Oh man, how did I miss this. It’s short and sweet, but here is my belated entry:

My grandfather was going in blind to a double date. Neither couple worked out, but my grandfather asked his buddy if he could take a shot with the other woman. So they go out dancing, he makes sure they dance past a mirror so he can check out her ass. That week he asked her to marry him.

God I need to get out more. 

Blind Dates run in my family.

In the 1970s a university graduate hitchhiked from Glasgow to Tehran to start his new job. On the way he met a very posh man who was going to stay at his father’s house whilst it was empty. They exchanged info, and the hitchhiker was invited to a party at the British ambassador’s house. A ballet dancer who was friends…

As I’ve mentioned previously here, I met my now husband while dating someone else, but I was at a house party in high school at the end of senior year and everyone was drinking but me, so I felt hella awkward. I was sitting on a bed, and he flopped his tall ass down next to me, “why are you not drinking?” So I told…

Your mom is a treasure!

I know a girl (who probably reads this site and will undoubtedly recognize this story) who, while a passenger in a car with some friends, passed another set of similarly-aged people on the highway. Among the passengers in the other car was a hot guy. Girl found some paper and held up a flirty sign. He found some paper…

I was about to say that- if he was able to go through all of that and keep a sense of humor, then he’s better than...well, all the guys I met before I met my husband.

Not mine, my parents. Dad home on leave, nobody around to drink with but a neighborhood guy he’s known forever. All night, dude talks about being in love with this girl (who’s engaged), drags dad to girls house in another town. Shitfaced childhood friend introduces them, and immediately pukes near the front door. Hot…

Not mine, but my parents’ friends. They met about forty years ago when she was a bridesmaid at his wedding. They hit it off, But he had literally just gotten married that day so they both shrugged it off. A year goes by, first marriage goes to shit and they run into each other in the street.

My mom’s office had a UPS driver who was a sarcastic pain in the ass. One day she couldn’t find a seat at a popular fried chicken restaurant during a busy lunch hour. The UPS driver was there and offered to let her sit at his table with him, promising not to talk to her. Luckily they did talk, and they’ve been married…

Not mine, and it’s super simple, but also incredibly sweet .

My fiance and I met over Tinder - I’m a Tinderella - and I 100% tried to ghost him after we slept together on the night we met after messaging back-and-forth for a few weeks. He caught me trying to leave in the very early morning and convinced me to stay with arguments that began with “it’s still dark out” and ended…

My bff and I were having a b’day party, and some friends of mine brought their band to play.  She’d never met the band.  She took a shine to one of their members, who I also didn’t know.  A little bit of recon learned us that said band man was both single, and heterosexual.  She banged him that night, and six years…

Actually, seeing how someone reacts when shit really goes wrong is informative. If I were on a first date with someone and all that happened, and he handled it like an adult and without throwing a tantrum, I’d be impressed.  That person seems like a problem solver you could rely on.

Someone suggested my brother-in-law date a certain girl at the college he attended. He did not know her but knew her roommate. He calls roommate for an introduction, but roommate is out. Third roommate answers the phone. Somehow, despite any conceivable reason for doing so, they get to talking.

They could find a mountain of dirt and they would still confirm him. 

Not my story, buy my brother’s:

November 6th is taking forever to get here.