First Date

[frackincygy]

I need a lot more details on this. How did you obtain this test? Did she bring it and give it to you? Did you know her MIL already? Did you administer the test on the date? Who was reading the questions, you or her?

I originally my wife on a flight. She was on a family vacation, I was on a business trip. We were both literally thousands of miles from our homes at the time.

My MIL was seated across the aisle, I was on the aisle seat, and my wife was the middle seat next to me (other family was scattered throughout the plane). My wife and I corresponded for weeks via text/Snapchat/phone before I could coordinate a trip back to my hometown, where my wife lived, as I was living in another state at the time.

For our first date, I picked my wife up from her parents - her house was a few blocks from their's, and she understandably didn't want a virtual rando/stranger to know where she lived. It was a typed up, paper copy test; but rather than my using a pencil to complete, we decided my MIL could just read me the questions aloud for an "instant scoring" exam. My MIL would read me a question, I'd fail miserably to get the correct answer (I was like 2-4 out of 10 iirc) and we'd all laugh about my failure and "the rest of the story" for the various questions. My wife was sitting next to me on a couch across the room from my MIL, gradually turning a deeper and deeper shade of red from embarrassment as the "exam" progressed (iirc, the "pop quiz" was a surprise to her as well or at least the content was).

Examples were along the lines of:
"When (wife) was a child she excelled at this sport: a) basketball, b) softball, c) soccer, d) volleyball"
"When (wife) was in elementary her and her best friend gifted their principal a [blank] as a gag gift on the last day of school: a) pack of chewing gum, b) a hot wheels car, c) a picture of the two of them to hang on his wall, d) a stuffed hippopotamus"
"How did (wife) and her best friend meet?
a) team sports, b) recess, c) neighbors, d) classroom"
"(Wife) hates this food:
a) peas, b) pineapple, c) brussle sprouts, d) chewy bacon"
"(Wife) loves this food so much it spawned a nickname:
a) ravioli, b) ham balls, c) cheesey potatoes, d) steak"

At the time my MIL was a recently retired elementary principal and my wife was a special needs para. I should also mention my own mother was an elementary teacher, so it really wasn't "that" weird for me.

It really did prepare me for life with my in-laws - you'd better be ready to "roll with the punches", because you NEVER know what my MIL has cooked up; but you know it will include a ton of laughs and lasting memories, and is all in good fun.

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

That list isn’t bad. Sounds like there’s too many high maintenance women in this country to me. Flame away.

But first date was a movie at a theater and then Netflix and chill. Simple and affordable. Also two introverts so it works.

 

[Frog]

Most of my friends think my first date is the encounter at Kinnick that I posted here before as the story took a life of its own through my network. My actual first date with my bride was comedy club in Davenport (Don't recommend, but don't think any are around anymore anyway) then drove to IC for late night drinks and some food at Micky's then dropped her off at her apartment.

 

[RealisticCy]

You ever seen those videos where a girl is talking about her requirements for body type and income and then someone calculates it and it's like .3% of the male population? That's part of this thing.

Female Delusion Calculator

 

[RealisticCy]

I originally my wife on a flight. She was on a family vacation, I was on a business trip. We were both literally thousands of miles from our homes at the time.

My MIL was seated across the aisle, I was on the aisle seat, and my wife was the middle seat next to me (other family was scattered throughout the plane). My wife and I corresponded for weeks via text/Snapchat/phone before I could coordinate a trip back to my hometown, where my wife lived, as I was living in another state at the time.

For our first date, I picked my wife up from her parents - her house was a few blocks from their's, and she understandably didn't want a virtual rando/stranger to know where she lived. It was a typed up, paper copy test; but rather than my using a pencil to complete, we decided my MIL could just read me the questions aloud for an "instant scoring" exam. My MIL would read me a question, I'd fail miserably to get the correct answer (I was like 2-4 out of 10 iirc) and we'd all laugh about my failure and "the rest of the story" for the various questions. My wife was sitting next to me on a couch across the room from my MIL, gradually turning a deeper and deeper shade of red from embarrassment as the "exam" progressed (iirc, the "pop quiz" was a surprise to her as well or at least the content was).

Examples were along the lines of:
"When (wife) was a child she excelled at this sport: a) basketball, b) softball, c) soccer, d) volleyball"
"When (wife) was in elementary her and her best friend gifted their principal a [blank] as a gag gift on the last day of school: a) pack of chewing gum, b) a hot wheels car, c) a picture of the two of them to hang on his wall, d) a stuffed hippopotamus"
"How did (wife) and her best friend meet?
a) team sports, b) recess, c) neighbors, d) classroom"
"(Wife) hates this food:
a) peas, b) pineapple, c) brussle sprouts, d) chewy bacon"
"(Wife) loves this food so much it spawned a nickname:
a) ravioli, b) ham balls, c) cheesey potatoes, d) steak"

At the time my MIL was a recently retired elementary principal and my wife was a special needs para. I should also mention my own mother was an elementary teacher, so it really wasn't "that" weird for me.

It really did prepare me for life with my in-laws - you'd better be ready to "roll with the punches", because you NEVER know what my MIL has cooked up; but you know it will include a ton of laughs and lasting memories, and is all in good fun.

That's a pretty great "how we met"......you and Ol' Ham Balls really lucked out!

 

[larry]

Waited til the last minute to ask if she wanted to see To Kill a Mockingbird at the local art theater. She was busy making dinner already, so she agreed to see Ingmar Bergman's Cries and Whispers the following night. Walked to Pizza Pit after the movie, got some slices of pizza, walked some more, had some chocolate chip cookies I had made. Date lasted 8 hours, and she finally kissed me once she figured out I wasn't going to get it done. That was 31 years ago.

 

[Cmonwhatarewedoinghereman]

I originally my wife on a flight. She was on a family vacation, I was on a business trip. We were both literally thousands of miles from our homes at the time.

My MIL was seated across the aisle, I was on the aisle seat, and my wife was the middle seat next to me (other family was scattered throughout the plane). My wife and I corresponded for weeks via text/Snapchat/phone before I could coordinate a trip back to my hometown, where my wife lived, as I was living in another state at the time.

For our first date, I picked my wife up from her parents - her house was a few blocks from their's, and she understandably didn't want a virtual rando/stranger to know where she lived. It was a typed up, paper copy test; but rather than my using a pencil to complete, we decided my MIL could just read me the questions aloud for an "instant scoring" exam. My MIL would read me a question, I'd fail miserably to get the correct answer (I was like 2-4 out of 10 iirc) and we'd all laugh about my failure and "the rest of the story" for the various questions. My wife was sitting next to me on a couch across the room from my MIL, gradually turning a deeper and deeper shade of red from embarrassment as the "exam" progressed (iirc, the "pop quiz" was a surprise to her as well or at least the content was).

Examples were along the lines of:
"When (wife) was a child she excelled at this sport: a) basketball, b) softball, c) soccer, d) volleyball"
"When (wife) was in elementary her and her best friend gifted their principal a [blank] as a gag gift on the last day of school: a) pack of chewing gum, b) a hot wheels car, c) a picture of the two of them to hang on his wall, d) a stuffed hippopotamus"
"How did (wife) and her best friend meet?
a) team sports, b) recess, c) neighbors, d) classroom"
"(Wife) hates this food:
a) peas, b) pineapple, c) brussle sprouts, d) chewy bacon"
"(Wife) loves this food so much it spawned a nickname:
a) ravioli, b) ham balls, c) cheesey potatoes, d) steak"

At the time my MIL was a recently retired elementary principal and my wife was a special needs para. I should also mention my own mother was an elementary teacher, so it really wasn't "that" weird for me.

It really did prepare me for life with my in-laws - you'd better be ready to "roll with the punches", because you NEVER know what my MIL has cooked up; but you know it will include a ton of laughs and lasting memories, and is all in good fun.

I originally my wife on a flight. She was on a family vacation, I was on a business trip. We were both literally thousands of miles from our homes at the time.

My MIL was seated across the aisle, I was on the aisle seat, and my wife was the middle seat next to me (other family was scattered throughout the plane). My wife and I corresponded for weeks via text/Snapchat/phone before I could coordinate a trip back to my hometown, where my wife lived, as I was living in another state at the time.

For our first date, I picked my wife up from her parents - her house was a few blocks from their's, and she understandably didn't want a virtual rando/stranger to know where she lived. It was a typed up, paper copy test; but rather than my using a pencil to complete, we decided my MIL could just read me the questions aloud for an "instant scoring" exam. My MIL would read me a question, I'd fail miserably to get the correct answer (I was like 2-4 out of 10 iirc) and we'd all laugh about my failure and "the rest of the story" for the various questions. My wife was sitting next to me on a couch across the room from my MIL, gradually turning a deeper and deeper shade of red from embarrassment as the "exam" progressed (iirc, the "pop quiz" was a surprise to her as well or at least the content was).

Examples were along the lines of:
"When (wife) was a child she excelled at this sport: a) basketball, b) softball, c) soccer, d) volleyball"
"When (wife) was in elementary her and her best friend gifted their principal a [blank] as a gag gift on the last day of school: a) pack of chewing gum, b) a hot wheels car, c) a picture of the two of them to hang on his wall, d) a stuffed hippopotamus"
"How did (wife) and her best friend meet?
a) team sports, b) recess, c) neighbors, d) classroom"
"(Wife) hates this food:
a) peas, b) pineapple, c) brussle sprouts, d) chewy bacon"
"(Wife) loves this food so much it spawned a nickname:
a) ravioli, b) ham balls, c) cheesey potatoes, d) steak"

At the time my MIL was a recently retired elementary principal and my wife was a special needs para. I should also mention my own mother was an elementary teacher, so it really wasn't "that" weird for me.

It really did prepare me for life with my in-laws - you'd better be ready to "roll with the punches", because you NEVER know what my MIL has cooked up; but you know it will include a ton of laughs and lasting memories, and is all in good fun.

I just want you to know that 99.9% of relationships are not like this and your in-laws may seem cool but Stockholm syndrome is a thing.

I am positive every time you go play golf or go drinking with the guys your MIL is in your wife’s ear and you pay for it on the home front.

 

[CascadeClone]

How do you like your oatmeal?

LUMPY!

I'M A FREEK

there was a guy on our floor (skinny small town kid of course) who could do the entire song from memory and with panache and style

 

[JayV]

Okay Gen Xers, who wants to explain this??

So Tupac and Shock G had this band and they were looking for a gimmick. Shock G put on a fake nose and glasses which made Tupac laugh...
... Tupac's girlfriend's husband punches a guy on stage at the Oscar's.

Any other questions?


Hmmm, @RagingCloner's theory about going into a Burger King bathroom to get freaky with a witch actually sounds less made up than the truth, now that I think about the last 30-years...

 

[Mr Janny]

First date with @Angie and I is a little hard to nail down, but it's probably this one:

We worked together and basically hung out and partied every weekend as part of a group of 5-6 friends who all worked at the same place. We both had been dating other people, but had broken up fairly recently. One night, after work, we ended up going to Borders bookstore together. I can't even remember whose idea it was, because we were both so friend-zoned at the time. I didn't even remotely think of it as a "date". But we ended up spending like 2 hours there, goofing around and talking. We said our goodbyes, and went our separate ways. End of evening...

Or was it?

On my way home, I stopped to get gas. After paying, I walked back out to my truck and discovered that I'd locked my keys inside the vehicle. Son of a *****! I called the Ames police and they told me to call a locksmith. The locksmith said he'd be there in 60-90 minutes. Great. So, I sat on my tailgate and waited. After 10 minutes or so, I thought to myself "You know who would find this funny? @Angie ". So I called her and told her what happened. She definitely got a laugh out of it, and then told me that she'd come wait with me. So, a few minutes later, she arrived, and we sat on my tailgate and waited for the locksmith to show up to retrieve the keys to my truck, but in the process, she found... the key to my heart.

 

[JP4CY]

First date with @Angie and I is a little hard to nail

 

[WhatchaGonnaDo]

Go on.

I mean I'm not going into a dear penthouse story here lol

We were basically FWB's for a month or two before actually going on a date. We met through a mutual friend and were hanging out a lot through that friend group at the time. People started catching on. I guess the chemistry was obvious.

We knew we were compatible in that way from the very beginning, so that was nice.

 

[Antihawk240]

Cool topic.
I was a Junior at Iowa State. We had a class together and we flirted back and forth for what felt like forever. I had a home track meet at the Lied one day so I scored a free pass and asked her if she would like to go to it. She agreed. I followed up (and I can only imagine I was a complete doofus doing it) with that if I won my race if she would be my date to the Alumni Banquet afterwards. It was this big formal (suit/ tie, girls wore nice dresses etc etc) event that we pretty much had to go to because our coach made us.

So I won the race and the whole meet I was on fire and ran really well. She gets all dolled up and I pick her up and we go. The Alumni and their spouses, coaches and their spouses wives along with my teammates and their dates made her feel very welcome. She fit right in, (claimed) she had a lot of fun and away we went. Dated for 1 year, engaged for 1 year, been married 22 years now.

 

[Angie]

…but in the process, she found... the key to my heart.

You just can’t help yourself, can you?

 

[gocy444]

My wife and I do “white trash date night” once a month where we dress up and go to a place like Applebees or Chili’s. Wouldn’t want it any other way.

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

You just can’t help yourself, can you?

Is he currently in the doghouse?
EDIT: He does have a way with puns.

 

[StClone]

My wife-to-be first laid eyes on me as she got off the Gray Hound Bus terminal near the old Taco Tyme in Ames. She made a last-minute decision to be with five of our shared friends arriving for a party-filled weekend. Her first thought was I was the next bus driver as I stood at the bus exit, and was surprised to see I wasn't.

As we started drinking and talking, the others paired off and we were left together and hit it off. We spent the next two days talking. It was one long date now that I look at it. She headed home and eventually transferred to Iowa State and we have been together ever happily since.

 

[Clonefan32]

We were juniors in high school we went to the Ames Red Lobster then an Iowa State basketball game, violating both #11 and #28 on the list. We've now been married 14 years so screw your little list.

 

[cycloner29]

She asked me to be her date for a wedding she was invited to. Just paid for a few drinks. The relationship was actually consumated the week before as that was when we officially met.

 

[Angie]

Is he currently in the doghouse?
EDIT: He does have a way with puns.

Oh no, we just relentlessly give each other ****!