How did you meet your SO?

[Possegal]

I have a cartoon on my fridge that shows a tombstone and says on it "Never did meet 'the one' when she least expected it". It makes me laugh. And cry. But mostly laugh these days as I've long given up hope that there was someone out there for me. Not sure yet how I feel about the 'better to have loved and lost' concept. I have a couple friends that are still single too and never had any real loves in their lives. I had a few. But I've been very alone for a long time now and clearly that is how the rest of this life plays out.

Though reading here perhaps I should (1) go to limewave's bar (2) go back to HS or college or grad school or (3) start riding with actual people rather than all by myself all the time. hmmmmmm

[Jen12]

This is turning out to be quite the thread.

On the subject of fix-ups, whenever my family is together, my mom will ask my brother if he doesn't know anyone he'd like to introduce me to. The topic makes me want to either laugh hysterically or go searching for our birth certificates to ensure that we actually have the same parents. The friends of my brother who I've met over the years are either so bizarre and out there or just plain creepy that I have to give him some props for not ever trying to set me up. Sadly, if my brother wasn't my brother, I don't think I'd know him in life. We're that different. In contrast, I know someone who met her husband because he used to be her brother's roommate.

[Jen12]

I have a cartoon on my fridge that shows a tombstone and says on it "Never did meet 'the one' when she least expected it". It makes me laugh. And cry. But mostly laugh these days as I've long given up hope that there was someone out there for me. (...)


Though reading here perhaps I should (1) go to limewave's bar (2) go back to HS or college or grad school or (3) start riding with actual people rather than all by myself all the time. hmmmmmm

Isn't that the truth? They always say that you'll meet "the one" when you least expect it. I've never expected it and there always seemed to be so much time, yet I still haven't met even "the one for now."

Agree with your three solutions...if only it was possible to reverse time and reexamine possibilities we discounted over the years and choose other courses...that's another thread!

[indysteel]

I have a cartoon on my fridge that shows a tombstone and says on it "Never did meet 'the one' when she least expected it". It makes me laugh. And cry. But mostly laugh these days as I've long given up hope that there was someone out there for me. Not sure yet how I feel about the 'better to have loved and lost' concept. I have a couple friends that are still single too and never had any real loves in their lives. I had a few. But I've been very alone for a long time now and clearly that is how the rest of this life plays out.

Though reading here perhaps I should (1) go to limewave's bar (2) go back to HS or college or grad school or (3) start riding with actual people rather than all by myself all the time. hmmmmmm

Or start hanging out on co-ed internet forums. It seems like there are a number of us who met online on something other than a dating site. I find that rather interesting, especially since I thought I was a bit of an oddity in that regard.