleep on the sofa. 7 years later, we're still together and the number of bikes is still s - 1 (for monotonously increasing s )

mkirby

i'm all alone in the world

jrduquemin

Met my girlfriend in my office, she's in finance, i'm in IT.

Split up a couple weeks ago due to lack of affection on her part :-(

As Sheldon Cooper would say 'She's a girl and she's my friend, but she's not my girlfriend'...

graham.

Met Mrs Graham, oh about 20 years ago at the diving club (sub aqua) I used to go to.
We just seemed to spend a lot of time together and one day decided to get married.
I did actually propose, but I was so pissed I had to get UP on one knee!
Been married 15 (ish) years, no kids, hence expesive bike/cameras/lenses.
We have a dog called Boots!
Graham.

mrushton

Via this site (or it's previous incarnation). She replied to a comment I had made on a thread and then got in touch via the internet. A series of coincidences prompted me to meet her on a couple of social rides and pretty quickly I knew this was it. I was 47 and had a chance to change my life and so I did. We now have a daughter (8 months).My partner is a great cyclist, ferocious on the flat or track and really strong which she just demonstrated on a trip to Riccione where she demoralised a number of German and British male riders. She is also a great cook and v.funny.

Jay dubbleU

Met Mrs JW on a double date - mate had a date with her mate so I tagged along - they broke up long ago - we've been married 8 years and have two dogs and an increasing number of bikes.

neiltb

got home from work and she was sitting on my sofa.

Best friend did a uni term in Canada, made friends, few years later a lads holiday to Canada and met said canuks. A girlfriend of one of these started working with the wife and they decided to go to UK on holiday, they stayed at my place for a week.

Couldn't stand her at first.

Applespider

Hmmm... so Uni or Brixton seem to be the common themes so far...

I went to Uni and go through Brixton daily and still haven't met my other half...

Not sure you'd call being single a lifestyle choice; more just haven't found the right person yet.

Jay dubbleU

If it helps I didn't meet Mrs JW at Uni and I've never been to Brixton

Just saying

Anonymous

Another met in Brixton here. 10 years and 2 children ago.

Not married, never got round to it. And if two people stay together or not it has nothing to do with a bit of paper.

shouldbeinbed

Met my wife on the same course at Manchester Poly in September 1988, got together by Christmas & moved in togethet by the summer, eldest born 18 months later. We got married & had him christened in one long weekend splurge. We'll have been married for 20 years later this month, we have 3 kids & 3 dogs.

Eldest has passed his driving test today & is not long to moving down south to live with his g/f. Middle one has survived a malign tumour in his head & youngest is a gift from fate - my appointment for the snip didn't arrive & she did before my rearranged date with disconnection.

All in all not done bad for meself on the family front.

welkman

Met at school, first kiss down big pit mine in Wales on an A Level trip, other stuff soon followed, survived Uni living together, been together 10 years, house, no kids, married come august.

Clank

Met about a decade ago at a rights of way meeting through a common aquiantance, been 'involved' for four and half years.

No kids, no plans of marriage. She's in London, I'm not. The distance is both blessing and curse in equal measure.

Stone Glider

Surveyed her house lol. Must have been the worst Homebuyer Report I have ever written, spent the whole time chatting to this lady who could spot when I was joking :shock: As she was about to move house I wooed her with wooden crates for shifting stuff! We married about two years later and are due our fifteeth anniversary this November.

Both had been married before, my divorce was grinding along when we met, and have three daughters between us; plus two grandchildren The present Mrs SG and the previous incumbent are polar opposites and I am a very happy (and lucky) man.

andyb78

At my local's beer festival. Explains a lot...

antlaff

Met the wife on a drunken weekend in London, actually Waxy O'Conors, 14 years ago. Married 13years later this year - I gave her 8 kids and she has given me a Enigma Extensor(due in 2 weeks)

flipp

met the better half at work around 19 years ago,left there shortly after and she finally talked me into marrage two years ago.

thelawnet

pickylongstocking wrote:

Actually met my missus whilst dogging in Wisley car park, she and her mate where filthy and decided to give it a go and afterwards we pretty much spent everyday together.

Have never been back to Wisley (other than for a ride) since, we both agreed that we didn't want to live that sort of life and we were young and stupid to have gone their in the first place. But we would never have met if it wasn't for UKdogginghotspots.com

Firstly, 'website not found'.

Secondly, which car park is that? The one just opposite the gardens, or one off the A3 or what?

Pep

I searched for a japanese language teacher.

Got many young japanese ladies who wanted a western boyfriend. I pissed off as I was not looking for a girlfriend, but for a teacher. Then a woman rang me up and all she could say was "I teach you japanese". So, she became my teacher 10+ yr ago.

I did learn a little, still studying now occasionally.

Married for 5+ yr, one daughter.

Headhuunter

Met in Japan, weird story, I had put an ad in a free paper, basically saying "British boy needs a shag" and got in contact through that, but in the meantime we also met through friends..... Anyway that was in 1997 and we're still together...

squired

I'm happily single.

My brother and I are identical twins and are very close. Girlfriends have rarely come into the equation for either of us. Neither of us is bothered about children and we can happily spend 24 hours a day hanging out together without ever getting bored of each other or falling out (and watching cycling/cricket/football all weekend is never a problem!). I don't see either of us ending up with someone long-term.

Greg T

squired wrote:

I'm happily single.

My brother and I are identical twins and are very close. Girlfriends have rarely come into the equation for either of us. Neither of us is bothered about children and we can happily spend 24 hours a day hanging out together without ever getting bored of each other or falling out (and watching cycling/cricket/football all weekend is never a problem!). I don't see either of us ending up with someone long-term.

Hmmmmmm

Do you wear Dungarees?

mudcow007

pickylongstocking wrote:

Actually met my missus whilst dogging in Wisley car park

thats brilliant!

kudos to you!

rick_chasey

squired wrote:

I'm happily single.

My brother and I are identical twins and are very close. Girlfriends have rarely come into the equation for either of us. Neither of us is bothered about children and we can happily spend 24 hours a day hanging out together without ever getting bored of each other or falling out (and watching cycling/cricket/football all weekend is never a problem!). I don't see either of us ending up with someone long-term.

Brings the term bromance to a whole new level.

DonDaddyD

Greg T wrote:

squired wrote:

I'm happily single.

My brother and I are identical twins and are very close. Girlfriends have rarely come into the equation for either of us. Neither of us is bothered about children and we can happily spend 24 hours a day hanging out together without ever getting bored of each other or falling out (and watching cycling/cricket/football all weekend is never a problem!). I don't see either of us ending up with someone long-term.

Hmmmmmm

Do you wear Dungarees?

Hahahahaha!!!!



Only the sequel: Brokeback Mountain 2, "Now sh!t gets real!"

Squired, how old are?

UndercoverElephant

Greg T wrote:

squired wrote:

I'm happily single.

My brother and I are identical twins and are very close. Girlfriends have rarely come into the equation for either of us. Neither of us is bothered about children and we can happily spend 24 hours a day hanging out together without ever getting bored of each other or falling out (and watching cycling/cricket/football all weekend is never a problem!). I don't see either of us ending up with someone long-term.

Hmmmmmm

Do you wear Dungarees?

I'm hoping they have a tandem.

Anonymous

squired wrote:

I'm happily single.

My brother and I are identical twins and are very close. Girlfriends have rarely come into the equation for either of us. Neither of us is bothered about children and we can happily spend 24 hours a day hanging out together without ever getting bored of each other or falling out (and watching cycling/cricket/football all weekend is never a problem!). I don't see either of us ending up with someone long-term.

Have you ever thought of going dogging together?

Headhuunter

DonDaddyD wrote:

Greg T wrote:

squired wrote:

I'm happily single.

My brother and I are identical twins and are very close. Girlfriends have rarely come into the equation for either of us. Neither of us is bothered about children and we can happily spend 24 hours a day hanging out together without ever getting bored of each other or falling out (and watching cycling/cricket/football all weekend is never a problem!). I don't see either of us ending up with someone long-term.

Hmmmmmm

Do you wear Dungarees?

Hahahahaha!!!!



Only the sequel: Brokeback Mountain 2, "Now sh!t gets real!"

Squired, how old are?

AKA "Brokeback Mountain 2: The Munroe Transfer"....

DonDaddyD