The Happy Story Topic

Here's a nice memory from my experiences...I knew my husband was the guy for me when after dating him for 4 months he needed a new car...(I had two small children from my first marriage that he had not yet met...) He's a very successful guy and could have chosen anything...we were looking at sporty BMW's, etc...he passed up all of the flashy, two seaters and bought a sation wagon. "I'm ready to meet the kids...he says." That was 4 years ago and now we have a beautiful new two month old daughter in addition to "the originals". One big happy family.

That is nice PamO. I knew I was going to marry my wife after our first date. It was really weird for me because I had never fallen in love quickly before. I would always come away from a date saying she is alright, but... That didn't happen with my wife. I went home and imagined us together, buying a house, having kids and growing old together. It was a very different surreal experience for me.

Happy Anniversary :-D

I've never been married, so I'll just read everyone elses stories ;-)

PamO
That's just soooooooo sweet :-)

Happy Anniversary! We celebrated our 12th this past May, but we've known each other since '88. I know there are plenty of other couples with longer marriages/relationships on A2K.

As RP can tell you, we both knew very quickly. You just know.

I know, I know... We are lucky to have him in our lives. BUT, (and I'm stealing this term from a Sozobe post...) he can be a real "doo doo head" at times too. Good thing I've got alot of experience cleaning up doo doo.

LOL!

I'm approaching my 7th anniversary. I met my husband about 6 months after ending an eight-year relationship that was going no where. I was just enjoying my newfound freedom and loving dating again without any obligations except to my cats. It was wonderful. Then I went on vacation with a group of friends. We met these men across a crowded dance floor. Our eyes locked. My friend pointed him out and I said, "Watch, I'll get him to ask me to dance." Within minutes he could not resist me. We met the next day and the day after we were flying home.

We exchanged information and I thought, "Oh well, who's next." Never thinking we would ever connect. He lived across country from me. He kept persisting after me with phone calls and emails and flowers, I have that effect on men. But though the calls, etc. strong feelings developed, we flew back and forth several times. He decided he couldn't wait any longer and moved. A year later we were engaged and a year after that we were married.

The same thing happened to my wife. She was just getting out of a serious relationship that was not healthy for her. She found me and was planning to make me her "boy toy" (her words not mine) and have some fun with me. Little did she know what it would turn into.

When you least expect it... expect it; jpinMilwaukee!

Happy Anniversary jpin! That's wonderful news and we need all the happy news we can get.

Our anniversary is next month and it'll be 23 years this year.

Smiles to all

I got some afternoon delight today...makes the rest of the work day go much smoother

8 years ago yesterday my husband and I had our first 'official' date. Last June we celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary. I also came out of a long relationship - 15 years. I never wanted to get married although I was convinced that this 15 year relationship was meant to last my whole life. Well, it didn't.

I enjoyed my freedom for one and a half years and just when I decided that I was ready for a new relationship I met my husband. Four weeks after this first date we decided to get married, got engaged, waited for summer and got married. The best thing we ever did!

Happy 8th anniversary of your first date (one day late of course).

Here's to many more happy years!

Thanks, jp. My very best wishes to you and your wife!

Mr. B and I have been married for 14 years, this November and we have been together for 20 years.

At one point in our lives, when we were in elementary school, we lived just three blocks apart but never knew each other.

He's a good egg. I like him.

jpinMilwaukee:

Like your wife, I did not enter my relationship with any long-term expectations. I thought he would be my "boy toy" and that our fling would last a few months until the thrill was over. Little did I know! We've been together several years now and he's the love of my life!

And Boomerang: My man and I have also talked at length about where we were when . . . and it seems that fate has always been trying to get us together. At one time, he bought a house right across the alley from my house! But, it wasn't until years later when fate put our businesses right next door to each other that we actually met. What is meant to be . . . will be!

I found out last night that my sister broke up with her boyfirend. Sometimes breakups are good... and this one is great. I feel bad that she is sad right now but it is the best thing that could have happened... kind of like an early Christmas present.

Good by loser!!!

Well, yesterday was year number 4 and things are better then ever. I had a conversation with an old friend the other day about things that excite us now that never excited us before, such as trips to home depot and staying home on Friday nights with the wife. The thing we both agreed on is that we like the way things are now much better than the way things were.

I know that Mr wolf was the right one when we were on the beach.
I had only met him 2 hours before and my friend whom I originally travelled to see,was on the pier taking photos. She called down to me and asked what i was doing.
Mr Wolf and I were digging in the sand looing at the shells and had been just chatting like nothing..
I yelled up at her " We are making out and you are ruining it.."
Mr Wolf blushed.
He has never done so again. ;-)

At the end of my 3 days vacation, I was packing for the drive home to Albq and he said " I cant afford the move, can you?"
6 weeks later, I lived in Austin.
That was a few years ago.