When my k
ids 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?
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!
It’s amazing how many of us have the same stories.
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!
Thanks, Barbara!
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.
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!
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
I know. For years! Glad you enjoyed it.
It was meant to be.
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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!
Thank you Helene!
I love this story. This is just so tender and warm.
Thanks, Mia š
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!
Thanks! Timing is everything. I don’t think it would have worked had we met when we were younger.
So amazing! I am posting my story this week as well as we celebrate our 12th wedding anniversary. We call it fate!
Happy 12th Anniversary, Donna!
I love a good “love at first sight” story! Sometimes, you just know. š
I love those stories too!
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?
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.
Just proves that timing is everything! I’m glad that it was finally the right time! P.S. Love the sandbox story!
Thanks, I had fun sharing the story with my kids. They got such a kick out of it.
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!
Even when I look at my closest friends I see how the paths crossed over and over until we connected.
My husband and I actually worked together. I never knew it. LOL!
Small world!
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.
Thanks, BH Mom. So many of us have had this experience š
Cute, cute, cute, cute. I love serendipitous stories like this one. š
Thanks Matt!
I guess this speaks to the notion of time and place. Love that you made up such a cute story for your kids.
Thanks Walker! They loved the story š
Sounds like finding each other was “beshert”–yiddish for “meant to be.”
Yes, I had great mazel to find my beshert š
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.
Thanks, Chloe! I know, right?! It all seems to make sense.
sounds like a movie…. Thanks for sharing,
It seems like a movie to me too. One of the kind I love to see.
How amazing that your paths kept crossing until you finally officially met and feel in love. Lovely story!
Kathy
http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.com
Thanks Kathy. Yep, the time was finally right.
What a remarkable story! I can’t believe he remembered you from the track!
How wonderful, when love feels like coming home.
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.
I love hearing stories of how couples met. You just never know when you’ll meet the person you’ll marry.
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.
Another blind date girl! Funny how these things happen! Cute story!
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.
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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Yes! I keep crossing paths with someone too… Iām starting to find it funny and I never believed in destiny until the recent few years when we keep crossing paths.
You never know where it may lead! Enjoy!