how did you meet (International couples)

[AngelofFluffiness]

I grin about this story since its such an unlikely little piece. But see, he saved my life.

First of all, we first met when he joined a page I created on Facebook for people who like anime, games, and roleplaying. That was January, 2013. We didn't really know we'd be so important to each other in around five months time. But in April, I lost my father. Biggest pain and suffering I ever felt. The best person in my life...gone. The person who raised me without my mother...gone. In the time to follow, I would forget how to care. I shut myself off, and lost track of why I needed to live.
One month and one day after my father's passing...I happened on a posting meme about marriage where you fill in people from your friend's list. Out of boredom, I did it twice.
The second time, I put my SO's name in the groom slot. I already liked him, because he was the only person really working on the page with me. But I didn't know how much I liked him.
Suddenly, our group all banded up and together to put he and I together. It was so quick and unlikely and I thought everyone was joking. But he was serious.
And that began our days. A full year and couple months of pure joy.
I realized later that...he gave me something to live for. And filled the hole in my heart. He doesn't replace my father, and he's not really like my father...but he helped me escape the hurdles...and the wall I had began building around myself.
I am only at my best and strongest...when I am with him. ^^

[niquimarie]

We went to highschool together, but never ever talked to each other.
10 years later, he sent me a message on FB, I responded, and he we was able to keep the conversation going

[Petals]

Met my SO on an online dating site. He had been on that site on and off for years and I had only signed up two weeks when he messaged me. Initially I was concerned about distance and age gap and told him that in my response to his email. His emails were so well written and witty I decided to give him a chance. After about 2 weeks of communication he hid his profile and said he didn't wish to correspond with anyone else but me. I hid my profile shortly afterwards and we have been inseparable since; daily communication despite his 7 day work schedule and 14hrs time difference.

Just last night we were talking about how great our love story is and how our future kids will one day sit in awe as they listen to us. I love him so...

[HappyHealthy365]

I used to live in the US for nearly 9 years. He is well-traveled, lived abroad but eventually came back to the US and got a job in his hometown where I was living. Eventually - after about 1.5 years of being together - my visa ran out and I left. Since we did ldr and closed the distance several times, we are in ldr now.

[Lea-le-Lea]

We met in the Nerd Machine chat room three years ago. Became besties, and then last year admitted our feels for each other. I might be biased, but it's my favorite love story so far. He's still the best friend I've ever had. Love him so much. Just had our first meet in July/August. Decided the distance SUCKS, and I'm currently on my way to a Work and Holiday visa for a 12 month stay over there!!

[Anoulie]

We met when I was an exchange student in Florida in 2008/09 and went to school (and became friends with) his sister. She invited me over to their house a couple of times, we went to Disney Worl together etc., but I never realized he liked me back then. I mean, I was 15/16, while he was 21/22, so it would've been weird, anyway. I actually thought he was pretty attractive the first time we met, but didn't let myself think about him that way because he was "too old". Instead, I saw him more as an older-brother figure, which was cool, because I never had one.
Anyway, we didn't really stay in touch, but in 2011/12, we started talking on Facebook again. I was a little lonely sometimes while volunteering in Bulgaria for a year, and that's when I started seeking out God more. I remembered how devout he and his family were, and started asking him all sorts of questions about his faith and things like that. We talked about other things, too, and by the time I started med school in the fall of 2012, we were chatting pretty regularly. At some point, we both admitted to having feelings for one another, but also realized it was a pretty bad idea, with us living on different continents and all, so we said we'd try to date people from our own countries and try to stop seeing each other that way. We even told each other about our dates, and genuinely tried to be happy for each other when one of us met a potential SO. I actually prayed for God to lead my SO to his future wife, and me to my future husband -- little did I know that He would kill two birds with one stone by bringing us together.
When I got a scholarship in the spring of 2013, I decided to spend some of that money on a visit to my host family. Obviously, there were a few other motives involved as well. My SO and I planned a date for August 6, 2013. I would fly in about 10 days before and hang out with my host family until then, and the week after our date (assuming it went well), I'd come stay with his family.
Unsurprisingly, the date did go well and so has our relationship thus far. We've been dating for 13 months and one day now, and he's planning to move here next spring.

tl;dr: Met a dude during exchange year six years ago, got back in touch via Facebook three years ago, went on date with him in the US in August 2013, now dating.

[Christian]

Me and my SO met when she was an Exchange student in Spain and her adviser brought her to my house for christmas (her adviser is my grandmother we normally leave that part out to save awkwardness) she was 16 and i was 15 at the time we went to the cinema on the second day i had helped her up with her bags the first night She arrived pretty late. The second day we went to the cinema and bowling she started to flirt and talk and then we started talking about hugging and what it means in the US she said it's more of a friendly thing and i said here hugs we're more reserved for couples and then completely out of the blue she hugged me right there and then and that's where it all kicked off the next day she went to london to see some family friends and i wasn't allowed to go but i picked her up from the train station and we walked back just the two of us and talked and talked and this girl for some reason just made me so so happy. On her last day we went to the new forest and we finally got some time and it was then under a tree in the middle of nowhere after i'd fallen in a huge puddle! we made out for the first time and for hours and hours in the freezing cold we walked around and talked and talked and then the night came and well i'll leave it there... she left the next day for spain and i had no idea what was going to happen and then we decided we were going to stick at it and here we are

[Ziltoid555]

Ok Cupid. I had joined the site about 3 days before I contacted him. I sent him a 7 word long message. He almost didn't write back because most of my profile was blank. However, in my message I asked what metal bands he likes and he can't pass up an opportunity to talk about that We've been talking each other's ears off ever since.

[CanGirl]

We live in the same town. A month before I was about to leave for New Zealand(my dream) for 7 months I met him. I was apprehensive about starting a relationship right before I left but decided to after pondering for a while. Now almost 4 months later we are still together and I can't wait to get back and hold him in my arms again!

[Redheart14]

We live in the same town. A month before I was about to leave for New Zealand(my dream) for 7 months I met him. I was apprehensive about starting a relationship right before I left but decided to after pondering for a while. Now almost 4 months later we are still together and I can't wait to get back and hold him in my arms again!

Such a great story

[Redheart14]

Ok Cupid. I had joined the site about 3 days before I contacted him. I sent him a 7 word long message. He almost didn't write back because most of my profile was blank. However, in my message I asked what metal bands he likes and he can't pass up an opportunity to talk about that We've been talking each other's ears off ever since.

Do you like metal music too? My SO and I have conflicting music tastes we often laugh about it

[farandaway]

We originally met in OKCupid, too. Now 2.5 years later we cherish all of our chats together. We have plans to read them through together when we see each other in a month. For over 6 months we mainly chatted in cupid and that's how we fell in love. There are a lot of chats! We fell in love a long time before we ever met. I didn't think such thing could happen but love can surprise you when you least expect it.

[sugarkane92]

Twitter. We had a common friend there who used to retweet a lot of my nonsense, I guess he got curious and followed me (and thankfully I followed him back, best decision of my life ) We didn't talk much though, just a few words every once in a while. Then I contacted him a few months later when he got depressed after ending his ldr with another girl. I'm still not sure why I did it since we weren't close, but we hit it off right away. I helped him get through it and we became best friends, decided to meet in the summer and started making plans for the future (as friends!). Needless to say, we slowly fell in love with each other, and 4 months later we were a couple.

[Lisa88]

I met my boyfriend on holiday in Jamaica. He worked at the hotel where I stayed. We started talking and on the last night of my stay we went out. We kissed that night.
The next day I went home, I never thought he would stay in contact. A couple of days later I got a message from him saying that he couldn't stop thinking about me and he wanted to be more than friends.
At first I didn't know what to say or do because I never had a LDR. Then I decided to give it a chance because I really really reallyyyy like him.
So now I'm in a LDR since the end of July.
We'll see how things turn out

[chronos]

I met my girlfriend through a dating website called eharmony. We talked online and skyped a bit for 6 months before I planned a trip to met in person. Flew to the UK for four days as that is all i had left for my vacation time. We met for only one day as I was there to see a concert as well. Worked out because if the meeting bombed we were only going to see each other for several hours and then the concert next day to salvage the rest of the trip. The meet went well and we talked afterwords and then I went over for a week about 4 months later and after that trip is when we started dating.