plain jane Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Or had kids when you met and married your spouse, how did you meet your spouse? I have a friend who feels like she is ready to be in a relationship again but since she has sole custody and her kids are very young she doesn't have a lot of means to get out and meet new people. I've tried to find some single guys dh and I know but, well, we don't know a lot of single people either. LOL Ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I have friends that have had a lot of luck with match.com and those type places. DH and I have two sets of couple friends that met that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Online dating, almost 13 years ago. It seriously makes it so much easier to get all the baggage out upfront, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I have friends that have had a lot of luck with match.com and those type places. DH and I have two sets of couple friends that met that way. :iagree: I've only been married the one time, but I know several people who used them. That's how my mom met my stepdad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhomemaker Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 My sister and my SIL both met their second husbands on a dating site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Bowling. Dh and I were both on our work bowling league, we worked in different divisions of the same company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama2cntrykids Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 We worked together. We didn't start dating until I had been there for about a year. It's been almost 8 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Telephone chat line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandamom Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 working together. I've been married 2x and met both spouses 10 years apart working for the same pizza delivery company. Dh refuses to let me work there again, LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caroljenn Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I met DH at a mutual friend's one year old's bday party. I was set up. Everyone knew that I was there to meet DH, except me, because after a very messy divorce, I would have run the other direction. God just switched something back on for me that day, and I am very thankful for that now. But back then, I didn't want anything to do with men. I asked all of our mutual friends everything about him, in an effort to make sure he really was a good guy!! He is. 12 years now. =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I already knew DH before the mess. My sister married a wonderful guy she met on an online dating site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I met my DH online. I went on a few AWFUL dates first, but always in a neutral place, in public, didn't give out private info, etc, and had them leave first so no one could follow me to my car. But then I saw my DH's picture and thought instantly, "That's someone I could grow old with." I gave myself a mental shake, as that was such a weird thing to think. But we started chatting online and 10 minutes into I told my girlfriend, that was sitting beside me in my room, "I'm going to marry that man." It was SO strange, but such a strong feeling. We were married a few years later, and now have had 2 children together, and are soulmates. But..yeah..had to weed through a few weirdos, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elinor Everywhere Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 My sister, a widow, has recently met a great guy on match.com. She went through a few duds though, before she found him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanne Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I met my husband on Match.com That said, if I had it to do over again, I wouldn't. I'd *possibly* date when I did not have the kids, but I would not get a sitter to date if I had very young children. I'd wait. I might possibly find a FWB, but never pursue a *relationship*. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I think most people go with dating sites now. Most everyone I know - from friends to family - if they've gotten in a serious relationship or married it was someone they met online. I was a single mom when I met DH. It was through my job. That was...almost 11 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbotoast Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 SIL met her second husband at the gym. They are a super fit couple :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmamaz Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 yeah,i met my second husband on yahoo personals. We didnt meet in person for 2 weeks (his idea) but the first date just blew us both away! Its so nice to be able to screen people before you meet them. I didnt really have any friends to introduce me to anyone. and i did date some guys i met at work, but they didnt pan out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 I met my husband on Match.com That said, if I had it to do over again, I wouldn't. I'd *possibly* date when I did not have the kids, but I would not get a sitter to date if I had very young children. I'd wait. I might possibly find a FWB, but never pursue a *relationship*. What is an FWB?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besroma Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 What is an FWB?? Friend With Benefits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besroma Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I know several who have met at church. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I had a rotten foundation and he came to jack my house up. His boom box played classical music, he was a veggie, and all he could talk about was how much he missed his kids. I rested my chin on my hand and tapped my finger under my ear saying "hmmmmm" for two weeks, and proposed parenthood to him. He accepted immediately. It was the great carpentry, the deep blue eyes, and the kids that did it. That was the last month of 2000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Friend With Benefits Round these parts its FOS. Friends occ. sex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besroma Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Round these parts its FOS. Friends occ. sex. occ.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 occ.? Occasional. If it were Occidental, I would have capitalized it. I had an old lady patient who laughed at the term and said after 35 years of marriage, that was how her life was, too. I had a very old lady patient who was "living with" a man at a nursing home. They didn't marry because it was muss with their benefits. She said she was living it sin, but it just didn't seem very sinful anymore. :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annandatje Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I had a rotten foundation and he came to jack my house up. His boom box played classical music, he was a veggie, and all he could talk about was how much he missed his kids. I rested my chin on my hand and tapped my finger under my ear saying "hmmmmm" for two weeks, and proposed parenthood to him. He accepted immediately. It was the great carpentry, the deep blue eyes, and the kids that did it. That was the last month of 2000. I truly enjoyed reading your unique love story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I met my husband through my job as a teacher for preschoolers. I knew our oldest daughter, my stepdaughter, before i knew my husband. :) Most of the remarried couples I know met through work or through friends. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cera Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Around here most people use match.com or meet through meetup.com groups (either for common interests or single parents). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniBlondes Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I was divorced when I met my husband on Match.com. We clicked and arranged to meet in a Starbucks a few days later and the rest is history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Mutual friends set us up. They invited us to their house for family BBQ. Husband friend watched the kids swim, wife friend cooked and dh to be and I talked in the living room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Agreeing with the others. My single friend with kids has dated people she met on dating sites. Her current boyfriend she met in the grocery store!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I met my husband on Match.com That said, if I had it to do over again, I wouldn't. I'd *possibly* date when I did not have the kids, but I would not get a sitter to date if I had very young children. I'd wait. I might possibly find a FWB, but never pursue a *relationship*. Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I had a rotten foundation and he came to jack my house up. His boom box played classical music, he was a veggie, and all he could talk about was how much he missed his kids. I rested my chin on my hand and tapped my finger under my ear saying "hmmmmm" for two weeks, and proposed parenthood to him. He accepted immediately. It was the great carpentry, the deep blue eyes, and the kids that did it. That was the last month of 2000. ooh...nothing like a man in a tool belt! (maybe we need a men in toolbelts thread?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I had a rotten foundation and he came to jack my house up. His boom box played classical music, he was a veggie, and all he could talk about was how much he missed his kids. I rested my chin on my hand and tapped my finger under my ear saying "hmmmmm" for two weeks, and proposed parenthood to him. He accepted immediately. It was the great carpentry, the deep blue eyes, and the kids that did it. That was the last month of 2000. Now that is a good romance/love story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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