Meeting your future spouse should be simple and straightforward. You bump into your soulmate in some cheesily romantic situation, you instantly fall in love, you realize you’re perfect for each other, and then you tie the knot at the wedding of your dreams.
However, meeting the love of your life is rarely that simple. The way people meet their soulmates can be chaotic, hilarious, and cute, but not necessarily the easy-to-understand romantic Disney fantasies some people crave. That’s what Reddit user Thequeenoffandomhell showed us when they asked their fellow internet users to share their “anyways, we’re married now stories.”
Scroll down, have a read, and upvote your fave stories that might just make you start believing that Fate has a sense of humor. If you have any similar tales to tell, be sure to share them in the comments below, dear Pandas! It’s one thing to meet the love of your life, but it’s a whole different challenge staying in a committed and healthy long-term marriage. We wanted to learn more about this, so Bored Panda reached out to Suzann Pileggi Pawelski and her husband James Pawelski, authors of ‘Happy Together: Using the Science of Positive Psychology to Build Love That Lasts.’ Scroll down for their in-depth insights into married life.
#1
I was flying short-haul domestic (1.5-hour flight). I was sat next to this beautiful woman and I found myself doing the opposite of what I’d normally do in that situation, I made small talk with her. We chatted for the entire flight, and we both seemed to not want it to end. But end the flight did, and we parted ways without even exchanging numbers. She was a visitor to the country and I expected never to see her again.
A few weeks later, I’m boarding an international flight, and there she is, on the plane, about 10 rows in front of me! After takeoff, I ask the lady next to her if she’d like to swap seats with me, as I had an empty seat next to mine – she accepted. We spent a 12-hour flight chatting again, this time a lot more deeply.
Anyways, one thing led to another and we got married less than three months later.
Unfortunately, that’s not the end of the story. She passed away less than a year after we were married. But that time we had together was perfect, every last second of it.
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#2
When I was younger, my best friend made an off-hand comment of “If you were a girl, I’d want to date you.” I think it was meant as a joke at the time.
One transition later, he was true to his word. Anyways, we’re married now.
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#3
He came to the door to borrow my sister’s textbook. no one would answer the door so I dragged myself out of bed and answered the door in nightgown and curlers (hey, it was the early 80’s, ok?). he told me was there to see my sister. without a word I nodded, turned around, and screamed “SISSS-TURRR”, turned back around, said”family intercom system” completely deadpan, and left him standing on the porch while I went back to bed. married me anyway, 38 years on the 21st.
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#4
My great grandparents met because my great grandfather was delivering the newspaper to my great grandmother’s house and her brother though he was trespassing and tried shooting at him, my great grandmother felt bad and bought him lunch. They were together for over 75 years and lived a very happy life
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#5
Right after our first kiss he said, “I’m not looking to get married.”
“Neither am I,” I replied.
So anyway, we’re married now.
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#6
My neighbor invited me to a cookout and he was like by the way, my wife’s cousin is here. She kinda wants you two to date or whatever.
And date we did.
She’s been by my side through my drug addiction as she stayed sober from alcohol. She called DCFS on me and had my daughter (from a previous marriage) taken from my custody and into my second mom’s care when I was very strung out. If it weren’t for that slap in the face by reality, I wouldn’t have ever gotten sober. She not only saved me, but my daughter and I’s relationship as well. I got clean, my daughter back, and now I’m in school to be a social worker.
I’m doing much better now and she and I got married on July 4th last year. We celebrated the birth of our second daughter (my second, her first, even though she’s a wonderful step mom to my oldest daughter) on July 3rd this year, and our first wedding anniversary was about a month ago.
I love that woman so damn much! And both my girls!
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#7
Met a girl online about 20 years ago one summer after college, found out we live in nearby towns, so decided to get together. Go out on a few dates, drive by local pre-school: me: “hey, that’s where I went to pre school!” her: “that’s where I went to pre school!” That day we find a pre school class photo, there we are 2 feet from each other. A few months later, my dad finds some old footage of a Christmas play our preschool class put on. We’re standing right next to each other.
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#8
When we first met, his first words to me were “I’m gonna wife you”, and I scoffed.
Anyways, we’re married now.
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#9
We met in a psychiatric hospital.
Anyways, we’re married now, 30 years this June…
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#10
I had a cold, and went on a date to an Irish pub. I was eating bangers and mash and had the urge to cough. I tried to keep my mouth shut, but just wound up spraying his face with gravy and mashed potatoes through my pursed lips. I was still coughing, so I took a sip of my drink to sooth my throat. It was beer. The bubbles tickled my throat more. I also spit that all over his face. He stared at me in disgusted horror as gravy, mashed potatoes and beer dripped down his face onto his shirt. I laughed and laughed and laughed, making my apologies sound very insincere. Anyways, we’re married now. Thank goodness our booth had high backs so only he suffered!
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#11
My dad threw a paper airplane at the back of my mom’s head in college. She told him to grow up. Anyways, they’ve been married now for over 36 years.
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#12
Eight years ago, when I was desperately trying to make it as an actor, I answered an audition call for an unpaid role in a sitcom pilot that two friends had written together. It was in a basement flat in London, my mum warned me to be so careful. The door was opened by a charming guy with a crooked smile, and a video camera was set up facing the sofa. But the audition went well- not only did he NOT murder me, they offered me the role there and then, and we all went to the pub to celebrate and get to know each other! In our first conversation, crooked smile guy and I joked about wanting to naming our (respective) future kids after the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
Raphael is twelve weeks old today. He has his dad’s smile
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#13
I was working at a video game shop, and he was hired to DJ the midnight release of a game I didn’t care for. He comes in, waits in the giant line of people finalizing their preorder before midnight. When he gets to the register, I ask him if he’s here for the premier, but he says he wouldn’t be caught dead playing that game, and proceeds to purchase a different, older game I later find out he already has. He asks me when I finish my shift, and to swing by the DJ table when I’m off. I do indeed swing by, and now we’ve been married going on 5 years with two cats and a recently purchased home. He proposed by sticking the ring inside the case of the game he bought that night.
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#14
Went on a date with a guy. We’re at the park after dinner watching the sunset. He was really funny and telling jokes. I got the giggles and accidentally let a fart trumpet out, proceeded to laugh so hard I peed my pants. Anyway, now we’ve been married 14 years.
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#15
I tripped and rolled down a hill, embarrassing myself in front of my girlfriend and her roommate.
Anyways the roommate and I are married now
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#16
Years ago, in the early days of the ‘net, I met this girl on Yahoo Personals. She’s trying her best to get out of a bad life, and casually mentions that she used to be a dancer in various clubs around the area. On our second date, she’s over at my house. I had this 5-year-old picture of my 21st birthday at a local strip club. She saw it and pointed out that she was front and center in the photo.
Happy ending time: She did get out of her bad life (at least, I hope she feels that way!). We have been together for sixteen years and married almost twelve. She completed her GED, then went to nursing school, and has been working a pretty decent job for the last 10+ years. She has also made other amazing personal strides that I cannot share, but let’s just say she’s turned into an amazing person and someone I’m proud to call my wife.
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#17
My sister met her husband arguing in a bus for a seat, she came saying how he was the ugliest and rudest man she ever met, and now they’ve been married for 5 years.
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#18
You know that moment at church the pastor says “now stand up and say hi to someone you never met”? Anyways, we’re married now.
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#19
Met a guy on tinder, texted for 3 weeks, almost canceled our first date because it was raining and I was tired and someone had hit my car parked on the street, got to the date and he didn’t speak a word of English and had been using Google translate to text me that whole time.
Anyway, we are married now.
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#20
In second grade, I was voted class favorite (why was this ever a thing? Horrible idea for kids self esteem) along with a weird fella who I had trouble believing anyone even voted for because he was quite reserved and bland. In the fifth grade I remember the same guy getting called to the front of the class to write his answer on the board. He was awkward and dressed accordingly. The girl seated behind me very quietly commented “mmmm. His booty look like it be eatin’ his pants!” Only I heard this, but it was a humorously accurate observation. After fifth grade I never saw him/ heard from him again until we were 21. He showed up at my house to purchase a vehicle we had for sale after my dad passed exactly one month earlier. I only recognized him after my mom wrote his name on a receipt for purchasing the car. I reminded him of our time as class favorite and my mom made a show of breaking out the year books. Anyways, we’re happily married now!
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#21
20 years ago, an exchange student transferred to my school for the year, and although we didn’t talk a lot, we had so much in common and it was really nice to be able to talk with someone who had super different views on life. we actually both played the same instrument (we had the same model guitar, surprisingly.) anyways, she went back to her home country after the year was over, and I never spoke with her again. However, she got me fascinated with her culture, so I researched a bit, and eventually a year later I was able to transfer to her country through a program. I got placed in a random school throughout the entire country. I joined the schools light music club, and as I’m walking in on the first day there, I open the door and guess who i see..the same girl playing the [hell] out of her guitar. I kid you not, as soon as we made eye contact, i just sat there with my jaw open in disbelief. I dropped my guitar to the floor (causing a chip that i can still see to this day, haha). anyways, fast forward to today and we’re married. [wife asked me to add this, part] We ended up forming a band for the school’s summer show, and after our performance backstage, with all the adrenaline running through our veins, we kissed/confessed our feelings. (it’s not as romantic as you’d think, from an outside view it was probably seen as two awkward teens pecking, we both were sweaty and smelly, and i had face makeup all over me haha!) she makes fun of me saying that I would’ve never had the guts otherwise; but seriously, what are the chances?!?!?!
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#22
Our first date was a disaster of epic proportions. Ended with me yelling at her, and her paying the check while I was in the latrine just so she could get out of there quicker.
Anyways, we’re married now, over 8 years strong. Two kids.
I can’t see my life without this beautiful, crazy person, and I like to think she feels the same way.
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#23
In college, this girl like “fell on me”. I was sitting beneath her bed watching a movie in her dorm room by ourselves as a “bro night”. I thought she was super cute, but I didn’t really think I had much of shot with her. We had also just become friends not too recently before that, and I didn’t want to ruin this nice connection we had been developing. In any case, she kinda jumped on top of me. I had been a wrestler in high school, and she had mentioned before how she wanted to pin me. She definitely didn’t pin me though. Even being out of practice in college, I still (gently) kicked her ass.
Later on that girl said she really missed a cuddle partner and wanted to spend the night in my arms. Which I assumed to be non-romantic cuddling. I declined worried that I’d made it awkward somehow. It took me a bit to put those pieces together. In any case we’re (soon to be) married now.
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#24
I moved to China to teach middle school. Was introduced to another teacher while we were still in the Beijing airport.
So anyway, we’re married now and have adopted two kids from Korea.
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#25
Met him in high school while he was hitting on my identical twin sister. Anyways, we’re married now.
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#26
I had just started dating this guy, and he came over to hang out. My roommate was b***hing about her coworker Pam. So I said, “Who names their kid Pam anyway? F*** b***hes named Pam.” My date says “My mom’s name was Pam.” His dead mom. Anyways, we’re married now.
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#27
My boyfriend cheated on me with a girl his roommate introduced him to. The roommate felt bad when he found out that I had not in fact been broken up with first, and told me what had been going on.
… Anyways, we’re married now! :D Eight years married, a second child arriving in six weeks.
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#28
We met in elementary school.
I transferred schools before high school and we lost touch.
Found out we had enrolled at the same university, in the same program, once university classes started.
Anyways, we’re married now.
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#29
My uncle met my aunt while sh***ing on the side of the road drunk while his friends laughed hysterically, she was walking somewhere that I don’t remember, he than stared at her for a solid minute than passed out. She started laughing and they started dating 2 days later. Anyways now they’re married.
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#30
On our first date, he tried showing off by drifting down a gravel road and tore through a ranch fence.
Anyway, we’re married now.
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