Well this is a belated post because for Valentine's Day, I fell asleep on the couch at 8p! I guess getting a good night's rest is a pretty good Valentine's Day present. So, my apologies for not posting this sooner, but I asked some of our Entwined Community members to share some pictures and stories of their first date with their spouse!
My husband Scott and I never really had a first date. We met at Disney World on my first day of work, he ended up being my boss for the 8 months that I was there. No no no, we didn't date then, gosh that would have been awesome though, right? One of my favorite memories with him from that time was standing inside Cinderella's Castle at park close waiting for the last family to leave. It was hands down one of the most romantic moments, even though we weren't together at the time. Every time we go to the Magic Kingdom we are always reminded of when we met, we even have one of our wedding photos on Main Street USA.
Nick and I started dating in April 1999, we didn't have a real first date per se. I was nervous and I could tell he was too, but I knew from the beginning that he was the man I was going to marry! We were engaged in September 2000 and got married in September 2001. We had our twins in November 2007. The attached picture is not one from when we first started dating, but taken in September 2004 on a trip to San Francisco for our anniversary.
Joel and I met via a Craigslist personals ad around Thanksgiving 2001. The first week of our relationship was quite eventful. Our first date was late on a cold Monday night, at a bar, followed by a short walk around the streets of Berkeley. I was not new to the Internet dating, and (honestly) I was not expecting much, because I’ve had so many dates that didn’t lead anywhere. This time it was different. We ended up having 3 more dates that week. For our 4th date, I surprised myself and Joel by inviting him to my company’s holiday party which was on Saturday. Everybody was asking me how long we had been dating because we were getting along so well. Our 5th date was the following Monday – a Bikram yoga class – a first for both of us. We were married about a year and a half later, and 2 and a half years later we were parents of twins.
Anthony and I met on Match.com in February of 2004. Our first date was at an Irish bar in a local casino (we do live in Las Vegas, remember?) and we met for a drink and some food. Anthony was going to be late so he called me and told me he had stepped in some paint at work - I thought he was making up excuses - so I told him to go home and change his shoes and meet me a little later. We spent most of the night talking about things we had in common - Anthony is from England and I loved watching BBC America so we talked about some of our favorites like Father Ted. I think things went pretty well, as we set up our second date at an Indian restaurant before we parted for the night. A year and a half later, we were married. The picture is of us on a trip to Long Beach, CA. This was the first time that I met his parents in December of 2004 - we are on the Queen Mary!
Where was your first date with your spouse/partner? Share your pictures and comments below or on Facebook!
Time for our Questions of the Week! This week's question comes from Entwined Community Co-Founder, Anthony.
