Note: The lovely Ashley from “She’s Come Undone” left a comment on my last post asking me how Liebling and I met. Since I know that I have some people who are new to the blog, and since L and I recently celebrated two years of being together, I figured I would re-post the “how we met” story that I wrote last year for our one year anniversary. Enjoy!
Actually, no, not really. I had already met him the weekend before, at an Oktoberfest event held in Hong Kong. A friend told me she had an extra ticket so I obliged.
Did I mention it was also Halloween?
The venue was packed when I arrived, with equal amounts of people dressed in lederhosen and typical Halloween costumes.
The air stank of beer and body odor.
I don’t drink alcohol so the scene was mildly interesting, at best. But then… the atmosphere was gay and the house band, flown in from Germany, played a devilishly rousing set of polka tunes that had me on my feet and shaking my groove thang amongst the mostly danced-challenged crowd.
I started to have some fun despite myself.
I was thinking of going home when I spotted them. Three guys dressed as old-school tennis players.
Tall and lean, their average height bordered on giant-dom. They had on unenviably bad wigs, shades, headbands, and embarrassingly too-small kid’s P.E. uniforms doubling as tennis outfits. They were speaking loud, incoherent German. They were giving each other high fives. And practicing tennis swings with imaginary raquets. And also stretching in anticipation of an imaginary tennis match.
I was intrigued. I approached them.
Our meeting was a mess of slurred words (them) and misunderstood accents (me). The three Germans were flanked by two very nice girls, one dressed as a nurse, and the other, Pocahantas. The tennis prodigies were forgotten as Pocahantas and I got to talking and exchanged numbers with the intent of hanging out soon. A new friend.
Days later, Pocahantas and decided to meet up for a much needed night out. I met her at the door of a nightclub. She wafted in, all long legs and high heels and gorgeousness, and started introducing me to the long line of people behind her. No lie, she rolled with a posse 10-people deep. In the midst of the getting-to-know-yous, a glimmer of recognition:
wasn’t that one of the tennis dudes from the other night?
When I asked if we already knew each other, he cast his eyes downward in a way that showed me he was mildly embarrassed at me being privy to his Halloween shenanigans. Crazy. I laughed and he bought me a drink. We danced and I furnished my number when asked.
Because why not make a new (cute) acquaintance in Hong Kong? Why not?
The rest, as they say, is history. A little over
So, Liebling, herzlichen glückwunsch…
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92 Comments
Aahh, that was super sweet. I read it before but it still makes me sigh.
Ditto what Rhona said – It really is a super cute "how we met" story!
Happy anniversary…nice meeting story,
Thanks for telling me in a post 🙂 🙂
GOTTA LOVE THE TENNIS OUTFITS!!!!!!
*cues in Taylor Swift*
Romeo save me, I've been feeling so alone…..
Aww!!! Too cute. 🙂
Awwww…what a cute story! Wishing you guys all the best! x
Awe..that's too sweet!
that is a sweet story 🙂 i love that many things had to happen for a canadian and a german to meet in HK and now live in London. A great story to tell. thanks for the update for the new blog readers
Love this story! so cute
Aw, this is cute! I should do something like this about how Aaron and I met – it was in a jungle in Thailand! I still smile when I think about what an amazing story it is, as I'm sure you do.
Aw! I love a super lovely story mid-day! Your openness to adventure is so infectious–I really enjoy following your stories 🙂
So true that people often find love when they least expect it or are not even looking:)
I am all for romantic stories, this was one of them :=)
Ha! Great story and I love the way you've written it, such style and flourish. So romantic.
Those who have not read about Love at Oktoberfest will be glad to know how the author and liebling's met story.
Aww, that's a cute story! So funny that they were wearing short shorts and high-fiving each other, haha! Sounds like boys 😀
Thanks for sharing. It's nice to hear.
Such a cute story! Thank you for sharing!
That's a really cute and colorful story. But it makes me wonder, with all the craziness and other tennis dudes that night, what made L stand out? Why did you remember him?
Happy Anniversary!! Cute story!
@Rhona: Glad you enjoyed it :-0
@Ksam: I think that L and I met around the same time that you and C met- I remember reading about your romance and sighing in jealousy… And then a couple months later I met L.. Funny eh?
@Lara: Thank you!
@Ashley: No worries! I wanted to be as detailed as possible 😉 Tennis outfits are normally hot, but not these!
@Mimi: Too hilarious!!!
@Terri: I'm feeling kinda warm and fuzzy myself lol…
@Mandy: Thanks so much!
@Mrs. Pancakes: *giggles*
@catae: It's our crazy international love story! Can't wait to tell the grandkids lol.
@liveletlive: 🙂
@Battered Suitcase: You totally should! I remember in the beginning you kept on mentioning him but I wasn't sure if he was your boyfriend or not, nor exactly where you met 🙂
@danita: Thanks so much! Where are you based? Come join me!! 🙂
@sprite: I know! So crazy.
@Destiny: I am a big softie!
@Emm: Merci!!!
@cheaphotels: 🙂
@Audrey: Totally! I had to laugh when I saw them doing that. So ridiculous!
@Fly Girl: I just remembered their tennis boy collective. They were acting so ridiculous that they were pretty much unforgettable. I didn't mention that when I was leaving Oktoberfest they were also doing stretches in the elevator and essentially blocking the doors.. LOL. Truth be told that their faces were basically shielded, but when I saw Liebling again I recognized his mouth!!
@kvowels: Muchas gracias, nina!
Oh, I just love you two together so much! So adorable…
I notice I haven't been going to your blog as much recently — but that's mostly because I actually really loved being in London this summer and this just makes me miss it. Vienna and London — those are two cities I would LOVE to live in! 🙂
So cute! I love "how we met" stories.
Happy Anniversary! Alex and I met on Halloween too. 🙂
Its always pretty enjoyable to get into the grove.Its pretty fasinating article to read.
Halloween is always very special as its gives us the scary looks and also we enjoy it with our friends a lot and fool others.Its very nice to read this lovely article.
Its so much exciting to read your article and Octoberfest is enjoyed so much in many countries.Its great to enjoy the sip.
It would have reading how you met and your journey till now.The clubs are most happening place in every city and many young guys and girls do come there for the enjoyment and find a guy or girl of likeminded.
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