When two people start dating, every couple will do their best to tell the story about how they met in the most entertaining way possible. But some people meet in such unexpected ways that they hardly have to try to be entertaining at all!
Redditor KingGoku_YT asked:
"What's the weirdest way you've met someone you dated?"
A Hilarious Start
"This happened to not me but my buddy. We were smoking outside at a bar, talking to some girls. I commented that I liked this girl’s arm tat… the outline of a country I didn’t recognize."
"She said it was Estonia, the country of her ethnicity and heritage and her favorite place on earth. My buddy just goes, 'That’s a s**t country.'"
"I almost died. She laughed so hard. They ended up dating for like eight months."
- snookerlane
A Sign Of Good Luck
"I was at a festival and my boyfriend was at a bar with his friends... And we ended up meeting in the hospital because I broke my arm and he broke his leg."
- Sabrinooa
"My husband and I have a similar situation, we were at a Metallica concert and both of us ended up in the emergency room, where we met."
- aulishidira
A Bonding Moment
"Husband and I met while working at a retail location when we watched a shoplifter get tazed."
- Actual_Bid4748
"Tale as old as time. Song as old as rhyme... A tazing of the thieves."
- BanjoTCat
A Perfect Order
"I met my boyfriend because he used to deliver me pizzas."
"One day he told me he was fascinated with my last name (a pretty rare name) because he used to be friends with a guy with the same last name. Turns out that guy is my brother."
"Turns out my mom has loads of pics of my boyfriend and my brother playing together as toddlers. My boyfriend moved away when he was 12, and I moved to the same place he moved to when I was 21. Been together for almost two years now."
- WuschelBlep
Not Meant To Be
"We met in a mental hospital. The doctors told us that relationships are not a good idea. They were right, lol (laughing out loud)."
- Rabrab123
"I met my ex in group therapy. Meeting this way had the advantage (and disadvantage) of knowing each other’s deep dark secrets. It lasted five years."
- SybariticDelight
An Impressive Feat
"I was rollerblading, and this guy was jogging. He kept up with me for over three miles just to talk and get to know me. I was so impressed that I said yes when he asked me for a date."
- NikkiLongwood
Awwwkward.
"Our first date after talking for four weeks online was unscheduled. We were supposed to go out for dinner together and catch a movie, but we both had something come up that was family-related."
"We ended up seeing each other at the funeral we both had to attend. Turns out we are related through marriage so that ended things."
- Smurfy_Suff
Priorities
"I was 16… looking out my bedroom window, and there was a girl in our backyard stealing blackberries from our bush."
"I ran down the stairs, intending to angrily confront her… but as I stepped outside, I realized she was really cute. So instead of yelling at her, I asked her if she wanted me to get another bag and maybe I would help her."
"She was horrified, of course… but I was super-friendly and we chatted, and ended up going out on a few dates."
"It was never going to last, because I don’t want a long-term relationship with a thief, haha, but she was cute."
- canada11235813
Better Dates
"My ex and I met while we were on dates with different people. She was obviously not into the guy she was with (very much a 'works in finance' type of guy who seemed super intense) and I didn’t have much chemistry with my date."
"Her guy got up to go to the bathroom, and as I was at the bar ordering another round for my date, she let out a loooooong sigh and rubbed her temples. I asked, 'Not having fun, either?'"
"She replied, 'No…and I feel like you could do way better.'"
"We quietly exchanged Instagram handles and met up at the same place a week later. We dated for four years and parted amicably. Still hold her in high regard, we just didn’t end up having the same long-term goals/ideas for our future."
- VikingRodeo9
Fell In Love
"Not me personally, but my dad once was on a holiday and he was on the balcony of an upper-floor hotel room."
"The balcony collapsed and he landed on the balcony for the room below. He broke his pelvis, arm, and knee, but still managed to flirt with the girl staying in that room."
"Turns out they lived nearby to each other. They went out and eventually got married."
"My dad literally fell in love with my mum!"
- Bodega_Bandit
A Sweet Gesture
"At a cafe in Lisbon, she was the barista; she was deaf and the manager would pass on notes on what the customers ordered."
"I got a long black and passed a note to her, asking if she'd be free to go out. She smiled and did the wavy hand which meant maybe."
"I did a crash course in sign language and came back in two days. We're 25 years married now."
- bloodhounddachie
Going The Extra Mile
"I was a lasiks patient and she was the patient coordinator. Because you can't drive after lasiks, she offered to pick me up."
"Once I realized this wasn't just really good service, I asked her out."
- shaka_sulu
A Small World!
"I met my fiancé here on Reddit actually! He DM’d me and it was basically love at first message. The odds of finding someone so perfect are just astronomical and I never in a million years would’ve thought I’d meet my soulmate on this busted-a** site."
- yekirati
A Haunted Meeting
"At a haunted house. Someone scared me, and instinctively, I just held the hand closest to me, and he didn’t let go."
- Just-a-sasshole
"Well, that's just the cutest stinkin' thing I've ever read!"
- MeepTM
A Rom-Com Moment
"I nearly ran him over in a 7-ELEVEN parking lot."
- ggrandmaleo
"I don't know why this is the most romantic one. It just is."
- Tryingtodosomethingg
"It didn't last that long, but it was fun at the time."
- ggrandmaleo
Not only were these stories adorable, but it totally makes sense that these strange, unexpected, and unforgettable moments led to two people dating.
These Redditors really landed some great responses for telling other people how they met their partners!
