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Permalink Reply by NY_Navy_Wife on
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Hey ladies,
Well my husband and I dated for a year and a month before we got married and we've been married for only 3 months. I met him in a game store lol. I was picking up World of Warcraft and didn't know how to play, so he helped me and we talked through the game and over the phone for a while like almost 8 months I believe. He was one of my good friends. He was planning to go into the Air Force, so he didn't want to pursue anything with me because he didn't want to get attached. So one day he decided to ask me out, and he didn't care about the attached feelings anymore, he wanted to risk it and we lived only 20 minutes away. I have been waiting for him to ask me out secretly lol and of course I said yes. So we went to the movies and got dinner. We got along really well and started hanging out with each other more often. Then we started dating June 25, 2008 after I finished my first year of school. I met his family, who are all great people. He decided to go into the Navy in December 2008 and worked his butt off. He went to boot camp May 2009 and it was the longest 3 months of my life, but I kept busy. He graduated BC July 2009 and while on liberty weekend he asked me to marry him. We got married about 2 weeks before Thanksgiving. I don't regret anything and I believe its the best thing that's ever happened to me. I'm finally happy and I can't wait to start my life with him. He's my best friend and I love him so much. I couldn't ask for a better guy. He's sweet, kind, gentle, caring, smart and just the most incredible guy I've ever met. I thank his parents for raising such an amazing guy. I love him with all my heart. -
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Suppose to have said a year and 8 moths lol
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Months.... sheesh lol. hate my work keyboard!
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My husband and I met and got together the same day, April 12 2009. Then we were together for 10 months and got married February 21 2010. He left for bootcamp Febrary 23rd, we were married for 2 days before he left. So we've only been married 3 weeks exactly as of today. Lol.
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My husband and I met through my sis inlaw. They had worked together at sea world and at the time I was goin thru a divorce and was really down...anywhoo my sis and law set us up on myspace and we started talking there on april 12 07 his bday and it was like 1am by the time I was like well if u want to come over u can and he came I didn't think he would show up but he did we stayed talking till like 430am and he went to work at 5am..I felt so bad but right after work he came over and would go home at 2 not wanting to...he was 19 and I was 22 with my two daughters! But he accepted my daughters as his we were inseperable and he moved in 5days later his mom was not happy...have never been seperated till last year when he left 4 bootcamp in oct 29 09 it was so hard and now we have our 2 girls and our little boy! But thx to my sis in law we would have never met. She was like I have the perfect guy for u and boy was she right never has a man treated me so good..I love him! We got engaged june of 07 and got married may 9 2008! He is in a school right now and we r leaving to san diego on the 29th of march..cnt wait to continue our life together!
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Permalink Reply by t-wifey (Ship 14/Div 189) on
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Oh gosh, this cracked me up so I had to reply... My husband & I dated (on & off) for 10 years before taking the plunge. We started dating my first year of college & I was only 17. Throughout the years he proposed 3 times, but I was just never ready. Finally, I realized that all of my relationships had failed b/c I refused not to keep Vince (my husband) as a friend... obviously other boy-friends don't appreciate that. I just refused not to be there for him when he needed me (and the same on his part). We weren't even dating when we decided to get married. We got engaged on New Years & married four months later. It was an adventure... but everything with the two of us has been and from what I can see this new Navy life will bring even more adventures to come!
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Permalink Reply by Pat's Wifey (Ship 6 Div 934) on
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My hubby and I met when I was 16 and he was 17. I moved in with him and his family a couple months later and we've been inseperable ever since. We were together for about 6 1/2 years before we got married last month! He left for boot camp 3 days ago and I'm already missing him so much...it hurts.... can't wait to get that first letter!
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Dated for 3 years, and we've been married almost 2.
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Permalink Reply by Diannadb on
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We dated for 1 year, 2 months, 1 week, and 2 days. :) We have been married for just over 6 years and a total of 7.5 years together.
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Permalink Reply by RightHereWaiting on
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Fantastic! :D
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My hubby and I dated for 8 months and knew eachother for a little over a year and a half. We'd done the long distance thing for a while and spent every day with eachother after that, plus went through some hardships, so we had no doubts. We went home for Christmas, met eachothers famlies, had them meet eachother and everything went great! It's one big happy family now. Everyone gets along and that's what meant the most to us. Otherwise... probably wouldn't have gotten married in the first place. Not to mention I was worried about his dad's declining health and we wanted him to see us married before anything happened. . Otherwise we probably would have been engaged at least a year! Instead it was 2 weeks. lol
:[ I'm glad we did it though cause his dad passed away 4 weeks ago tomorrow, right before Lee left on deployment. We did the courthouse thing for now, gonna save some money and do the big thing when he gets back. Hurray. :p Oh, so much planning to do. ha! -
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I saw this discussion and had to get in on it. I went through everyone's and I don't think anyone has topped mine yet so I guess I wanted to share it. My husband and I met mid January of last year about two weeks before my 18th birthday. The following week we were a couple. Three days after getting together we said the words, "I love you" and we were pretty much living together at my parent's house (not common for high school kids, not many parent's would allow this). Living together gave us a lot of time together because he was leaving for boot camp March 12. The day after my birthday I met his family. I met more family members over the next few weeks (he has a big family who get together on a regular basis). Early February we started talking about marriage. I knew I wanted to marry him a week after we met. We got to know each other over a 6 week period before he left for boot camp. The day before he left he took me to the spot where we first met and proposed to me; we didn't have a ring but it was still special. He left and it was very hard but I thought being apart made our relationship grow stronger, and it did. He wasn't sure when he left if he wanted to spent the rest of his life with me but staying true and committed to him during that time was the final test. When I went to Great Lakes to see him graduate those feelings came back all over again. I left Great Lakes with an engagement ring. This thing was really going to happen; hadn't started to plan a wedding my family was waiting for the ring. A week before he came home from a-school we planned the wedding and got married the following weekend. We are currently stationed in Norfolk, VA and have been married for a year now. Glad I could share that with you guys.
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