How did you meet your significant other? (hand = not a S.O.)
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I was sitting at home trying to figure out what I wanted to do. My little brother called and said hey come out to San Jose to the Cactus Club with me, my girl and her friend. I said. Sure why not.
Went home at like 10am the next day and my life has never been the same. It gets better every day. 5 years she put up with me until we got married. 2 years last week we've been married and I can honestly say that we fall more and more in love as time goes by.
Went home at like 10am the next day and my life has never been the same. It gets better every day. 5 years she put up with me until we got married. 2 years last week we've been married and I can honestly say that we fall more and more in love as time goes by.
Yeah, it's weird how it gets better as time goes by... The longer we are together, the more we understand each other which makes for a better relationship...
I have to admit something that I didn't add to my earlier post... I actually saw this girl that I was REALLY attracted to at someone's funeral-memorial, I thought she was so incredible that I couldn't even focus on the funeral going on at the time... I didn't think it would be in good taste to ask her out right then and there since it was a funeral and memorial service and all, so I decided to get a little more info about her that day by asking some of her friends which were my acquaintances, I wanted to know where she was from, what she does to have fun, if she hangs out anywhere regularly... I wanted all this info so that I could go to one of those said places and then officially ask her out since I couldn't do it right then and there at the funeral... One if her friends tells me that she goes to church regularly and that she is a figure in the Croatian community. One of the main reasons she'd go to church is because it was a Croatian church and she liked being there with her fellow Croats, especially after Church where everyone hangs out outside and hangs out...
Since I hate going there and I hate socializing with all these people I don't know, I never go... So when I do go it's for a special occasion, like X-mas or Easter, and even then I don't go every Xmas or easter... She was the reason that I started showing up to Church, so I was sort of stalking her in a way, lol... I saw her at church a couple times and made sure she knew that I existed before I finally asked her out... So basically I started going to Church because I knew a hot girl goes regularly, this is after years and years of not going. (One thing about Croats is that they notice who goes and who doesn't because we're a small community, so everyone knew that I started going out of the blue after not going for yeeeeears).
Once we finally met it was the most amazing feeling ever, I've been in relationships with girls that I really liked, and even thought I loved, but this was something else, something amazing... After a few weeks of going out we became official bf/gf... That's when I told her about how much I wanted to meet her and what I went through for us to be able to meet... That's when I heard something I never thought I'd hear... Turns out that she wanted to meet me just as much as even asked my friends about me and where I hung out, etc.. She said she knew who I was before I ever even saw her because she had seen some pics online somewhere... How cool is that? I thought I was being a stalker when it actually turns out that she was the same as me!
But yeah, we've been married for over a year now and it's been amazing... A little different at first because we didn't live together until we got married, but we got used to it and it's just been amazingly great. We have absolute trust in each other which is key to a good relationship... Not only that, but we come from the same background and upbringing since our families are both old school Croatian, we both spoke the language, we both visited Croatia many, many times since our extended families live there and such... It was just a perfect match if I've ever seen one... The chances of me finding a girl that I was that attracted to, let alone one that shared the same culture and upbringing as me are slim to none!
Now I look back at previous relationships that I had and I think to myself and say "what the f' was I thinking!?". Why did I put up with all the crap that I did when there was a girl like this just waiting for me (in terms of fate).
To all the guys that hate their relationships, or the fact that they are single and don't think they will ever find that perfect gal, I thought the same thing, and I'm sure so did all these other guys... But just be patient and don't fret, that girl is out there, you just have to have the ***** to do something about it, you can't expect for things just to happen, you actually have to work at making it happen... Look at the lengths I went to just to meet her! Girls appreciate that sort of thing and they DON'T want a guy who just poosy foots around and expects the girl to ask him out... Look at it this way, if you don't ask her out someone else will, then you can sit around and think about what could have been. If you don't ask her out your chances of dating her are ZERO, ZILCH, NADA, NONE! What's the worst that will happen if you do ask her out? The possibility of her not being interested? That's just part of the game, you have to try to be able to succeed, if you don't try then your chances go out the window. Have faith and grab your ***** and take some initiative, show some confidence... Confidence is a major key in asking a girl out, if you're not confident then you look like you don't have *****, and what woman wants a ball-less man?
Ok, thats enough from me, I've had one too many beers me thinks.
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you misspelled cheat. should have copied her english test instead
I think one of the greatest places to meet people is at school. I met my girlfriend attending Sac State, and no she wasn't one of the party people at that school. She was pretty quiet and shy. I got lucky cuz I was a zombie on the last day of school (like everyone else that didn't sleep at all the night before) that was up studying/finishing projects for finals and I just said screw it, it's the last day (and I never bothered saying hi to her because I didn't think she'd find any interest in me) I have nothing to loose.
After that we kept in touch through AIM/Phone/visiting and a couple months later we were together.
It'll be a year on July 4th (coming up pretty soon) which is why I previously asked on a different thread if anyone knew any romantic places to take a special person out. She had a little pug that I think she wants to add to the mix, so any suggestions for a FAMILY night out? She wants to spend it with her dog, too. She's an animal loving person.
This is at Monterey Bay Aquarium

This is at Father's Day (celebrated a week earlier) this year. She's Filipino, so they have a lot of family functions and parties like once or twice a month.
After that we kept in touch through AIM/Phone/visiting and a couple months later we were together.
It'll be a year on July 4th (coming up pretty soon) which is why I previously asked on a different thread if anyone knew any romantic places to take a special person out. She had a little pug that I think she wants to add to the mix, so any suggestions for a FAMILY night out? She wants to spend it with her dog, too. She's an animal loving person.
This is at Monterey Bay Aquarium

This is at Father's Day (celebrated a week earlier) this year. She's Filipino, so they have a lot of family functions and parties like once or twice a month.
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I should probably feel shame for this, but since I'm Croatian I naturally am attracted to girls with the same culturable background as me, and it just so happens that Croatian girls are extremely good looking, and an added bonus, they are tall!
I'm not a religious person, but there's a Croatian church in San Jose that we all congregate in... Going to church is a major chore for me, but when my ex and I broke up and I started looking for a girl to date, I decided that it was a good idea to to go to church to meet girls... Due to the fact that the girls were so hot, it was well worth it.. So I went to church without any intent on praying or doing anything religious, instead all I thought about was the women that attended that said church.
I'm not a religious person, but there's a Croatian church in San Jose that we all congregate in... Going to church is a major chore for me, but when my ex and I broke up and I started looking for a girl to date, I decided that it was a good idea to to go to church to meet girls... Due to the fact that the girls were so hot, it was well worth it.. So I went to church without any intent on praying or doing anything religious, instead all I thought about was the women that attended that said church.

I LOL'd at that two...I meen too...*mean
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