How did your parents and grandparents meet?

United States
May 23, 2019 9:06am CST
I don't know, I was just thinking about it a few minutes ago. I am not actually sure how my parents met. They could have met one of two ways. Either through my uncle dating my grandmother, or through my grandmother working with my grandmother. I think it might have been the former. That sounds odd, I am sure. My uncle is on my mother's side, the woman he dated was my father's mother. Now, my grandparents were a blind date. I think her friend set her up with him. It was actually a valentine's gathering, some sort of dance. (this is my mom's side) Do you know how your parents and grandparents met?
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@Poppylicious (11133)
24 May 19
My paternal nana was my paternal grandad's housekeeper. They married because she was pregnant with my dad. However, she probably knew him when she was a little girl because she played with his children! My maternal grandparents were set up, not a blind date as such but a friend/family member made sure they were in the same house at the same time. My own parents met on a bus whilst travelling to and from their respective schools.
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• United States
25 May 19
I just find it really interesting to hear how people met. Atleast your grandfather did the honorable thing and married your nana.
@Bensen32 (27610)
• United States
23 May 19
Well my mom and dad met when my dad was 16 he drove an ice cream truck and my mom who was 14 at the time came to buy ice cream and came around all summer long and he finally got the guts to ask her to go out on the last day the ice cream truck ran it's route (winter in Chicago the trucks don't run)...guess where they went for the first "date". Yep they went to an ice cream shop. Such a cool start to a bitterly cold ending. My mom's side..my grandmother and grandfather (who I never met) met in a bar, that relation ended as fast as it started. My mom never met her dad either. My dad's side...honestly, I have no idea.
@Bensen32 (27610)
• United States
23 May 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum weird how we don't know much about our families, you would think we might.
• United States
23 May 19
@Bensen32 I get tidbits that I didn't know about my family almost every day. Like when I found out that my mom miscarried twins, and had a few abortions... Yeah, that was a big one to swallow.
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@Bensen32 (27610)
• United States
23 May 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Oh wow, yea that would be a bit shocking to hear.
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@dodo19 (47315)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
23 May 19
My parents met through mutual friends in New York. My dad was doing his grad school there and my mom went with her friend for a trip. Then my mom's friend and dad's friend (who were friends) went to dinner and invited my parents. My mom's parents met through my grandmother's brother, who was friends with my grandfather.
@dodo19 (47315)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
23 May 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes, it kind of was in a way. I don't know if it was supposed to be, but it did ended being one.
• United States
23 May 19
@dodo19 Yeah, the way you made it sound, it didn't seem like it was supposed to be. Which just makes it even sweeter in my opinion.
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• United States
23 May 19
Oh well it's cute the way your parents met. Sort of an impromptu blind date.
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@LadyDuck (470766)
• Switzerland
24 May 19
I know for sure that my mother and my father met at the wedding of a cousin of my father, they had friends in common. I have no idea how my grandparents met.
• United States
25 May 19
I think it's always sweet hearing about couples who met at a wedding.Especially if their marriage lasted a long time.
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• United States
26 May 19
@LadyDuck What a tragic way to go. I"m sorry to hear that.
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@LadyDuck (470766)
• Switzerland
26 May 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum He was so unexpected, we were devastated.
@Courtlynn (67086)
• United States
28 May 19
I dont remember how my mom and "dad" met. But my moms parents were friends as kids, and i think my grandmother dated my grandfathers brother before him. Lol
• United States
28 May 19
Oh wow, I wonder if that made things awkward between the siblings?
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• United States
3 Jun 19
@Courtlynn I guess a different time etc. My best friend still goes to her ex husband's house. Heck, me and her were at the beach (to see her aunt and cousins) and her husband was at work. After he got off work, he went to HER ex husband's house to hang out with them.
@Courtlynn (67086)
• United States
2 Jun 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum no. But i wondered the same
@dgobucks226 (35515)
24 May 19
My Dad met my Mom at a USO mixer when he was on leave from the army. My aunt introduced them and they hit it off. My grandparents on my Dad's side lived in Italy so I don't know how they met.
• United States
24 May 19
Oh, well that's kind of cool. Was your aunt a nurse?
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@dgobucks226 (35515)
24 May 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum A USO volunteer. And I grateful to her for setting my folks up, lol.
• United States
25 May 19
@dgobucks226 Yes, without her you wouldn't be here.
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@snowy22315 (179715)
• United States
23 May 19
My parents met in HS. My grandparents met in church, the other set of grandparents I think knew each other through school as well. My grandmother I know, was the same age as, and good friends with my grandfather's sister. She probably introduced them.
@snowy22315 (179715)
• United States
23 May 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yep, online is the new way to meet for sure.
• United States
23 May 19
@snowy22315 I don't think it will ever be the only way to meet, but it will certainly be the most popular.
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• United States
23 May 19
It's sweet that your parents met in high school. I think it's sweet to hear how people met. Especially nowadays since most people meet online. In a few decades , grandchildren will be asking "How did you meet?" and people will have to say "through a dating site." Of course, I can't talk because the guy I really like is someone I met through a dating site.
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• Singapore
23 May 19
My grandparents had an arranged marriage and my parents' families knew each other.
• United States
23 May 19
Oh I see. We don't hear about arranged marriages here in the US. Atleast, they aren't done here that we know of.
• United States
25 May 19
@jeanniexoxo Is there a resistance to becoming more Westernized? I mean, do the older generations resist the change?
• Singapore
24 May 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Back in 1960s Singapore was still a "kampong" and it's a close-knitted community where neighbours know each other and is pretty common. As we are getting more westernized we don't hear of it much. My generation doesn't really do arranged marriages
24 May 19
My mom and dad met on a blind date. My dad is in the military and one of his buddies set them up not sure how my mom got roped into the blind date. My memaw met my pepaw in bar. Sounds like a bad joke but he was in the military and went to a bar on leave and saw my memaw and asked her to dance and the rest was history. Not sure how my grandma and grandpa met though.
• United States
25 May 19
You have a lot of people who have served or are serving in the military then? I've had a few myself, but mostly great uncles. My uncle had, but he was discharged.
• United States
26 May 19
@Frenchie2009 Wow! Yeah, I only have a handful (that I know of) that served. Of course I have ancestors that fought, but I don't count them... Just the ones that were in the more recent.
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25 May 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum heavy military family generations worth my cousin just joined the national guard and army.