Love in movies and TV is a funny and fickle thing. It's often depicted as finding us when we're least expecting it, usually in the most unusual and unsuspecting of ways.
But if you think love on the big screen is serendipitous, you haven't seen anything yet. Have a look and check out these 10+ people who met their partners in weird ways.
What's even stranger is that this Redditor didn't see her future beau for nearly 3 months after their first encounter!
That's so serendipitous that it could make even John Cusack blush!
For those of you who didn't live through the '90s, Neopets was a virtual pet website that allowed you to raise a variety of strange animals and buy things for them like food and clothing.
This couple met when they were 10-years-old and have been together ever since.
After this Redditor was dumped, a close friend of her ex began consoling her.
"he supported me when she was breaking up with me, and that and a few other things made it pretty obvious that he was the kind of person I wanted to be with."
Redditor strangerlander admits that his wife is a former escort. Furthermore, that he met her for the first time at a party designed to meet escorts.
He claims that she stopped working shortly after they were married.
Reddit user kerowynAgain posted on Craigslist in search of someone to exchange erotic e-mails with.
Her response was answered and after months of carrying on a voyeuristic relationship with a perfect stranger, the couple met in real life.
An anonymous Redditor wrote,
"I met my eventually-to-be-wife at a huge protest in the middle of a snowstorm and I initially thought she was a really short dude because she was wearing a mask and marshmallowy winter coat."
The roommate of the girl this Reddit user was casually dating in college came down to the dorm lobby to inform him that her friend would be a while getting ready.
She apparently took too long and three days later, these two were a couple.
"I met my Husband in an IRC chat room[sic] for fans of a radio show we were both a fan of. I stumbled upon it looking for info about the show and he's the one who answered my questions," writes Reddit user Sarahellen.
Two golf course employees were recruited to model wedding attire for an upcoming photo shoot. Their chemistry was instantaneous and in no time they were dating.
Less than a year later, they got engaged on the 3rd green of that very course!
This couple met while playing softball. One pitched, the other caught (not a euphemism), and not only did they wind up winning the game — but each other as well.
Now, 23 years later, they have two teenage children together.
MattsRod is a Redditor as well as an ex-J-date member (a dating site for Jewish people). Unhappy with the $16/month fee, they immediately deleted their profile.
A few days later, they were introduced to another unhappy J-date patron with the same experience!
Redditor SLCamper got way too drunk at a friend's birthday party. A year later, he ran into a familiar-looking woman on the street.
After making introductions, the woman recalled that SLCamper was the drunk [expletive] from her brothers' birthday party. As of this post, they've been married 20 years.
The hot tub at your friend's apartment complex may not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of a romantic encounter, but perhaps it should!
That's precisely how the love story between Tankbot85 and his wife first began.
Reddit user marmighty said, "I was doing a flesh hook suspension in the front room of the house he shared. He held my rope for a little while as I was swinging around. He says he knew he liked me when he heard me swearing loudly when I had my hooks put in."
Vanetia met her future husband while gaming online.
As she puts it, they "Ended up in the same guild, leveled a lot together, became friends, and finally ended up meeting in person when he flew down to see me."
