Brides Helping Brides ™ - ~*~*~*~* Q O T D ~*~*~*~

GiannisWifey Posted: Sep 08, 2009 07:43 AM

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We all wouldn't be here planning our weddings with our wonderful FH's if we never had our first dates......

For today's QOTD, do you remember your first 'date' with FH? Was it romantic? Was it a complete disaster? Was it the moment you knew 'he was the one'?

FH and I had our first date almost 6 years ago and I must say I remember it like it was yesterday! We met through mutual friends; my best friend was dating his and a huge group of us went out one night to a club in Astoria and that's when we met and he asked for my phone number. After talking on the phone a lot and being really nervous, I finally took him up on his offer to go out on a 'date'. He picked me up with red roses (he learned after that that I HATE red roses) and he took me to Lundy's Restaurant in Brooklyn and we ate lobster together! It was so cute because the whole car ride there we were both so nervous and quiet!! The dinner itself wasn't too romantic, as I didn't know how to eat Lobster and I had made a mess everywhere! After that, we went for a walk by the water (in Sheepshead Bay) and we talked for hours!! After that, he drove me back home and we sat in front of my house talking for hours........

That was the beginning of us!

stinenandy2010 Posted: Sep 08, 2009 07:50 AM

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I could never forget our first date so.....

It was the weekend before halloween. And FH asked me to go into the city to hear is brother's band play. So he picked me up and we drove into the city and went to dinner first. Well I was really nervous about meeting his brother and sil for the FIRST time on our FIRST date....so needless to say, I had a few glasses of wine with dinner. Then we went to the bar. FH's brother was so cool, I was having such a great time. His brother kept feeding me Sea Breezes to drink. Well when the time came to leave, I couldn't even walk. FH threw me over his shoulders and carried me 10 blocks to the car. I passed out the entire car ride home. When we got to my house I threw up. Fh then left....and when I got inside I threw up again. My father being the overprotective man he is, waited up and was holding my hair back...then had to carry me upstairs to bed. The whole next day my father kept saying 'what kind of boy gets you drunk like that, i don't like this!' Till this day, my father jokes with FH about that night....and all I say is FH must really have loved me from the start bc he came back after that awful night!

Lsorrent Posted: Sep 08, 2009 08:12 AM

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Ok bear with me girls........this one might be lengthy, but hilarious :

FH and I met on a blind date......on December 18, 1999! We had planned to meet at TGI Friday's in Rockville Centre, and we both agreed to bring a friend or two, just to help ease the awkwardness. So I get to TGIF's with my girlfriend and I see a guy standing outside with two other people and I *think* it's FH. Wasn't sure though. So I go inside and have them page him over the PA system, lol. Turns out it's him, so we meet and are chatting while we're waiting for our table.

Dinner comes, I ordered a salad, he hated it. He was all excited for the dinner, and I ordered a freaking salad, lol.

Then we go to a pool hall nearby, River City if anyone remembers it. Well if you know the parking lots in RVC, you know it's horrendous to find parking over there. At the time, my grandfather was living with us and I used to drive him everywhere. I just *happened* to have his handicapped sticker in my car......so what do I do as a dumb teenager? Speed down past FH and his friends and pull into the handicapped spot, lol. Already pissing him off big time.

We play a few rounds of pool, I'm having a great time, apparently he was MISERABLE. He liked my friend more than me! He swears to this day, that I overheard him telling my friend that he doesn't dance and that I came up to him, looked him in the eye for the first time the whole night and said 'I hope you dance.......because I don't date anyone who doesn't dance......' I swear I don't remember this.

So a little while later, the song Angel from Aerosmith comes on the juke box. I get happy and start singing to it, as it's one of my favorite songs ever. FH goes to the bathroom.

Eventually he comes back and we decide to call it a night. Of course we're already fighting over who's going to pay, since he paid for dinner (and my salad). I go into my purse and notice that there's something in it that doesn't belong there. I pull it out, and it's the Aerosmith 'Big Ones' cd......it's their greatest hits cd, and what song is on it, but Angel!!!!!! When he said he was going to the bathroom, he really went out to his car, got the cd, and somehow snuck it in my purse!!!!!

We said goodbye, and he thought he was never going to see me again. Well I called him the next day to thank him for a wonderful time, and almost 10 years later, here we are, I still have the cd, and Angel is going to be our first dance song

kris_gets_hitched Posted: Sep 08, 2009 08:15 AM

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Our first date was...a mess.

First off, FH was still trying to break up with this beast...she was one of those that wouldn't accept the break-up, kept calling, having her friends call, etc. etc. etc.

So because she kept popping up in his life, he didn't want me to feel like I was being strung along. So we decided to go out to some bars in Williamsburg but he brought along a friend of his'. Now, FH and I met a couple years earlier in a class, so we kind of knew each other. The friend he brought along with him was someone I never met, and since FH was nervous, I talked a lot with his friend...so FH thought I was into that guy! LOL! (BTW, I was not into him and hopefully he will be FH's GM at the wedding, depending on if he can get a couple days off from the Marines).

So FH drank. And drank. And drank. His friend made sure he wasn't drinking much because he saw that he should be the one to drive home. So his friend drove us back to Ozone Park and FH was feeling a lot better - by this point it was like 6 a.m. His friend passes out in FH's car - why, I don't know - and FH and I went for a walk, where I dared him to kiss me and he did.

Then, since FH was okay to drive, I told his friend to wake up and go inside his house, and I took FH home to my apartment

marinai7 Posted: Sep 08, 2009 08:18 AM

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We went on our first date a few days after we met. He was going to come in to the city for dinner since I worked there, so I decided to pick the place. We just recently had our office holiday party there and I loved it. It was really cute with candles on the tables and romantic. So we get there and they didn't have huge dinner portions, only like finger foods, appetizers and little sandwiches. Needless to say, I found out how FH loves to eat and this kind of food was not going to get him full. We ended up getting a bunch of different appetizers and talked for hours. I remember thinking, wow, this guy is really great, he had a great sense of humor about the small portioned food and was really funny. He ended up driving back home to Long Island and I ended up taking the train back to Brooklyn. We still joke about him letting me take the train back home at 10:00 or 11:00 at night by myself and how I took him to a restaurant with food made for kids. And here we are 3.5 years later living together and always going out to places with 'grown up food', lol.

soontobecruz Posted: Sep 08, 2009 08:21 AM

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FH tried to make a very romantic fist date. He asked me to dinner in Hampton Bays where he lives and I met him at his house first. First we went to this one place on the water with this HUGE deck and it was a really nice night in June so we went to the bar and had a drink. I thought this is where we were having dinner. He said no we are going next door. Way more fancy, but way nicer too. So we walk next door to Oakland's and sat outside for dinner. The conversation flowed and there were no awkward pauses in anyway. I guess the moment I knew it was going well was when he polietly asked if he could kiss me. I of course said yes, and felt butterflies like you wouldn't believe. I knew then that this was going to more than just 1 date. So after dinner and many drinks later. We didn't want to end the night. So although it wasn't the most romantic we went to this DIVE bar. haha... I kept telling FH 'you're not going to get me drunk' haha I already was.... so after then we went back to his house and I was in no shape to drive. So he invited me to stay and said he would sleep on the couch.

He was a COMPLETE gentlemen! Nothing like I had ever experienced before.

It was definitely our first date that I knew he was going to be someone VERY special in my life. I had no incling yet that he was going to be my husband.

amarra121 Posted: Sep 08, 2009 08:40 AM

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I could never forget the first date. It was actually really cute. I had originally planned to go out with him on a thursday or something and had to cancel. we didnt go out for a week after. He picked me up at my house and was interrogated and conned into picking my younger brother up from a friends house at midnight(i think it was my moms plan). He took me to ruby tuesdays we both got burgers and then we spent the rest of the night just talking and getting to know eachother. Then when he dropped me off at home, he gave me the sweetest good night kiss... and thats how we came to be together. I love remembering this stuff,

grkbarbie Posted: Sep 08, 2009 08:44 AM

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lol i dont think we ever had a 1st date. i met him when i was 16 when i 'dated' his friend (by dating i mean, going to see fast n furious and going for ice cream) we drove by his house and i met fh fast fwd to 2 yrs later, another 1 of his friends picked me up from work (it wasnt 'like that')and he came along . we went back to fh's house and hung out. actually.. like 5 of us were at fhs house ..so they thought it was funny to fart.. but what was even funier was that i didnt even budge. i couldnt breath thru my nose so HAAA. we hung out a few times, and that was around the time i used to stalk nsync, so i made some friends that worked for mtv. and i knew he was a bigg Nas fan, and nas was coming to mtv..so i got a chance to see him... but i wanted to bring fh... so i called him like 3 times and he wouldnt pick up.. he took that as me 'stalking' him. he thinks any1 that calls more than once is 'stalking' (to this day).. so i got mad and we never spoke again.
fast fwd to 4 yrs ago. he found me on myspace an dwe were tlaking back n forth.. we met up and went to wendys lol

wow im making him sound like such a douche. but hes not lol i think our 1st outtting was Mirage with FFIL lmao.!!

Becca2010 Posted: Sep 08, 2009 08:58 AM

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OMG Laura, I beat you by 1 day!! But your story is funnier anyway but a few key similarities!

I met FH on a Blind date on December 17th, 1999. My BFF was seeing (screwing) FH's friend and they wanted to set me up with this other guy and FH with a different friend of ours (she was such a prude, it never would have worked out). My guy canceled and FH's friend had met me at a house party a week prior and I was toasted! He said, 'Let's set Stephen up with drunk girl!'

They were so late to pick up me and BFF, but when I got in the car, FH smelled soooooooooooooooooo gooooood and he was toooooooo cute!!! Omg!

It was awkward, but we all went to play pool together and even though FH and I talked a little, I jokingly asked BFF if we could switch and she laughed and said OK! Seriously, FH looked SO good and she never met him before either.

After grabbing some pizza, FH's friend wanted to split up and go to Fort Totten (Make Out Area). I'm like Ummmmm!!!! Ok?????

I get into FH's car and we drive over. We're talking for a while and then after some silence, he says, 'Ok, so I guess I should break the ice,' and he kisses me!! It was sooo sweet. We hooked up a bit that night and then he called me the next day and met up with me for like 10 minutes while I was at a friend's birthday dinner near his house. He called me again the following day and we went Christmas shopping together for a couple hours. It's pretty much history after that.

mag2010 Posted: Sep 08, 2009 09:09 AM

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I met FH a little over 4 years ago. He was my realtor and sold me the apt we live in now. When I first met him I hated him and thought he was arrogant and a horrible realtor...My Mom and I gave him a nick name 'The Negative Realtor' he showed me the worst co-ops and would comment how bad they were when showing them. Well the breaking point in me no longer hating him happened at an co-op development built for WWII veterans and as you can imagine the apts are old and a lot of the widows are dying off..terrible but true. I wanted to see this one apt where an elderly women lived and he warned me in advance that she was in a hospital bed, nurse..Not a good situation. I agreed to see the apt but under the condition if the women was home in her hospital bed I was not entering the bedroom.. Well we are in the apt and it's old, needs a lot of work and the nurses had just changed shifts. FH and I are looking at the 2nd bedroom and now it was time to see the MB, I refused and FH insisted so now we are bickering that I am going, I am refusing so I make him go first. Well all of sudden I hear OY VEY!!!! and I look to my right and this women in laying in her bed with her night gown up around her waist in a diaper. The nurse must have changed her and didn't fix her night gown or pull the sheet down. Anyway FH is standing in this poor women's room pointing out molding and light fixtures. I ran out of the room doubled over in the living hysterical laughing with tears. He walks in and continues to point out closets and asks if I would like to see the kitchen again.. I pull myself together and he walks into the kitchen behind me and breaks down...WHO THE HELL LIKES THIS SH$T!!!! DOESN'T ANYONE UPDATE ANYTHING IN THIS DEVELOPMENT. Now I am trying to calm him down. We walk out he goes straight to his car and drives away, didn't say goodbye, nothing. I felt bad because to be honest it was a little traumatic and I called him later that evening and after that day we became friends. After I signed contracts we started hanging out, meeting up at Happy Hour and one night we went to dinner. From that point on we have been together. I will tell you, I never thought we would still be together all I was hoped for is that we made it to my closing so it wouldn't be awkward at the closing table.

lori7570 Posted: Sep 08, 2009 09:19 AM

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Is it totally awful that I have not a clue when our first 'offcial' first date was??

This is what I can remember - We met May 1999...all my friends were hanging out with his friends. I was dating someone at the time, but I was attracted to him because he was ignoring me

We didn't see each other again to July 24, 1999. It was my best friend's surprise bday party and he came. I was supposed to leave early to go sleep at my boyfriends, but we ended up hanging out and talking all night. We literally stayed up until it was morning than went out to get everyone breakfast.

Needless to say I broke up with my boygfriend a few days later and we've been together since.

That's the best I can do...it was over 10 years ago

regy_k Posted: Sep 08, 2009 09:21 AM

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we met on JDate. and after 2 weeks of emailing back and forth and me pretty much convinced that he was one of the dorkiest guys ever (which he turned out to be the opposite, more of a bad boy trying to be nice lol) he asked if we could meet for dinner.
on the day of the date he emailed asking where I want to go, and he suggested Chipotle, I was like ha?????
I took the matter into my own hands, and found a cute Italian place.
the 1st moment I saw him, I was so smitten! he was gazillion times cuter than any of his pix (turns out he is not very photogenic). he later said that for him it was a love at 1st sight and he had a feeling we will get married.
so we went to the restaurant I picked, I was kinda afraid he will be taken aback by me switching places, but he was so cool with it and loved that I took charge.
we ended up talking for over 3 hours and then he walked me to my train stop. at the train stop he grabbed me and kissed me - my knees went weak
we been together ever since

MrsC2010 Posted: Sep 08, 2009 09:34 AM

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Our first official date wasn't like overly romantic but we had a great night.

we had hung out a few times already, but our first official date was when FH took me out to dinner. We went to Ruby Tuesdays i think (we were in college still lol)....we just had so much fun talking and what not. Then we went and hung out at his place and watched a movie i think...

AdriandSteve Posted: Sep 08, 2009 09:47 AM

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I looved our first date.

We went to a great Italian restaurant in our area (King Umbertos) and we ended talking for like 3 hours over really deep/sensitive topics and it was just strange for both of us to open up that soon and that easily. Then I kinda gave him a trick question lol. It was my friends fiance's bday that night and I asked him if he wanted to go lol. Of course he said yes so we went to there house and played Uno as a drinking game all night lol. When he drove me home (neither of us drink that much) we sat in the car for a few min and then I jumped on him and kissed him lol. Then he walked me to my door.

aaw.. good memories. Thanks for the question!

AngnShaun Posted: Sep 08, 2009 09:59 AM

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me and FH met when we were 17ish... we became friends between 19 and 20... we had our first date about 6 months before we actually started dating... in July of 2001... Our first date was not really romantic since I wasnt even attracted to him at that point... It wasnt until after we became good friends that I was attracted to him...

GiannisWifey Posted: Sep 08, 2009 10:25 AM

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I love reading these stories!!! Keep em coming ladies!

mariedsgn Posted: Sep 08, 2009 10:27 AM

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the first time we hung out we went to a bar with a group of people - we had a great time so we planed our 'first date' for 2 day later - my Fh took me to a really nice Italian restaurant, with valet and all - the food was wonderful and so was the date!

FutureMrsKuehne Posted: Sep 08, 2009 10:29 AM

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OMG i totally remember our first date!!!

FH is such a perfectionist and anal retentive and he was late picking meup b/c he had to get his truck washed again before he came....he was worried my parents would think he was dirty i guess if his truck was??? LOL

but i totally remember looking through the peep hole when he knocked at the door and making my mom answer.....

we went to Mama Lombardi's for dinner, and then to see DaVinci Code....

he was soooooooooooooooo sweet and sooooooooooo respectful, opening doors, etc (which i NEVER had....douchbag ex's!!) so that was really nice

but the funny part was that i could tell how nervous he was the whole night because he kept fidgeting...his hands never stopped....scratchin his head, twiddlin his thumbs, etc....it was so funny

and then he brought me home, and we just exchanged a little kiss on the lips

we had our second date 3 days later!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ohhhhhh how i <3 FH!!

Mrs Z To Be Posted: Sep 08, 2009 10:29 AM

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Awww.....I remember...

We went to the Cheesecake Factory in the Palisades mall...we had a window seat that looked out at the mall. We had a great time.
I remember what I wore, and what we ate.

Then he burped in the car on the way home, UNDER his breath, but it was a 'hot dog' smelling burp, and the windows were down cuz it was the DEAD of winter.... Ah, memories...
And yes, I still made out with him that night...

I <3 him.

halfbaked Posted: Sep 08, 2009 10:33 AM

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FH and I were close friends long before we ever considered dating. (I find out later he was interested all along but his friend had called 'dibs' on me- like calling shotgun or the last slice of pizza.) My best friend (and MOH) was graduatiing from college in New Paltz, NY and I wanted to go but didn't have a ride. FH offered to drive me up there even though he wasn't close with my friend at all. At the party the night before her graduation, he asked me out and we've been together since!