Sometimes, I honestly feel like love is a spell that some magician casts when you are unaware. Because how else can you explain a sudden rush of passion for someone you never even felt anything for before?
When the spell is cast, two souls meet, fall in love, and live happily ever after. But not all love stories have a fairytale meeting, for some couples find love in the strangest of places and situations. And today’s thread is just about these couples who met in the most unorthodox way possible, only to end up together.
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When the spell is cast, two souls meet, fall in love, and live happily ever after. But not all love stories have a fairytale meeting, for some couples find love in the strangest of places and situations. And today’s thread is just about these couples who met in the most unorthodox way possible, only to end up together.
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#1
We knew each other only a little bit through friends. I was badly injured in an industrial accident. I needed time to heal. I lived alone, and it was dangerous for me not to have someone who could check on me periodically. She happened to be recovering from eye surgery and wasn't able to to her job or drive for a couple weeks and offered me her guest bedroom until I could safely go home. I think it felt safe for her to make the offer, I was pretty much completely incapacitated and barely ambulatory.
We had an amazing 25 years before she died. I'll always love her.
We had an amazing 25 years before she died. I'll always love her.
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#2
I met my husband on a bus tour of Scotland, where we got chatting and sparks flew straight away. We had a whirlwind romance over three days amongst castles, glens and icy Highland streams. We swam in Loch Ness, drank whiskey and learned about tartan together before the trip was over and he had to fly home more than 5,000 miles away. Friends and family didn't think it would work - and neither did we! We were in a long-distance relationship between Los Angeles and Edinburgh for nearly three years with an over-5,000-mile commute to see each other until we got married. But we agreed at the start: we'd stay together until the relationship stopped being fun. We now live together in Scotland with our daughter, and the Skype ringtone still gives me flashbacks. We're still having fun.
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#3
I only heard this from a friend, but I find it hilarious:
My friend went to a houseparty with this dude. This dude decided to wear his pikachu costume to the party, although it wasn’t a costume party.
Then he met HER at the party. She also wears her pikachu costume.
I met them once. They were super funny.
They are married. End of story. :).
My friend went to a houseparty with this dude. This dude decided to wear his pikachu costume to the party, although it wasn’t a costume party.
Then he met HER at the party. She also wears her pikachu costume.
I met them once. They were super funny.
They are married. End of story. :).
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When it comes to love, many people have extraordinary tales to tell. So, when Reddit user bittyberry asked netizens, “What is the most unorthodox way you know of that a couple has met and fallen in love?” folks happily spilled the tea about their or someone else’s story. And guess what? Even Bored Panda invited a lovestruck couple to share their quirky story with us!
The absolutely charming Sharanya Salehittal and the mischievous Ishan Gandhi were just 8 and 10 years of age when they were fiercely competitive in the local drawing competitions that took place in their neighborhood. But 7 years later, these rivals had a twist of fate.
Ishan’s friends put out a bet that he could never ask Sharanya out and even if he did, she would never say yes. But little did their friends (or even they themselves) know that these two were secretly attracted to each other. So, when Ishan won the bet and she said yes to a date, his friends were shocked. But then, Sharanya found out about the bet, and she called it off.
#4
Fortune Teller: "Ah, the mists are clearing. You are going to meet a handsome stranger. I sense that he is a kind, caring man. The spirits say he has a well paid job, He installs air conditioning. You know, this sounds a lot like my son. I'll give you his number."
They are still together, with kids, twenty years later.
And people think that fortune telling is a scam!
They are still together, with kids, twenty years later.
And people think that fortune telling is a scam!
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#5
I was a Senior in high-school sitting in math class when my Nextel phone went off. I was getting a call from my paternal grandmother. She was having her roof re-done at the time, so there was a crew of roofing/construction men working on the house.
The first thing out of her mouth in a thick Boston accent “(my full name), get your a** over here right now!!! This man brought his lovely son to work today, he is a hard worker, who is home for college for the summer, and he is a good good man”
I ran out of school to my jeep, threw on a push up bra I had in the back, still wearing the dress I had on at school. When I pulled up I saw him. I was 17, he was 19. And the rest is history. We are 33 and 35 now. We moved out of our small town in central Massachusetts, and live our dream life in Hawaii together.
The first thing out of her mouth in a thick Boston accent “(my full name), get your a** over here right now!!! This man brought his lovely son to work today, he is a hard worker, who is home for college for the summer, and he is a good good man”
I ran out of school to my jeep, threw on a push up bra I had in the back, still wearing the dress I had on at school. When I pulled up I saw him. I was 17, he was 19. And the rest is history. We are 33 and 35 now. We moved out of our small town in central Massachusetts, and live our dream life in Hawaii together.
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#6
My Dad was a young catholic priest and my mom volunteered at his parish helping bring food and meds etc. to elderly shut ins.
They met and fell in love. As a direct result of this, my dad was sent* by the bishop to Lima, Peru to (physically, as in construction work) build a school and do some soul searching. .
My dad soul searched and helped build a school. He came back and told the bishop that he no longer wanted to be a priest and wanted to marry my mom.
The bishop gave them his blessing and personally married them in the cathedral. I am named after the Bishop.
So my siblings, my mother and I are all grateful that dad chose us over his marriage to God..
Maybe this isn’t the best story, but it’s the story I’ve got.
*Edit- for clarity, my dad was “encouraged” by the bishop to volunteer with Maryknoll for a period of time.
They met and fell in love. As a direct result of this, my dad was sent* by the bishop to Lima, Peru to (physically, as in construction work) build a school and do some soul searching. .
My dad soul searched and helped build a school. He came back and told the bishop that he no longer wanted to be a priest and wanted to marry my mom.
The bishop gave them his blessing and personally married them in the cathedral. I am named after the Bishop.
So my siblings, my mother and I are all grateful that dad chose us over his marriage to God..
Maybe this isn’t the best story, but it’s the story I’ve got.
*Edit- for clarity, my dad was “encouraged” by the bishop to volunteer with Maryknoll for a period of time.
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Well, that’s when Ishan came clean that it was not all for the bet, but he was really attracted to Sharanya. And after weeks of apologies and grand gestures, she forgave him. Well, there was no looking back after that, because it’s been 11 years since the incident and the power couple is still going strong. In fact, they even got married last December, on Christmas!
It somehow always warms our hearts to know that real love still exists even in a world where so many terrible things take place. “When I first met him, I never thought I’d end up with my rival. But love finds you, or rather, sneaks up on you, no matter what,” Sharanya told us heartily.
#7
Not necessarily how they met, but how they got together:
My grandmother had recently broken up with her boyfriend and her ex's best friend asked her to hang out for the evening to cheer her up. He'd had polio as a kid and had just spent the previous two years *in an iron lung.* He was tired of being confined and decided to just live out what was left of his life without the lung. His doctors had given him two years, max.
My grandmother felt sorry for him and announced that she'd marry him and spend the little time he had left with him. The married *that night.*
Yes, he really had been given two years to live, but he managed to live fifty more. Yes, they stayed married.
My grandmother had recently broken up with her boyfriend and her ex's best friend asked her to hang out for the evening to cheer her up. He'd had polio as a kid and had just spent the previous two years *in an iron lung.* He was tired of being confined and decided to just live out what was left of his life without the lung. His doctors had given him two years, max.
My grandmother felt sorry for him and announced that she'd marry him and spend the little time he had left with him. The married *that night.*
Yes, he really had been given two years to live, but he managed to live fifty more. Yes, they stayed married.
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#8
My brother and I took our 3yo niece to a toy store. I needed to pick something up for a baby shower, and my bro was flying a small plastic Incredible Hulk drone, that was on display, just to keep my niece entertained.
The drone got tangled in this random girl's long flowing locks.
My brother tried to help her get it out. He made it worse. The girl was getting pissed...and that was BEFORE my impatient niece got a hold of the controller and tried to make the drone fly while it was still tangled in the girl's hair.
Somehow, out of this, my brother managed to get this girl's number, a date, and now they're married and about to give me another niece.
The drone got tangled in this random girl's long flowing locks.
My brother tried to help her get it out. He made it worse. The girl was getting pissed...and that was BEFORE my impatient niece got a hold of the controller and tried to make the drone fly while it was still tangled in the girl's hair.
Somehow, out of this, my brother managed to get this girl's number, a date, and now they're married and about to give me another niece.
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#9
So I have a mate of mine from work who's a Nepalese immigrant, and I asked him one day why he came to our country (we were talking about another coworker who immigrated more recently). He replied "I could find another job here, but I couldn't find another wife at home" because his wife had come to Oz with their child to become a...nurse I wanna say? Don't quote me on that.
And so I asked how he met his wife, and he revealed that when he was in his early thirties his mother basically went "You should be married" and found him a wife almost immediately. Like from the point she said that to the wedding was two weeks, no joke.
You hear a lot about arranged marriages going badly, but I've met both his wife and his daughter and how the couple speaks of each other you can tell they're madly in love.
Especially him. Every time he speaks on his wife, even if it's just telling me about something she did at work or what she's cooking that night, his entire body and voice screams of how much he loves his wife.
It's honestly super adorable, and I hope their love lasts forever.
And so I asked how he met his wife, and he revealed that when he was in his early thirties his mother basically went "You should be married" and found him a wife almost immediately. Like from the point she said that to the wedding was two weeks, no joke.
You hear a lot about arranged marriages going badly, but I've met both his wife and his daughter and how the couple speaks of each other you can tell they're madly in love.
Especially him. Every time he speaks on his wife, even if it's just telling me about something she did at work or what she's cooking that night, his entire body and voice screams of how much he loves his wife.
It's honestly super adorable, and I hope their love lasts forever.
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The couple’s delightful story definitely makes us believe that how you meet the person doesn’t really matter, does it? Even Ishan smiled and said, “If it’s meant to be, it will happen. And nothing in the world can stop it from happening.”
And it does seem to be true if you take a look at all the wildly interesting stories in this listicle. But to be honest, these meetings, no matter how bizarre, always end up as golden memories. Even Ishan and Sharanya admit that because of the unusual events that unfolded in their love story, it has been immortalized in their minds.
#10
My great-aunt went to Paris to study art in the 1950s, sunk into a depression, and went out to throw herself into the Seine.
Along came a frenchman who was fresh out of the foreign legion. He talked her off the bridge, talked his way into her heart (pants), and they both moved to Sweden together and lived happily painting together for about forty years.
Along came a frenchman who was fresh out of the foreign legion. He talked her off the bridge, talked his way into her heart (pants), and they both moved to Sweden together and lived happily painting together for about forty years.
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#11
When my nephew was in college they had a snow day and they cancelled classes. The students decided to put on a mock wedding just for fun and they picked two students to "get married." My nephew and a girl were chosen. A few years later, they did it again, for real.
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#12
A great grandma had an arranged marriage at 18 to a mean drunk who was 25 years older than her. After several kids and 20 years of marriage, he thankfully died. Several years later after my grandpa graduated university he invited a college friend to visit. One thing lead to another and my grandma and my grandpa's friend got married. It was quite the scandal for the longest time-great-grandma was the ultimate cougar.
But they had a happy 40 year marriage and he was the caregiver to my great-grandma when she developed Alzheimers. Never put her into a home and she was always clean and well groomed. He lived about 20 years after that and though a lot of the family was scandalized, I always thought my great grandma won the jackpot with her second husband.
But they had a happy 40 year marriage and he was the caregiver to my great-grandma when she developed Alzheimers. Never put her into a home and she was always clean and well groomed. He lived about 20 years after that and though a lot of the family was scandalized, I always thought my great grandma won the jackpot with her second husband.
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Within 3 months, our special couple for today is set to celebrate 12 years of togetherness. We hope that they experience many such anniversaries in the years to come.
And now, we want to focus our attention on you. Have you ever been in love? If yes, how long have you been with your significant other? Come on, feel free to pour out your heart and spill the tea about your strange meetings and love stories. Just scroll down to the comment section and type away!
#13
My sister swiped the side of a guy's brand new car.
She said he got out of his car, stormed over in a rage...and had a comical change of expression/demeanor as soon as he got a look at her.
They've been together three years.
Also, I'm too good a driver, that's my problem.
She said he got out of his car, stormed over in a rage...and had a comical change of expression/demeanor as soon as he got a look at her.
They've been together three years.
Also, I'm too good a driver, that's my problem.
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#14
My grandparents told me about a woman who met her fiancé's cousin during the rehearsal dinner (night before the wedding).
Everyone noticed they spent an inordinate amount of time chatting that night but no one thought anything of it.
The cousin went to talk to the bride just before the wedding and...the two of them left together.
They've been married 62 years.
Everyone noticed they spent an inordinate amount of time chatting that night but no one thought anything of it.
The cousin went to talk to the bride just before the wedding and...the two of them left together.
They've been married 62 years.
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#15
There was a tornado and the only safe rooms in the building were in the bathrooms. The women’s room was already packed, so I had to go into the men’s room instead…which is exactly when and where I met my husband and had my first conversation with him, twenty years ago this year.
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#16
My parents...back in the 70s met whilst being penpals from a certain UK newspaper. My dad was in the forces, and they basically fell in love over the course of writing letters to one another. They got married whilst only having met in person a few times, and the marriage lasted almost 30 years until his death at a relatively young age (52).
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#17
One day my friend at work asked me “ you single?” I was seeing someone but it wasn’t serious.. so I said “I can be, what’s up?” She went on to tell me how she thinks her friend & I would make a great couple.
We talked for a while..she showed me his picture, I said he was cute.. I told her to set something up.
Months go by..I had totally forgot about the whole thing.
On New Year’s Eve, while looking for places to party- my friend from work also worked at a bar.. I walked in.. went over to say hey & grab a drink.. she says “OMG HES HERE! HES HERE!!” Took me a minute to remember what she was talking about.. then she took me to meet him… 10 years & 2 kids later we have never left each others side since that night.
We talked for a while..she showed me his picture, I said he was cute.. I told her to set something up.
Months go by..I had totally forgot about the whole thing.
On New Year’s Eve, while looking for places to party- my friend from work also worked at a bar.. I walked in.. went over to say hey & grab a drink.. she says “OMG HES HERE! HES HERE!!” Took me a minute to remember what she was talking about.. then she took me to meet him… 10 years & 2 kids later we have never left each others side since that night.
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#18
One of my cousins fell in love with my other cousin's "mail order bride." The feelings were mutual.
So we had a wedding and one very unhappy cousin.
So we had a wedding and one very unhappy cousin.
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#19
My college roommate Jeremy saw a ridiculously beautiful woman in Target pharmacy area senior year in high school. He walked up to her and matter of factly said "so you do d***s huh?"
They've been married 15 years with a few kids.
Edit: He was a senior in college not high school lol.
They've been married 15 years with a few kids.
Edit: He was a senior in college not high school lol.
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#20
My high school chemistry teacher took her husband square dancing, and they met another couple there. They decided they liked each others' respective partners more than their spouse, so both couples got divorced and remarried. The four of them still meet up to go square dancing.
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