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How I Met My Husband: When Love Is Meant To Be

When my kids were little, they used to love hearing the story of how my husband and I met. I told them we were in kindergarten and we were having lunch in the sandbox. Instead of pulling my hair to get my attention, he dropped my peanut butter and jelly sandwich into the sand. Our eyes met. It has been true love ever since.

They thought that was hysterical, and despite the fact my hubby and I are four years apart, they never doubted for a minute that it was true until years later. Rather than tell them we were set up on a blind date by my brother, I thought I’d have a little fun, besides it really does feel like we’ve grown up together.

If I trace back the events that finally led to our first meeting, it is amazing to discover than our paths crossed many times before we were ever formally introduced. When we were children, our parents ate at the same restaurant every Saturday night. On Sundays, we both went to the same Hungarian restaurant and waited for what seemed like hours for a table. It’s possible that we even sat next to each other in the small waiting area, while complaining how long it was taking to be seated.

When I was 16, I used to run around the neighborhood track on the weekends with my best friend. So did he. I remember seeing a tall handsome older boy (he was 20), who would smile at me every time we passed each other on the track. We never spoke a word.

Fast forward six years later to our blind date. When he walked in the restaurant it instantly felt familiar. We knew each other’s faces, but now sure how, until the end of our meal it dawned on him, “You’re the girl from the track.” And so it began. Next year we celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary.

How did you meet your true love? Was it love at first sight?

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Filed Under: Love, Parenting Tagged With: blind date, dating, first date, how I met my husband, Huffington Post, love, love at first sight, when love is meant to be

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  1. Marci Rich says

    December 3, 2012 at 8:25 am

    I’ve heard of these coincidences before, and have to say that they certainly add up to signs that you and your husband were meant to be!

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:22 am

      It’s amazing how many of us have the same stories.

      Reply
  2. Barbara says

    December 3, 2012 at 8:26 am

    It’s so fascinating how lives can almost intersect, slip past one another, bump into others, slide by, and then, sometimes when we’re lucky at just the right time – connect. Congratulations on 25 years!

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:22 am

      Thanks, Barbara!

      Reply
  3. Sharon Greenthal says

    December 3, 2012 at 8:30 am

    It’s always fascinating to find how lives cross before meetings happen – my husband and I had many of the same friends but it took us a long time to finally meet.

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:24 am

      Looking back it’s interesting how my husband and I keep circling each other. So many of us had the same experience. And then when the time is right, click!

      Reply
  4. Karen says

    December 3, 2012 at 8:41 am

    Isn’t it amazing how you crossed paths so many times before meeting? In fact, you sort of wonder why you never met before you actually did…if that makes any sense. Thanks for sharing your story!
    Karen

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:24 am

      I know. For years! Glad you enjoyed it.

      Reply
  5. Melissa Lawler says

    December 3, 2012 at 9:40 am

    It was meant to be.

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:24 am

      Yes šŸ™‚

      Reply
  6. Helene Bludman says

    December 3, 2012 at 9:45 am

    I’ve wondered the same thing about my husband and me. It turned out we had mutual friends and frequented the same places. I have no doubt that our paths crossed, perhaps more than once. Loved reading your post!

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:25 am

      Thank you Helene!

      Reply
  7. Mia Johnstone says

    December 3, 2012 at 10:30 am

    I love this story. This is just so tender and warm.

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:25 am

      Thanks, Mia šŸ™‚

      Reply
  8. Joy Weese Moll (@joy says

    December 3, 2012 at 11:47 am

    What fun! Someone else’s story mentions luck — thinking about all the ways you might have met each other sooner and all the ways that you might have never met. So glad you met!

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:21 am

      Thanks! Timing is everything. I don’t think it would have worked had we met when we were younger.

      Reply
  9. Donna Tetreault says

    December 3, 2012 at 12:07 pm

    So amazing! I am posting my story this week as well as we celebrate our 12th wedding anniversary. We call it fate!

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:26 am

      Happy 12th Anniversary, Donna!

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  10. Amanda Fox says

    December 3, 2012 at 1:50 pm

    I love a good “love at first sight” story! Sometimes, you just know. šŸ˜‰

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:30 am

      I love those stories too!

      Reply
  11. Haralee says

    December 3, 2012 at 2:58 pm

    How wonderful that when you met you thought you knew each other and then in a way you did! Now that your kids know the truth, do they question other stories you’ve told them?

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:29 am

      I think they always knew it wasn’t 100% true, because of the way I told the story. They’d laugh and look and their dad and I for clues of its validity. It was impossible to keep a straight face. Kind of like the way they knew Santa and the Tooth Fairy didn’t really exist but we all played along with it anyway.

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  12. Lois Alter Mark says

    December 3, 2012 at 3:46 pm

    Just proves that timing is everything! I’m glad that it was finally the right time! P.S. Love the sandbox story!

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:36 am

      Thanks, I had fun sharing the story with my kids. They got such a kick out of it.

      Reply
  13. Bonnie says

    December 3, 2012 at 4:05 pm

    I absolutely adore stories about fate!
    It is so true that we cross paths so many times with people that we later connect with. Amazing!

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:37 am

      Even when I look at my closest friends I see how the paths crossed over and over until we connected.

      Reply
  14. Jackie says

    December 3, 2012 at 5:50 pm

    My husband and I actually worked together. I never knew it. LOL!

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:35 am

      Small world!

      Reply
  15. BH Mom says

    December 3, 2012 at 6:06 pm

    My honey and I intersected several times before we actually went out. I like to think we were meant to be, as well, CG! Cute story.

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:37 am

      Thanks, BH Mom. So many of us have had this experience šŸ™‚

      Reply
  16. Matt Steiner says

    December 3, 2012 at 6:48 pm

    Cute, cute, cute, cute. I love serendipitous stories like this one. šŸ™‚

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:30 am

      Thanks Matt!

      Reply
  17. Walker Thornton says

    December 3, 2012 at 6:56 pm

    I guess this speaks to the notion of time and place. Love that you made up such a cute story for your kids.

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:38 am

      Thanks Walker! They loved the story šŸ™‚

      Reply
  18. Darryle says

    December 3, 2012 at 7:42 pm

    Sounds like finding each other was “beshert”–yiddish for “meant to be.”

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:35 am

      Yes, I had great mazel to find my beshert šŸ™‚

      Reply
  19. Chloe Jeffreys says

    December 3, 2012 at 7:44 pm

    That is a great story! It seems the world is so big until you hear a story like this, and then you know that the world is really exactly right.

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:38 am

      Thanks, Chloe! I know, right?! It all seems to make sense.

      Reply
  20. daphne says

    December 3, 2012 at 8:48 pm

    sounds like a movie…. Thanks for sharing,

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:39 am

      It seems like a movie to me too. One of the kind I love to see.

      Reply
  21. Kathy says

    December 4, 2012 at 7:20 am

    How amazing that your paths kept crossing until you finally officially met and feel in love. Lovely story!

    Kathy
    http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.com

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:39 am

      Thanks Kathy. Yep, the time was finally right.

      Reply
  22. Susan in the Boonies says

    December 4, 2012 at 9:06 am

    What a remarkable story! I can’t believe he remembered you from the track!
    How wonderful, when love feels like coming home.

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:20 am

      It took a while for us to figure out why we looked so familiar to each other. And it did seem amazing that he remembered. However, as I’ve learned over the years, my husband has a gift for remembering people.

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  23. Christina Simon says

    December 4, 2012 at 6:42 pm

    I love hearing stories of how couples met. You just never know when you’ll meet the person you’ll marry.

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  24. Michelle Chiklis says

    December 4, 2012 at 6:51 pm

    When I was a little girl in Miami, my father hit a cow on the freeway. My husband was was on vacation from Boston and was stuck in traffic for hours. When they passed by the accident, his father said, ” some guy hit a cow” little did he know that I was in that car and the guy who hit the cow was going to be his father in law 20 years later.

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  25. Mary Anne says

    December 5, 2012 at 11:48 am

    Another blind date girl! Funny how these things happen! Cute story!

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  26. Carole Yu says

    December 10, 2012 at 8:19 am

    My late husband and I met in Shanghai one summer when we were 19. (He’s from Vancouver, Canada, I’m from South Bend, IN) He was studying Chinese at his mom’s alma mater, and I was taking a “find your roots” trip with my family while my father lectured in mathematics for the summer at the same university. We dated once, had fun toodling around “The Bund.” Then, five years later, I was living in Boston, and IBM sent me to Los Angeles. George was the only person I knew in LA, I looked him up, and it started. IBM transferred me to LA three months later, we were married a year later, and were married for 17 years 355 days. We got to travel around the world (India, New Zealand, Thailand, Fiji), live in Italy, and Japan, and have two great kids from our marriage.

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  27. Anne (@notasupermom) says

    December 13, 2012 at 4:47 pm

    That is so romantic! My husband went to the same high school as my ex-husband. I don’t like to think about that too much. It’s a little weird!

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  29. Jo says

    October 12, 2018 at 1:55 pm

    Yes! I keep crossing paths with someone too… I’m starting to find it funny and I never believed in destiny until the recent few years when we keep crossing paths.

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    • Carpool Goddess says

      October 12, 2018 at 6:01 pm

      You never know where it may lead! Enjoy!

      Reply

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