How did you all meet your (current) life partner?

**Starry** · 05-26-2019

**Koto** · 05-26-2019

**Mama Bear** · 05-26-2019

I've told this story before, but Blake and I met through TNP (TheNeoPlace), one of the old cheating communities, in Sept 2008. He ran the site and I was a mod. Our personalities clicked, so we ended up do a lot of MMO gaming together and skyping for an average of 12 hours/day. We were both poor uni students though, so neither of us could afford to make that trans-Atlantic flight between Australia and the US. We always connected well, but both being pragmatic people knew that pining for something unrealistic wasn't good for either of us, so were just friends in name, if not in feelings.

Time passes...TNP closes...I graduate uni, so can't game as hardcore anymore...we still regularly talk, but not to the same extent due to life's responsibilities. I break up with my partner in 2014 (asshole lied about his ability to have kids for 2 years) and happen to be directing my first musical in the same month as my birthday. Blake and I decided to kill three birds with one stone: meet in person, celebrate my birthday and support my musical. My mum was very apprehensive about having a stranger come live in my house for a month, and I can understand why, but you don't talk for thousands of hours with someone without developing trust. I knew that even if the spark wasn't there romantically, he was my best friend, and had been for years.

Things were just as easy and natural in person though. We were on the same wavelength, like we shared a brain. In the first week, I woke up and told him about the dream I'd had; I'd dreamt that he had brought his grandmother's engagement ring, just in case. Turns out, the dream was prophetic. There was no fancy proposal, just two sleepy people in the morning laughing about how well we knew each other. I like our story better than an over-the-top showcase.

He moved to Australia in November 2014; we were married in April 2015. Since then, we've bought a great house and had 2 children. Things are still easy and natural. It's difficult when colleagues and friends ask relationship advice, because things which are 'normal', like sometimes fighting, just don't happen with us. The kids have definitely brought challenges — sleep, for instance — but we're always solid. We're a good team, and never lose the sense of humour about things.

2008 Katie thought that it was a pipedream and, back then, it was. But it was worth waiting for.

**Bliss** · 05-27-2019

**Crow** · 05-27-2019

**♥ honeycomb ♥** · 05-27-2019

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**Crow** · 05-27-2019

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**Fiore** · 05-28-2019

I met my hubby back in high school. He was my first boyfriend and I was his first girlfriend.

We bonded over Pokemon; I traded my Ninetails for his Arcanine and the rest was history!

**Poem** · 05-28-2019

**Koto** · 05-28-2019

Originally Posted by Bacchus

He moved to Australia in November 2014; we were married in April 2015. Since then, we've bought a great house and had 2 children. Things are still easy and natural. It's difficult when colleagues and friends ask relationship advice, because things which are 'normal', like sometimes fighting, just don't happen with us. The kids have definitely brought challenges — sleep, for instance — but we're always solid. We're a good team, and never lose the sense of humour about things.

Your story is so sweet, thanks for sharing Katie!

I have this with my husband a lot as well - its just very easy to be on a team together and have fun. Some of my friends asked me if we fight or how we deal with things, but it's always been sort of different in the best way possible. And while we disagree on things occasionally; it's always just a conversation about the compromise. I wonder if long-distance helps with that, since you really can't afford poor communication and it just becomes baked into the relationship.

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