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How and in what circumstances did your parents first meet?

Posted - September 9, 2017

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  • 1713
    They both loved bowling and met at the bowling alley.
      September 9, 2017 7:51 PM MDT
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  • My mom worked at a drive through and my dad met her there when he was ordering food I guess?
    I think he was dating her friend at the time?
    I'm not sure about that one, I'll have to ask her about it. : )
      September 9, 2017 8:10 PM MDT
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  • 7939
    Woah. That's how I met my ex husband. 
      September 11, 2017 12:13 AM MDT
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  • LoL!
    Must have been the best way to meet people before the internet. : )
    Which fast food place did you work at?
      September 11, 2017 12:52 AM MDT
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  • 7939
    lol And I thought I was the only one.
    I worked at Arby's. 
      September 11, 2017 1:42 AM MDT
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  • 5808
    haven't a clue
    never knew them...
      September 9, 2017 8:40 PM MDT
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  • My parents met in grad school. Specifically they met a dinner party through a mutual friend. My mom always talks about how she almost didn't go to that dinner, so if she hadn't, maybe she never would've met my dad and there'd be no Nevan :( But some things are meant to happen. :)

      September 9, 2017 9:08 PM MDT
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  • 53531


    I don't know how she met my biological father; I think he was just some guy on the make who "wanted some".  Once he got it, he was in the wind.

    As for the man who would eventually become my stepfather, I believe they met at the E-Club (Enlisted Club) of the local Air Force Base.  They married when I was four and divorced when I  was fourteen.



    (My own children know the story of how my wife and I met, and I'm happy to report that it's a much, MUCH more positive story than that of my parents.)

    ~
      September 9, 2017 10:19 PM MDT
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  • 16841
    They met on their first day of school. They became friends years later when he joined the CYO as a teenager, my mother was already a member.
      September 9, 2017 10:30 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    There was a very famous tennis player and golfer named Althea Gibson, who was friends with my mother, and who was my father's client.  She purposefully invited them both to a party she threw. She introduced them, and created a match made in hell.  lol.  Althea Gibson was a remarkable athlete and woman.  She broke racial barriers.  Too bad she was a terrible matchmaker.  
      September 9, 2017 10:45 PM MDT
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  • 53531


    Hey, I learned about her when I was about 6 years old!  That's neat to know I know of someone who knows about her too!

    ~




      September 9, 2017 10:48 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    Randy it seems she's been lost in history and it's an utter shame. 

    If anyone is reading this and is interested in knowing about Althea Gibson, here's a link that gives info on her
    https://www.biography.com/people/althea-gibson-9310580?_escaped_fragment_=

      September 9, 2017 10:53 PM MDT
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  • 7126
    That is very cool dude.   ;-)
      September 9, 2017 10:55 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    For all I know, my parents lied and actually met at a massage parlor.
      September 9, 2017 10:57 PM MDT
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  • 7126
    My dad was my mom's pimp, so don't feel bad.
      September 9, 2017 10:57 PM MDT
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  • 16841
    I knew of her, she was the first black person to win Wimbledon. Australian aborigine Evonne Goolagong was the second.
      September 11, 2017 4:14 AM MDT
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  • 6988
    Papa lived down the street. When he came back from WW2, he was looking for some nooky. He musta said "my of my, how that little girl has grown! "  So he married moma and a few years later, BAM! Along comes my older sister.
      September 10, 2017 7:46 AM MDT
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  • 7939
    They worked together and were married to other people. I was the oops that prompted their divorces and marriage to each other. 
      September 11, 2017 12:18 AM MDT
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  • Wow!
    That's a crazy story.
    I guess you were the good thing that came out of all that drama. 
    That's interesting. : )

      September 11, 2017 1:32 AM MDT
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  • 34479
    My parents met in high school. Divorced when I was in grade school. 
    Dad remarried shortly afterwards...he and my stepmom met at the bowling alley.  
    My Mom has remarried and divorced several times...I have never considered her husbands as a parent.  I don't know how she met 2 of them.  One was her Dr. 
      September 11, 2017 8:41 AM MDT
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  • 13071
    Im not sure if this is true because im not sure how reliable my mother was. She told me that she met my father (who died when i was two) met in San Francisco on Hate and Ashberry St. in a Beet Nick joint. He played the Saxophone and she was a customer at the bar. They met after his gig. 
      September 11, 2017 8:45 AM MDT
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  • 7795
    I think they met at the hospital they both were working at the time.
      September 11, 2017 8:46 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    Was during the 'dirty thirties' on the Canadian prairies and water was so restricted that by law you had to find at least one partner(s) to shower with. That is how they met. This post was edited by Kittigate at September 11, 2017 10:41 AM MDT
      September 11, 2017 10:01 AM MDT
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