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!

#1

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.

#2

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

#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.

Thequeenoffandomhell’s thread on r/AskReddit got more than 7k comments, as redditors rushed to post their (not so) perfect stories about how they met their spouses.

However, meeting your life partner is one thing; staying together for years and years in a happy marriage is another. According to Divorce Magazine, some unhealthy expectations to have going into a marriage have everything to do with being self-centered.

#4

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.

#5

When we first met, his first words to me were “I’m gonna wife you”, and I scoffed.

Anyways, we’re married now.

#6

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.

If you expect that your spouse will fulfill every single need of yours, that you’ll always be the center of their attention, and that neither you nor they will ever need any other people in your lives, you’re on the road towards possible disaster.

Instead, it’s essential to recognize that the person that you love most in the entire universe is a separate human being who needs time to be alone or to socialize with others.

#7

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!

#8

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

#9

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.

Also, while it’s great that you support and respect one another, it’s best to steer clear of any idea that you expect them to be ‘perfect,’ to complete you, or to ‘worship’ you because you’re so darn awesome. We’re all human—so it’s best to let go of unreasonable expectations that put undue pressure on others.

Meanwhile, Oprah Magazine points out that even happy couples argue. This can actually make couples stronger if both partners take the time to listen to one another’s opinions. Keep this in mind and it might just make your relationships stronger. You know, the ones you may have accidentally stumbled into in the silliest and most adorable ways possible.

#10

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.

#11

Met him in high school while he was hitting on my identical twin sister. Anyways, we’re married now.

#12

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.

#13

We met in a psychiatric hospital.

Anyways, we’re married now, 30 years this June…

#14

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.

#15

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.

#16

So my brother’s college roommate called me for legal advice because his crazy ex was being super crazy.

Anyway, we’re married now 7 years come November. Two kids and a house.

#17

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.

#18

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.

#19

Friend of mine in High School who looked suspiciously similar to a friend I had in kindergarten. One day:

„you know, I knew a in kindergarten and she looked a lot like you“,

„yea, I also knew a , and they had exactly your hairstyle“

We look deep into each other’s eyes

„Oh“

#20

Shortly after we met he asked me “do you trust me?” I said laughed and said no. Anyhow, we’re married now.

#21

Met a new coworker and our first interaction was me saying “I don’t believe you” under my breath as I walked by. He thought I said, “I don’t like you”. Anyways, we’re married now.

#22

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.

#23

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.

#24

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.

#25

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!

#26

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!

#27

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.

#28

So, back in the 70s our families moved to a new farming town. Our church was doing a fundraiser by planting potatoes which would then be sold to help with building costs. Parents were busy and put us toddlers in a dry empty cattle watering tank/trough. Anyways, we’re married 25 years now.

#29

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! 😀 Eight years married, a second child arriving in six weeks.

#30

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.

#31

A few years ago, I was feeling a bit isolated and lonely and decided to hit Tinder against my better judgement as a relative introvert.

I met a girl, and on our first date immediately after picking me up from the train station, she rolled through a stop sign causing us to be t-boned by a car going 60 miles per hour. Both cars were completely destroyed, but thankfully nobody was seriously injured. I had to call her parents and explain what had happened because she was having a difficult time breathing and processing what had happened. Her mother showed up, thanked me, and took me right back to the train station and took her to the hospital to get looked over. All in all the date was over in an hour or so.

Anyways, we’re engaged now.

#32

The co-worker’s boyfriend’s brother came up to stay with them. “We have to have you out for dinner with him, you have a lot in common, he likes nerdy things too. You’re not allowed to date him though.”

Definitely dated and married him. A co-worker and now brother-in-law broke up around the time we got engaged – he’s better without her.

#33

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?!?!?!

#34

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.

#35

I swiped right on someone who was the exact opposite of my type. Short, big teeth, not ambitious, really skinny. He was leaving town the morning after our date. He was a good half hour late to the date, muttered softly, and was bad with eye contact. I only went on the date because I’d had really [messed] up stuff happen to me and I just wanted one date with someone that wasn’t going to lead to anything just to feel normal. Anyway we just had our first kid.

#36

A friend of my brother’s had a drinking problem in college. One day he crashed his truck in the side of the road and a man walked up and said “You ok?” “Yep.” “You drunk?” “Yep” “Get in my car, I’ll get in here and tell the cops I lost control.” The guy got in the man’s car, got in the back seat, and sat next to his future wife.

#37

The first time I really hung out with this guy he threw up all over me; anyways we’re married now.

#38

I was in 8th grade and she was a year younger. I had a thing with her best friend. Was walking home with said best friend when she joined us. Absolutely lost it inside when I saw her. Looked so beautiful and cute walking home with her violin in hand. Her parents had a rule about dating til she was 16. They came around eventually. Not for a few tough years. Today was 8 years together. Known and been hooked on each other for 11. Getting married may of 2022. I still wake up everyday and realize how absolutely lucky I am to have her.

#39

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

#40

I was 11 years old, talking to this girl I just met walking to lunch at school. She was cool, we liked some of the same stuff. This jock walks up and asks “what, are you two dating?” We both kind of looked at him confused and said no.

Anyways, we’re married now.

#41

This is my parents’ story.

They met at a party held in the home of a married couple, of whom my mother worked with the wife on a magazine and my dad worked with the husband at the local university. While prepping for said party, my mother’s friend convinced her to wear high heels, which she almost never did.

A few hours into this party, the wife of the host couple steered my mother into the kitchen, where my dad was hanging out. Without warning, the host took my mother’s hand, pulled it behind her, pushed it into the small of her back, and said, “Sorry, but this needs to happen. [Dad], meet [Mom].”

And then she shoved Mom off her high heels. Mom fell. Dad caught her. And, the way my mother tells it, “People from the magazine ran one way and people from the University ran in the other,” probably because they thought she would kill the host.

Anyway, on their first date, Dad walked into a light fixture and gave himself a black eye. They’ve been married for 32 years.

#42

We couldn’t stand each other. I was dating their best friend so we kept having to interact. Eventually broke up with the friend for other reasons but stayed close. Kept having to interact with the person I couldn’t stand. For years. We kinda grew on each other. Anyways, we’re married now. (And a friend was in the wedding party)

#43

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.

#44

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.

#45

A friend of mine was secretly playing Pokemon at high school when he found a picnicker with the same name as me. He found that funny so he whispered it to another mutual friend who was sitting next to him. Then the guy on the other side said “what’s so funny?” And they said “look it’s a character named for thefuzzybunny1.” And he said “who?” So later in the week during a lunch period, they introduced him to me. Anyway we’re married now.

He also insists I include the line “a friend of ours set a table on fire at the wedding, but anyway we’re married now” because he thinks that’s funnier.

#46

During college i got sexiled by my roomate alot (she was on and off with her hs sweetheart) so i went to the common room area of the dorm to knit to kill some time (had a pretty view of the campus). Started talking to an art student who was drawing there and ended up talking for hours and been married for 4 years together for 10.

#47

Met my best friend online. He was at my previous wedding, helped me move when I separated from my ex-husband, and then when I got divorced asked me to move to a different state to live with him. Anyways, we are engaged now hope it’s close enough.

#48

Be (m)e, 6 yrs old, trying to hang out with my older brother. He’s in high school and has a (f)emale friend over, but I wanna play Zelda dangit. So I pester him and his friend until they play with me, and his friend responds by hogtying me and putting me in a closet (playfully).

Fast forward eighteen years, and she and I are dating and have a house together. Still annoying, still get tied up, some things never change.

#49

We had been dating for two months. Driving around one day I was telling him about my little sister and how a boy at her school had a crush on her. I laughed as I said he proposed to her and said “she’s only 5 I’ve never had anyone propose to me” without missing a beat he said, “I’ll marry you”

Anyways it’s been 9 years, a house, a kid, and two dogs, and we are married now.

#50

First time I met my wife was Halloween. I was sitting out a year of college working, but I went to a costume party at my old fraternity. I was pretty stupid drunk, pretty early. Somehow I ended up in my buddy Eric’s room watching tv by myself. This girl barges in the room looks at me and says, You’re not Eric!” To which I reply, “Neither are you!” Turns out her roommate was hot for Eric but to shy to go talk to him, so her roommate decided to go find him. Two weeks later, the room barger and I got set up on a double date with Eric and the roommate. That was in 1991. Now we have three kids and our youngest is having our first grandkid in December.

#51

I fell down when I went sledding with some of my friends. I open my eyes and see a guy looking down at me. Next thing you know he STICKS HIS FINGER IN MY NOSE. Anyways, we’ve been dating 2 years now.

#52

Met her in chemistry class in high school I was the new kid. ( 10 years ago.)

Wife ” can i sit somewhere else this kid looks dead ass annoying.”

Teacher laughed sat me across from her as a punishment so she’d have to look at my face every day for the school year.

Now we married and have a 3 year old.

#53

Was set up on a blind date by his mother. Anyway, less than six months later, we’re married now. Nearly 25 years ago.

#54

I, a woman, met a nice man at an LGBT event for our law school. I saw him around campus once afterwards and waved at him. Seemingly out of the blue I get a direct message from him asking me out which confused me because I assumed he was gay.

Anyways, we’re married now.

#55

I saw the most beautiful woman in the world eating at the restaurant where I worked. She wasn’t sitting in my section though and it was a very busy night. However, I saw her talking to the hostess on her way out. I could tell they were friends by the way they were talking to each other. After business died down and I had a chance to talk to the hostess, I asked her about the gorgeous redhead that she was talking to. She told me she used to work with her and she thought it was really cute that I was asking about her. That was it. I thought the hostess wasn’t giving me more information because maybe the girl had a boyfriend or something but I forgot about it. Two weeks later the hostess found me in the kitchen and said “Remember that girl you were asking about? She’s here.” Anyways, we’re married now.

#56

My wife and I have known each other since first grade, but only as acquaintances for most of our lives. We were in quite a few of the same classes through since we only lived a few blocks away from each other and went to all the same schools.

She was in my 11th grade history class and sat behind me because of our last names being in alphabetical order. I even let her cheat off of me in that class cause she was nice to me and I was a history nerd who got straight A’s (I’m a SPED history teacher now).

We fell out of touch after school, but then my house got destroyed in Hurricane Sandy. I was putting my situation on Facebook and she commented that she had power and if I need to charge my phone, do my laundry, or take a hot shower I was welcome to come over and do those things. We started hanging out every day, which turned into us dating, which turned into us getting married. I couldn’t be any happier.

#57

My s.o. and I have been together since 2012, marriage was never really a huge concern of ours. In 2016 i found a large lump in my breast(I didn’t have insurance, he did). Anyways we’re married now. ( I’m fine, just have fibrocystic breast disease, which is common and non-threatening)

#58

Always thought the produce guy at Winn Dixie was cute when I was in middle school. Cut to me at 16 and produce guy is now a meat cutter guy. He checks out at my register every day for lunch but he’s 20 so he never hits on me or anything. Cut to me at 19 and we end up in an Art History class together in college. I cheated off his test and he got in trouble. Anyways, we’re married now. 13 years.

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