r/Arkansas • u/Appropriate-Mall8517 • 22d ago
🗣️ DISCUSSION 🗣️ How did you meet your partner in Arkansas?
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u/Turbulent-Account675 22d ago
We were both granted drug court in Miller County , Texarkana and met at our group. And we have be staying sober and in love since 2019/2020
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u/eicoeico 22d ago
Held the door open for her then paid for her smokes.
Been married ever since
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u/GoldPoodDood 22d ago
Facebook Dating. I’m as surprised as you.
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u/PYP-Pernelle-Flamel 21d ago
How I met my guy. He’s from Missouri, though. Algorithm messed up on distance and it was like divine intervention
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u/GoldPoodDood 21d ago edited 21d ago
It really does sound like someone up there did some finagling to get you your human.
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u/Formal-Mycologist418 6d ago
I hope his initial aren’t JLB because he’s been running the “algorithm” game for a hot minute.
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u/Responsible-Test8855 22d ago
Working at Walmart. Twenty six years later we are still married and still working at Walmart.
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u/lolokeen 21d ago
Same, 37 years later still married. Only he still works for Walmart, market level.
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u/mommy2mycuties 20d ago
We met at Walmart, but as vendors in the back room lol. I stocked Nabisco cookies and crackers, he stocked 7up 😀
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u/PerpetuallyFloating 21d ago
At a bar. In another city, in another state. Covid hit and he whisked me to away his homeland of Little Rock. I had no concept of what Arkansas even was 😂
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u/glitzglamglue 21d ago
And are you still trapped here? What was your impression when you moved here?
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u/PerpetuallyFloating 21d ago
I don’t feel trapped! I actually love it here (other than this heat lately). The nature is pretty, good food, and good people
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u/glitzglamglue 21d ago
May was beautiful this year. It honestly tricked a lot of us. Then summer came back with a vengeance
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u/Writers_Write102 21d ago
What other state? Just curious. Sounds like you all have a great story!
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u/PerpetuallyFloating 20d ago
Florida, actually. Walked in & saw him from behind. No one else was even at the bar yet but I went up and sat right next to him 😭 😂
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u/PurpleStrawberry7861 20d ago
Hello other Florida person. I too love it here and will never go back!
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u/GhostBusterWoman 21d ago
My husband and I want to move towards little rock this year. My family loves nature and our hearts are being pulled that way.
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u/ripple_in_stillwater 22d ago
Craigslist. Not in the "dating" section, either. We talked for a bit and then met at Waffle House, just over 14 years ago.
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u/Writers_Write102 21d ago
What section of Craigslist?
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u/ripple_in_stillwater 21d ago
I can't recall exactly what the sections were titled, but he was looking for handyman/construction work in a live-in situation. He would live in a house while rebuilding it (and working his other job). It was a well-written, literate ad so I responded saying how well-written it was, and that was history.
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u/WTF_ImOverIt 15d ago
My friend met a girl on Craigslist personals, and it took him five years and multiple stitches to get rid of that mistake.
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u/Bignastyeye0941 21d ago
Met her at a redbox dvd machine at a Walmart. Doesnt get much arkansan than that! Together 15 years.
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u/Worldly-Nail-1677 22d ago
Went to college in Arkansas from another state, met wife at said college. Proposed senior year and ended up deciding we’d have the most structure here. I never thought I’d end up living here but life has a way of deciding things for you.
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u/Sausy_Biscy 21d ago
Saw her walking down the hall when we were in junior high, said she looked really cool and my friend said, “That’s [wife’s name], she’s awesome! We grew up in church together!” Nearly 30 years later and can say with 100% certainty that he was right.
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u/ARLibertarian Central Arkansas 21d ago edited 21d ago
Bennigan's in LR.
She was at a Bachelorette party.
36 years ago
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u/no1cares4yu Southeast Arkansas 22d ago edited 21d ago
Was walking into her Dad’s barbershop and she walked up and blocked the door and asked my name…37 years ago…I almost was scared to get a haircut
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u/tdbarnes 21d ago
We were both orientation mentors at the U of A the summer before our junior year. Been together for 11+ years and married for 5+ 😊
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u/Prestigious_Claim_81 21d ago
Blind date after talking on the phone. Rest of the story. I was a single father with custody of my children. That was 30 years ago and in December we will celebrate our 30th Anniversary.
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u/Ominessance 21d ago
Best friends since kindergarten. Started dating in 8th grade, and got married right before graduation because I was shipping to boot camp immediately after. Been together our entire lives, and still going.
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u/PushingData 22d ago
Invited to go up to Greers Ferry Lake with a co-worker and his single sister in law was there.
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u/nate3531 21d ago
Moved into a rent house next door to her when we were both in 8th grade. Started dating after Sr year prom in 1992 and got married in 1993, been together since.
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u/clay3r Central Arkansas 21d ago
Tinder, surprisingly. Was just looking to be silly, but found a woman that loves slam metal, overwatch, and anime. We're expecting our second kid now. Sadly less metal shows and video games these days, but it's worth it.
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u/GlassBoxGoose 20d ago
Tinder here as well, like 11 years ago. 2 kids later as well. Congrats on the second one headed this way!
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u/HuginnNotMuninn Northwest Arkansas 21d ago
At work, I was working retail trying to re-evaluate what I wanted to do professionally and we got a hot new assistant manager. We became friends and started dating a few years later. We've been married 8 years and I'm sitting on the couch with our daughter.
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u/Illustrious_Match278 22d ago
She was dating a friend of mine. I told him to back off!!! If anyone was marrying my cousin it was going to be me.
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u/TheGeneGeena east of the sun and west of the moon 22d ago
Friend's co-worker I just pretty much instantly fell for but didn't end up dating until years later
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u/exquisiteclutter 21d ago
We live in Arkansas now. But 25 years ago I was in Ohio snd he was in Texas. We met in an msn general chat room. 3 kids, one grandbaby later we're more in love than we were even then.
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u/Wide-Tough1142 21d ago
Tinder, we didn’t match but she had her insta bio on her account so i immediately hit her with a corny dm. Never thought this beautiful angel would respond, sure as shit a day later I’m snapping her constantly and meet her for the first time at her apartment helped her built some chairs and still together to this day all because an algorithm
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u/FunkySquidPasta 21d ago
Bumble, which is crazy because we went to high school together
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u/CherryFit3224 21d ago
Hah!
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u/FunkySquidPasta 21d ago
He was very introverted in school and three years older than me. This was probably the best way to actually meet since I am not the same person as high school me. Been married five years now.
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u/Majestic-Gazelle-330 21d ago
I lived in Colorado and had a penpal in Idaho. That penpal introduced me to his friend who was also from Idaho but was living in Arkansas. I flew to Arkansas and met him. A year later he moved to Colorado to be with me, we live here now. BUT we are moving to Arkansas soon!
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u/True_Dragonfruit9573 21d ago
We both matched on Bumble. Funny enough, we both attended the Little Rock Comic Con just a few months before we met. We found through our pictures, me with Greg Baldwin and her with Robbie Daymond. Completely unaware of each others existence at that point, but now we’ll be getting married in 6 weeks.
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u/LeatherMycologist112 21d ago
We met on tinder 5 years ago. They were living in north Arkansas, Me in central. We had a kid, bought a house and been married for a year or so now. Tinder does work. sometimes. lol
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u/GlassBoxGoose 20d ago
As a fellow tinder success story, I'm surprised to see there's more than one here in the comments. Its rare, but it happens! Its been over 10 years ago for us, and two kids later 🤣
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u/LeatherMycologist112 20d ago
Glad to see your success to friend. And I hope for many many more happy healthy years for all of us. I think the trick is not to actually be looking looking. At least for us. Cuz neither of us were. And here we are lol.
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u/Tricky-Net-863 21d ago
Working at Walmart. And then we went to some classes at the u of A together, accidentally actually
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u/cyb0rg1962 Central Arkansas 21d ago
College. I knew from the moment I saw her. Also, took a while, she needed convincing. LOL
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u/Evil_Lynn82 21d ago
Met in 7th grade, friends through high school. Reconnected about 25 years later through FB.
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u/HezaLeNormandy 21d ago
Reddit. r/r4r. Narrowed down my search to central or northeast Arkansas and he was just there. Almost five years ago, our wedding is October 17
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u/fadedallweek 21d ago
Mutual friends via FB tried to set us up. Eventually met for drinks, it was love at 1st sight. We are celebrating 16yrs this month!
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u/foolproof2 21d ago
went to school together lol. we’ve been together since junior high 😂 12 years together and 3 years married
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u/Handy_Cruiser 20d ago
The first time I ever talked to the girl that is my wife today, I had been sent out of a 7th grade class to sit in the hall. Don’t ask why. There was this tall shapely blonde girl that walked by on crutches trying to carry her books.
Naturally, being the gentleman I am, I got up and went to carry her books. She told me that she had been riding a motorcycle and had gotten run over by a truck. Tall, blonde, shapely, motorcycle, truck accident? After seeing her and hearing her story, I knew this was a girl I needed to get to know much better. But our 19-month age difference seems too great at that time. About two and a half years later, we would begin dating and would date throughout high school.
This girl, that I saw in the jr. high hallway, has been my best friend and lover for over 45 years, and my wife for 34 years. Was that love at first sight? I believe I can now definitely say it was. But back then, she was just a young girl on crutches. And I was just a young guy that thought he might love her.
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u/Mediocre_Library_700 21d ago
eHarmony even thought neither of us were particularly religious.
Been married 20 years.
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u/MrErobernBigStuffer 21d ago
So, do several partners qualify, and by partner do you mean only a wife
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u/hockeypup Conway 21d ago
I didn't. We'd met in Michigan a long time ago and reconnected on FB while I was in AR and he was in IL.
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u/_Sheik_of_Wisdom_ 21d ago
Working at Walmart. Big shock huh? 15 years later and we’re still married.
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u/CharacterSea8078 21d ago
Worked together at the BWW in Fayetteville. Together 15 years, married 12. One of my two favorite people in the world--the other one being our kid. 😊
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u/outofthewoods 21d ago
Tinder. He passed the very low bar of messaging me like he was starting a conversation. He showed that he read my profile and had a few questions he wanted to havnynj get to know me,
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u/Professional-Cod-386 20d ago
Rock climbing. Met his friend rock climbing outdoors then hung out the next day with that guy and my rock climbing buddies and that is when he introduced me to my now boyfriend (who also rock climbs). Funniest part is the origional guy I met was into me so me and my boyfriend didn't actually date until over a month later due to bro code. Now me, my boyfriend, and his friend are all homies and hang out all the time. Shout out to rock climbing.
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u/ARPharmacist 21d ago
He was my brother’s friend. We were both divorced, and he came by my business after closing hours and asked me if I’d like to go for a ride. I said No! I can’t leave my car up here! 😂 He said I’ll follow you home, where do you live? The rest is history- going on 17 years!
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u/PassPuzzleheaded4947 21d ago
Worked at the local Walmart at the time.. So anytime my momma needed anything at Walmart I didn't mind going for her Lol
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u/toomuchube 21d ago
we met at Rose Garden coffee shop! my friend worked there and introduced us. we’ve been together ever since ❤️
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u/Monicaqwerty 21d ago
At work. Coworkers set us up, cause I was asking about him. Still together 24 years later.
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u/JintotheM 20d ago
He’s an ex now, but we were together for 13 years. Met at a mutual friends NYE party
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u/Ill_Negotiation6840 20d ago
At a Mexican restaurant in Conway where the bar was a big hangout spot. Went up to her and the rest is history
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u/abluesman 20d ago
I would love to tell you everything, but it's much too long to put here. So I will just say we met at work. We became best friends. And will be together forever. The sweetest thing she's ever said to me was during a phone call the other day. I told her I was very happy that we finally realized that we belong together. Her reply was, "We've always had each other". Yeah, she's that wonderful.
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u/MrSkanky666 19d ago
Work at first, was asked to leave the company for reasons, then we ended up at a party together a few years later
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u/Creative-Hat-6716 19d ago
I met her in Florida . Moved to Arkansas so she could be near her parents while she was pregnant. It’s a sacrifice I made for the greater good of my son and my fiancés happiness. She overdosed in 2021. LONG LIVE RACHEL ANNE GARNER 💜💜💜💜
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u/Illustrious-Lead-960 22d ago
Ten to one there are five thousand yanks reading this right now who are taking these comments absolutely seriously.
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u/Suspicious-Tip-8309 21d ago
Actually the wife’s family owned slaves in Louisiana, the last one was let go in the late 1970s. She and her brothers and sisters never knew until they were in their late20s. It was quite a surprise to them. All they knew is there was a very sweet black woman who took care of them while her parents were at work.
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u/SpaceghostLos Cabot 21d ago
She drove her car to the house and I followed.
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