inspired by the amedeos thread:

my mom met my dad when she was working at amedeos in the 80's.
my dad was a traveling textbook salesmen who was only in town for a few days (lived in michigan)
he slipped her a note and she only went out with him b/c she thought his friend slipped it

they went on their first date on a friday night.
my mom and him moved in together in raleigh that following tuesday.
the rest is history.


any cool stories out there? doesnt have to be parents....maybe a friend or even you?

i wanna hear!

11/2/2010 3:14:36 PM

Pretty sure my parents were drunk and high at a Grateful Dead concert when they met.

11/2/2010 3:15:03 PM

^^Maybe it's just me but that's some wonky relationship pacing.

11/2/2010 3:16:32 PM

my mom and dad lived in the same apartment complex and he spied on her taking out the trash. then his friend moved to the apartment above hers and they were stomping on beer cans and she came to tell them to stop.

11/2/2010 3:18:28 PM

my parents were introduced to each other in high school, probably sophomore year. they went to different schools, my dad to an all boys school my mom to an all girls school.

they started dating and my mom's parents hated my dad. they made my mom rush through high school and finish in three years and then go to college. my parents stayed together (even when my dad was living in CA a brief time while they were together). then my mom got pregnant with my sister when she was 18 and they got married.

almost 36 years later - they're still together

oh and he proposed in a burger king

11/2/2010 3:18:49 PM

Gangbang

11/2/2010 3:18:50 PM

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"Maybe it's just me but that's some wonky relationship pacing."

no shit.
thats why i find it interesting.

11/2/2010 3:19:00 PM

my mom met my dad when she was working at golden corral in the 80's.
my dad was a traveling meat salesman who was only in town for a few days (lived in texas)
he slipped her the meatloaf and she only went out with him b/c she thought it was prime rib

they went on their first date on a friday night.
my mom and him moved in together in raleigh that following tuesday.
the rest is history.

11/2/2010 3:19:17 PM

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"they went on their first date on a friday night. my mom and him moved in together in raleigh that following tuesday. the rest is history. "

WUT

All told, my mom met my dad at her older sister's birthday party. My mom was 16, Dad was 19, and he was passed out on her kitchen floor. That's all I really know.

lol

[Edited on November 2, 2010 at 3:20 PM. Reason : dfsasddd]

11/2/2010 3:19:38 PM

BURGER


KING


PROPOSAL



[Edited on November 2, 2010 at 3:20 PM. Reason : ^i know. its some shit. i think thats why they did NOT get upset at cod and me living together.]

11/2/2010 3:20:00 PM

I lived with a girl for 6 weeks. Never again.

11/2/2010 3:21:54 PM

It better have been one of those classy BKs where they serve beer

11/2/2010 3:22:27 PM

parents met on a blind date. God married like 5 months later. Divorced now but were married 15 years, not to shabby

11/2/2010 3:23:21 PM

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" i think thats why they did NOT get upset at cod and me living together."

I'm not sure why your parents should get upset over you living with a saltwater fish

11/2/2010 3:23:27 PM

My parents were set up through a mutual friend. They got married less than a year later, had me, fought for 10 years and divorced.

11/2/2010 3:23:48 PM

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"My mom was 16, Dad was 19, and he was passed out on her kitchen floor."

ahahahha niiiiiiiice.

^^haha i tend to call him cod a lot


these are interesting

11/2/2010 3:24:38 PM

They were working at the same company. Apparently my mom was hot shit and all the guys at the office wanted to get in her pants. One of her co-workers asked her if there was anyone who worked there that she would be interested in. At first she said no, but then thought of my dad. The way she tells the story, he arrived at her office a split second later half out of breath to ask her out.

[Edited on November 2, 2010 at 3:26 PM. Reason : also I find all your random survey question threads quite interesting ]

11/2/2010 3:25:04 PM

arranged marriage.

My parents met one day, were engaged the next, and married the day after that. My dad fled the country the day after the wedding. My mom tracked him down 6 months later and found him living in a condemned apartment building in Greensboro.

[Edited on November 2, 2010 at 3:26 PM. Reason : they're still married after 37 years.]

11/2/2010 3:25:50 PM

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"My mom tracked him down 6 months later and found him living in a condemned apartment building in Greensboro."

Any particular reason he was squatting?

11/2/2010 3:28:11 PM

My mom was college roommates with my dad's sister. They would call my dad whenever something needed to be fixed. Then my dad started showing up when they didn't call him and eventually he asked my mom out.

On their first date, he took her to a funny car race. They got married 6 months later. Been together over 35 years

11/2/2010 3:32:14 PM

UGH double post.

Quote :

" BURGER KING PROPOSAL"

[Edited on November 2, 2010 at 3:34 PM. Reason : f]

11/2/2010 3:33:11 PM

^^^
haha, he was a poor college student. while he made enough from tutoring to afford more 'typical' college housing, he was actually trying to save every penny he could so that my mom could eat when she came over.

he didn't really flee my mom so much as flee India, but it makes the story hilarious.


one day i'm going to write a book illustrating the hilarity of my folks coming to america and my childhood. It'll read like a less-gay david sedaris story.

[Edited on November 2, 2010 at 3:37 PM. Reason : .]

11/2/2010 3:33:53 PM

that story is great

11/2/2010 3:34:23 PM

and the "most interesting way my family ended up in north carolina" award goes to our man, bobbydigital

11/2/2010 3:35:46 PM

My parents met at a party hosted by a lunatic Vietnam vet (who has been described as "the only person on Earth who had Vietnam syndrome before he went to Vietnam") who probably spent the evening doing copious drugs and exchanging conspiracy theories. My mom was only there because she was the lunatic's employee and my dad was there because he was related to the lunatic.

The lunatic does not hesitate to bring up the fact that I owe my existence to his party.

11/2/2010 3:36:43 PM

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"It'll read like a less-gay david sedaris story."

hahaha

11/2/2010 3:39:33 PM

I read that post twice and didn't realize it until the last paragraph lol.

My parents met in the marines. GOt pregnant, got married, hated eachother for 13 yrs, then divorced. Romantic really.

11/2/2010 3:39:52 PM

I feel like our generation's kids are going to have a lot fewer crazy/interesting stories.

How did your parents meet?
Oh they were compatible in 15 different relationship dimensions on eHarmony ...

11/2/2010 3:40:34 PM

^^it happens :shrug: what can you do? :/


on a lighter note, these are really freaking awesome

[Edited on November 2, 2010 at 3:46 PM. Reason : ^]

11/2/2010 3:41:37 PM

Both of mine were student teaching at an elementary school in Greensboro. They went on a few dates, and my dad asked her if they were exclusive, to which my mom said no (supposedly to test him).

She said that it really said something that he would voluntarily stick around after hearing something like that, so the rest is history (my mom claims to have been proposed to 3 times before that though).

11/2/2010 3:44:04 PM

my mom was a waitress at a steak and ale while going to school

my dad was like haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

11/2/2010 3:44:30 PM

They were neighbors in an apartment complex while both looking for their first jobs out of college.

11/2/2010 3:44:48 PM

Mom went to ECU, dad went to State, they met through a young catholic retreat

11/2/2010 3:48:15 PM

BoondockSt, I know for a FACT that your parents met when your dad was on spring break in Tijuana and your mom's traveling show was at the peak of its popularity. Imagine where she'd be today if that donkey hadn't contracted Donkey Immunodeficiency Syndrome and died.

11/2/2010 3:50:13 PM

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"BoondockSt, I know for a FACT that your parents met when your dad was on spring break in Tijuana and your mom's traveling show was at the peak of its popularity. Imagine where she'd be today if that donkey hadn't contracted Donkey Immunodeficiency Syndrome and died."

You're one to talk. Your crazy Vietnam party may sound good, but it's common knowledge that you are the fruit of my loins. Your mom answered an ad for "hoes" that I tacked to a few light poles, and the rest, as they say, is history.

11/2/2010 3:52:12 PM

Aha yeah it happens. They're both happier now so it all worked out and I'm adamant not to follow in their footsteps in that aspect.

11/2/2010 3:53:46 PM

My mom worked at Food Lion check-out. My step-dad had/has an almost OSD for cleaning, where he affectionately earned the nickname 'Ajax' from my mom and her comrades.

Few months later they did the deal. I was two; I barely remember the wedding

11/2/2010 3:56:11 PM

dad was in 2nd grade, mom was in 3rd. they went to the same schools until they graduated so they met somehow but i'm not sure of the specifics.

11/2/2010 3:56:33 PM

at a party

11/2/2010 4:01:19 PM

at some random party as highschoolers

I'm told my dad was passing a joint to my mom

before the end of that term, my mom was pregnant with my older brother

they divorced 25+ years later

I'm now a pothead

my ex-marine dad is the president of highly successful real estate company

and my mom is sad in Kentucky

11/2/2010 4:01:44 PM

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"my ex-marine dad is the president of highly successful real estate company and my mom is sad in Kentucky"

I know I shouldn't have laughed but

11/2/2010 4:03:19 PM

Disco club in NYC while my dad was a mechanic and my mom was at NYU for grad school....It still pisses me off that my parents like Abba.

11/2/2010 4:06:16 PM

My dad went to Benhaven High School and my mom went to his rival, Boone Trail High School. My mom and my aunt (her younger sister) were on the cheer leading squad. I think he noticed my aunt that way. Was interested in her and then his friend did a dweedle swoop. Then he noticed my mom. Kind of beat up but I am glad he invested more in his interest in my mom so that I could be formed eventually.

She eventually followed him to NC State and got a divorce in 2007.

11/2/2010 4:11:23 PM

My mom and my dad's sister were college roommates. They met when my mom went to dinner at their house.

11/2/2010 4:17:48 PM

I don't remember the exact ages, but my dad was 18-19 and my mom was 20-21. They both worked at a Kings grocery store in NJ.

According to my dad, my mom walked into the store one day and he saw her for the first time. He then turned to the guy he was working with and said, "I'm going to marry her."

They were married less than 1-2 years later, and are still married after more than 33 years.

11/2/2010 4:23:35 PM

They met in high school. Dated all through high school and then on through college. Then got married.

11/2/2010 4:23:40 PM

My dad was a manger at Darryl's on Hillsboro and my mom was a waitress. She was carrying out a plate of pasta working her first double (my dad was the closing manager at the time) and spilled it on my dad walking out of the kitchen. He jokingly said she owed him a date to make up for it because he had a girlfriend at the time, but when she called him the next week to take him up on it he suddenly became single

11/2/2010 4:33:54 PM

My Dad was working at his fathers body shop in Fayetteville, NC. My Mom was an insurance adjuster for Allstate. She went to the body shop to do an estimate on a car and meet my Dad. The rest is history...

11/2/2010 4:40:06 PM

^^^,^^^^ I'm sorry, but it doesn't get any more cliche than that.

My parents met when they worked on the set of a play in college at the University of Illinois. My dad was looking for ass (His logic: Only gay guys work in plays. All the women would flirt with him). So, great success I guess. Until they got divorced.

[Edited on November 2, 2010 at 4:44 PM. Reason : ^'s]

11/2/2010 4:43:49 PM

klan rally

11/2/2010 4:44:04 PM