I was sitting thinking about things from the past (I do this a lot these days)
one of the things I was remembering is how I met my wife, as I recently divulged I am 7 ft 1 inch tall and wear a size 21 1/2 shoe which are harder then heck to find by the way,
I met my wife in a grocery store we just happened to walk down the same isle I noticed her don’t know if she had noticed me yet which is puzzling because at 7 ft 1 inch tall its quite hard to be inconspicuous, any way i noticed she was trying to get something off the vary top shelf in the store she is 5 ft 6 inches tall, I had no clue what it was but I figured I would be pretty forward I walked up behind her and picked her up by the waist and held her in the air so she could get what it was she was wanting after she retrieved whatever it was I sat her back down she looked kind of shocked so I quickly headed towards the door trying not to laugh she chased me down and it was the end of the story she called me bear for the longest time after we started dating
So my question is how did those that are married meet their significant others.
For Those That Are Married
I met my wife in a Psychology class at university. It was truly one of those times when the universe aligned for us to meet. I was in my second semester and had introduction to psychology on my agenda, a friend recommended that a change teachers so at the day before the first class I changed to a night class. My wife was a high school senior wanting to take a college class so a night class was the only option at the time. The first class only consisted of the teacher doing a roll call, giving the syllabus and dismissing everyone. She caught my eye the moment she walked in but I didn’t know her. I walked over to the student union because I saw my roommate’s car and happened to notice she was over at the payphone (no cell phones by in the 80’s…thank goodness for me). I introduced myself and asked if she needed a ride…she said had just called her parents to come back. I waited with her and talked a bit, then couldn’t wait for next weeks class. 30+ years later (and quoting Jimmy Buffett) “we had good days and bad days and going have mad days” (but mostly good days). Since we met in a Psychology class, I always joke that I was the case study for the class. To this day, I think she is the only person that can watch tv with a mandolin be played 3 feet away from her. 
Wow this has to be my longest post ever.
I had just taken a new job in a new city & I was “the stranger in a strange land.”
To get into the office, you had to ride an elevator to the top floor, then thru a locked gate to a flight of stairs that led up to the business. The was a buzzer at the gate, so I pressed the button.
The voice of my new boss answered, and he said “someone will be right down to let you in.” A few moments later the blonde girlfriend of my new boss appeared & I was smitten by her her totally 100% at first sight.
That’s how we met. How we eventually got together, fell in love and married 45 years ago is a series of stories! 
That might be the best first meeting I’ve ever read. You just picked her up without saying a word?! I just told my wife your story. She laughed and said “That’s awesome!”
Our meeting is far less interesting. We met on Facebook through a mutual friend. I was in another marriage at the time so she and I were Facebook ships passing in the night for years. Then one day after my divorce, I saw her post something that left me an opening. It turns out, we had been Facebook stalking each other. 
Probably the wildest thing about our meeting is that, years before we ever met, she had created a “vision board” which is basically a list of things she wanted in her life partner. It helps stay focused on your goals. She showEd it to me after we’d been together for about a year. It was literally me. I met practically every line item on it. She even had “He plays guitar by ear.”
She forgot to be specific, though. She wasn’t counting on bluegrass. 
@Mark_Rocka yes I actually did I was not planning on gaining a wife but I did, but if you would have seen the look on her face it told me to run we were actually married 1 month and 10 days after that happened.I have never been shy and have always had a mischievous side to me I love to joke around with people,but some do not like that about me I am to blunt for most to handle.
your story is pretty interesting also.
I like stories, too. But some stories are best left off the internet! 
I was driving truck at the time, and tired of being alone. So, I got on a phone dating service (pre-internet dating). She was on the same service, we talked on the phone all the way across Illinois and Iowa (back when you paid for minutes… yeah, my bill that month was something like $400 - worth it), and met the next day. I asked her to marry me after 7 months of dating, and we celebrate 20 years this year.
@Don_Smith at 7’1’’ you probably could have picked her up even if you were in the next aisle over! Compared to you, I have very small feet… size 13.
Well… I was in the restroom at the race track. There was this number on the wall that said, for a good… well you know the rest.
Nah… J/K. She was in school for her respiratory license. I guess she was having a rough go with the math and economics, (who doesn’t lol. I mean, what is with this whole sustainability thingy anyway.). so a mutual friend told her I may be able to help. We started talking on the phone, and the rest is history-present-and future.
As for the shoe size… I wear a 10, but 11s feel so good I buy a 12.
I met my wife online. It’s not an unusual story because we just met on a dating website, texted each other for a few weeks, then met in reality, and you know the rest. We’ve been together for five years now, and I have never been happier. This woman completes me, and I feel full and happy when I’m around her. It seems we’ve known each other for years, even though we only met six years ago on the video chat ladies website. And now I don’t know what I would do without her because she seems such an irreplaceable part of my life. She saved me from drug addiction and was with me in all the most difficult times of my life.
So, you’re both governments, huh? 
Well what happened with me was I went to th… Oh wait, that was a dream 