where'd you meet?

where'd you meet your significant other?

and if i don't get all the choices ya'll'd like to see, lemme know

and any explanation on the "other" selection or heck, any selection, is more than welcome. and if anybody wants me to add the 'under a rock' option , ya know i will !!! lol jk ;)

:D

Tracy

p.s. if this is a repeat i apologize, lewis says he thinks he's seen this kind of poll before but i couldn't find it :)

My baby and I met here on Ageless! :D

I don't ever mind answering this question no matter how often it comes up because I love reliving and telling people how I met Remi. :D

He and I met in a yahoo chatroom the very first time I ever ventured into one. I added him to my friends list that day as well as several other strangers. But, he was the only one I became friends with and talked to on an ongoing basis because he was always a true gentleman. We would talk about our jobs and our families, what we did in our spare time, etc.

We swapped photos, but his was dark and grainy and difficult to see. I didn't think much about him. Just considered him a friend. But, then everything changed the day I saw him live on cam. :eek:

I nearly fell out of my chair. He was so handsome. :D I just kept telling him that over and over. I felt like an idiot. Then, I immediately pulled back and spent about 6 months worrying about a stupid little thing called an age gap. Then, finally in Oct. 2003, I realized how foolish I was being and decided to give him a chance.

We met in person on March 22, 2004 and we are now slowly working on getting him a visa so he can come here and we can marry.

I love telling my story so that people out there for all the skeptics who don't believe it's possible to form feelings for someone you have only met online. I am here to say that I, too, was a skeptic until it happened to me.

Ross and I met in a...gasp...bar. *giggle*

It just sounds so funny because, while there's nothing wrong with that, in my book, there was so much more to it than that!

And he's really not much for bars at all - if I really want to go out for a drink in a bar, I have to drag him or go with a girlfriend. And he really hardly ever drinks at all. The only reason he was in that bar was because he was working at the lodge in which the bar is located, and the guys came in to watch the b-ball game on the tube.

Geez, it's so much more romantic to think about the fact that I was on vacation, far from home, and he was working a summer job. Anyway, that's what we're going to tell the kids. ;)

James lived across the street from me.

And Trace, even if something has been asked before, it's good to repeat things sometimes. For one thing, we only keep posts up to a certain age, and the other thing is we have new people joining all the time that have not heard our stories, and have not had a chance to tell us theirs!

((hugs))

We met in an online game (there).

I met my boyfriend at a gaming forum over 3 years ago. There was an offtopic section that I hung out in and he became a friend. I didn't know much about him at the time, just that he was a friend that would pm me and treated me very good without any romantic pressures. I didn't know how old he was, and I didn't mention my age to him. It seemed unimportant considering the circumstances. I merely assumed he was in his mid-twenties at least.

After a good half year went by, I slowly awakened to the realization that I had fallen for him. I had no idea what he looked like, and at that point, I really didn't care. I only know I ached inside. Yet, there was no way I was going to tell him, because if he knew how much older I was, I figured he'd gradually end the friendship. By this time we had graduated to msn messenger.

And then he told me how he felt. Alarms went off. I panicked, because now I had to be the one to gradually end the friendship. Or so I thought. I told him I was old enough to be his mom. And boy was I surprised when he told me he already knew that. He'd found some old post I'd made before I ever met him about some trouble my daughter was having in a game! And he never let on.

It was a year after we met online that we met in person, and that only briefly. But that is the date I go by when I think how long we've been together.

@Whiterose.... where is Remi from, if you don't mind my asking? And he sure is cute, if that is his pic in your avatar.

Originally posted by Lynn
@Whiterose.... where is Remi from, if you don't mind my asking? And he sure is cute, if that is his pic in your avatar.


Yes, that's him. :) He's from Romania. And thanks for the compliments about him.

You and I both share the same "run like a scared rabbit" scenario with our guys. I think it does say something to their credit when they pursue us for so long. Poor guys. :p

I guess that the old saying about playing hard to get is true. I just wish I had tried that long ago. ;)

I met Litical through his best friend, who I rollerbladed with, and they both lived in my "hood." Litical and I became friends... and he watched my marriage fall apart (no part of that was due to him)...

... he was my friend, then my confidant and now my live in boyfriend... YAY.

Love ya, Litical.
~phosphorescent

I selected "Other". Although we did meet through a mutual friend, this friend most definitely did not set us up.

We became close friends at work and began dating once we no longer shared the same employer.

At my old job

He was a consultant on the project I was working on.

Attraction happened, he had a rule about getting involved with someone "at work" which he was willing to bend, then I got let go - - the rest is history!!

We met online chatting, and then later in a bar for drinks. I didn't know his age until about 2 weeks later, and it did kind of shock me, but at that point, I had fallen for him big time. :)

We work together, but were actually introduced at a party my co-worker had. Neither of us wanted to be there, but had gone for different reasons. I had recently dropped about 40 pounds and was a little flattered at being flirted with by him. It was the first time in years since that had happened (outside a certain demographic who appreciates a booty, god bless 'em) in years.

We talked all night. For two people who didn't want to be there, we were the last to leave.

Hello everyone....It is so nice to read your stories. I am surprised that so many have met thru the internet, wether it be thru games or chat, I think it is plain neat!

I am new here so I will tell you my story....hope it doesnt sound long.....hehe....

I met my Eddie in a yahoo chat room myself. We seemed to hit it off pretty quick. I was in a failing marriage that had really been over for serveral years. I just couldnt break myself from it....but that is another story.

Ed and i talked practically everyday. I didnt even know is real name for almost a year and didnt know his age for another year after that. We talked in text for over three years. We would play games online and really i was in love with him from the inside out. I ached for him and I am sure he did for me. With my marriage getting worse I think I was in a fantasy world with him. On Christmas two years ago he finally sent me his pic....oh my god i was sure i was heaven when i looked at him. I had every doubt this would ever be anything but on line friends. I mean i was married and he was over 3000 miles away. I finally decided i had had enough of my abusive<mostly verbal> husband and gave him an ultimatum to move out or be removed. He left to save the embarressment of a court order.

This is getting long so i will cut it short if i can..lol.

He took a bus here a few months later and has been here ever since. I am 37 he is 21. I never thought it would work. I was sure even though i had psyched my self past the AG thing that we just wouldnt click in real life. Well i have to say a year later we love each other like crazy. Yes we do have a few problems, but it isnt AG related. Hell he acts older than i do.

I think meeting on the net is like falling in love from the inside out, our case not knowing what each other looked like for pretty close to three years, I think he is the most handsome man alive and he says i am His goddess.....far cry of a relationship that i was used to. And oh boy i hate to gloat but the ex is green over himself i am sure.


~Eddie's fairy~

Originally posted by eddiesfairy
I think meeting on the net is like falling in love from the inside out

I LOVE THIS LINE !!!!

Lewis and i met on a game, oh gosh, he was so ugly to me at first, lol

now, i am HIS goddess, lol, gotta love it