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Article created by: Julija Svidraitė

It seems like the older generation always has the wildest, most exciting, and sometimes even borderline comical couple stories of how they happened to meet their significant others. Which often makes the youngsters out there feel at least a tiny bit envious. But mostly—absolutely entertained.

If you, just like us, enjoy a good “how we met” story, get ready for a real treat! Recently, X (formerly Twitter) user @Coll3enG shared a post that currently has almost 800k likes and more than 50k retweets. Her tweet contained a brief summary of her grandparents’ meeting story:

Thousands of people absolutely loved this story, and it inspired some of them to share more bizarre tales of how they or their relatives met their significant others. With that being said, Bored Panda invites you to look through some of the most wild, funny and wholesome movie-level “how we met” stories shared by people on X (formerly Twitter). By the way—we had a chance to talk to Colleen (the girl who started this whole thread) and find out a bit more about her grandparent’s love story, so make sure to look for her answers while scrolling down!

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Tweet showing a real-life couple’s unexpected how we met story involving smuggling during World War 2 to America.

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    Tweet showing a real-life couple’s unexpected how we met story involving WWII letters and a missed nun path.

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    Tweet showing a surprising real-life how we met story with a humorous family matchmaking moment.

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    Tweet sharing an unexpected real-life couple story about meeting through a 4H calf ad, part of how we met stories.

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    Tweet describing an unexpected how we met story where two couples switched partners and both pairs married happily.

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    Tweet showing a real-life couple’s unexpected how we met story about persistent childhood love.

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    Tweet about grandparents' unexpected how we met story leading to a 60-plus year marriage from real-life couples.

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    Vintage black and white wedding photo showing a couple cutting cake, illustrating unexpected how we met stories from real-life couples.

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    Tweet about unexpected how we met stories from real-life couples involving grandparents during WWII and old style love.

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    Tweet showing a story of a couple who met at a funeral, shared in a collection of unexpected how we met stories.

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    Tweet showing a real-life couple’s unexpected how we met story about a grandpa refusing to give up his bus seat.

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    Tweet showing a unique how we met story about swapped dating partners leading to long-lasting marriages.

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    Tweet showing a real-life couple’s unexpected how we met story about discovering an affair and marrying years later.

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    Tweet showing a unique real-life how we met story about a grandfather and grandmother’s unexpected encounter.

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    Tweet showing a real-life couple’s unexpected how we met story about meeting in a bar and quickly deciding to marry.

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    Screenshot of a tweet sharing an unexpected real-life couples how we met story about babysitting leading to love.

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    Tweet showing a real-life unexpected how we met story about a grandmother singing and grandfather falling in love.

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    Tweet sharing a real-life couple’s unexpected how we met story involving a shy friend and a bus driver.

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    Tweet about a grandmother’s unexpected how we met story involving her older and younger brothers lasting 55 years.

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    Tweet showing a real-life couple’s unexpected how we met story about meeting on a crowded bus.

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    Tweet sharing a real-life unexpected how we met story about a grandmother and grandfather during wartime moments.

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    Tweet showing a real-life couple sharing an unexpected how we met story about meeting at a funeral and being happily married.

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    Tweet showing a real-life couple’s unexpected how we met story about a betrothal photo leading to marriage.

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    Tweet by Jim Gallagher-Barker sharing an unexpected how we met story about his parents married 60 years.

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    Tweet showing a real-life couple’s unexpected how we met story about a car breaking down during a date.

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    Tweet showing a real-life couple’s unexpected how we met story shared on social media with family background details.

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