Tuesday, 05 August 2008
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Dating, Back to The Future Style
This is a guest blog submitted by melsie.
My favorite movie, Back to the Future, was on the other night, and even though I have, like, three copies of it on DVD, I always find myself watching it on TV whenever it airs.Lately when I've watched that movie I've thought about how my parents met and fell in love. Whenever I ask about how they met they always tell me they met at a party of a mutual friend, and the next thing they knew they got married and had me. My dad says it was love at first sight for him, but for my mom it took a bit longer for her to see him more than just a friend. I don't know about you, but to me it seems like there is a lot of details missing from their whole "falling in love" process...
I've always wanted to know more about their wild and carefree days together - I actually found my mom's diary when I was little, and I know I saw the words wine, camping and sex on a page. Unfortunately, her diary has mysteriously disappeared since then.
How did your parents meet ? Have they shared a lot of details about their courtship, or do they tell you they met, married, and then you were born?
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My parents met in a kind of classical way. Everyday, while going back home from work with his bicycle my father saw my mother on the balcony of her place.
He got interested in this girl who looked as "waiting" for him everyday. So, he did some investigation and knew that a colleague was dating her best friend. So it was an easy step to get introduced with her.
My mom shares a lot of her younger days. I've even heard about the ex boyfriend and guys that liked her.
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My mom shares a lot of her younger days. I've even heard about the ex boyfriend and guys that liked her.
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....hmm...I don't really ask my parents about that stuff...I do know they were study buddies in college and so they were friends...it went from there
My parents met in college. People kept trying to set my dad up with my mom, saying they were perfect for each other, but he stubbornly declined, saying, "I'll find my own women!" Then he stumbled upon her for himself he decided they were right after all. The rest is history...
And they love to talk about how they met, their courtship days, and all of that. It's obvious they're still in love. <3
@NiDH0GG@xanga - That is so romantic! It's like something from a movie.
My parents met in Hawaii, my mom was in the Navy and my dad was in the Marines. Not sure exactly how they met, but when they did Mom knew he was the man she would marry... and so avoided him. But they eventually ended up dating, and she's told us some funny stories about this, like when he stood her up because he was sleeping, and she threw a billiard ball at him and just barely missed.. They went to the courthouse to get married and went to Zippy's for lunch/dinner. They were going to surprise my mom's family when they got back on the mainland but one of her sisters ruined it for Grandma, and they never had their real wedding.
My parents waited like four years to have my sister. And they had me like 15 months later. And my brother 16 months after that.
Mom also talks about her exes and pretty much her whole life is fair game.
My dad's brother married this lady(we're gonna name her A) A had a cousin(B/mom). B was introduced to my dad by A. My dad thought she was cute and her personality was great. B thought he was great too. They didn't date immediately, but they had a good friendship. Later, it turned to a romantic relationship...blah blah...and wholah! Thus, I'm here.
Funny you should ask. They always said something like Ohhhh, love at first sight, blah blah, lies.
I found out a few years ago that my mom had previously been married to another man who was in a band. She was the bookkeeper for the band. The bass player quit so they started auditioning for a new one. My dad came in and blew the other contestants out of the water. When husband #1 let his rock n' roll lifestyle of drugs and alcohol turn him into an abusive, addicted, cheating, bad person.. my dad (by then a good friend) was the one my mom turned to for support.
I like to think he saved her from that terrible marriage. Like a movie? Sure. Like a fairy tale? Not quite. Who says happily ever afters can't take place in bars and night clubs?
I actually don't know that much, I kind of get the same story you do. You know what I just thought of? There is going to be this whole new generation of kids where some of the parents met online. "I knew I just had to set up a date with your mother, she always knew what to IM and always LOLed at my jokes"
Met, married, and I was born. My parents divorced when I was 5, so the story of their courtship never really mattered beyond curiosity for curiosity's sake. But I'm sure it was nothing spectacular or fairytaleish. And I know how my parents/step-parents got together because I was there.
They met at Sherlocks Pub. That is all I know though. I was 5 when they divorced.
Well, my dad saw a picture of my mom and it was "love at first sight" and because of that picture he flew about 1700 miles back to China to woo her. Haha, then they got married and had kids. I think my mom did provide quite a challenge though, she was not easily wooed in her day. Whenever I talk to my guys friends, there is a trend I see, it's always sort of the man that kind of always knows that, "I am going to wife her." Haha.
Hah, my parents met at WalMart in the automotive department, where my dad worked. My dad asked her to go to church with him, and on their first real date they went putt-putt golfing, where my mom spewed on my dad. They got married, and I was born.
I think they've told me how they met but I don't remember. They haven't told me much else, but I know that I was born before they were married... *scandal!* Haha. I was 2 I think when they got married and I was essentially their flower girl, though they eloped and didn't actually have much of a ceremony. The main reason I know this is because I'm in their wedding pictures. Haha.
My parents met in college, on a blind date at a University of Texas football game. Funny, I never thought to ask who set them up.
I was over 30 when Mom finally mentioned that they dated for a while and broke up before they got back together and got married...that part of the story had just never come up.
My parents met on a blind date. My dad had asked out my aunt, but she wasn't interested, and set him up with her sister instead. They were so young - my mom was only 17 when they met.
My mom and dad met because they lived in the same ghetto. They did some of the same things and ran with the same crowd. They were so in love, but my grandparents did not want my mom with some thug. My mom climbed through her window several times and ran away to be with my father. At some point, my grandparents moved away to keep my mom away from my dad. My dad ended up having a son with another woman while he & my mom were broken up. My mom got a job & a car and was able to make it to my dad. They got married, had three beautiful children, moved to Germany while he was in the Army, and then he was killed. That is my mom's love story and she talks about how things would have been had my father lived because nothing could keep them apart.
I have no clue, never really thought about asking.
my parents met once for tea or what not because some family member set them up, but the second time they met was at the local city hall signing the marriage certificate. my dad was like why are we here? sign here? Ok. and how's they met and married. this is my dad's version of the story. I on the other hand, will simply just give my children my journal when the time is right...they can read it and know the complete side of my story...assuming I will eventually meet the girl of my dream and get married.
All I was told was that my parents met through mutual friends since they hung out with the same group of people. My dad was a teacher/tutor and he taught my mom and her brothers and sisters how to speak english. They dated, got married, and a bajillion years later, they had me.
My parents have a bunch of old pics from those days and they looked so cute together! Funny thing is, I saw a pic of my dad and his ex-girlfriend but that doesn't bother my mom a bit.. she said that it's not a big deal since my dad married her anyways, and that girl is "ugly" (my mom's words haha!)
My parents have such a movie-esque story. They went to the same college in Taiwan and one day he looked down from the middle of the balconies and saw her on a lower floor and thought she was really pretty. He was the iconic nerd back then (I can tell in his wedding pictures) really scrawny with coke bottle glasses. His friends told him he'd never get the girl, and he did! They were each other's first girlfriend and boyfriend. They would take a one hour commute on the train to see each other. My mom even followed him to the U.S. for graduate school before marrying him and moving to the U.S. And the rest is history...
they told me they were high school sweethearts..
broke up wayy too many times..
and didn't see each other again until about like 10 years later i believe? and thats how they got married..
and divorced..
and married again ..
every1 in mom's family thought she had me before the wedding cus she got married before 3 of her elder siblings. (lucky she didn't wait, her older sister just got married 5 years ago)
i know they have known each other forever, their parents used to have a little store on the same street, dad's sold birds and mom's sold food...
My parents actually met in the fifth grade. They were in the same class, and apparently my mom knocked him down for some reason. Well, they've been friends ever since, although they went to different colleges and dated other people in the interim. Then at some point after my dad moved to another state, he called my mom and sort of proposed, and I guess the rest is history.
They've never told me much at all about their dating lives/histories, unfortunately. I've always wanted to know more.
Well, my mom first met my dad (which sounds so wierd to me to call him that since i don't really know him) in school. He was the popular kid who always got everyone's attention. Then they also were together in the theater club which is where they mostly got to know each other. Their relationship was a romantic one: kissing before saying goodbye after a walk together, him serenading her, going on camping trips together, etc. They married while they were both still in the university (she was 20).
I am actually lucky I was born though because my dad and his mom were against it.His mom knew well ahead that her son would not care for me or work to support the family. But by that time my mom was already pregnant. My mom even told me about the moment when my dad brought the money for abortion, but all along she was against and so she saved my life. =) I was born during very poor times. My mom and my grandma worked hard to somehow feed themselves and me while surely enough my dad was away doing concerts, being the heart of the crowd (yes he's still a singer now but not a very popular one). The process of divorce was a very tough one back then and especially in Uzbekistan (that's where i was born by the way)
We went through a lot with my mom and we are still on this long road together. we are each other's best friends, sisters and family, all in one. =)