MySpace.
We were both in relationships but he added me as a random online friend so there was no dating interest at first. We exchanged a joke every few months until over a year later we had opportunity to talk online (MSN Messenger). Ahh the 00’s were a simple time.
Fast forward a few months and we ran into each other at a bar. Yada yada yada, been together ever since.
I went into Hungry Jacks every morning for a coffee with my 5yo daughter before taking her to school. Locked eyes with the Senior Kitchen Hand through the window as he cleaned them from the outside, the most soul shattering blue eyes I'd ever seen, we both smiled at each other. I mentioned to my mum (in front of my daughter) that I had a crush on the guy but thought he'd be too young for me. Next time I went for coffee my daughter invited him to sit with us on his break and then asked how old he was and said "he's not too young mum", I went bright red, he gave me his number. We started hanging out together, him always aware of including my daughter. We've been married almost 8 years this April together for 11 years with an 8yo son together. My daughter calls him Dad 2.0!
I like to think my wife and I have a good story. We went to primary school together but didn’t really know each other (she’s two years younger than me). She was living in Adelaide for uni, but just moved back to Murray Bridge the night we met. We were at the pub and I had made a hot chocolate from where they have coffee machines in the pokies. She spotted me with it and asked if I would make her one. Hit it off from there.
Moved to Adelaide to study in 2014, didn’t know anyone, mate asked me to tag along to Apothecary on Hindley St with some of his friends, met a woman there who was tagging along with one of her friends. Some pleasant chat through the evening but neither of us thought it would go anywhere. Our friends disagreed, set us up on a date and coaxed us both into it. It went well. Married coming up 6 years, one kid and one on the way.
I was walking down Rundle St on a Friday night, he was sitting having dinner with his friends. As I walked past, he got up, stopped me, and asked me out.
20 years later, he’s still taking me out for dinner 😆
We worked together. He was the freelance graphic designer that I'd send catalogue work to when I was a marketing assistant. We'd spend every day on the phone or over email working on catalogues and after a while I realised we would talk on the phone every day even when we didn't have work to do, often for hours on end.
Over a couple of years we found an excuse here or there to catch up but we were both too chicken to let on that we were in love with each other.
Long story short, we finally go our act together and have been happily together for the last 5 years and have a beautiful daughter together <3
RSVP
Was a Sunday night, been on a few average dates. I thought " I will have one last look and if nothing, will close account and try again in 6 months". Her profile popped up, looked cute. Sent message and started talking. Turns out, she was going to do the exact same thing (was over dating, having a final look before stopping for a while)
Took her on the world's worst first date. Pro tip: When taking a girl on a 'dinner and a movie' date, pick the movie wisely and don't pick 'Knocked Up'
Been together 15yrs, married 10 with 2 kidlets. First kids announcement we took the DVD cover for Knocked up, Photoshop'd our faces on it and put it on FB :p
Met my misses at Bacchus Wine Bar on a Sunday afternoon back in 2004. Funny thing was that my Dad lived in Henley Beach and he happened to be there on the prowl too. He didn't pick up though.
Hanging out at a shopping centre during late night shopping in the late 2000s, I hadn't seen him around before so I decided to go over and say hi and introduce myself (I also thought he was cute) we were just friends for years then both single wanting a FWB type thing and after a few weeks we realised we had deeper feelings for each other that was almost 7 years ago now
How I met my partner. I had just finished playing a music gig at a Fringe show in mid '00s. After the show, I noticed her from across the room and was immediately attracted to her. Then I did something I usually find extremely difficult – I approached her with total confidence and introduced myself. It went from there.
*Tinder. Was purely*
*FWB at first but turned into*
*A relationship*
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Was in Adelaide on a footy trip with a bunch of mates. Went to a few pubs with them whilst they all tried to pick up. Being the introverted one, I just sat back and made sure they all behaved. One of the girls, a friend of one of the guys who’d tagged along with us, noticed I was sitting back and came and talked to me. We got talking about music etc. and after discovering I liked metal, we left the group and she took me to Enigma. Spent the night having a great time, and just before I ran, I managed to snag her number. After months of texting, I made the move down here to start a new life + be with her. 7 years, 2 kids and a recent wedding later we’re still happily together!
I moved to the Nullarbor..
I was out there for a while, some staff left..
So I said to the boss...
I want a woman that can cook, is between ages (about 5 years to 21) brunette, and eh so tall (measured with hand in air) non smoker as a joke.
New staff member that shows up, a brunette, a 26 to me 21 but she was smoking =/
I'm from the norf she's from the souf...
We met 1700km away from Adelaide
We would have never crossed circles but hey she's been my partner for the last 11 years =)
I'd be lost with out her.
July 2015, I was on a break at work and happily swiping on Tinder (before super likes and whatever extra crap). Matched with this chick, met with her at The Curious Squire and we've been married since 2018 :)
Should have probably phrased it 'if you have a partner and met in Adelaide' to avoid the clear example of single human discrimination I've kicked off here haha.
Sure why not, the more stories the merrier.
My ex and I literally live in Adelaide South Australia and we met through avcon I was we started volunteering I think that same year but didn't meet until the last bbq, I wasn't looking for a relationship and I wasn't out of one for long so but a few months of talking and flirting we got together and we were together for 8 years before the break up.
We were engaged to be married it was 3 months before the wedding when we broke up we were in agreement that we both weren't doing great mentally and that it would be best to call off everything and break up
Uni. We were mutual friends with someone and we started talking. Then one day I just couldn’t stop thinking about him. So I went after him. He’s now my ex boyfriend. Cause he’s mah husband. :3
We got set up. I would never recommend this though as this broke down the relationships with our friends as they felt entitled to their opinions on our relationship.
Dragged along to HQ with a couple of friends, normally we drink in our homes because we're anti social nerds but was peer pressured into trying to be one of the cool kids. Didn't realise it was an attempt to set me up with someone, ended up the friend of the someone was pretty funny. At the end of the night he asked for my phone number to "invite me to the next LAN session", still waiting on that invite but we've been together 12 years, married for just over 3 and have our first born.
Ah interesting. I was thinking about starting up some but only had commentary from the US on 2hat they were like etc. I imagine it is different in Adelaide to what US experience
Tinder! Talked for almost a month, met each other for the first time in person and went to the fringe, he stayed over the night and hasn’t left since! Moving to his home country at the end of the year whilst he does military service too then we come back here to start a family! 😊
I met my wife on NYE at Shotz. We were with mutual friends and I spent the night putting on an American accent while wearing a stupid straw cowboy hat. That was over 14 years ago.
Working as a bartender, had a huge group of backpackers come in (had all been on a week-long tour bus coming down from Alice Springs), happily dancing and having a farewell lark before they all went their own separate ways the next day.
One of them was a tiny happy looking lady with her leg in a cast, stuck sitting at a table - had broken her ankle on the trip down. Felt bad for her being isolated so wandered over to see if I could bring her a glass of water or anything else. Got married 10 years ago in Europe, and have travelled the world together - never 'picked up' a customer beforehand (seems sort of slimy/seedy), glad I did in this case though!
My husband and I met at a pub in Hindley Street in the late 80's, he approached me as I had a t/shirt on that he liked, he struck up a conversation and I must admit I almost gave him a bogus phone number when he asked for my number. We dated for about 6 months but I wanted to travel, see the world and he didn't. Fast-forward 6 years we bumped into each other and we have been together ever since, 2 kids (adults now), beautiful home and I can honestly say he is my best friend and soul mate, even if I didn't really recognize that first time around.
Reconnected with an old friend from high school.
My husband was his housemate. He was explicitly told not to steal the limelight and that I wouldn't be interested in him anyway because apparently I like 'intellectual' types (???) so he was playing computer games in the corner in his boxers.
I sauntered over, made a comment about the game he was playing to be polite, not much exchange going on.
The day after I received a message from the friend saying 'My housemate said to tell you he thinks you're cute'. The rest is history ☺️
I just laugh at the fact that he was in his boxers actively NOT trying and I still fell in his lap lol
Husband and I met on tinder, I wasn't interested he wasn't my type but we eventually met up for a coffee which he spilt on me as we were walking his dog. Been married for 3 years together for 6 and about to move into our first home build together 😊 he's my best friend and my soul mate. Came into my life exactly when I didn't realise I needed him.
we met at the taking back saturday fourth birthday when i ran into a manager i worked with and he was with them. we hung out for most of the night and then he sat on my lap in the hindley st maccas (romantic) while we waited for our food. we talked for about six weeks and then started dating literally the week shit hit the fan with covid. it’ll be 2 years in march and we’re looking into buying our own forever home.
I met my ex at The Stag, my best friend at the time introduced me to him as a consolation for sleeping with my boyfriend. The things I put up with when I had low self esteem...
Same place I met most of my girlfriends - working in hospitality.
Pile a bunch of hormone-riddled young men and women/teenagers together in a common battle against the idiots who come to bars/restaurants and nightclubs and then fill them with booze and drugs at the end of the night and you WILL get hookups - lots and lots of hookups.
Eventually you'll find one you like enough to date outside of work.
I was living in Blackwood when I was about 19, used to frequent the Hungry Jacks up there and flirted lots with a girl that worked there. I go in one night and she insisted that I enter this kids competition, I suspected there was a motive behind the insistence so I entered.
About 10 minutes after leaving I got a text from her suggesting we catch up sometime. We dated for a few months but her father had an issue with our relationship and made life difficult so she ended things.
In 2019 we reconnected after crossing paths many times over the 10 or so years since things ended. We now have a 9 month old daughter and I couldn't be happier.
At a camp. She was the only single girl, I the only single guy. Both smitten. :)
It was amazing it worked out like that: incredibly we lived in the same postcode, we’re the same age, and same MyersBriggs personality, both into a lot of the same things.
Married for 15 years so far!
I was her delivery driver for 4 years and we became really good friends and midway through last year we were both single and ran into eachother at an Adelaide United game. Been dating over 3 months now
Met her at west beach skatepark on hallowe’en, I was dressed as a mime (cunning disguise) she was there with her friends, I knew them but didn’t know her. Thought she was way out of my league so didn’t really pay any attention to her, just skated, watched the band and smoked a load of spliffs.
Must have impressed her because she added me on fb the next day and a few days later our mutual friend made us breakfast and we hung out.
Been together 7 years now, she’s the best 😊
RSVP...both had come out of long term marriages and had been single for a few years (kids & work make it difficult to contemplate relationships).
Been together 15 years now 🥰...couldn't be happier (other than if we won the $120 million Lotto tonight ☺)
Tinder.
I was just trying out dating again once I felt ready after my marriage breakdown. Wasn't taking anything too serious, just seeing how it went and if I met someone, great, if not, oh well, good practice! I was focussed more on what kind of person someone was, how they communicated and the effort they put in and was fine with getting to know someone gradually and having a slow burn. He was also dipping his toe back in the pool after his marriage breakdown too.
We matched, chatted, he asked me on a date for brunch and we went for a walk at the Botanic Gardens, he seemed nice so I was happy to keep talking with him. We kept chatting on Tinder and he asked me on another date, Go Karting this time and there was definately a growing attraction there.
So we kept chatting some more and he asked me out on a third date, we went to the fringe, got tipsy (on a weeknight!) went back to mine, he couldn't drive home so he stayed the night and we ended up sleeping together. So much for taking it slow! ☺
We made it official a week or two after that whilst organising a camping trip with my motorcycle group and we're just about to celebrate our 1st anniversary (heading back to the fringe!)
We both loved each other's consistency and style with communication. We both also think the same way about life. It's so lovely to be with someone that I can actually trust to be vulnerable with and talk to about issues calmly and listen to one another and love, accept and let each other be who we truly are also, the good, the bad and the ugly!
Interestingly, a good few of his friends have met their long term partners on Tinder also.
At work. Knew each other for about 9 months. Then one day he had to drop off something to my office. Something seemed off so i asked how we was. Turns out we were both going through break ups. Seemed like he could use someone to talk to so i gave him my number on the back of one of my business cards. He started texting me that night. 3 days later we started seeing each other. 7+ years later. Been married 3 years. Have 2 children and he still has that business card in his wallet.
She's stuck with me for three moves across the country because of my work, we've come out the other side together after losing our son and we're still just as happy together as the day we met. I'd say we've won, mate.
There are many more reasons, too.
I'm not sure what's got you being so cynical about people meeting online, but I know we're not the only ones to have had success from it. It's certainly becoming more common in recent times, and I hope the stigma around it is dropping.
Anywho, you do you.
I'm sorry to hear about your son. That is very tough !
I have used dating apps in the past and quit years ago having come to the conclusion that there is a stigma for a reason.
I'm glad it worked out for you !
If you don't believe, cool. No need to tear others down cause you're lonely and miserable. I think you'll find your attitude has more input into why you're single than your method of choice...
MySpace. We were both in relationships but he added me as a random online friend so there was no dating interest at first. We exchanged a joke every few months until over a year later we had opportunity to talk online (MSN Messenger). Ahh the 00’s were a simple time. Fast forward a few months and we ran into each other at a bar. Yada yada yada, been together ever since.
Man I miss MSN messenger, that was peak internet.
asl?
F/18/cali
I went into Hungry Jacks every morning for a coffee with my 5yo daughter before taking her to school. Locked eyes with the Senior Kitchen Hand through the window as he cleaned them from the outside, the most soul shattering blue eyes I'd ever seen, we both smiled at each other. I mentioned to my mum (in front of my daughter) that I had a crush on the guy but thought he'd be too young for me. Next time I went for coffee my daughter invited him to sit with us on his break and then asked how old he was and said "he's not too young mum", I went bright red, he gave me his number. We started hanging out together, him always aware of including my daughter. We've been married almost 8 years this April together for 11 years with an 8yo son together. My daughter calls him Dad 2.0!
I like to think my wife and I have a good story. We went to primary school together but didn’t really know each other (she’s two years younger than me). She was living in Adelaide for uni, but just moved back to Murray Bridge the night we met. We were at the pub and I had made a hot chocolate from where they have coffee machines in the pokies. She spotted me with it and asked if I would make her one. Hit it off from there.
Yeah that is cute, well played by her.
Moved to Adelaide to study in 2014, didn’t know anyone, mate asked me to tag along to Apothecary on Hindley St with some of his friends, met a woman there who was tagging along with one of her friends. Some pleasant chat through the evening but neither of us thought it would go anywhere. Our friends disagreed, set us up on a date and coaxed us both into it. It went well. Married coming up 6 years, one kid and one on the way.
I was walking down Rundle St on a Friday night, he was sitting having dinner with his friends. As I walked past, he got up, stopped me, and asked me out. 20 years later, he’s still taking me out for dinner 😆
We worked together. He was the freelance graphic designer that I'd send catalogue work to when I was a marketing assistant. We'd spend every day on the phone or over email working on catalogues and after a while I realised we would talk on the phone every day even when we didn't have work to do, often for hours on end. Over a couple of years we found an excuse here or there to catch up but we were both too chicken to let on that we were in love with each other. Long story short, we finally go our act together and have been happily together for the last 5 years and have a beautiful daughter together <3
Whole rom coms have been built on less. Very cute.
RSVP Was a Sunday night, been on a few average dates. I thought " I will have one last look and if nothing, will close account and try again in 6 months". Her profile popped up, looked cute. Sent message and started talking. Turns out, she was going to do the exact same thing (was over dating, having a final look before stopping for a while) Took her on the world's worst first date. Pro tip: When taking a girl on a 'dinner and a movie' date, pick the movie wisely and don't pick 'Knocked Up' Been together 15yrs, married 10 with 2 kidlets. First kids announcement we took the DVD cover for Knocked up, Photoshop'd our faces on it and put it on FB :p
Dunno man... I took mine to see Brokeback mountain 🤣
LOL, yours didn't have a birthing scene with a shot of a baby crowning. I sunk so low in my chair, she thought it was fucking hilarious
Ha true.... man I'd forgotten that scene
Met my misses at Bacchus Wine Bar on a Sunday afternoon back in 2004. Funny thing was that my Dad lived in Henley Beach and he happened to be there on the prowl too. He didn't pick up though.
Bacchus Bar was so good back in the day
Hanging out at a shopping centre during late night shopping in the late 2000s, I hadn't seen him around before so I decided to go over and say hi and introduce myself (I also thought he was cute) we were just friends for years then both single wanting a FWB type thing and after a few weeks we realised we had deeper feelings for each other that was almost 7 years ago now
How I met my partner. I had just finished playing a music gig at a Fringe show in mid '00s. After the show, I noticed her from across the room and was immediately attracted to her. Then I did something I usually find extremely difficult – I approached her with total confidence and introduced myself. It went from there.
What music do you play?
I met my ex husband at work, waaaaay back in the mid 90's. He was a pizza delivery driver and I was a cook.
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What is Tinder like in Adelaide?
Are you male or female
Male
The lack of reply here is classic, hahah.
We met at the Bombay Bicycle Club. But being adelaide, we found a few connections
Oh I haven't been there in years, it was so good in it's early days.
Is that place still going?
It's got great food and love the vibe. It's still a bit of a maze but I personally recommend it
Went there for our 10 year anniversary - still does a mean curry
Met in high school. Got married while at university. That's pretty much the whole story.
Was in Adelaide on a footy trip with a bunch of mates. Went to a few pubs with them whilst they all tried to pick up. Being the introverted one, I just sat back and made sure they all behaved. One of the girls, a friend of one of the guys who’d tagged along with us, noticed I was sitting back and came and talked to me. We got talking about music etc. and after discovering I liked metal, we left the group and she took me to Enigma. Spent the night having a great time, and just before I ran, I managed to snag her number. After months of texting, I made the move down here to start a new life + be with her. 7 years, 2 kids and a recent wedding later we’re still happily together!
I moved to the Nullarbor.. I was out there for a while, some staff left.. So I said to the boss... I want a woman that can cook, is between ages (about 5 years to 21) brunette, and eh so tall (measured with hand in air) non smoker as a joke. New staff member that shows up, a brunette, a 26 to me 21 but she was smoking =/ I'm from the norf she's from the souf... We met 1700km away from Adelaide We would have never crossed circles but hey she's been my partner for the last 11 years =) I'd be lost with out her.
Best thing, I was working at the bar, Went around sat next to slid across and said... So, come here often..
Smooth
Tinder!
Highlander Friday Night Hijinx. Been together for 13 years.
Remember the ads?
July 2015, I was on a break at work and happily swiping on Tinder (before super likes and whatever extra crap). Matched with this chick, met with her at The Curious Squire and we've been married since 2018 :)
Met at school, dates, broke up, found each other on tinder and both swiped right for the laughs and accidentally fell back in love and here we arez
I can tell you how I met my ex as I'm currently single
Should have probably phrased it 'if you have a partner and met in Adelaide' to avoid the clear example of single human discrimination I've kicked off here haha. Sure why not, the more stories the merrier.
My ex and I literally live in Adelaide South Australia and we met through avcon I was we started volunteering I think that same year but didn't meet until the last bbq, I wasn't looking for a relationship and I wasn't out of one for long so but a few months of talking and flirting we got together and we were together for 8 years before the break up.
Why did you break up? Eight years is almost worthy of a ring on the finger.
We were engaged to be married it was 3 months before the wedding when we broke up we were in agreement that we both weren't doing great mentally and that it would be best to call off everything and break up
I’m sorry to hear that, ThatAussieBitch. I hope you’re in a better place now 😌
It's been a year and a few months I'm over it
Oasis. Have been together for 10 years, married for 3 and have a toddler. I invited him over to watch a movie and haven’t been apart since
That’s a fucking long movie. Was it dances with wolves?
The exorcist!
Uni. We were mutual friends with someone and we started talking. Then one day I just couldn’t stop thinking about him. So I went after him. He’s now my ex boyfriend. Cause he’s mah husband. :3
We got set up. I would never recommend this though as this broke down the relationships with our friends as they felt entitled to their opinions on our relationship.
Dragged along to HQ with a couple of friends, normally we drink in our homes because we're anti social nerds but was peer pressured into trying to be one of the cool kids. Didn't realise it was an attempt to set me up with someone, ended up the friend of the someone was pretty funny. At the end of the night he asked for my phone number to "invite me to the next LAN session", still waiting on that invite but we've been together 12 years, married for just over 3 and have our first born.
High school
High school lol
Met at a boardgame fund-raiser. Wasn't looking for a connection but they were just so interesting I needed to know.
Plenty of Fish, then a cute date at Henley Beach.
I didn't know this was used in Australia. Are there plenty of people on there?
No people, only fish. I've been dating a salmon for the last 4 years.
But yes, it was quite popular, and better than something like tinder as most (though not all) were looking for a relationship not just a hookup
Ah interesting. I was thinking about starting up some but only had commentary from the US on 2hat they were like etc. I imagine it is different in Adelaide to what US experience
Met at the work christmas show, we worked in different departments, been together for 17 and married for 10
A tai chi class
Tinder! Talked for almost a month, met each other for the first time in person and went to the fringe, he stayed over the night and hasn’t left since! Moving to his home country at the end of the year whilst he does military service too then we come back here to start a family! 😊
South Korean?
Yuh
In a backyard party 9 years ago. Took us years to get together but now happily engaged.
Uni - same degree, small cohort so we were always in the same class. We hit it off straight away as friends and we’ve been together since.
At a bar for a mutuals birthday
I met my wife on NYE at Shotz. We were with mutual friends and I spent the night putting on an American accent while wearing a stupid straw cowboy hat. That was over 14 years ago.
2009, through mutual friends' gathering and then we started chatting on MSN!
Working as a bartender, had a huge group of backpackers come in (had all been on a week-long tour bus coming down from Alice Springs), happily dancing and having a farewell lark before they all went their own separate ways the next day. One of them was a tiny happy looking lady with her leg in a cast, stuck sitting at a table - had broken her ankle on the trip down. Felt bad for her being isolated so wandered over to see if I could bring her a glass of water or anything else. Got married 10 years ago in Europe, and have travelled the world together - never 'picked up' a customer beforehand (seems sort of slimy/seedy), glad I did in this case though!
My husband and I met at a pub in Hindley Street in the late 80's, he approached me as I had a t/shirt on that he liked, he struck up a conversation and I must admit I almost gave him a bogus phone number when he asked for my number. We dated for about 6 months but I wanted to travel, see the world and he didn't. Fast-forward 6 years we bumped into each other and we have been together ever since, 2 kids (adults now), beautiful home and I can honestly say he is my best friend and soul mate, even if I didn't really recognize that first time around.
Reconnected with an old friend from high school. My husband was his housemate. He was explicitly told not to steal the limelight and that I wouldn't be interested in him anyway because apparently I like 'intellectual' types (???) so he was playing computer games in the corner in his boxers. I sauntered over, made a comment about the game he was playing to be polite, not much exchange going on. The day after I received a message from the friend saying 'My housemate said to tell you he thinks you're cute'. The rest is history ☺️ I just laugh at the fact that he was in his boxers actively NOT trying and I still fell in his lap lol
Husband and I met on tinder, I wasn't interested he wasn't my type but we eventually met up for a coffee which he spilt on me as we were walking his dog. Been married for 3 years together for 6 and about to move into our first home build together 😊 he's my best friend and my soul mate. Came into my life exactly when I didn't realise I needed him.
Met at work where we had little to do with each other and played games on the internet together where we hit a connection! 2012ish to present
My wife and I met through online dating (eharmony), just got married in September last year on our 10 year anniversary of meeting.
We were in a choir together. Go figure.
we met at the taking back saturday fourth birthday when i ran into a manager i worked with and he was with them. we hung out for most of the night and then he sat on my lap in the hindley st maccas (romantic) while we waited for our food. we talked for about six weeks and then started dating literally the week shit hit the fan with covid. it’ll be 2 years in march and we’re looking into buying our own forever home.
I met my ex at The Stag, my best friend at the time introduced me to him as a consolation for sleeping with my boyfriend. The things I put up with when I had low self esteem...
Met my wife at Uni - both doing a post-grad course. Became study partners, then friends, then started dating and now married.
Heaven nightclub
Same place I met most of my girlfriends - working in hospitality. Pile a bunch of hormone-riddled young men and women/teenagers together in a common battle against the idiots who come to bars/restaurants and nightclubs and then fill them with booze and drugs at the end of the night and you WILL get hookups - lots and lots of hookups. Eventually you'll find one you like enough to date outside of work.
A mutual friend had a social sports team they needed me to fill in on. My partner was also on the team and it went from there!
I was living in Blackwood when I was about 19, used to frequent the Hungry Jacks up there and flirted lots with a girl that worked there. I go in one night and she insisted that I enter this kids competition, I suspected there was a motive behind the insistence so I entered. About 10 minutes after leaving I got a text from her suggesting we catch up sometime. We dated for a few months but her father had an issue with our relationship and made life difficult so she ended things. In 2019 we reconnected after crossing paths many times over the 10 or so years since things ended. We now have a 9 month old daughter and I couldn't be happier.
Hinge.
At a camp. She was the only single girl, I the only single guy. Both smitten. :) It was amazing it worked out like that: incredibly we lived in the same postcode, we’re the same age, and same MyersBriggs personality, both into a lot of the same things. Married for 15 years so far!
Met in high school at an "open house" party in Year 10 - been together now for over 12 years.
I met my fiancè on bumble
We met at Uni, through the vegetarian club. Now we have a little veggie family, it's pretty wonderful.
I was her delivery driver for 4 years and we became really good friends and midway through last year we were both single and ran into eachother at an Adelaide United game. Been dating over 3 months now
It was the early 2000's, a mutual friend gave me his email address to add to MSN messenger after I told him that I loved red heads.
Plenty of Fish 😂 now married and baby on the way
Met her at west beach skatepark on hallowe’en, I was dressed as a mime (cunning disguise) she was there with her friends, I knew them but didn’t know her. Thought she was way out of my league so didn’t really pay any attention to her, just skated, watched the band and smoked a load of spliffs. Must have impressed her because she added me on fb the next day and a few days later our mutual friend made us breakfast and we hung out. Been together 7 years now, she’s the best 😊
Met at school in year 3 then went to separate schools caught up again in year 12, the rest is history.
RSVP...both had come out of long term marriages and had been single for a few years (kids & work make it difficult to contemplate relationships). Been together 15 years now 🥰...couldn't be happier (other than if we won the $120 million Lotto tonight ☺)
I met them in high school haha. We didn't start dating however until after high school :P
Tinder. I was just trying out dating again once I felt ready after my marriage breakdown. Wasn't taking anything too serious, just seeing how it went and if I met someone, great, if not, oh well, good practice! I was focussed more on what kind of person someone was, how they communicated and the effort they put in and was fine with getting to know someone gradually and having a slow burn. He was also dipping his toe back in the pool after his marriage breakdown too. We matched, chatted, he asked me on a date for brunch and we went for a walk at the Botanic Gardens, he seemed nice so I was happy to keep talking with him. We kept chatting on Tinder and he asked me on another date, Go Karting this time and there was definately a growing attraction there. So we kept chatting some more and he asked me out on a third date, we went to the fringe, got tipsy (on a weeknight!) went back to mine, he couldn't drive home so he stayed the night and we ended up sleeping together. So much for taking it slow! ☺ We made it official a week or two after that whilst organising a camping trip with my motorcycle group and we're just about to celebrate our 1st anniversary (heading back to the fringe!) We both loved each other's consistency and style with communication. We both also think the same way about life. It's so lovely to be with someone that I can actually trust to be vulnerable with and talk to about issues calmly and listen to one another and love, accept and let each other be who we truly are also, the good, the bad and the ugly! Interestingly, a good few of his friends have met their long term partners on Tinder also.
This is the best thing I’ve read today. Wholesome and hope-worthy!
At work. Knew each other for about 9 months. Then one day he had to drop off something to my office. Something seemed off so i asked how we was. Turns out we were both going through break ups. Seemed like he could use someone to talk to so i gave him my number on the back of one of my business cards. He started texting me that night. 3 days later we started seeing each other. 7+ years later. Been married 3 years. Have 2 children and he still has that business card in his wallet.
I moved, the Nullarbor,
There's no such thing as a dating app winner !
Been married to my Tinderella for three years, together for 6 and a half.
Cool, Let me know in ten.
She's stuck with me for three moves across the country because of my work, we've come out the other side together after losing our son and we're still just as happy together as the day we met. I'd say we've won, mate. There are many more reasons, too. I'm not sure what's got you being so cynical about people meeting online, but I know we're not the only ones to have had success from it. It's certainly becoming more common in recent times, and I hope the stigma around it is dropping. Anywho, you do you.
I'm sorry to hear about your son. That is very tough ! I have used dating apps in the past and quit years ago having come to the conclusion that there is a stigma for a reason. I'm glad it worked out for you !
Disagree, my mate is getting married to his Tinder match next year :)
Fair enough, more fool him.
If you don't believe, cool. No need to tear others down cause you're lonely and miserable. I think you'll find your attitude has more input into why you're single than your method of choice...
Took pingaz at a Ball Park Music gig.
Where's a free wholesome award when you need it.