We met outside of a coffee shop. When ive struggled in the past, I look inwards and start to do the things I want to do. Ive always been brought to the places and spaces I need to be
When we first met we worked together but we only said hi and bye maybe a handful of times to each other and that was it. We didn’t have an actual conversation till he happened to get hired at the same place one of my family members worked at lol been together now for 2 years
Him and a friend had to borrow my ex’s dad’s garage to fix his car haha. I met him in that garage.
3 years later, and figuring out my ex was… a POS to put it very nicely and spending some time to heal, I finally made a move and now 6 years later we’re about to buy a house together.
In a weird way it makes sense, I prefer getting to know someone online and Reddit unlike dating apps has no incentive not to show you certain posts/users to keep you single and using their services.
In a hostel in London. We were sharing the same bunk bed. He was visiting and I was looking for a room to rent. We spent a week together discovering London. I thought I was never going to see him. 7 years later, we are married and we have been together for six and a half years.
I knew him from high school. 2 years later saw he got cheated on, became fwbs for 4-5 years, now we’ve been in a relationship for 2 years and engaged for a month
Met him at the dispensary. He was there on his birthday with a buddy of his to buy edibles, I was there for penjamin cartridges. The first thing he texted me after asking for my number was, “You made me forget my edibles!” 😂
I was about to give up and just not date for awhile because I’d gone on some really horrible dates and was starting to feel like it wasn’t worth it at all , especially since I’m demisexual. I felt like in the time I’d been married ( 24 years) the world had moved on without me and I was struggling to deal with the fact that most guys I met wanted sex like…on the first or second date and I just cannot do that. The very idea of sleeping with someone I don’t know and don’t have a strong emotional connection with makes.me want to throw up.
But…I saw this cute guy on the dating app I was on and I liked his bio, so I swiped right. Within 24 hrs or so he had swiped on me too and I sent him a message. Just hey how ya doing. I’m Lobes and it’s nice to meet you. Something like that.
We chatted on the app for a couple days before exchanging numbers and we texted for a week or so before actually going out.
He asked me if I wanted to go hang out at Buc-ee’s (iykyk) and I was like ” Sure. Why not?”. So we dud and we ended up back at his place hanging out and watching a movie.
There was zero pressure…he just wanted to hang out with me and get to know me better but thr moment i.kissed him( I adore kising..it’s my favorite thing in the world just about) I was a goner.
At an after party. I recently moved to a new city, was going out by myself all the time, and ended up at someone’s house after the bars closed. We fed off each other’s energy and wrestled in the kitchen (lol) but didn’t stay in touch until later on. Then became friends. Then a year later started dating
We stumbled upon each other on a film set. Never had seen her, but apparently we were very much each others type.
Within an hour of meeting we were hiding in a kitchen violently kissing
Couple days later she came to my house
Couple months later we moved in together
It’s been 4 years since then
I first saw him on Bumble and he had a photo with my coach so my first thought was like, “coach knows someone cute and didn’t tell me!” and I actually took a screenshot of his profile. Never matched there, turned out he wasn’t active on Bumble anymore but we matched on Tinder. He sent me a message asking if I knew my coach cause I had a photo wearing a jiu jitsu gi. Learned that he attended a seminar at my gym a month before I started training 2 years ago. Me knowing my coach was a big enough reason for him to go out of his way and drive to see me because it gave him hope I was not some internet weirdo. He said me being cute would’ve been enough reason for him to message me IF I lived nearby but 2 hours was a bit of a distance. He lives in an area of a million people and I live in a tiny town of 9,000 residents. I can’t believe I’m saying this but thank God for dating apps. It was 3 years of nightmare in there.
We lived in the same apartment building and met in the elevator. That was 2.5 years ago. Just purchased our first home a month ago and now we live together for the first time. ☺️
I’ve been married for a good bit now, but we met on OKCupid. We lived in two cities that are next to each other, but we never would have met each other because we had no mutual friends or hangouts. Online dating sucks though. I went on a LOT of first dates that went nowhere. It’s a numbers game at this point.
Dating apps didn’t work for me at all. I ended up with a bunch of Asian fetishists and mommy’s basement boys, plus one persistent stalker. I gave up the online aspect and ended up looking around me in the real world.
I ended up meeting my husband through work – he works in another company that shares a building with mine, and we bonded over lunch breaks in our shared breakroom. We were introduced by my roommate, who’s been a good friend of his for a long time and is his direct coworker in his company.
We became phenomenal platonic friends over about eight months. Really quickly I started crushing on him hard due to our shared interests and his quirky sense of humor, and the fact that he’s one of the most respectful men I’ve ever met. But “because reasons” I was too shy and insecure to ask him out.
On his end he also developed some feelings for me. But: he knew that my roommate (who introduced us) is a gay woman. And because I lived with her, he thought I was her girlfriend and therefore out of reach for him.
That changed one Friday at a social event after work, when her actual girlfriend showed up. That was the moment he learned I was straight, and single. We were dating by Sunday.
April 2020 I was pissed about my landlord doing nothing to alleviate COVID-related rent issues for my neighbors, so I went around knocking on every door in my small apartment complex to see if anyone wanted to participate in a rent strike. the rent strike didn’t work (lol) but I did get to know a lot of my neighbors, including my partner, who – when he opened the door – was so hot that I nearly forgot my whole speech.
after we met, we kept “coincidentally” bumping into each other around the complex – I’d be playing with my dogs in the courtyard and he’d suddenly need to check his mail at the same time; he’d be working on his car in the parking lot and I’d decide to take my trash out so I could walk past him, etc. I invited him over for dinner one night and the rest is history
Work 😂 I worked customer service when we met and he was a customer. I’d been there for 3 years and was never interested in seeing a customer (though they did try pretty often). Then my now husband rolled in one day and there were immediate undeniable sparks. He started to come in more often under the guise of wanting to purchase things but he would leave if he didn’t see my car there and always asked for my opinion on what to get. My coworkers called him my boyfriend before I even knew his name 🤣
My advice is to focus on trying new things as opposed to directly looking for a partner through an app. Even if you don’t “find” someone, you could find a new hobby, learn a new skill, or meet new friends. Plus, you’ll have something to bond over if you meet a future SO through an activity.
Work, I walked in for an interview and after meeting him hoped I got the job just so I could see him again. (We were the same level in the company, he was helping with the tech side of the interview) On my first day, he was working from home and I panicked thinking he had quit or something lol. Anyways we’re getting married next year!
he was a bartender at a bar my friend and i went to, thought he was super cute and we hit it off, left him my number and he texted me the next morning and we’ve been together ever since. i love him so much and am about to move out of the country for him!
Hinge. I’d never dated before and was anxious about starting. I talked to many guys on apps but never actually planned any dates. Finally at age 26, I got confident enough to try finding a date just to force myself to get over my anxiety. Had no intention of being in a relationship. I was talking to a bunch of guys on apps, most of them were lackluster or talking about sex immediately. Liked one guy, he was cute and was fun over text. I got busy ans forgot to reply to him, texted him back 2 months later, which apparently surprised him and he immediately asked if I wanted to meet that weekend. Went on the date, met the cutie pie, now he’s MY cutie pie.
Met him at a Super Bowl watch party. He was friends with my cousins boyfriend. Granted we didn’t start dating then…(he was married) but we came across each other again about five years later(he was divorced) and hit it off. At first we were just friends casually hanging out. But it grew from there.
Editing to add: we’ve been together 10 years now and married for 6.
Met her while briefly on fb dating. Been together 2.5 yrs. Just got engaged.
I had been previously married for 25 yrs and was a little worried about getting into the dating scene. I just said fuck it and was my genuine self with anyone I dated. Never really struggled with it. I just stayed consistent and persistent.
I doubt this constitutes as “today’s dating world” but we met in 2009 at our former place of employment (large company, 1k employees). We worked in different departments. I saw him walking to work on my route; I also lived near the office and walked there.
I did something absolutely nerve wracking for me and I approached him in the break room one day to strike up a conversation (I’m painfully shy), using the fact that we both walked to work as the ice breaker.
We started getting to know each other, first through email, and then started hanging out as friends. After about 8 months, he asked me out on our first date.
We dated for 2.5 years, and have been very happily married for 13 years.
Officially tinder but I only met him in real life months after we had a match. We became friends first and started dating after knowing each other for like 5 years.
Church youth group in middle school. We both ended up leaving religion separately and reconnected in high school. Found out we both had crushes on each other and the rest is history.
He lived two doors down. My dog liked him and always stopped for pets. Then one day I saw him on bumble and swiped right. Turns out he was just moving out that day. He stopped to knock on my door to ask me out while taking his final load.
I always meet my meat at the butcher counter at stater brothers. 😂
Jk. I met my ex (7.5 yrs) on OkCupid. I heard it’s gone downhill since March group bought it tho. ☹️
Long story but I met my former FWB/ friend/ now-friend* on Bumble in his city while living there in 2017. Became regular FWB. Moved back home, he said he caught feelings, got with my ex, remained friends, I became single, called him, asked him to be my cosplay boyfriend and asked him to come visit. Visit went so great. Now I am in situationship purgatory but I also love him as a friend so 🤷🏽♀️
Not planning to go on the apps again if I can help it. I figure in a huge city like LA I might meet someone. Hopefully at a dodger game haha.j
After 6 months of saying no to my friend begging me to meet her brother in law cause “he’s soo my type and would be perfect for me ” I finally did. And yes he was definitely soo my type lol 4 years together next week!
Museum- looking appreciating Art- asked a lovely woman her thoughts on the piece-struck up a conversation – went to see the movie Brazil the next night- been together since-25 yrs
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Reddit
Tinder.
Through instagram.
Met my fiancé in a Starbucks back in 2023.
We met outside of a coffee shop. When ive struggled in the past, I look inwards and start to do the things I want to do. Ive always been brought to the places and spaces I need to be
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In a pub in Dublin
please don’t ask me about my boyfriends meat
discord
We met through a mutual friend
Mutual hobbies! I think hobbies are definitely the best way to meet people!
When we first met we worked together but we only said hi and bye maybe a handful of times to each other and that was it. We didn’t have an actual conversation till he happened to get hired at the same place one of my family members worked at lol been together now for 2 years
i dont meat humans only chickens and cows
It was a chance meeting in the country of Iceland . Where he saved me from an almost embarrassing moment
Overwatch/discord
Second Life.
VRChat
Him and a friend had to borrow my ex’s dad’s garage to fix his car haha. I met him in that garage.
3 years later, and figuring out my ex was… a POS to put it very nicely and spending some time to heal, I finally made a move and now 6 years later we’re about to buy a house together.
Local game store – mutual hobbies.
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A bar. Lol.
At a bar
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It’s always sunny in Philadelphia shitposting 😅
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Online video game!
Reddit
In a weird way it makes sense, I prefer getting to know someone online and Reddit unlike dating apps has no incentive not to show you certain posts/users to keep you single and using their services.
Local Games Workshop store. He saw me, didn’t dare to talk to me and sent me a message through a local social network back then.
In college
We met on Reddit. When I’ve struggled I would drop my expectations of finding a relationship.
Volunteering togethet
We spoke briefly on Tinder, didn’t really chat much, but then we bumped into each other, started talking and never stopped.
She saw me when I was leading an open meeting. Purued me for a few years. Then, at a glitchy moment on my part BAM! Kissed. We now live together
Twitch
Knew him from gigging and after one night of chatting away I asked him out on a date. One of the best decisions I’ve made
Med school. Years later, a conference. His meat is purely my business though.
Back in 2008 we met at a bar
In a hostel in London. We were sharing the same bunk bed. He was visiting and I was looking for a room to rent. We spent a week together discovering London. I thought I was never going to see him. 7 years later, we are married and we have been together for six and a half years.
I knew him from high school. 2 years later saw he got cheated on, became fwbs for 4-5 years, now we’ve been in a relationship for 2 years and engaged for a month
We met via Bumble
Met him at the dispensary. He was there on his birthday with a buddy of his to buy edibles, I was there for penjamin cartridges. The first thing he texted me after asking for my number was, “You made me forget my edibles!” 😂
We met at work but paid zero attention until we were years in and single because we both had partners. I was his supervisor in the team actually.
Reddit
Blerdcon. A Black Nerd convention.
We met in uber pool (but we got paired because we lived in the same apartment which we realized during the ride) 😂
Through a dating app.
I was about to give up and just not date for awhile because I’d gone on some really horrible dates and was starting to feel like it wasn’t worth it at all , especially since I’m demisexual. I felt like in the time I’d been married ( 24 years) the world had moved on without me and I was struggling to deal with the fact that most guys I met wanted sex like…on the first or second date and I just cannot do that. The very idea of sleeping with someone I don’t know and don’t have a strong emotional connection with makes.me want to throw up.
But…I saw this cute guy on the dating app I was on and I liked his bio, so I swiped right. Within 24 hrs or so he had swiped on me too and I sent him a message. Just hey how ya doing. I’m Lobes and it’s nice to meet you. Something like that.
We chatted on the app for a couple days before exchanging numbers and we texted for a week or so before actually going out.
He asked me if I wanted to go hang out at Buc-ee’s (iykyk) and I was like ” Sure. Why not?”. So we dud and we ended up back at his place hanging out and watching a movie.
There was zero pressure…he just wanted to hang out with me and get to know me better but thr moment i.kissed him( I adore kising..it’s my favorite thing in the world just about) I was a goner.
Dating exclusively with a 39M. We met on Hinge. It’s been only 7 weeks so I think it’s still early days but everything has to start from somewhere.
At an after party. I recently moved to a new city, was going out by myself all the time, and ended up at someone’s house after the bars closed. We fed off each other’s energy and wrestled in the kitchen (lol) but didn’t stay in touch until later on. Then became friends. Then a year later started dating
As RAs in college
We stumbled upon each other on a film set. Never had seen her, but apparently we were very much each others type.
Within an hour of meeting we were hiding in a kitchen violently kissing
Couple days later she came to my house
Couple months later we moved in together
It’s been 4 years since then
Random beach party.
I first saw him on Bumble and he had a photo with my coach so my first thought was like, “coach knows someone cute and didn’t tell me!” and I actually took a screenshot of his profile. Never matched there, turned out he wasn’t active on Bumble anymore but we matched on Tinder. He sent me a message asking if I knew my coach cause I had a photo wearing a jiu jitsu gi. Learned that he attended a seminar at my gym a month before I started training 2 years ago. Me knowing my coach was a big enough reason for him to go out of his way and drive to see me because it gave him hope I was not some internet weirdo. He said me being cute would’ve been enough reason for him to message me IF I lived nearby but 2 hours was a bit of a distance. He lives in an area of a million people and I live in a tiny town of 9,000 residents. I can’t believe I’m saying this but thank God for dating apps. It was 3 years of nightmare in there.
On Hinge and I made the first move. Will almost be 2 years together!
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love it when i grind her meat
We connected through Hinge
We lived in the same apartment building and met in the elevator. That was 2.5 years ago. Just purchased our first home a month ago and now we live together for the first time. ☺️
Ngl I met my boyfriend on 18+ roblox LMAOOOO
okcupid in 2013
hinge
HelloTalk but we were friends for six years
I’ve been married for a good bit now, but we met on OKCupid. We lived in two cities that are next to each other, but we never would have met each other because we had no mutual friends or hangouts. Online dating sucks though. I went on a LOT of first dates that went nowhere. It’s a numbers game at this point.
Unfortunately I could not meat him as we were on the same team in a game. If he was on the enemy team though, I’d Definitely love to meat him.
He used to sit in front of ne in school! But we only reconnected over insta after he moved halfway across the world
Facebook Dating
Dating apps didn’t work for me at all. I ended up with a bunch of Asian fetishists and mommy’s basement boys, plus one persistent stalker. I gave up the online aspect and ended up looking around me in the real world.
I ended up meeting my husband through work – he works in another company that shares a building with mine, and we bonded over lunch breaks in our shared breakroom. We were introduced by my roommate, who’s been a good friend of his for a long time and is his direct coworker in his company.
We became phenomenal platonic friends over about eight months. Really quickly I started crushing on him hard due to our shared interests and his quirky sense of humor, and the fact that he’s one of the most respectful men I’ve ever met. But “because reasons” I was too shy and insecure to ask him out.
On his end he also developed some feelings for me. But: he knew that my roommate (who introduced us) is a gay woman. And because I lived with her, he thought I was her girlfriend and therefore out of reach for him.
That changed one Friday at a social event after work, when her actual girlfriend showed up. That was the moment he learned I was straight, and single. We were dating by Sunday.
We got married last month and it’s been glorious!
Reddit
Dance classes. 💕
Grad school! But we didnt get together until the year after I graduated, once he was in his final year
April 2020 I was pissed about my landlord doing nothing to alleviate COVID-related rent issues for my neighbors, so I went around knocking on every door in my small apartment complex to see if anyone wanted to participate in a rent strike. the rent strike didn’t work (lol) but I did get to know a lot of my neighbors, including my partner, who – when he opened the door – was so hot that I nearly forgot my whole speech.
after we met, we kept “coincidentally” bumping into each other around the complex – I’d be playing with my dogs in the courtyard and he’d suddenly need to check his mail at the same time; he’d be working on his car in the parking lot and I’d decide to take my trash out so I could walk past him, etc. I invited him over for dinner one night and the rest is history
parties, birthday dinners, bdsm clubs, and my favourite, tv variety shows (wouldnt reccomend but its a fun story)
Work 😂 I worked customer service when we met and he was a customer. I’d been there for 3 years and was never interested in seeing a customer (though they did try pretty often). Then my now husband rolled in one day and there were immediate undeniable sparks. He started to come in more often under the guise of wanting to purchase things but he would leave if he didn’t see my car there and always asked for my opinion on what to get. My coworkers called him my boyfriend before I even knew his name 🤣
Line dancing 🤠
My advice is to focus on trying new things as opposed to directly looking for a partner through an app. Even if you don’t “find” someone, you could find a new hobby, learn a new skill, or meet new friends. Plus, you’ll have something to bond over if you meet a future SO through an activity.
Literally on an app hat was made to get more friends on snapchat
That’s none of your business. /s
Hinge lol
Work, I walked in for an interview and after meeting him hoped I got the job just so I could see him again. (We were the same level in the company, he was helping with the tech side of the interview) On my first day, he was working from home and I panicked thinking he had quit or something lol. Anyways we’re getting married next year!
He was my best friend’s high school boyfriend 😂 came highly recommended to me
he was a bartender at a bar my friend and i went to, thought he was super cute and we hit it off, left him my number and he texted me the next morning and we’ve been together ever since. i love him so much and am about to move out of the country for him!
My ex: met him at a bar.
My current: he’s my coworker
Through his bestfriend! His best friend worked with me and decided we should meet
Met my current BF at a Halloween party hosted by mutual friends.
Mutual friends. Thank god. Online dating is a shit show.
There are a lot of ways to meat an SO in our world today; they are all pretty private tho
E-harmony, sorta like Arby’s. They have the meat.
Hinge. I’d never dated before and was anxious about starting. I talked to many guys on apps but never actually planned any dates. Finally at age 26, I got confident enough to try finding a date just to force myself to get over my anxiety. Had no intention of being in a relationship. I was talking to a bunch of guys on apps, most of them were lackluster or talking about sex immediately. Liked one guy, he was cute and was fun over text. I got busy ans forgot to reply to him, texted him back 2 months later, which apparently surprised him and he immediately asked if I wanted to meet that weekend. Went on the date, met the cutie pie, now he’s MY cutie pie.
Met in 2009 through my cousin. Married in 2014.
Met him at a Super Bowl watch party. He was friends with my cousins boyfriend. Granted we didn’t start dating then…(he was married) but we came across each other again about five years later(he was divorced) and hit it off. At first we were just friends casually hanging out. But it grew from there.
Editing to add: we’ve been together 10 years now and married for 6.
I met him in Pokemon chatroom
Met her while briefly on fb dating. Been together 2.5 yrs. Just got engaged.
I had been previously married for 25 yrs and was a little worried about getting into the dating scene. I just said fuck it and was my genuine self with anyone I dated. Never really struggled with it. I just stayed consistent and persistent.
Im a guy, but believe it or not i met my wife on tinder 💀
Walking in London..Near Piccadilly Circus. I just said hello..That was 33 years ago.
My boyfriend and I met on Bumble.
I doubt this constitutes as “today’s dating world” but we met in 2009 at our former place of employment (large company, 1k employees). We worked in different departments. I saw him walking to work on my route; I also lived near the office and walked there.
I did something absolutely nerve wracking for me and I approached him in the break room one day to strike up a conversation (I’m painfully shy), using the fact that we both walked to work as the ice breaker.
We started getting to know each other, first through email, and then started hanging out as friends. After about 8 months, he asked me out on our first date.
We dated for 2.5 years, and have been very happily married for 13 years.
Bumble. Easy enough. We just got married.
we met on omegle and now live together and have been together almost 4 years
Worked together lol
Officially tinder but I only met him in real life months after we had a match. We became friends first and started dating after knowing each other for like 5 years.
At a lesbian event at a bar (NOT involving me drinking)
Church youth group in middle school. We both ended up leaving religion separately and reconnected in high school. Found out we both had crushes on each other and the rest is history.
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His mom was and still is my coworker. She introduced us at a haunted house group outing.
My wife and I met in college, circa 2008, married in 2012.
Other partners I mostly meet at munches and play parties
he was the friend of my dealer lol
Tinder, we matched and chatted off and on for awhile before making a date.
He lived two doors down. My dog liked him and always stopped for pets. Then one day I saw him on bumble and swiped right. Turns out he was just moving out that day. He stopped to knock on my door to ask me out while taking his final load.
I always meet my meat at the butcher counter at stater brothers. 😂
Jk. I met my ex (7.5 yrs) on OkCupid. I heard it’s gone downhill since March group bought it tho. ☹️
Long story but I met my former FWB/ friend/ now-friend* on Bumble in his city while living there in 2017. Became regular FWB. Moved back home, he said he caught feelings, got with my ex, remained friends, I became single, called him, asked him to be my cosplay boyfriend and asked him to come visit. Visit went so great. Now I am in situationship purgatory but I also love him as a friend so 🤷🏽♀️
Not planning to go on the apps again if I can help it. I figure in a huge city like LA I might meet someone. Hopefully at a dodger game haha.j
We met on a cruise!
A work trip in South Korea. 6 years strong this month 🙂
After 6 months of saying no to my friend begging me to meet her brother in law cause “he’s soo my type and would be perfect for me ” I finally did. And yes he was definitely soo my type lol 4 years together next week!
Hinge! Expecting baby #2 and happily married. He always jokes hinge owes us a couple future scholarships 🤣
We met through online gaming actually, became friends and then started dating online.
Moved in together during covid and now it’s been five years and they are my fiance.
Drunk me approached him at a bar with bad intentions
Museum- looking appreciating Art- asked a lovely woman her thoughts on the piece-struck up a conversation – went to see the movie Brazil the next night- been together since-25 yrs