OK I'll bite... I was asked to play along and post how I met my hubby. So some background first....

He was born in Tacoma Wa. He lived in Bellevue Wa  for a few years then his family eventually settled in Puyallup Wa.. He grew up in the LDS church. He was wavering whether or not to go on a mission, go to college or join the military. I should ask him sometime how he chose military but he did thankfully for me. He joined the Navy and went into nuclear submarines. ( this is important I promise). He went to boot camp in Chicago in Jan!!! 

I grew up in Illinois outside of Chicago. I didn't have a great childhood due to many things happening. Single parent who struggled for a long time to take care of us. Mom made many sacrifices for us. My "sister" ( read back and see her latest stunt about stealing the dishes ) and I never got along. She was wild is putting it mildly. I moved out because of her. I kept getting blamed for things she did. I got in trouble at work because my mom found things of M's and she came to my work because M lied and said it was mine. I had had enough. I moved out and was homeless for a time then got a job in Michigan City, Indiana and rented a room.I had great customers!! One sold me a car for $1 after I had been in a an accident so I could still come to work. But I was living in a nowhere place with nowhere to go. So after a horrid 2 months  in which I had 3 car accidents (not my fault either) and was just plain miserable and I was only 18 I decided I needed something more. I was doing laundry at a Laundromat when a Navy recruiter started talking to me. Sounded like a better thing then what I was doing.

So I left for Orlando FL where boot camp was. I had no problem with that. Florida in the winter??? So I got out of boot camp and was stationed in Orlando going to school. I decided to buy a car so I had a way to get around. I was spending all my free time at the beach.  So after coming back on fine Sunday I was at the car wash on base cleaning the never ending sand out of it. Dave was there washing his car. He "accidentally (he claims)"  sprayed window cleaner on my car. So I started to give him a hard time about it. He offered me dinner to make up for it. At that time Nuke Power A school was there. Turned out we only live like a building apart!! So we went out every night from then on until I moved to New Orleans. Dave drove home with me to Il between the move. He met my mom then for the first time. This was only like 3 weeks after meeting. We commuted on weekend and called each other everyday and we *gasp* wrote letters!!!! Yes this was before internet!!!! We got married in Oct. So all in all we met in late July and were married in Oct. Yes it was fast but here we are over 20 years later!!!! And he is now retired Navy. I got out shortly after we were married.

So that is how we met and then a little bit more...