[Closed] I met mine in a pub. you?

On a walk with friends in the Lake District. Friend of friend of friend.
There was a pub at the end of the walk.

At sea. Well, on the annual council booze cruise on the Fal Estuary...

name the pub and i'll be there

We met in a pub, then in an airport, then several years later in the same pub. She was my brothers (then) girlfriends best mate, we met in the pub where my brother/gf were having a bit of a send off before heading to Oz for a year or so. Then met at the airport a few days later saying goodbye to brother/gf. I was with someone else as was she, and we never saw each other again (and I barely remember meeting her in the first place to be honest!) for maybe 10 years.

Anyway, long story short, I was single and so was she, my brothers GF fixed us up and we met in the pub. They split up not too long after, but we're still together (14 years, 3 kids). She's definitely punching above her weight 🙂

At work 32 years ago , we celebrate 30 years together next September. We did go to the pub quite a lot as mates before we started dating and nothing ever happened we just got really pissed up 😀

At a party.

My housemate Chris and me used to have these pretty rowdy house parties. Anyway, we had one on the longest day an few years ago. She was gf of one of Chris' mates at the time, poor bloke called Paul. I was in the kitchen making food, and she offered to help (I think her and Paul were arguing). She's one of those annoying people who's won the genetic lottery, blonde, green eyes, slim, clever, pretty. Y'know generally annoying, Fancied the pants of her for a long time from a distance but I always thought she was a bit of an ice queen to be honest, she was always a bit frosty and distant y'know? Anyway, fast forward a few hours and in my imagination we had a dead romantic kiss under the stars, in reality it was probs a drunken snog at the bottom of our crappy garden, all quite unexpected, but still, pretty nice. We had a lush time before she effed off to uni a few months later, which was a bit of a disaster (mainly as she couldn't keep her hands to herself)...we're all good now though 'cos I keep her locked up hahah...

The very same Derek. With the 'interesting' neighbours in the flats below.

My youngers sister's friends. A group were always round before they went off partying - I was either out with mates, or most likely getting ready for an early start (road racing - Time Trials). I was also finishing my Accountancy finals, so waited until after exams were out of the way. Married 3 years later and have been for 22 years now.

Yep in a pub, I had gone to try and meet a girl I had seen there a couple of weeks before. Ended up talking ballocks and cooking with a bunch of lads I half knew. She sidled up and stated butting in, my opening gambit was women can't cook they shove stuff in pans and watch it boil. I have been cooking for her for the last 35 years, she does bake a mean cake though. That reminds me time for a mince pie would you like creme with yours dear.

In a bar that I was playing in - she liked my legs, apparently, because I was wearing shorts (not like Angus Young...) and was in good shape after a season of XC racing. I must have been playing hard to get, though, because although we swapped phone numbers, it was she who called and suggested going out one night...
Which we did, and a couple of weeks later, when she went away for two weeks with her parents and her (now our) two children I moved into her rented cottage to look after her cat and dog and sort of never moved out, I suppose.
Well, we both did, because we bought the house that we still live in now a few months later..
That was twenty six years ago and we’ve been married for twenty five of those.

On a mountain bike ride in the lakes or again send by a mate

Met via internet, first date in a bar near Portsmouth. On our first anniversary we went back to the same bar for a drink and dinner and the now Mrs g-d was introduced to the former Mrs g-d who was sat having dinner with her friend as we strolled through the front door.

I wish and always have wished the former Mrs g-d all the happiness in the world but we decided to go elsewhere for our dinner.

In a meeting, then several after, then a restaurant. Never did get that sale but been together 11 years now, nearly nine of those married.

In the college bar after a formal dinner.

Got the tip off from a chap she liked me, so bold as brass proceeded to try to pull her.

Amazingly I wasn’t rebuffed. 22 years later and one wonderful daughter we’re still very much in love (still not married - that’s what happens when you meet at university).

We have our ups and downs - the challenges of both chasing careers and having high standards in everything we do - but I wouldn’t want to spend my life with anyone else. She’s a force of nature and I owe all my achievements to her. What an amazing woman.

Swansea University refectory 1980.
Both went in early as we were going to see Annie Hall.
Her mate was trying to chat me up...I prefered her.

@Eyepic Ah Swansea Refectory.... the memories of too many cans of Harp..Followed by a stagger up and down Mumbles Mile. (RIP Mumbles Mile)
Met mine again ahead of the curve online via TELNET and a BBS called Shadow based in the US. from my Engineering Computer lab in 1992
Saw that she had a domain in the UK actually Lampeter (about 30 miles away) and suggested we move to a UK BBS called Thantos in Manchester. It was much faster as you didn't have to wait 2 seconds for each character to appear. Guess that was speed dating! 🙂
Online dating in the early 90's was hard work, but at least you had an excuse of lag to blame for not being super witty!.