Where and how did you meet your partners?

I met DarkKnight in Boston, at a get-together for an online comedy site we were both members of - I hadn't talked to him previously, but I recognized his online icon (it was very distinctive) and thought he was wonderful in real life. He was supposed to be a one-night stand (my first ever!) but we continued to talk afterward (I lived in NY and he lived in Texas) and I soon moved down south to shack up permanently together. We were married in under a year of our first meeting.

I met PunkRock at a local game store when I went there to meet up with another guy that I was crushing on. PunkRock was wearing a full suit, which caught my attention. Apparently I caught his attention too because he friended me on Facebook that night and we started messaging each other frequently. After a month of chatting, he asked me on a date and on the second date we decided he should be my boyfriend. Now he's my husband. :)

I met WarMan on OKCupid. He messaged me and we had good conversations, but my father passed away and I left the site before setting up a date with him. When I logged on again several months later, he messaged me and I didn't make that mistake again. :) Today makes 2 months we've been seeing each other.
 
Nate messaged me on MySpace 7 years ago, he had just moved back to thr area and was adding friends to promote his comic. I gave him my number and we talked about 5000 minutes (according to my phone record) before we met and it was love at first sight.

My boyfriend and I met almost 4 years ago. My best friend works at an agency that provides services to people with developmental disabilities like I do. She invited my clients for a bday party and Sam was there because he works for the same agency i do and his client likewise had been invited. I took a liking to him immediately but I found out later that she has had sexwith him which turned me off. I stayed in contact with him every few months because we would run into each other or he'd put out a funny memo.

Almost 2 years ago I saw an ad on CL that totally sounded like it could have been written by him so I messaged cl ad (turns out it was this Dick guy I know lol) but it put sam in my head that night son I texted him and asked him out. I guess he was as sick as a dog and found me ro be a welcome distraction. He always liked me but thought that I was a swinger (not something he was interested in ) i assured him i was looking for nore than just sex so je agreed.
 
These are great stories!

Inyourendo, that's cool that Nate makes a comic. I'm actually really into them myself and have been reading a lot of comics from Lebanon recently. Does Nate still create comics?

Bluebird, do you and your partners normally game? If so, what types of games do you play?
 
Hell yeah we do. :) PunkRock, WarMan and I play WarMachine. DarkKnight and I play D&D 5th edition on Sundays. Right now we've set aside Thursday nights to play through all of the Zombicide Missions (we're playing Rue Morgue at the moment). I love just about any board game. :)
 
TheAviator said:
These are great stories!

Inyourendo, that's cool that Nate makes a comic. I'm actually really into them myself and have been reading a lot of comics from Lebanon recently. Does Nate still create comics?

Bluebird, do you and your partners normally game? If so, what types of games do you play?
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Yea he's currently doing a kickstarter for his latest graphic novel. He also has a personal goal of creating a magic card a day for 2015. We travel the Midwest going to comic conventions where he sells his stuff
 
First, I'll go ahead and throw in the story of how my wife and I met so as not to go too off topic. We've been together for eight years. We started dating in high school. She was with someone else at the time, but decided she didn't want to be with him anymore. She and I went to a high school dance together and have been with each other ever since. We're now both in our mid-twenties.

As far as gaming is concerned, I'm usually working all the time, so we don't have any time for board games. I did play Arkham Horror for a little while, and I am super excited for the Conan board game coming out next year. (I also played a little Heroclix back when that first came out.) Now, we have a lot of fun with our WiiU. She has surprisingly gotten really into Hyrule Warriors lately.

Yea he's currently doing a kickstarter for his latest graphic novel. He also has a personal goal of creating a magic card a day for 2015. We travel the Midwest going to comic conventions where he sells his stuff
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Awesome! I need to go to some conventions sometime soon. I'm currently doing some academic work, and it has really cut into my free time.
 
Arkham Horror is one of my favorite games, but I don't often have a 4 hour+ block of time with everyone to play it. I've never played the expansions, because we haven't played through all the scenarios in the basic game yet. :)
 
I liked Arkham because I'm really into H.P. Lovecraft, but I will admit I got tired of losing to the Elder Gods every time. I've been thinking about picking up something like King of Tokyo because my wife and I are really into giant monster movies too.
 
I have both King of Tomyo and King of New York and would recommend them both. King of Tokyo is easier to start with but the other isn't necessarily rocket science. :) Also, those are like 30 minute games.
 
Good! We can handle thirty minutes. Have you played Machi Koro? We have it in our game closet (it was a gift), but no one has ever wanted to play it with us.
 
So I met my boyfriend 8 years ago at a foot ball game at the time he was dating our girl friend( who is/was one of my best friends) They told me they were poly and I told my now girl friend she was very strong because I could never ever do that! However slowly he won me over. I wish I could say it was happily ever after from that moment on but our life really hasn't been a fairy tale. ��
 
I met Cat at a strip club I frequented. We got to talking and it turned out we had a lot of mutual friends and a lot in common. She was in an open marriage when we started dating. Eventually they broke up and we moved in together.

Mary was actually a high school sweetheart. We reconnected a few years ago via facebook.

Elle and I met through a friend of mine. He was trying to date her, but he got too serious for her. In the meantime we had become really good friends. To this day my friend is still pissed that I started seeing her.

I met Sprite on OKC. We hit it off right away. We've been seeing each other for a couple months now.
 
I work in a grocery store as a meat cutter, in the meat dept...
Missy works as a courtesy clerk...

I was friends with another courtesy clerk, "Mika", and she actually introduced me to Missy. I had a lot of extra money from working a bunch of overtime, and I knew that Mika and Missy loved authentic ramen, so I took them to a Japanese noodle place that just opened up in our neighborhood. That is the first time I got to see Missy outside of work. She was adorable and funny, and charming... she had the most heartwarming smile I have ever seen. I liked her almost immidiately.

She told me the next day that she was super hungry and that she hadn't eaten anything since the day before when I took her out to eat with Mika. I asked her why not, and she shrugged and said "I simply don't have enough money to feed myself sometimes". I was shocked and upset... that someone would be working a full time job, and not have enough money to eat. I spoke to my boss at work, and asked her if we could take up donations to help employees in need. I explained the situation and that I didn't want to give out any names, because I didn't want to embarrass Missy. My manager showed a tremendous amount of trust in me, and she printed out a sign and set it up in the break room. A week later we had an envelope filled with money, and I thanked my manager and brought Missy the envelope. I told her, "Look, there is no easy way to say this... so I will just say it. This is for you, because I know you're struggling and no one deserves to go hungry. Please accept this envelope, it's from all of us... and I hope it helps you to get back on your feet". She hugged me and she quietly said 'thank you' and I walked away.

Missy texted me later that night to tell me that she cried her eyes out... because no one had ever done anything like that before. I told her that it was nothing and that I hope she is able to put it to good use. She replied that it WASN'T nothing, and that she would never forget it. For the next few weeks, I took her out to lunch at various places and kept her belly full whenever I could. She would always tell me thank you and that I shouldn't spend my money on her. I always laughed and told her dismissively that I had plenty of money and that I could afford to take a friend out once a week. I won't lie, I did enjoy spending time with her, because she always made me smile. Missy was always so cute, and sweet... and that smile could light up a room.

About 2 months or so passed after the first time we hung out, I was sitting in my room on my night off. I was drinking a beer, and feeling a lot of feelings... I may have watched a sappy movie, or saw a really sweet commercial that gave me all the feels... but I found myself thinking about Missy, and how much I loved her smile. It made my heart flutter when I thought about her. So I broke a cardinal rule, and I drunk texted her:
Heya girl, just wanted to confess something to you, but I completely understand if you don't feel the same way... still I want to tell you. I like you Missy, I like you... like... A LOT. I don't yet quite understand those feelings, and what they mean, but I thought you should know. I have no idea if you would even ever consider dating an asexual trans woman... but regardless, I am putting myself out there, and I hope your not freaking out right now.

She texted back:
I honestly don't know what to say. I had no idea you felt that way, but just FYI, I never said I wasn't interested. ;)

That reply was the beginning of our relationship. August 28th was our very first date. TL;DR Our relationship began with Ramen, an envelope of money, and a drunk text.
 
At the moment, Hubby is my only partner. I met him through AdultFriendFinder, at a G-rated get-together a friend held at her home. He and I both chatted in our area's chat room on AFF; people in that room sometimes organize get-togethers at a home or a bar or club. Seven and a half years later, I can still point to the exact spot in her backyard where he and I were standing when we introduced ourselves to each other. We shared a hotel room that night and have been together ever since.

Since he and I opened our marriage, I've had two partners. I met each of them through AFF as well, one at one of the aforementioned get-togethers, and one because he randomly emailed me and his message was unique enough that I chose to answer even though at the time I had no intention of meeting anyone else. (I was still involved with the first boyfriend at this point, so the two guys overlapped in my life by a bit over two months, until I broke up with the first guy for reasons unrelated to the second.) I was with the first guy for about a year and a half, and the second for about 13 months.

Woody, who's in my signature as a friend right now because I'm deliberately not thinking beyond that, I met through OKCupid. That's also where I met the guy who was briefly my FWB earlier this fall.
 
I met Butch through his sister... she set us up. I only went on the date to humor her...lol

I met Murf at a cruise in held by his car club. He struck up a conversation with me about the car I was driving. A 1970 Nova SS 454.
 
I met Hubby in high school. He was part of my cousin's social circle, and my cousin drove me around everywhere so we bumped into each other a few times. We actually sat and talked once at a party, and from that moment on Hubby relentlessly pursued me until I finally agreed to go out with him.

Boy and I met at a poly meetup at a local pub. He and I had chatted before many people showed up then continued to talk with a woman we both found attractive throughout the event. We talked via text for a few months before finally going on a date - I wasn't that into him at first but figured why not get to know him better. I'm pretty glad I did :) Funny thing, he did date the woman we both thought was cute for a few months and she turned out to be PSYCHO. When he and I started establishing set date nights and having regular overnights, she freaked out and accused him of cheating on her (even though he and I were both in contact with her about what was going on) and was borderline stalking us both for a bit. Dodged a bullet on that one, I guess!
 
Continuing to go off topic, have you guys tried The Hills Rise Wild? I believe it has shorter game play and can be a fun and silly take on HPL. My husband and friends enjoy it now and then. Also the card game Mythos which can result in sentences like "I take my car to church with Wilbur Whatley".

Leetah

P.S. Met my husband at college and my Significant Other in a multiplayer game.
 
I've met my partners through a mix of 'real life' interactions and through OKCupid. I met Beaker, my ex-wife, when we were both living in the grad school dorm. I met SW through mutual friends, Whip I met through OKC, Bean and Willow I met through being in the same circles although we also have mutual friends in common, Glow I met through mutual friends and new guy (too early for a nickname!) through OKC.
 
I met Guitarist at a board-gaming group, which was a local get-together of a bunch of people who played an online text-based RPG. We're both huge geeks. We started dating when we were both single at a later point.

I met Purr at a party because she wanted to meet me since she wanted to be dating Guitarist. But we "met" met because we just started talking after that, and one time she was in a bad way and needed someone to come over, so I went over to her place and we just talked.

I met Marian on OKC. We exchanged a few messages and then went for coffee, which turned into going for dinner, which turned into closing down the restaurant.
 
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