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How Did You Meet Your Spouse

Discussion in 'The Water Cooler' started by IowaBowhunter5, Jun 16, 2013.

  1. ISiman/OH

    ISiman/OH Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Played on the same soccer team in like 3rd grade was the first time I met her. Didn't really get to know her until after highschool though. Come to find out her grandpa lives 1/4 mile down the road from me.
     
  2. Iowa Veteran

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    Still waiting for a certain person out of NY (Buffalo area) to fess up about how he found his first in a catalogue and picked her because she came with a patch kit. But I don't want to take the wind out of his sails, so I'll let him tell you about it.
     
  3. Germ

    Germ Legendary Woodsman

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    Hmmm I never took Atlas as a patch "girl" type
     
  4. Iowa Veteran

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    Maybe the Rochester area???
     
  5. Evilstuff

    Evilstuff Weekend Warrior

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    My wife is my best friends sister. Met her while we were hanging out at his house on summer in High School. 5 year wedding anniversary is 6/21 and this October it will be 10 years together.
     
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    Met mine at the local archery range after I left military service. I had joined a league to get more practice as I was new to archery. When our teams shot against each other, she was my opponent. The VERY FIRST thing she said to me was "are you on the top and I'm on the bottom?" Well, what can a guy say to THAT? Only problem was she was dating another guy at the range.

    After that, I kept running into her at different places. At bars she would always ask me to dance and hang out. A couple times I gave her a ride home and she would kiss me good night. I figured that she broke up with her boy friend so I asked her out. After a couple months, she asked me if I was looking for something serious. When I said yes, she responded by saying that she would have to break up with her boyfriend. YIKES!! I had visions of my 5'6" 145 pound frame taking a major beat down from the 6'3" 215 pound boy friend.

    That was back in 1988 and we've hardly spent a day apart unless one of us is on business travel.
     
  7. fletch920

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    I met my wife at a neighboring small-town street dance. She was there visiting her grandparents. That was 26 years ago and every day is still like the first dance. She is amazing.
     
  8. Hooker

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    What is a street dance?
     
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    They barricade off each end of a street and set up a beer garden and a band or DJ. Usually, they are held as a fundraiser for a local fire department or charity. People from surrounding towns come to support the cause and have a great time.
     
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    i met my wife on a blind date june 30 we have beed married fo 29 years
     
  11. SharpEyeSam

    SharpEyeSam Legendary Woodsman

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    We used to work together and were really good friends. She left for another job and we always kept intouch. We met up one day a few years after she left my company and we started hanging out more and more and it eventually became an Awesome Relationship. We have been together for nearly 11 years.
     
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    I miss the street dances I used to go to. Good times!!!
     
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    I went to one on Saturday! Deffinitly wasn't on the lookout for a wife, haha
     
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    In the south you call them "drive bys" , a nice place where da new bangha can kap sum azz wit da 4T. :)
     
  15. Hooker

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    this sounds like a block party
     
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    Kind of, except it's not held in a neighborhood. It's usually on a town square or other business type district.
     
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    Usually held on main street in most towns around here. They are still fairly common every year.

    Tim
     
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    In college in "Interpersonal Communication" class.
     
  19. Born2Hunt

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    My best friend was going out with this girl he decided to set up a blind date with the sister for me...we went to see a movie that night I believe the movie was boogeyman...after that night the future has been set now we will be married 5 years comes September

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    I don't want to know the answer to this question anytime soon
     

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