Where can you meet that special someone?

We are somewhat ashamed to say that Dan and I met in a bar…yikes, that sounds cheesy, but it truly wasn’t as bad as all that. It was an Irish pub called Morrissey’s in downtown Vancouver and we were there for an interesting event – one worth copying, I think – a friend of mine organized. (OK, I helped a little, but it was really her idea.)

My friend and colleague, Leanne (30 something and FABULOUS!), was fed up with the supposed lack of eligible, interesting men in her life and wanted to take action. She figured that there must be great guys out there somewhere and she came up with the idea the get all of her friends (and all of my friends, too) to round up all their single buddies and acquaintances (male and female) to get together for an evening of socializing. The idea was that our friends would only send along people they had already “cleared” as people who are cool, interesting, funny …whatever. No nut jobs were invited.

An e-mail was sent round telling people to rally their single chums and get them to meet at Morrissey’s on a particular night at a particular time. Initially, I had agreed to participate and diligently distributed the message, but on the night in question, I really didn’t want to go. I was tired that night and I was at a place in my life where I was very happy to be a swinging single. The only reason I ended up taking part was that I agreed to be the designated driver.

Leanne and I walked into the pub and there was Dan. Tall, gorgeous, friendly, smiling Dan. “Hmmm”, I thought to myself, “This won’t be so bad after all.”

Actually, the evening was a modest success (for me it was a HUGE success!). There were about seven guys and three girls who showed up (the next gathering there were something like nine girls and four guys…it took a while to find the balance). I sat next to Dan that first night and found him much more interesting and FUNNIER than any of the other gentlemen at the table. After the next singles get together two weeks later, we decided to go out on a date to a comedy club (that was where we first saw Brent Butt creator and star of Corner Gas). We had a ball. The rest, as the say is history.

How did you meet your fiancé or spouse? We’d love to hear the story!

Happy Couples, Happy Planet!

posted by Heather and Dan @ 9:58 PM