Share the Love: Tell Us How You Met That Special Person in Your Life
We want to share your love stories to celebrate Valentine's Day.
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All Maria Smith wanted was to ride on a motorcycle and cruise around Hawaii.
Instead she found her soulmate.
"I knew I wanted to go for a ride around the island on a motorcycle with someone but never thought it would be more than that," she said.
Maria, who at the time was on vacation with friends, would flag her future hubby down when she spotted him riding a cruiser.
He slowed down and she jumped onto his bike.
"We spent the rest of my week there together. He showed me all the cool beaches and we got to know each other more," Maria said. "When I left the island we had plans to connect, but realistically I wasn’t sure if that would happen."
Well it did, and this year the couple will celebrate their 10-year anniversary.
Congrats to the Smiths! They have two children and have been Livermore residents since 2007.
Livermore Patch would like to share your love story to celebrate Valentine's Day. Tell us in the comments section below how you met that special person in your life. You can also share a photo or video with us by clicking the upload button at the top of this article.
Penelope P
10:55 am on Friday, February 10, 2012
Awesome. Way to go Livermore Patch. I wish I could read more "real" happy stories like this every day.
Trevor Tooze
1:09 pm on Friday, February 10, 2012
I would say none of the above. Marriage is great, but there is more to it than your survey.
Trevor Tooze
1:10 pm on Friday, February 10, 2012
Marriage is a great institution, but there is mor to a successful marriage than your survey allows.
Kristofer Noceda
5:19 pm on Friday, February 10, 2012
@Trevor totally agree. The poll is just a fun little thing and in no way should be taken as the only ways to measure a successful relationship. Thanks to everyone who have shared their photos. Keep them coming!
Kari Hulac
1:44 pm on Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Please share more with us Trevor here :)
Krista G
9:54 am on Saturday, February 11, 2012
My husband and I will be together for 13 years in May! We just celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary on January 6th. We met in our Crane Ridge 4-h club in 8th grade. He asked me out at my middle school(east avenue). We then both went to Livermore high where he was a football player and I was a cheerleader. We dated all through high school and our senior year we were voted the couple who would be together at our 10 year high school reunion! We graduated high school in 2003 and I went to college and he went to work for his fathers company. He proposed on Christmas eve in the same spot he asked me out in 8th grade (east avenue middle school) : )! We got married January 6th, 2007, had our first child January 3rd, 2008 and our second June 23rd, 2010! We are still happily married and living in Livermore.
I have a picture, but don't see the upload button. I'm
On my phone if that's maybe why?
Kristofer Noceda
9:57 am on Saturday, February 11, 2012
Nice story! Yes you have to be logged on a computer to see the upload button. If you have trouble you can e-mail it to me at kristofer.noceda@patch.com and I'll upload it for you. Thanks!
marissa
1:33 pm on Saturday, February 11, 2012
My husband and i met in high school Amador Valley in 1984, married in 1989 and have been together since. So 28 years together total and married for 23 years. We have two kids an 18 year old son and a almost 11 year old daughter. Hows that for a long time lol.
Laureen Turner
2:19 pm on Saturday, February 11, 2012
I met my hubbie on Match.com I was just looking for someone to hang out with and to have a little fun. I was not really looking for a long term relationship. Then one night, he texted me "you want to go to the beach ?" it was 10:00 at night, I had to work the next morning but for some reason it sounded like a great idea. So, we went to Half Moon Bay, walked on the beach, talked and talked, sat my the moonlight and it was all over since then. 7 months later we married. I now am very proud to say that I am married to my best friend who truly knows and understands me. We laugh we cry. We haeve had our health challenges, kicked cancer in the rump and laughed through life.
It took me over 40 years to find the right one, but trust me, it is worth the wait.
Laureen
Kristofer Noceda
9:18 am on Sunday, February 12, 2012
@marissa and @Laureen: awesome stuff! thanks for sharing.
@Marie: Love it! What a large family you have and didn't know we have readers in Mountain House! Do you remember what movie you two watched on your first date?
SharN
12:29 am on Sunday, February 12, 2012
Great story, Laureen!!!
Marie Rico
7:52 am on Sunday, February 12, 2012
My husband took my sister to her Sr. prom!! Joe was my brothers best friend. In 1948 I was with a friend sitting in our popular hangout, Goodman's Drugstore, East Chicago Indiana, waiting for our mutual friends to arrive so we could all go to a movie. Joe walked in and came over to the counter and began talking to me. He asked if I would go to the movies with him? That started our relationship. We married when I was 16 and he 20, in June of 1949. We have been happily married for 62 yrs, have 5 children, 14 grand children and 11 great grandchildren and expecting another in June. AND, we are still on our honeymoon haha.
Marie Rico---Mtn. House CA
Laila Kearney
4:08 pm on Monday, February 13, 2012
Too cute!