QotD: It Was Kismet

How did you meet your current, or most recent, significant other?

Jim and I went to middle school together. He was one of the group of "Malden boys" who came to St. Mary's instead of going to Malden Middle School. We girls, used to our core of boys who has been in our classes for years and years, descended on them like fresh meat. It's funny because I paid no attention to him at all. I was smitten with Steve, who is now one of my best friends and absolutely gay (see, I've been a fag hag since before I even knew it). Anyways, Steve and I went out in a very seventh-grade-gay-guy-dates-girl kind of way. We went out on a few double dates with my good friend Ashley and her 7th grade bf, Jim. More often than not, Steve would flake and I would be stuck as a 3rd wheel with Ashley and Jim. I remember going with them to the movies to see one of the Batman movies and ending up seeing Bridges of Madison County instead because Batman was sold out. During one of the long, silent, supposedly tense scenes, I hear a really loud kissy noise from them. I elbowed Ashley for that one. I also recall a mall date where Steve didn't show up and I walked around the mall with Jim and Ashley, straggling behind their hand-holding and shopping while they made out on a bench. Yup, so much fun. Anyways, Jim and I became friends through Ashley, and when they broke up they said it was mutual and I didn't have to choose any sides, so I stayed friends with Jim. We would talk on the phone now and then, when I wasn't on the phone with Jason, Jessica, Ashley, or Holly (in that order). I was a phone whore, but who wasn't in middle school?
Our actual first meeting where we introduced ourselves and all was at Papa Gino's, the pizza place I worked at in high school. I was making student council posters and was asking for volunteers to help me make posters. He turned me down. I don't remember who ended up helping me, if anyone did, but I very clearly remember him refusing to help me. So, that's a little of the long and the entirety of the short of our meeting. Wow...that was 1995...we're old...and married...