Where did you meet your wife?

At a strip club....cost a lot of lap dances, but finally got her to go to out with me. She still dances, but just for me now. As far as I know, anyway.

no I did not. no that don't make me no hypocrite.

med school.

id also wait until you are 24/25. People tend to learn a lot more about themselves from early 20s to mid 20s and the girls i was interested in when i was 20 im not slightly interested in anymore.

go relax and dont worry about finding someone right now. focus on things you want to get accomplished and passionate about for now.

The younger you are, the more time you should spend in the dating phase. Don't get married before you turn 28-30 in any event. Ages 28-32 were the best dating years of my life. You're mature, you hopefully have a stable career and the means to enjoy yourself, you are a prime target for women aged 22-35, and you'll be dating them at a time in their life where they are eager to find a long or longer term mate and will give you more as a result. You should also spend some time cultivating an attitude of gentle indifference. Women will like you more if they have to work at getting you to like them.

I met my wife in a college restaurant. She was a hostess and I was a waiter. We would run into each other occasionally at college parties. Eventually I saw her at a bar where a local band, New Potato Caboose, was playing. The friends I was supposed to meet up with didn't show so I spent the night hanging out with her. At the end of the night I had to get a ride home with her and her sober driver. I invited her over to my place for dinner the following night and we have been together ever since (married 23 years).

serious about life wrote:

In church. If you want a long term stable marriage with a caring wife, I'd say that's by far the best option. If you want a series of dates, short term relationships, marriages/divorces, etc, stick to what the atheists recommend.

Same here. Met her at church. Been married 22 years.

If you are sincere in your beliefs and she is too, you will immediately have the most important things in common.

At college. We were in the same dorm.

Fat hurts wrote:

serious about life wrote:

In church. If you want a long term stable marriage with a caring wife, I'd say that's by far the best option. If you want a series of dates, short term relationships, marriages/divorces, etc, stick to what the atheists recommend.

Same here. Met her at church. Been married 22 years.

If you are sincere in your beliefs and she is too, you will immediately have the most important things in common.

Similar situation as the above 2 posts. I met her at a Bible study. I've been happy ever since.

Active conservative Protestants are 35% less likely to divorce compared to those who have no affiliation.

In high school (seriously). If you haven't met her by now you are bound to live alone

At the local atheists drunken orgy.

Met her at church. When we got married, we were not regular church goers. Then we had kids and began to attend regularly, even getting lots out of it. We have now not been regular church goers for 3 years. Both of us have soured a bit on organized religion. My wife is still a believer in God though not as the Bible would have you think of Him. I am more of an agnostic these days.

the take-away wrote:

Fat hurts wrote:

Same here. Met her at church. Been married 22 years.

If you are sincere in your beliefs and she is too, you will immediately have the most important things in common.

Similar situation as the above 2 posts. I met her at a Bible study. I've been happy ever since.

Active conservative Protestants are 35% less likely to divorce compared to those who have no affiliation.

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At college (Christian school). We were both athletes and had similar friends. Dated for a bit, broke up in grad school, dated again and married 7 years.

I looked for a woman who came from a good family who's parents were married, and financially stable. I didn't want to deal with divorce baggage, or have to worry about financially supporting in laws when they are older.

Sketchy biz wrote:

I'm a 20 year old ready to try and find a long term relationship but don't know where to start.

I met my wife at a Wine Bar - Women are more sophisticated and they are drunk which may help you if you lack confidence.

College. The same is true of most of my married friends (though some reconnected several years after college, and/or were friends of friends in college that were introduced after graduation). Probably the best pool of potential spouses/people that share your goals/values/general life trajectory that you are likely to encounter for many years, and maybe forever (though grad school can be another good opportunity). Also, just a nice shared experience to have had.

Grammar school 6th grade dated on and off. Then got married right out of high school been together ever sense 31 years best thing I ever did.

met my wife in Europe. I was barnstorming after college. she's a german girl.

We're 12 years and 2 kids in. I don't know how much longer we have, though. Pretty stale at this point, but that could be every married dude with 2 kids.

PTO wrote:

Grammar school 6th grade dated on and off. Then got married right out of high school been together ever sense 31 years best thing I ever did.

Just about the exact same scenario with me. We didn't start dating until Sr year and have now been married 25 years.

1990 Asbury Park 10K Post race BBQ. Have been married for 23 years.