I met Mrs. Bee through her blog. I helped her with a work problem she was having, and she invited me to drinks as a thank you. We really hit it off, and I upgraded drinks to dinner and did my best to sweep her off her feet!
So in a sense, neither of us asked the other out... we worked together to make it possible!
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cherry / 182 posts
My husband hit on me at a party my freshmen year in college (he was a senior). I had heard about him before because he had quite a reputation as a ladies' man...so I ran away from him.
Fast-forward a few years, when he stuck around the area after school and it was my senior year. We became friends through mutual friends, and then best friends. He would always joke about getting together, and while I brushed it off, he says that he was always interested in me. I guess his jokes paid off, because when he finally did make the first move, I didn't resist, and it felt natural.
So to answer the question, he did the pursuing, and I didn't even consider him as more than a friend until the night of our first kiss.
pomelo / 5073 posts
We were matched on Eharmony, but I was the one that made the first move. 
I'm glad I did because after we had been dating for a while, he told me that he never made the first move because he didn't want to seem scary.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
We spent what was supposed to be an innocent weekend at the beach with mutual friends. We really hit it off. I was living in NY at the time, but came home for the beach trip. I was only in town for another day after the beach weekend so, I called him the next day and asked him out. Best phone call I ever made.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
We met at my first real-life job out of college. He was in management and it was a major NO-NO on his part. But, one night after happy hour drinks with some other co-workers, he asked me out to a dinner/movie the following day. I was hesitant at first because one of the other girls in the office had a small crush on him and I didn't want to hurt her feelings. But I bit the bullet and said yes and the rest is history! [And yes, the other girl is now one of our closest friends, and we all laugh about the beginning years!]
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
Hubs and I met in college and were partners on a project for a few weeks, so we really started to get to know each other then and became friends, but I would say that I'm the one that asked him, since I was the one to initiate getting dinner together and hanging out outside of class.
nectarine / 2797 posts
@Jennimac - we met on eharmony too! I made the first move, but he was the one who asked if I wanted to go on our first date.
grapefruit / 4400 posts
We met through our friends (who are siblings; I was friends w/ the sister, the brother was his best friend) homecoming night 1998. I was a sophomore and he was a senior. So our friends kind of set us up.
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
We were the platonic-est of all platonic friends. Buddies, really. We hung out in coffee shops, read books in book stores, and never considered each other as potential partners (mostly on my part because he is 3 years younger than I am). But after years of being just friends, he made the first move one night after casually discussing the idea of dating each other. I told him not to pursue me in that way. He kissed me. We started dating. :o)
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
We met at a party. I saw him come in from across the room and went over to say hi. I introduced myself by saing "I'm Rachel. You're cute." Next day he invited me over for a party. Rest is history!
honeydew / 7917 posts
We met in college -- I just completed my first year & he was finishing up his last semester. We took accounting together in the summer. He made the first move by "poking" me on facebook (back when it was considered new). That was followed by study sessions and late night chats online. The rest is history. 
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6703 posts
We were in college, and auditioned for the same community theater together. We both got parts but he didn't have a car and all of the rehearsals were off campus, so we hung out that way. We spent over a year just hanging out and one night (after an opening night) he told me that he really enjoyed being friends, but...(longest moment ever!) he wanted more. We started dating, he proposed 19 months later, and we were married 13 months after that. We were each other's first relationship, first kiss, all that.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
We met at work and DH asked me over for a movie after a happy hour!
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
haha! how did this thread resurface, and why hadn't I responded??
After a very long and complicated back and forth of becoming friends, Wagon Sr. took me out to dinner and asked me if I wanted to see "where God would take our relationship". So technically he never asked me out. Haha!
Gosh, that will be 10 years ago this January... crazy!
blogger / coconut / 8306 posts
We met through mutual friends (I was friends with A., he was friends with B, who was A's cousin). We've been together ever since the night we met, although we didn't make the relationship official until a month later.
I remember thinking, on the night I met him, that there was something special about this boy and I was going to be with him forever.
Six years later, here we are
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
Well, we met at temple and then he facebook friended and messaged me. We talked for about a month online, and he did ask me to go out.... he was the president of the alumni association for his college, which is my rival college. So I said no thanks, lol. He should have known better though! Then I asked him if he wanted to hang out, and we met for dinner on the beach.
clementine / 861 posts
We were in some classes together, worked for the same company, and had mutual friends. After about a year of being friends we sort of asked each other out.
cantaloupe / 6791 posts
I was always really quiet/shy but when it came to guys, I wasn't AT ALL. I told them when I liked them. I told DH that I liked him when we were in 11th grade. We didn't start dating until 6 months later when he asked me to be his girlfriend (lots of high school drama in those 6 months)
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
We met at a wedding and danced all night, (after me turning him down several times) but DH never asked for my number. He activated his old FB account and looked for me through the bride's page and sent me a message asking for my number and out to dinner.
apricot / 384 posts
@jessiejo17: we met at a wedding too!
I was MOH and he's the bride's cousin. He was showing off his moves on the dance floor and I walked up and danced with him. Later, he stole my drink and held it over my head so I kissed him trying to distract him and the rest is history.
eggplant / 11824 posts
We randomly reconnected on the street while both out grabbing coffee/lunch, and I asked him how his book was coming, etc. Jut chit chatted. I was recently out of a relationship and feeling very "girl power" so as soon as I got back to my office I sent him an email asking if he would like to go grab drinks sometime. He responded back yes, and we went out a few days later. Been inseparable since!
grapefruit / 4800 posts
Ours was a long slow slog of pursuing each other. He made the first moves overall of friendship and then to move from friendship to dating. But I had moments of pursuing him too.
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
Stumbled upon this old post... so fun to see everyone's stories again!
bananas / 9899 posts
Neither of us really asked either out lol... we kinda just merged together over time. It's weird haha.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@mrbee: This totally threw me off! I was going to respond and then saw that I already had AND it was from 2011!!! Wow!
GOLD / squash / 13576 posts
I tried to set up DH with a friend. He wasn't interested in her and kept texting/calling me until we finally hung out one night. After that night, he was smitten with me. LOL.
pomelo / 5326 posts
DH and I met in high school and went on one date then (he asked me out) but we never really hit it off. Years later, after university, we ran into each other at a downtown patio/bar. We chatted for a bit and he somehow got his buddy to ask for my number. He was too shy to do it himself. He did end up calling me though a couple days later and asked me out.
blogger / coconut / 8306 posts
I guess he technically did. We met through mutual friends one night, and a few weeks later he was at the beach (also with our friends). He texted me that he was bored & asked me to come down. So I left work early, drove to virginia beach, and he took me out on our first official date!
Now we are married & our other friends (who came down after I arrived!) are married too!
GOLD / squash / 13464 posts
We made out in the basement of a frat house at party. Don't be jealous of our romantic lives.
nectarine / 2932 posts
@MamaMoose: lol
I kind of went after him. Not aggressively, but I definitely made the first move in regards to hanging out.
kiwi / 578 posts
our friends set us up! we already knew of each other but never really had any interaction. Hit it off on our first date!
persimmon / 1230 posts
I asked out DH. We had been good friends for several months until one day I looked at him and BAM, it just hit me. He's kind of reserved and I didn't want to put him on the spot, so I emailed him. He always answered my emails right away, but I was waiting around for hours for a reply to this one (assuming he was trying to let me down easy). Turns out a friend had come into town that night and they went to a show. Anyway, he replied the next day with a yes answer. He always says he was glad I made the first move.
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@Katrocap: So cool! Was there something particular your DH did in that moment that caused you to think about him in that way? Just curious, you don't have to answer if you'd rather not!!
GOLD / papaya / 10206 posts
So we went to the same high school. He asked me out in the 10th grade and I turned him down for another guy. Fast foraward 2 years later and I was freshly broken up with said other guy and he ran into me at work. He kept popping by every day to pick something up for his moms dog (I worked in a pet store). After like 10 days of this I finally said, "Here is my number, call me if you want to go out". He made me wait 3 whole days (jerk!). That was just over 10 years ago.
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