Ann Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Do you believe in love at first sight? Was your marriage/partnership the result of a 'whirlwind romance' or a long courtship ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Hardly love at first sight here, Ann. Fred and I were 'friends' for 8 years !!!!! Just on April 16th we celebrated 19 years of marriage . So........that makes what?? 27 years together . And they said it wouldn't last !!!!!! Kasey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I'm not sure there is such a thing as Love at first site other than you love what your seeing.Any how that is how i would say it happened with my Wife when i first met her. It was only after a couple of dates that we both realized this was it. And yes i believe the longer time you spend getting to know each other the better off your marriage will be.And hey KASEY 44 yr's here and her mom and dad hated me for the longest time and told her i was the kind that would not stay married..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Wood Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 No love at first sight here. We met in college and dated off and on for a year. Then two years with no contact. Met again and then the "whirlwind" courtship began -- but we were not starting from scratch on the relationship. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sis Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 We met in September, engaged in January, married in May. That was 31 years ago. And they said it would never last since we didn't know one another well enough!!! We still laugh at that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treebywater Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 At first sight, I thought Andy looked kidn of goofy. He had weird cowboy boots. So yes, a 'long courtship' here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley (MLC) Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 It may have been love at first sight, but it took me 7 years to talk him into walking me down the aisle! We've been married for 18 years though, so well worth the wait! (I'm counting this year as our 25th anniverary!) Shelley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welthy Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I don't know about love at first site, but very quickly knew that we would spend the rest of our lives together. Met in September and married the next August. Even the minister who married us didn't think it would last because of the large age difference, but we'll celebrate our 30th this August. My son had the same experience with our DIL. Met and married in less than one year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missyk Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Ooh how fun to get to talk about!! Mark and I were set up as a blind date. His cousin was friends with my best friend. We met, dated for a while, fought over things that dating people don't normally fight over...and became engaged not long after. We were married a year and a half after meeting. We'll be married 11 years on July 27th. Neither of us will say it was love at first sight because we were both VERY different than the people we "normally" dated...but our differences are what keep it interesting! **Forgot to add...I was 19 when we met and it was HIS mother who said "It'll never last!" LOL** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I believe in Love at first sight. There was one in particular. But that's a story for another thread. But Keri and I were not of that variety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C. Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Love at first sight here, Mike fell in love with my Boxer and I was the owner.......so we were married for 43 years when he died. Love you Mike Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharyn Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I do believe in love at first site.... I loved Michael from the moment I saw him.... we have been married for 20 years - wouldn't change a thing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryanne Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I love that you Anniversay is on my B-day Kasey. I will never forget it. I met Joel in 10th grade home room. Both our last names began with an L. So i actually kept my initials when I married Absolutely love at first site... Big time... I remember the song. He's so fine... gonna make him mine, that handsome boy over there the one with the wavy hair... It's a very long story. But to shorten it. He was my first love and I was his. We dated through for freshman and sophmore years. Broke up, and when I was 19 went with friends to go clubbing in NY (drinking age was 18 at that time). Went with 5 girls to visit a friend of one of the girls who lived in NY. Well anyway when we went to her apartment, Joel was there! He was sharing an apartment with 5 people as he was going to acting school. So we started to see each other again, then he was drafted... Kinda split up as it was the hippie era which I got into (so much fun) He came home,(from Germany, thank G-d was not sent to Viet Nam)I was seeing someone else... long story but we fell in love again and the rest is history. We will be married 39 years in June. So if anyone asks us about our first love. That's simple we married them. Maryanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyoung20 Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 The first time I heard Jon play the sax (Polka Dots and Moonbeams) accompanied by the U of M jazz Ensemble, I knew he was the man for me!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryanne Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Ann, What about you and Dennis? Maryanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Posted April 20, 2007 Author Share Posted April 20, 2007 This is a tough one for me, as Dennis always said he loved me at first sight but it took me a couple of days to feel the same way...lol! My college roommate and I both worked part-time at a Shoney's Restuarant in Knoxville. She was sick, so I was filling a shift for her. Dennis and his best friend were traveling through Knoxville, headed to his parents in Florida. They sat at one of my tables and Dennis drove me crazy ordering cup after cup of coffee. He kept asking me for my phone number and said he would like to get together the next day. I never gave my number to strangers, but I saw someting special in him and figured he's probably never call anyway. well, bright and early the next morning, he called. I answered the phone, half asleep and hung up on him. Thanks goodness he called back and this time I didn't hang up. Four months later, we began out 21 year journey together!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ry Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I guess I believe in attraction at first sight but not sure about love. John and I met in college. We were both Art majors and I had a jewelry class that was all glass windows off a court yard. He used to watch me in class from an area where he was working on a sculpture. I didn't know who he was, or that he had been watching me until one day he came up and asked me out. I said no (I was seeing someone else), he kept asking. Finally I agreed to go out with him and we've been together pretty much ever since. We married after college and we've been married 27 years- it doesn't seem possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadstimeon Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Yes I believe in love at first sight can happen. I met my wife Kathy when I was still in High School and she was in College (my family was against it she is older LOLOL) at a job we both worked at. We went out for 5 years before we got married and will be married 32 years this November. We get along great for the most part and see eye to eye on most things. We have been through a lot over that time. She has always stuck by me no matter what. And of course we have a wonderful daughter Tina our pride and joy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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