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Re: Stolen Poll: First date with DH/SO?
Technically our first date was the Homecoming Dance our sophmore year of High School. But I don't count it since we had dinner with like 20 people and it was a school dance! I wish I could find a picture of the horrible purple velvety dress that I wore. hahaha.
A year later though we actually started dating and our first true date was going to the movies -- we saw this AWFUL adam sandler movie called Little Nicky (hubby picked). He swears that he didn't take me to that movie on our first date but it totally was! I can still remember the awkwardness. haha. Oh 16 year old love.
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And ohmygosh I've (unfortunately) seen Little Nicky (right? That awful Adam Sandler movie). I bet that made for an ... interesting ... date! Haha
There was this guy J who had been trying to date me for a long time. He'd taken me out a handful of times, and I just kept letting him. He was so sweet to me, but I just never was attracted to him. However, I'm really glad I let him take me on that last date! He threw a birthday party for his best friend, and took me. I had known this friend through high school and we'd never gotten along. Well, that friend is now my DH. We apparently got along that day, because he snuck out of his own birthday party and we spent 6 hour sitting in a restaurant and talking. Now we're married
Oh and J has forgiven us, is still a good friend of DH's and I am friends with his wife. All's well that ends well, right?!
We went to go see Night at the Museum (the first one) at the Palladium IMAX theater in SA-town on Christmas Day...night? Anyway. It was packed to the freaking moon so we ended up having to sit there for 3 hours to wait for the next available showing. We ate gelatto and laughed at all the kiddos who had decked themselves out in all their new Christmas clothes just to go to the movies, it was fun but I've gotta tell you that 3 hours of just talking and staring at each other is SO MUCH PRESSURE for a first date. Luckily they had this video game thing at the theater that featured a game in which you got monkeys drunk. So that was something.
Then once the movie started I did the whole "leave your hand just sort of lying there in case maybe possibly someone might like to hold it" thing and he was completely oblivious. He told me later that he did think it was weird that I was just sitting there with my arms akimbo, and yes, I do still tease him about that to this day. Additionally, when we got back to my place after the movie he make out attacked me. He was too nervous to hold my hand, but had no issues with the make outs. I don't even know, guys. We were 20! You can't even blame that sort of silliness on high school idiocy! He's lucky he's so damn cute, that's all I'm saying.
(I feel like I always write a novel when I respond to anything. I'm sorry, I'm just sort of obnoxious.)
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DId you know him?! Or were you just incredibly ballsy and wanted to hook up with a guy in the band?!
Yep, knew each other since 6th grade. Were friends all throughout middle and high school. But I am ballsy
I was in school at UT and DH was at Texas State after a stint at A&M. We had met several months before at a mutual friend's party in College Station (she was at A&M), and continued IMing as friends some time afterward. My friend and her boyfriend were coming to San Marcos to visit DH, and he invited me to join them. We really hit it off at dinner at Applebee's, joking with each other about a desire to take over the world, and divvying up continents and countries between the two of us (ambition is obviously something we have in common). We continued seeing each other from there, and after a few bumps along the way, got married almost four years later.
my dh and i were both working at a professional summer theatre when we met. it's the kind of place where the time line for things seems to speed up because everyone lives there, eats there, plays there, etc. you're always there.
anyway, our first official date was on june 19th, and we went to a restaurant in a nearby city on one of our few nights off. i kind of remember this (and dh loves to remind me), but i spent part of the evening talking about why this summer romance wouldn't last. first date, and i'm talking about how we'll be breaking up. nice.
i did leave that summer thinking that it probably wouldn't work out, but to his credit, dh called me faithfully at least once a day (sometimes multiple times) for a whole year before moving down here.
We didn't really have a first date. we just met, and started hanging out non stop since then. Cute stories though ladies.
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These are very interesting!
DH & I met randomly online via AOL chat (ugh) & talked/wrote letters and emails for several months. We're from the same town & knew a lot of the same folks, just hadn't met.
Our first date was in Seattle. DH was in the Navy & stationed just outside of Seattle. I had a work trip to Seattle. However, DH was supposed to be out at sea when I was going to be there, which was a big bummer. The day before I left, he called to say that they were getting back a day early...and we'd be able to meet up. Anyway, I met him at the pier where his ferry came in from the base, and we walked around downtown Seattle (went to a bar & then went to a fancy Asian restaurant). We ended the night at my hotel bar & he stayed the night (scandalous!) though it was totally PG. He'd just missed the ferry back to the base, so he was stuck in Seattle.
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we both lived in the san jacinto dorms at UT (where we met). After talking couple times, and re-connecting afer summer break - we went to Chuys near Zilker and had dinner.
I went to the UT game the day before and got a sunburn on half my body (the directon of the sun). I looked incredibly bizzare - but the date went great and I got a kiss goodbye on the steps to the dorm room when he dropped me off.
awwwwwwwwwww. those were really freaking good days. I love love love that time in my life (and now too... but that time was really special... falling in love...) sigh.
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Hmmm. He asked me to come over and meet, make me dinner, and clean my bike. We got started, got to talking, and proceeded to talk for the next 12 hours or so.
I was a complete zombie the next day, and completely smitten.