35 Wildly Unromantic Ways Couples Have Met

‘I nearly ran him over in a 7-Eleven parking lot’
35 Wildly Unromantic Ways Couples Have Met

Not everyone can have the star-crossed moments that romcoms are built on. But these stories are at least proof that you can fall in love anywhere — sometimes literally. 

One Redditor passed along the story about the unlikely way his parents met. His father was on vacation and enjoying the view from his hotel balcony. Out of nowhere, the balcony collapsed, and he landed on the balcony directly below him — breaking his pelvis, arm and knee in the process. Thankfully, the bone-shattering pain didn’t stop him from flirting with the girl staying in the room he crashed into (aka the Redditor’s mom). 

Other Redditors have shared the wildly unromantic ways couples they know have met, which include a drive-by shooting, an avocado fight and — defying all odds — through a DM on Reddit.

nocturnalfrolic_ 1y ago My sister swiped the side of a guy's brand new car. She said he got out of his car, stormed over in a rage...and had a comical change of expression/demeanor as soon as he got a look at her. They've been together three years. Also, I'm too good a driver, that's my problem. + 4K ...
ibeerianhamhock . 1y ago . Edited 1y ago My college roommate Jeremy saw a ridiculously beautiful woman in Target pharmacy area senior year in high school. Не walked up to her and matter of factly said so you do drugs huh? They've been married 15 years with a few kids.
bubblypersona 1y ago One of my cousins fell in love with my other cousin's mail order bride. The feelings were mutual. So we had a wedding and one very unhappy cousin. + 7.5K ...
Milky02 . 5y ago I was eating tacos in a mall food court. Не walked by me and I thought he was cute but then I started choking on my taco and he looked at me weird and walked away. My friend with me went and got his number for me. 7 years ago. Не told me he thought I was laughing at him. Thanks Taco Bell + 242 ...
Bodega_Bandit 3то ago Not me personally, but my dad once was on a holiday and he was on the balcony of an upper floor hotel room. The balcony collapsed and he landed on the balcony for the room below. Broke his pelvis, arm and knee, but still managed to flirt with the girl staying in that room. Turns out they lived nearby to each other. They went out and eventually got married. My dad literally fell in love with my mum 71 Reply ...
wldbsn603 - 3mo ago Met my wife of 10 years when my 130 pound malamute bit her leg at the vet. + 134 Reply ...
IdealShapesOfSound 5y ago Online gaming. I lashed out publically because I was emotional and they sent a message apologising because they genuinely thought it was their fault I was angry. I cried, we talked, and we started talking because guildies were supposed to get along. + 565 ...
TheGentlemanNate E 5y ago I asked her out in high school, she rejected me. 8/9 years later her boyfriend slapped me, I told him he'd regret it. I stole his girlfriend, and now I'm marrying her. + 638 ...
shaka_sulu . 3mo ago I was a lasiks patient and she was the patient coordinator. Because you can't dirve after lasiks she offered to pick me up. Once I realize this wasn't just really good service, I asked ehr out. 62 Reply ...
Powerful_Elk7253 o 3то ago My college bf: I was so drunk I thought he was a chair. + 228 Reply ...
yekirati E 3то ago I met my fiancé here on Reddit actually! Не DM'd me and it was basically love at first message. The odds of finding someone so perfect are just astronomical and I never in a million years would've thought I'd meet my soulmate on this busted ass site. + 256 Reply ...
ridgegirl29 3mo ago Met my current (and only) partner when they responded to a discourse post i made on tumblr. Someone who followed them went on a whole rant about why I was wrong and stupid and they sent me an image of a cake that said sorry my follower said that. We got to talking and after almost a year, we got together! 72 Reply ...
Just-a-sasshole e 3то ago At a haunted house. Someone scared me, and instinctively I just held the hand closest to me and he didn't let go. + 95 Reply ...
VikingRodeo9 3то ago My ex and I met while we were on dates with different people. She was obviously not into the guy she was with (very much a works in finance type of guy who seemed super intense) and I didn't have much chemistry with my date. Her guy got up to go to the bathroom and as I was at the bar ordering another round for my date. She let out a loooooong sigh and rubbed her temples. I asked not having fun either? She replied No...and I feel like you could do way better. We quietly exchanged
WuschelBlep 3mo ago I met my boyfriend because he used to deliver me pizzas. One day he told me he's fascinated with my last name (pretty rare name) cause he used to be friends with a guy with the same last name. Turns out that guy is my brother. Turns out my mom has loads of pics of my bf and my brother playing together as toddlers. Bf moved away when he was 12, I moved to the same place when I was 21. Been together for almost 2 years now + 1.1K Reply ...
 3то ago | was rollerblading and this guy was jogging. Не kept up with me for over 3 miles just to talk and get to know me. I was so impressed that I said yes when he asked me for a date. + 546 Reply ...
KingGoku_YT ОР . 3mo ago We met in a grocery store fighting over the last avocado! + 568 Reply ...
snookerlane . 3mo ago Edited 3mo ago Not me but my buddy. We were smoking cigarettes outside at a bar, talking to some girls. I commented that I liked this girl's arm tat...the outline of a country I didn't recognize. She said it was Estonia, the country of her ethnicity and heritage and her favorite place on earth. My buddy just goes that's a shit country. almost died. She laughed so hard. They ended up dating for like 8 months. + 302 Reply ...
Actual_Bid4748 e 3mo ago Husband and i met while working at a retail location when we watched a shoplifter get tazed. + 389 Reply ...
PerilousPeach . 5y ago Не was my mom's upstairs neighbor and my mom forbid me from hanging with him as she was sure he was a bad influence. (I was staying with her for a bit.) 13 years and 2 kids later, we're all a big happy family. + 1.4K ...
 5y ago My parents have a pretty great one. My mom was a 19 year old intern at this big company. She was tasked with inventorying a warehouse. She found a box of screws with no part number. She asked around for days. Nobody knew anything about these screws. She was getting frustrated. Finally, somebody directed her to go see this particular guy who was kind of famous for being a reclusive, if brilliant dickhead. She walks into his office, holds up a screw, and asks him I've asked everybody, no one knows. What IS this? My dad looks
ggrandmaleo . 3mo ago I nearly ran him over in a 7-ELEVEN parking lot. + 689 Reply ...
3141592ab 5y ago We had Spanish class together and we were both shy. So when we picked partners for projects/assignments we were always the last two who didn't have partners. + 1.6K ...
nakedreader_ga 0 5y ago Badminton class in college. I was beating him badly. Не finally realized I was a competitive freak and not some little girl who didn't care if she won or not. + 1.6K ...
strangedigital . 5y ago Have same first name and last names one letter off. Keep getting each other's mail. + 9.6K ...
 5y ago Met my gf at a new years eve party. We were both super drunk. I may have blurted out my life story too. I came back with her to her apartment. After sobering up, I decided to get naked and crawl into her bath tub. I passed out, but woke up with a blanket on me and a pillow under my head... She sent me a message asking if I was ok. I asked her out for coffee. The rest is history I guess + 9.8K ...
Saintblack 5y ago At work. She was really shy and I thought she wanted to murder me. I still think that, but at least now she has my life insurance. + 3.5K ...
BetterOffAsADolphin e 5y ago She tripped on the gutter. While everyone around her helped her, I just stood there trying to contain my laugh. She still tells this story to other people up to this day. + 7.3K ...
qwertykitty 5y ago We both joined a group to play D&D together. Не was a halfling rogue, I was a human barbarian. In the first session he climbed on my shoulders to spear some foe in the throat and then on my next turn I attempted to assist him up onto the roof of the small hut next to us. I rolled a natural 1 and basically punted him into a wall for some ridiculous amount of damage. Oops. We've been married for 5 years and have 2 kids (well, almost, I'm very pregnant right now). 2.3K ...
MiaKica . 5y ago . Edited 5y ago I met my wife in 1989, in psychiatric hospital. Married for 29 years now...
 5y ago Edited 5y ago I was the DD for the night at the local club. It was getting late and everyone wanted to party more, was getting hungry. Outside the club this guy always had his hot dog cart set up so I went outside to get a couple. The club didn't allow outside food or drink so I just sat on the curb. She came out drunk as a skunk with her friends, took a few steps then puked on me, my hot dogs got ruined too :( Her friends really weren't in any condition to drive
awhq 5y ago Working at a residential treatment center for emotionally disturbed adolescents. There was a riot on campus. It took two shifts of staff to get the kids quieted down and back in bed. We were supposed to get off work at 11pm but were there until 1am. Guy I was working with was friends with my roommate. So after we got off, I said I'm going home to get drunk. Want to come?. That was 42 years ago. We've been married for 37 years and have two adult children. + 3.4K ...
firefairyqueen 5y ago Не was drunk. An acquaintance and I went to pick him and another friend up to go out to a club. We've been together almost 15 and 1/2 years married 13. Even his proposal was not very romantic. We were in our backyard getting ready to barbecue and he asked me if I would marry him. First thing out of my mouth was are you sure? It totally works for us though. + 7.9K ...
 . 5y ago My folks met when they ran for cover in the same spot during a drive-by shooting + 28K ...
Kiyonai 5y ago I always go with the sweet lovey dovey story that my husband and I have been best friends since we were 11 and 12. The truth is, the first day I met him I choked him out. Не was sitting behind a couch with his back to the couch, and I reached over the back and grabbed him. I don't know why I did that, just a stupid kid thing I guess. But apparently it worked, we are 28 now and have been married for three of those years, even though we have been a couple since

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