How long did you know your spouse before you married and how long did it last...
By dizzblnd
@dizzblnd (3073)
United States
March 8, 2008 8:44am CST
if it did last, how long have you been married?
I met my husband in October of '90. Our parents knew each other WAY before we were introduced. SOmehow, his family knew I was the perfect girl for him. Our first date was Jan 4 '91 We married on May 12 '91. We have been happily married alomost 17 years. We have 2 WONDERFUL teenagers, the BEST you could ask for. How did we do it? I think it has a lot to do with the fact that we didn't go to school together. There was no jealousy of each others past. A TON of trust and understanding went in to our relationship. He was on the road working, doing construction for the first 3 years of our marriage. We NEVER once thought the other might be cheating. To this day we are are a VERY close family. My husband still works on the road, so when he comes home, we spend as much time as possible with each other and we make sure the kids are also involved. It is wonderful
So what say you all.. did you know each other throughout high school? Did you meet after? How long did it last if you are now divorced?
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4 responses
@travibabiesgirl (1690)
• United States
21 Mar 08
How wonderful. You are so lucky and sounds like you have a great marriage and family. Congrats. To you both on your 17th anniversary.
I met my husband over 10 years ago through my mother. She knew his dad. I thought he was cute but I was already married to a wonderful guy. I lost my husband to cancer. I was 22 and a window. I moved in with my mother and got to know the son of her friend. We hung out and talked, he let me grieve and I felt really close to him. I so wanted to become more but he felt I needed time to heal and told me we could never be more than what we were right now. I went on to marry someone else. It was way to soon and he was not the right one for me. My friend went on and married someone else as well. I think God knew we wasn't ready for each other yet and we both had lessons he needed us to learn. my friend and I really didn't stay in touch but we ran into each other about 4 years ago and when he finally kissed me I knew there was no other for me. I felt a spiritual connection to him that I have never felt with any one before in my life. We were married Jan. 14,2006. He is my husband, partner, friend, my everything. I could not imagine my life without him. He has made me a better person and I am truly lucky and grateful to have found him.
@travibabiesgirl (1690)
• United States
24 Mar 08
Thank you for your kind words. I agree the man upstairs definitely knows what he is doing. Good men are hard to find and I do feel extremely lucky. It sounds like there are some pretty lucky ladies on this post. Some beautiful love stories. Thanks for starting this post with your wonderful love story. May God bless you and your husband with many more years of wedded bliss.
@queenofarms (1659)
• United States
18 Mar 08
I knew my husband in high school. He was in my 10th grade english class(he was a senior). We talked but he was engaged to someone else. He graduated in may of "81". He went away to the navy. So in 1983 we ran into each other at a restuarant. He was single. Marriage never happened. We started dating April 19,1983 and was married Aug. 25, 1983. We had 4 wonderful children and a grandson.
Then exactly 22 years to the date he left me for another person. He filed for a divorce and it was finalized on our 23rd anniversary.
Then exactly 1 year and ten months we reconciled. We have been together almost 9 mos. We are much happier then before he left.
We now have two grandsons.
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
8 Mar 08
I met my husband online while I was almost 18 years old. I was going to college at the time, but wound up leaving school because of illness. Because of some weird situations with my not having a place to live, I wound up moving in with him after having talked online for about 9 months.
We were actually together for 5 years before we got married, and we've been married for about 4 years now. We joke sometimes about how we would have hated each other if we met in high school, actually, because we were very different when we were younger. :P
I think the reason our relationship works for us is that we can value both our common interests and those things we don't have in common as well. :)
@blueangel51 (94)
• United States
9 Mar 08
This might sound odd but I met my husband on July 23 of 90 and moved in with him October 23 of 90 and then we got married Nov 23 90 and been married almost 18 years and wouldn't give him up for nothing, he is wonderful, he cooks, cleans, and laundry, and even does dishes lol
