I was a weird 16 year old, staying up too late on summer vacation of 2011. I had decided that asking people their favorite dinosaur was the ultimate conversation starter, and had a working theory that the more unusual their answer was, the more interesting the conversation would be. People who said “T-Rex” were lame, but “Iguanadon” would be cool, something like that.
Well, she said “Pachycephalosaurus”, which was the first one of the night I had to look up. Naturally, I was enthralled.
We talked into the wee hours of the morning, where she (being a fellow dumb teenager) sent me her Facebook profile. Before clicking, I had decided that I would look but ultimately not accept her friend request, because stranger danger and all. But when I checked out her page, it turned out we had a mutual friend! A guy we both knew had started high school with her, and moved up the coast halfway through and was currently going to my high school.
That was good enough for me, and I accepted her friend request. July 7th, 2011, around 3am.
From there, we quickly turned flirty and started talking all the time. We weren’t anything official, but I told her I loved her within a couple weeks. One problem though: she was over 400 miles away, and I was still in school with no license.
To make a long story short, we were flirty on and off for the next three years until 2014, where we both decided “fuck it” and jumped into the special hell that is long distance dating together. I got to see her in person December 14th of that year after working and a grocery store while finishing up my associate’s degree to make enough money for a train ticket, and she was my first kiss.
Anyway, college sucked and long distance dating sucks even when it’s the right person. Fast-forward to 2020 when I finally have a car & some degree of financial stability, I moved 400 miles away to live with her & haven’t looked back. Put a ring on her finger March of 2021, and married her on the beach last weekend after knowing her for twelve years.
I too met my wife on Omegle. It was in text chat. We were both around 14 years at the time. I don’t remember what talked about but we ended exchanging phone numbers. We texted for years and would sometimes play video games together.
Eventually towards the end of high school I was able to fly out to visit her. I did that a few times and was totally convinced at the point I was in love. So I moved across the country to be with her after graduation.
Married and few years ago and we’re 27 now so it’s been 13 years since we met on there. :)
A also met my now wife on Omegle. I lived in Florida, she lived in Sweden. She lives with me here in FL now, been married for almost 10 years now. Crazy stuff!
BrotherL0v3@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I was a weird 16 year old, staying up too late on summer vacation of 2011. I had decided that asking people their favorite dinosaur was the ultimate conversation starter, and had a working theory that the more unusual their answer was, the more interesting the conversation would be. People who said “T-Rex” were lame, but “Iguanadon” would be cool, something like that.
Well, she said “Pachycephalosaurus”, which was the first one of the night I had to look up. Naturally, I was enthralled.
We talked into the wee hours of the morning, where she (being a fellow dumb teenager) sent me her Facebook profile. Before clicking, I had decided that I would look but ultimately not accept her friend request, because stranger danger and all. But when I checked out her page, it turned out we had a mutual friend! A guy we both knew had started high school with her, and moved up the coast halfway through and was currently going to my high school.
That was good enough for me, and I accepted her friend request. July 7th, 2011, around 3am.
From there, we quickly turned flirty and started talking all the time. We weren’t anything official, but I told her I loved her within a couple weeks. One problem though: she was over 400 miles away, and I was still in school with no license.
To make a long story short, we were flirty on and off for the next three years until 2014, where we both decided “fuck it” and jumped into the special hell that is long distance dating together. I got to see her in person December 14th of that year after working and a grocery store while finishing up my associate’s degree to make enough money for a train ticket, and she was my first kiss.
Anyway, college sucked and long distance dating sucks even when it’s the right person. Fast-forward to 2020 when I finally have a car & some degree of financial stability, I moved 400 miles away to live with her & haven’t looked back. Put a ring on her finger March of 2021, and married her on the beach last weekend after knowing her for twelve years.
sosodev@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I too met my wife on Omegle. It was in text chat. We were both around 14 years at the time. I don’t remember what talked about but we ended exchanging phone numbers. We texted for years and would sometimes play video games together.
Eventually towards the end of high school I was able to fly out to visit her. I did that a few times and was totally convinced at the point I was in love. So I moved across the country to be with her after graduation.
Married and few years ago and we’re 27 now so it’s been 13 years since we met on there. :)
Cornpop@lemmy.world 1 year ago
A also met my now wife on Omegle. I lived in Florida, she lived in Sweden. She lives with me here in FL now, been married for almost 10 years now. Crazy stuff!
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
Hey my wife’s favorite dinosaur is also pachycechalosaurus. Good pick in my experience.
lemann@lemmy.one 1 year ago
That’s cute and amazing! Thanks for sharing