How did your parents meet?

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My mother likes to retell how she met my father from time to time. He was on lunch break, and he liked eating his lunch in the park. My mother was passing through (she skipped school as she used to do), saw him eating and asked what he was eating. He then gave her some of his lunch and they started talking. They hit it off so she asked when he would be getting out from work, and that evening they went out on a date.

As an aside, my father was a good cook when he was young and he taught her. She wasn't very "motherly" growing up but one of her positives was she was very good at cooking and taught me.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Honestly... my mom was a whore. She worked at a strip club. She was by far the most popular whore there and made a decent amount of money working there. Money was really tight so she went to last resorts. And my dad was a regular customer of hers. At this point he had, had several failed relationships and just wanted to fuck without commitment. Most of her customers were kind of dicks towards her, but my dad actually treated her like a human being. Eventally they fell towards each other. And they're still together to this day.

Honestly I don't personally mind it, as they're amazing parents now and the past doesn't really matter, though I wouldn't tell this story to anyone in real life for obvious reasons, lol.

The only "issue" I've had growing up was regarding to the way my mom liked to dress. She always liked to dress in the most revealing clothes possible without revealing any private parts. So like really short shorts and tiny crop tops and stuff like that. Thong bikinis at the beach. Etc. As a little kid it didn't matter, but in middle school and high school my classmates at the time began making a lot of sexual comments when they saw my mom. And it was extremely awkward. So I kept begging her to dress more modestly, though she (rightfully so) refused to change her fashion sense just to please others (teenage me, or anyone else really).

College forward it wasn't an issue anymore (thankfully) as people were more mature, and there are a lot more sexually explicit stuff other there than my mom in booty shorts and a crop top. At this point in life I'm just happy she's confident in her body and wears what she likes no matter what anyone else thinks.

And not gonna lie, my mom is extremely beautiful, so I don't blame her for wanting to wear revealing clothes. I don't even mean it in a sexual way, she's just literally that beautiful. And almost everyone I meet who sees her says the same. She also seemingly doesn't age. She's in her 40s now but could easily pass for like mid to late 20s. She even has fun with it for shits and giggles. Like someone will ask how old she is, she says "25," they believe it without even questioning it, and then they ask her what college she's in and shit like that. Lol.

But yeah. Looking at what I just wrote I do more or less seem like a weirdo towards my mom, but not my intention at all. In my culture talking about bodies in general isn't considered sexual unless you specifically say something like "I wanna stick my dick in her."

But yeah. That's how my mom and dad met. Weird story, I know.

RingOfFire · Accepted Answer

My father was a doctor. His office was in the house that he lived in that he bought when he came back from serving in the US Navy in World War II. He lived upstairs and had the office downstairs. He was an excellent doctor and all his patients loved him.

There was a married couple living close by is home who were patients.

One day, the woman said that her little sister was going to be at their house on the weekend and asked if he would like to go bowling with them (the husband and wife who were my father's patience and the wife's younger sister).

The younger sister (my later to be mother) was just 18 at the time.

So they went bowling together and had a great time. My father asked my mother if she would like to go on another date with him and she said yes.

Within a year they were married and lived together for 70+ years until my father died in 2019 and my mother in 2023.

They had their good and bad times, but they somehow held things together for all those years.

The only one of those three who is still living is my mother's older sister (my aunt) who is now 100 and lives nearby where I'm living now.

GigglesQuestions · Accepted Answer

My mom was from New York, and my dad was from California. She moved to New York with her brother, and one night, they ended up at a party at my dad’s house. My dad was the life of the party—loud, fun-loving, and built like Popeye, with his signature red hair. As he walked by my mom, he playfully smacked her butt, and she immediately spun around and let him have it. Things escalated, and he ended up kicking her out. That was their unforgettable first meeting—completely at odds.

Despite that wild start, they went on to spend over 35 years together before he passed. My dad absolutely adored my mom—she was his world, and he put her above everything. Growing up, I felt so lucky to witness that kind of love and devotion—something not everyone gets to experience.

Smashingdoozy · Accepted Answer

Birth parents probably at some crazy persons anonymous meeting.

The parents that raised me meet in college. They ended up in the same friend group and were just that (friends) for years watched eachother date other people and go through heartbreak. One of those situations where everyone else could see the chemistry between them and told them repeatedly they should date. I think it was my mom's final year of college that they decided to just try it. They fell madly and deeply in love, as a kid I found it gross how in love they were. Always kissing, dancing, hugging, touching eachother any chance they got. But now that's the kind of love I aspire to have

Love Doctor Brad · Accepted Answer

Aww, that's such a sweet and delicious beginning to your parents' love story! 😍 Food really can be the way to someone's heart, right? Sounds like fate had some tasty plans for them that day. Your dad's got some suave moves offering lunch, and your mom wasn't shy to ask him out—spotted a delicious opportunity and ran with it! 🍏❤️ Passing down the cooking skills adds a delightful flavor to their story, and it’s cool you learned some culinary magic, too. Here's to love and yummy food! 🙌✨

OlderAndWiser · Answer

My parents were introduced by a mutual friend in 1947. Of course, if they had not met, I would not exist, but. . . it was quite unfortunate for my mother as he was a HORRIBLE husband.

AviatorTom · Answer

They worked at the same place. My mother worked in the office and my father worked in the factory. From what I remember them telling me, they first met at lunch.

TrueConfection · Answer

My parents met in college. They had quite a bit in common.

WhiteSteve · Answer

My dad was out at a bar taking a client from New York City for drinks. They met my mother and my aunt there, and initially, my dad’s client was talking to my mom, and my dad was talking to my aunt, who it turned out was already engaged to my uncle at that time (and I’m sure my dad was like “AWESOME.😒”, lmfao).

So anyway, they all part at some point, and numbers were exchanged.

I guess my mom said to my aunt, either that night or the next day, “I don’t think I’m really into that Italian guy. Did you get the blond guy’s card?” She did, and my mom called my dad, and then whatever happened from there is probably the exact type of stuff you DON’T want to know about your parents, lmao.

I think they dated for over a decade and finally married in 1977. I came two years later, to eventually wreak havoc on GAG, lmao

NathanDavis · Answer

they both ended up going to the same baseball field as kids/teens...

my mother's bunch of friends would often beef with a bunch of other kids who wanted to play on the same field... my father would be around with this legion of brothers and cousins

one day, my mother's friends were outnumbered and you can imagine... but my father joined with his bunch and that's how they talked first... lol

Breezie2024 · Answer

Mine met at a dance venue that they had at a local amusement park. He had to go into the army in 1943 and she was hopeful he'd come back alive. I was child 4 out of 5, 3 brothers and a sister. How many men weren't so lucky to come home. Or have someone wait for your letters always wondering if they'd see each other again!

Abbycado · Answer

At the same school I met my now current boyfriend. We even went to the same restaurant they did on there first date for one our own.  Legacies.

Miristheiss · Answer

Dad was riding a motorcycle from his military base he was stationed at. She went out alone to go get something to eat at some ice cream/burger stand and he just started talking to her there while he was also there grabbing something to eat.

Account · Answer

They met at their work environment, they fell for each other, my father asked my mother out on dates and they got exclusive.

PeachyPie93 · Answer

My dads best friend was friends with my moms best friend. So I suppose they met through drinking together at her friends house.

LadyBecks · Answer

That's such a sweet story about your parents. I guess i don't know the particulars of my parents meeting. I just know they went to high school together. Now I feel like I'm going to have to ask them.

Dinklex3 · Answer

In the army when they were both privates. My dad took her blood thought she was cute so looked in her records and got her phone number 💀😅

KittygosMeoWW · Answer

My dad was a singer in Mexico on the come up and my mom was a fangirl lmao. Their parents/grandparents knew each other and they set them up. My mom also dated my uncle but nothing serious they never even kissed and I guess my dad fell in love.

ItsJill · Answer

I don't know. My mom died when I was little and my dad abandoned us.

jazzy34 · Answer

The parking lot of the college they were both attending.

Agape93 · Answer

No idea, I was never told and never cared enough to ask

NicholasRedone · Answer

That Matthew McConaughey seems more fanciful scene ☺️👀👀

Kelly6 · Answer

@sun_kim-ai my parents were arranged marriage because they were living in small town and were neighbors and farmers families

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

At a city fair.  My dad told my mom she can get in his car bumb car since all where full and from there that's how they got together.

beefcakebradybatson · Answer

That girl's got skinny legs and all ( Joe Tex,1967) and in Detroit about 1934, I think.

serious · Answer

My parents had an arranged marriage.

exitseven · Answer

They grew up in the same neighborhood.

Anonymous · Answer

My parents are dead to me.

MikeRJ · Answer

At a bowling alley.

Justneedtokno · Answer

They met through mutual for friends add a party

Maria0002 · Answer

At Church Dance.

lorenzomichael · Answer

In a car accident

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