Tell it. Did you meet at a strip joint? Were you hitched at age 5? Did your best friend date her/his best friend? There's a story, tell it.
we met, fell in love, got married, and have 2 kids. I'm like a Readers Digest, yo!
What age? There's more to it than that.
Bob's no dummy. He got two trucks and a pretty damn good hitch.
My story isn't particularly interesting.
I was coming out of a painful divorce after being married for 16 years to a guy who was pretty much a jerk. I had a couple of great young kids, and while I wanted to date again I did NOT want any sort of permanent relationship or marriage ever again.
On our first date, I really liked Bob but I told him straight out that I was "happy to date people, but I was never ****ing getting married again". If he was ok with that, we could see each other but I'd never give up control of my life ever again and loved living alone (with my kids). I hated the idea of losing any sort of independence or being controlled by anyone.
He sort of blinked at my adamant use of the "f word" but said that he wasn't sure he wanted to ever get married again either.
A couple of years after that, we were living together and had bought a house. I kept a portion of money from the sale of my other house in the bank and called it "my running away money", so that I wouldn't feel trapped.
We got married about a year after that. About 3 years later, I told Bob I wanted a new truck and I would write a check for it out of my "running away money".
That sounds incredibly weird to others I know, but I had been emotionally, spiritually, and financially trapped in my first marriage and I needed the security of being in a relationship because we wanted to- and not because we had to for financial reasons. Bob just had enough faith in our relationship that he didn't feel insecure by me holding onto a large sum of money just to feel "safe". He said he wanted me in the relationship because I wanted do be there, not because I was trapped.
That was 2 trucks ago, by the way. The kids are grown and gone, and we have two grandsons. He's not biologically the grandfather, but I don't think the kids even remember that.
The first time I met my wife was in July 1991, One of her friends was dating a friend of mine and they wanted to set us up. I knew she was the right girl for me from the moment we met, She had a different opinion. After 4 months of stalking her and begging she still wouldn't go on a date with me. In December 1991 she foolishly thought she was smarter than I was, and a bet was made. My prize for winning said bet was a date and the rest is history. More than 22 years later and I still can't imagine my life without her and our three amazing kids.
I'm kinda curious as to just what the bet was.
Regards, GF.
We were each other's first and only serious relationship. We met in high school, on the Academic Team.
Why yes, we are huge dorks.
I bet you're a Master Debater. I bet you debate all the time.ipe:
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