relationships

how i met my husband and Happy New Year

This post is sponsored by www.eharmony.com.au

The newest way to find love is online. Forget about friends introducing you, or meeting in a bar, the night club dance floor, or even at the school yard drop off zone. Now, love can be found from the comfort of your own home. And guess what, that is exactly how I found love.

I had just gone through a really tough break up, the kind of break up you don’t expect coming. It hurt. It nearly killed me. I was drowning myself in misery, sadness and grief. My friends tried their best to get me out of the hole and hook me up with other guys. Sometimes I met a nice guy, sometimes I met a total dooshbag, but most of the time the pool of men was limited. I decided to open up a whole new world of opportunities by going to the online dating world – a place where you can be asleep and still have men contact you; messages there when you wake up. Bonus!

‘What is your ideal date’; ‘what are you looking for?’… yes… I filled out all the answers.

And then I gave a search to the potential honourable bachelors in my state, and beyond. In my pyjamas most of the time. This girl was looking for love, and be dammed if she had to stop in Melbourne.

A few chats here, a few chats there… there was just one guy that stood out. He was a gemini like me and loved the colour blue, like me. Worth a chat right? He was online, I was online… we chatted. And then just like that, we discovered we shared the same birthday.

“I have never met someone who has the same birthday as me,” he said. He had to meet me.

There was no back-and-forth emails, chats and correspondence. It was straight to the point. I liked this guy already!.

Did you know that according to recent research by eharmony.com.au

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I was one of those 34% of women after our first date. Yes… I messaged him! I did however wait 3 days after our date.

It was official!

eharmony Australia's 5th anniversary

I updated my status too! I think he must have used Google to find the best restaurants in town. He certainly impressed!

And our dates continued, our love blossomed. Those three little words were said.

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Not via sms though! Clearly mobile love sharing via technology was not as common six years ago.

Now, 1 in 10 have found love online and nearly 1 in 4 Aussies know someone who has tried online dating. I found love. I found my soulmate. I found my best friend. I found my life partner.

Whether you are dating in Perth, Sydney or Melbourne, or the other side of the world, there is hope and love to be found online.

And p.s. He was from Melbourne.

Happy New Year everyone. Tell me, how did you meet the love of your life? Have you even tried on-line dating?

Linking up with Essentially Jess

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  • http://www.i-soph.com iSophie

    Brilliant! What a great story.

    I met my American husband in a chatroom online 15 years ago. I am loving all of these online love stories I have been reading lately.

  • http://mylittledrummerboys.blogspot.com/ Trish

    Lol old fashioned radio matchmaking …true story .

    • tahlia @ the parenting files

      radio matchmatching…. now there is something I have never heard before …. x

  • http://littlebentoblog.com Yvette @ Little Bento Blog

    ohh Love the matchmaking!!!

    Did a few online dating in my time.. nice guys.. not dateable though!! hahaha

    Met my husband in the pub.. I then flew back to the UK a week later.. he followed me over 2 months later :)

    #teamIBOT was here :)

  • http://havealaughonme.wordpress.com Emily

    I would’ve so tried online dating if I was still single – I reckon it’s the only way to meet someone with similar interests. In saying that I was a cliche ”meet my husband at a pub out boozing”
    Happy New Year!
    Emily

  • http://www.kyliepurtell.com Kylez @ A Study in Contradictions

    I met my husband through a guy I worked with. We organised to grab some of our friends and all meet up in the city and Dave was one of his friends that he bought along. From the moment we started chatting that was it. I knew almost from the start he was the one for me. 10 years on and still going strong after that first meeting

    • tahlia @ the parenting files

      WOW! Kylez… I love this story. Sometimes you just know! xx

  • BossyMummy

    Wow, great story of how you connected! Have an amazing 2013 :)

  • http://www.redcliffestyle.com Rachel from Redcliffe Style

    We worked together, I think that is a common way to meet. I have never tried on-line. Rachel x

  • http://www.threequartersfull.com Kyla @ Three Quarters Full

    We knew of each other online (frequented the same message board/IRC) but actually met through friends… interestingly those friends met online, got engaged the first time they met in real life and married within a year.

  • http://www.salzdummyspit.com Salz

    Never have tried online dating and never really have met someone who has. Till now. Glad it has worked out for you and hubby its very sweet.

  • http://www.saturdaymorningogremum.com Miss Cinders

    Way cool!

    I’d be a scardy pants lol I wouldn’t have the guts to meet someone online like that.

    My brother though, met my gorgeous sis-in-law online. They’ve just had their second wedding anniversary! So it really does happen peoples!!

    Happy New Year lovely xxx

    • tahlia @ the parenting files

      It certainly does! I love hearing other love stories and online successes! YAY for your brother and sister-in-law. So lovely xx

  • http://coloursofsunset.wordpress.com Aroha @ Colours of Sunset

    My husband and I met online at match.com, back in 2003. It turned out, in a city of 5 million people, we lived 2 buildings away from each other in Atlanta. I guess it was meant to be. That’s what I keep telling myself when I want to strangle him, anyway ;-) HA! Great story and interesting though not surprising, stats.

  • http://www.myhometruths.com Kirsty @ My Home Truths

    My brother and sister in law met through online dating so it can definitely happen. I’m not sure I could put myself out there online, but who knows? Lovely story, have a great and happy 2013!

    • tahlia @ the parenting files

      THanks Kirsty, a wonderful new year too. Believe me, I never thought I could do the whole online dating thing… I took it as a bit of fun. But it kind of turned out to something more … xx

  • http://www.redlandcityliving.com Janet

    Ours was an office romance … we’ve now been together for 25 years!

  • http://www.alwaysjosefa.com Josefa @always Josefa

    hubby and I met at uni, haven’t looked back and it has been 18 years since!!
    love the ideas in this post and the stats….I know many people who have met online – and it still is love
    xx

  • http://www.randomactsofzen.com Lisa@RandomActsOfZen

    I love this story! A friend of mine met her husband online, they’re happily married with a little girl. I met my hubby at work 14 years ago, and we’ve been together ever since.

  • http://bumpyroadtobubba.com/ bumpyroadtobubba

    Glad you were one of the lucky ones! I’ve tried a few sites over the years, and unfortunately I am one of the ones who got totally burnt by someone leading a double life. Didn’t stop me from trying again, but no luck so far. x

  • http://www.familysurvivalcoach.com Shari

    Who doesn’t love a happy ending like that? Awesome!
    xx

  • http://essentiallyjess.com EssentiallyJess

    I met Boatman through my now brother in law who was his room mate. And we started our relationship via text.
    I love hearing stories about how people meet; they always make me smile.

  • http://jeanieinparadise.blogspot.com jeanie

    I met my husband through RSVP – I even blogged it back in the day when I was a far more prolific blogger…