Aw I love this thread!!!!!
My DH used to be my boss
We met when I was 18 and he was 23. I'd gotten a weekend job in a new branch of a well known retail company to help pay my way through medical school and he'd just been promoted to supervisor and moved to the new store.
We were both with other (exceedingly non-worthy) people at the time and didn't really talk much to each other apart from when he used to have to shout at me when customers complained about me ( I used to be a bit stroppy back then). I used to think he was a bit of a nerd, especially when on the first day in training for the job his mobile went off and it was The Imperial March from Star Wars, lol.
So eventually over the next 2 years, we broke up with our partners and mixed together in our work social group but I never ever thought of him in *that* way until hegot attacked on a night out and lost a ton of weight and looked all vulnerable when he came back to work. And for some freakin' bizarre reason that's how I started to fancy him!!!!
Over the next year we started to become really good friends, we'd often have conversations on MSN for hours and things got more and more flirty over the next year.
Because my ex had been a gimp to me, I was terrified of getting hurt and I think subconciously I knew we were heading towards The Real Thing I got a bit scared, so things didn't happen for a long time until one day in the staff room in work DH decided to go for it (I had led him a terrible dance really, so glad he didn't give up) and gave me a little smooch!
I initially said I didn't want a serious relationship and just wanted a bit of fun...that lasted a week (lol) before I stopped being a pansy and admitted how crazy I was about him and he said he felt the same and we decided to give it a proper go instead of casual shagging.
I knew 3 weeks in (at the tender age of 21) he was my soulmate and I would marry him. I'd spent the past year trying to fight it because I was terrified of getting hurt again but we both said over that year we fell in love over MSN (and looooooots of flirting in work).
Needless to say noone in work was surprised when they found put we were together though we managed to keep it a secret for a year, lol!
We got together 7 years ago (our anniversary is just after our LO is due). We got engaged in dec 2006, moved in together march 2007 and got married dec 2008 (we had a Christmas themed wedding).
We've been through so much together, my going through medical school and the tough times working as a junior doctor (lots of nights and weekends seperating us). His mother's cancer (cured) and his nan dying, my nan dying, debt, car accidents and now my mother's cancer (she's dying).
He's been my rock throughout the past 7 years, he's my soulmate, my best friend. We both said today we can't remember life before we got together. He's going to be an amazing daddy and I know every day I'm lucky girl that he decided to take that chance and snog one of his minions in the staff room