33 People Share Stories Of How They Met Their Partners

I may have asked this before but how did you meet your partner? I love hearing the stories.

— Jennifer Williams (@jreganwilliams) September 5, 2020

I was through and done with dating and literally said:" Screw this, the right one will find me here at home!" A week later my roommate celebrated his birthday and had friends over. He really did find me at home.

— Ginster (@callmeginster) September 5, 2020

9/24/95: I was broke so I sold my things at a friend's yard sale. A handsome man rode up on a bicycle and bought a pencil sharpener in the shape of an airplane from me. We flirted. He invited me to join him and his friend for dinner that night. I did. His friend is my husband. https://t.co/uy3jfc2UtB

— Cheryl Strayed (@CherylStrayed) September 5, 2020

This may be my favorite…

— Jennifer Williams (@jreganwilliams) September 6, 2020

On the dance floor in Jerusalem. https://t.co/3Mg7hlNjBC

— Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (@TheRaDR) September 6, 2020

PS: It turned out that he had been in college and close friends with my high-school best friend!

— Elizabeth says no more malarky (@eliz_avery) September 5, 2020

I saw a guy in a Sherlock Holmes shirt walking at the end of my dorm hall, ran up to him, grabbed his arm and said "Do you really like Sherlock Holmes or are you just wearing that shirt?"

We've been married 19 years as of last week. https://t.co/LL6VVwmduP

— Mazarin (@Mazarin221b) September 6, 2020

I was at a conference in Toronto. We met at the reception his US university hosted at the Hockey Hall of Fame. If one is to find a Canadian wife, one must look near the Stanley Cup!

— Caroline O’Connell (@MrsProfRay) September 6, 2020

We swiped on Tinder. Had Italian dinner and a trip to Mt. Bonnel. After that, we didn't want to stop hanging out so we drove to an Austin park and walked around for hours. We found an empty part of the park lit by lights and danced to music.

It was almost a six-hour date. https://t.co/1OUQUi46mf

— Bobby Blanchard 🌈 (@bobbycblanchard) September 6, 2020

Celebrating 33 years today. Picked him up cruising with friends. He was in a nice Mustang. Knew I was going to marry him that night. Felt like he was my best friend from the first introduction. Plus he made me laugh so hard I snorted food out my nose and he still liked me.

— School Nurse T (@SchoolNurseT) September 6, 2020

We actually met on Plenty of Fish, back when meeting someone online was not something people really did (we've been together for 13 years). She randomly searched for people with "accordions" as an interest, and I was the only search result. https://t.co/GiQQ8rf3p5

— Eephus Tosser (@EephusTosser) September 6, 2020

We met on Instagram by way of the community of gamers who love Fallout. We had mutual friends in common there and were liking and commenting on each other’s posts for few weeks before he slid into my DMs. 😄 Our anniversary is next month!

— 👻 Monster Mash Mae 🎃 (@itsmidnightmae) September 5, 2020

We met at an open mic and he said "You're funny," and I said "thanks!" and he said "I don't know how to continue this conversation." https://t.co/TFuzkBVU2t

— Skelleyton FrEEK!man (@ohnoitskelley) September 7, 2020

I was 13, she was 15. We both stayed after school to watch boys from our class play baseball. She offered me a sweatshirt and we became best friends. I knew I loved her by 15. Told her when I was 19.

And just under 19 months ago, she asked me to be hers, 25 years after we met.

— Bekah💜🖤 💔 (@KecharasMoon) September 5, 2020

We met on emo MySpace 😂
We had a lot of mutuals and so I friend requested him….3 TIMES!!!!
He finally accepted my friendship 🥺 and we chatted non stop. We pretty quickly decided to date long distance and met in person when I took a road trip up to Canada a few years later 🥰 https://t.co/UkzJmcrXj2

— ahoma seksha 🏳️‍🌈 (@Mala_Moot) September 7, 2020

I met my husband in high school classes in 1977 and have been together ever since – 42 years.

— Allen Chinn 🌹 (@AllenChinn1961) September 5, 2020

That's how you do it! 😃

— Lori G (@LoriTikiCat) September 6, 2020

I went to a play, David Mamet's "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" in 1979. The star was a beautiful, funny woman. Later, she dated a friend of mine when he & I were in a comedy group. 7 years later I went to a funeral. Deirdre looked at me, said I remember you. We had dinner. https://t.co/c23G3Nyq73

— Jenny Boylan 🍯 (@JennyBoylan) September 6, 2020

Lab freezer room next to the -80. I couldn’t open it (didn’t realize it had locked) and she helped me. A week later she helped me again bc my stool was missing and I was too short to pull my rack out of the LN2. I fell for her so quickly. 💜💜💜 https://t.co/blnapBTi9w

— Salty AF 🫁♻️ (@saltylungs) September 6, 2020

i ghosted him on OkCupid. our friends introduced us at a bar months later and we hit it off…until he got too sloppy drunk. he made an awful first impression, wasn't even sure if i was going to hang out with him again…but joke's on me, we've been hanging out for 5 years now 🤷 https://t.co/A4rxjnxa59

— Ann Marie 🤠 Awad (@AnnAwad) September 6, 2020

We met on Craigslist… I said what I said.
It was the early 2000s so there weren't many other options. Really glad neither of us got killed before we found each other. https://t.co/uBWoVR1aJV

— Donna 'DJ' Wright 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ (@DJtheHRLady) September 6, 2020

It was -10 degrees and I had a doctors appointment in Boston. I posted on Twitter that it was too cold and that I needed a ride. We hadn’t interacted much, but he said he would drive me, and we’ve been together ever since. https://t.co/QrXtbY4jI7

— Flea 🪶 (@Flea) September 7, 2020

My wife was the 3rd shift ED clinical pharmacist. I was an intern responding to a trauma code.

It was love at secondary survey. https://t.co/KD1eCzJzvO

— John Shields, MD, FAAOS (@jointdocShields) September 6, 2020

I met my partner in creative writing class at uni when I was 19. He edited the student anthology that included my story. At the launch I got really drunk, passed out, threw up on him and ended up in hospital 🙃 he still asked me out. https://t.co/NtL2qGTl0u

— Eliza Henry-Jones (@elizahenryjones) September 6, 2020

We met on Bumble. I reopened my account for all of ten minutes and swiped right on him. We got to talking & he admitted he was a full time single dad. I said if we’d been at a bar I would have reintroduced myself. He asked me if I’d like to meet & we got married 10 months later. https://t.co/6XUD5Y2jgE

— Stephanie Land (@stepville) September 6, 2020

I saw her across a crowded playground while she helped her kids on the monkey bars.
Then our kids’ classes were right next to each other.
Then she showed up trick-or-treating at my door, with her daughter who was wearing the same princess costume as my daughter.
💕❤️❤️💕 https://t.co/BFD3aTuHiD

— Tammy Lynn Michaels (@TLynnMichaels) September 6, 2020

We were slated to read at the same literary festival. We were both going through divorces. I had a crush on her author photo. She was in the crowd when I read and I said “buddy, better give the most charming, saddest, funniest, open-hearted reading of your life.” https://t.co/bgWrKzJqGd

— 🇺🇦 Dean Bakopoulos 🇺🇦 (@DeanBakopoulos) September 6, 2020

I went to anime club the next week hoping to see her (and the dope anime) but she wasn't there. I figured I would never see her again.

Then I saw her in the cafeteria a few days later and awkwardly said hi, and summed up the episodes she missed at club. Been together 16 years.

— Matt Arnold (@mattLarnold) September 6, 2020

Was at a bar and got knocked almost over and yelled, 'Fuck me' and he caught my elbow and said, 'Can I buy you a drink first?'

I was after a one night stand, but the D was 🔥 and he was lovely and it's been a disgustingly happy 15 years. https://t.co/ZM5Ck1sSne

— Meg But Spooky (@meghanttucker) September 6, 2020