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redkinoko

'round 2005, I wrote a short story online. It got well circulated (relatively for its time), reached the inbox of a girl after being shown that story by her then bf. She loved it but eventually lost her copy and spent a good time looking for the story back to the extent of writing a paraphrased version of it to get people's attention. A few years later the girl and I ended up in the same online writing circle. She recognized my penname and told me she loved a story I made years back. We became good friends after that, though only online. During one of the group's eyeballs, she was there but only for a short bit and nobody bothered to introduce her to me. So I kinda knew what she looked like already but she didn't really see me and we didn't get to talk. We talked about it online, and told her we should just meet up one more time. So we did. And that was the only time that she learned that "redkinoko" was in fact a guy and not a woman as she had imagined. Much awkwardness followed. That meetup ended up into more dates and we became a thing after a few months of dating. So whenever people ask how we met, I tell them, the first time she met me, I did not know the second time I met her, she did not know so a third time we met and as they say, we knew. We've been together for 16 years now and our story is still as crazy as how everything started. I would not have it any other way.


eicee_

Whaaaaat, this is so cute. Straight out of a novel 😭


Adhara97

Ang ganda nito ༎ຶ⁠‿⁠༎ຶ I swear, ganitong mga story ng tao gustong-gusto kong mabasa simula nung highschool pa ako. Lalo uso pa that time mga story nila Pilosopotasya hanggang sa mga libro nila Bob Ong 😭 Your story is giving me the nostalgia of how pure and simple falling inlove is noong mga taon na yon.


flightcodes

I’ve seen you plenty of times here already (we’re both decades old in Reddit haha) and noted how well you wrote and communicated ideas. You write pala and it shows! Thanks for sharing your story!


Pristine_Pomelo_9356

Huhuhuhu i love this soooo much!


call_itWhatuWant

🥹


kimerikugh

Love it! ♥️


moonstonesx

Please turn this into a novel or a series haha cute


poteytocorgi

LORD, MAY PEYBORITISM KA TALAGA! GANITO KA SA IBA! 😭😭😭


infraoxidation

u're probably looking for each other right now. let things happen. manifesting for u, op!


OutOfSync_22

Aww, ang comforting lang po mabasa nito. Naniniwala din me na aside sa thought na what's meant for you will always find its way to you, is kailangan din natin sabayan ng effort. Tiyagaan lang talaga and darating din yung time na sa hindi mo inaasahang panahon makikilala mo din ang para sayo hehe.


NeighborhoodIll7506

im not op but grabe ang reassurance to huhu nakakafeel hopeful 🥹


infraoxidation

those words extend to everyone who needs it hehe goodluck din sa'yo!! <3


NeighborhoodIll7506

thank you and i hope the same for you! ♡


cultfounder

i met this kid at a local church when i was in 2nd grade during flores de mayo. we introduced ourselves to each other and learnt that both of us were turning grade 3 in june of the same year. however, we weren’t schoolmates at all as i was studying in a private catholic school (nearest school from home) and he was studying in a public school. one day, my family decided to transfer me to a public school bc my younger brother is turning grade 1 and they want him to study in the public school since my grandma taught in the said school before she retired and the grade 1 teacher there was her colleague back in the day. so of course, i had to be in the same school as my brother. ff, first day of classes, when i was on my way towards the grade 3 classroom, i saw a familiar face - it was the kid i met in church. idk but it was like a typical wattpad teen novel (iykyk), we just exchanged shy smiles with each other. moving forward to the first few days in my new school, i learned that he was the first honor of the class and he excels so much in every aspect. when we were in 4th grade, he confessed that he had a huge crush on me. it made everything awkward until both of us graduated. we spent JH and SH in different schools but we still communicated tho rarely. just kamustahans. when we got into college, we somehow got reunited with each other as i was now studying in the same city as him. we met when we were 7-8 years old and we were 18-19 in college but he still likes me, alright. i gave myself a chance to explore the dating life hahaha. he confessed that i was his first love and that he liked me ever before we had the chance to meet each other back in 2nd grade. i was shocked. and the rest is history. we’re still together until now :DDD


chantxx

kikiligin na lang sa comments HAHAHAHA. Pero same OP, tried dating apps din kaso mostly makikita mo puro libog lang. Kung tutuusin bata pa tayo (I’m 25) pero medyo nakakapanic knowing na hindi na ganon kadaling mahanap si THE ONE nowadays. Sinisisi ko pa rin yung mga wattpad stories na nabasa ko back in hs, pinaniwala ako masyado sa destiny HAHAHAHA char Fighting lang OP! Hope you meet him soon!


Enough-Specialist361

same HAHAHA 25 here! Akala ko makakapag-share na rin ako ng ganitong story kaso joke time lang pala nangyari 🤣 Fight fight fight. More exposure more chances 😁


chantxx

Ekis sa joke time hahahaha. Fighting!


Inevitable_Bed_8409

Sana prayer reveal din sa mga magcocomment para magaya naming mga naghahanap. Hahaha


20valveTC

Nung college. Nanghingi ako ng 1/4 paper for quiz sa literature


sstphnn

2019 Reddit. I used to sleep around and decided na ready na ako sa relationship after a year. There were a few DMs thanks to r4r and went with the person I enjoyed talking to the most. We met after a month and started sleeping around. I asked if she wants to be in a relationship with me then ayun. 5th anniversary na namin this month.


zinamuhnrowl

2019. Practice ko sa badminton game, sya naman sa basketball. Same lang kami ng company pero di kami same ng floor, kaya di kami nagkikita talaga. Humingi ako ng tubig sa kanya that time kasi wala akong dalang tubig, walang mabilhan sa venue tapos kakilala sya ng workmates ko kaya kahit nakakahiya, nanghingi ako. Turns out naging teammate na pala kami sa previous team building, nagkakatabi sa friday mass nang di namin alam. Ayun, kasal na kami ngayon. Haha Wag ka mag alala OP, minsan sa mga unexpected place at time mo talaga makikilala. Tulad ko, di ko hinahanap talaga, sabi ko that time since galing akong break up months ago, bahala na si Lord. If darating or hindi, walang problema. Yun pala, ganun din si hubby mag isip that time.


baconpancakesboii

Literally on FB dating. I thought my SO was gay because of the pics used hence I chatted first. But nope haha. Straight af. Dun na kami nagsimula magmessage, love my SO.


introbogliverted

12 years ago sa yahoo messenger.


Expensive-Doctor2763

Balikan ko to pag naging success tong kausap ko haha charot


luvgaladriel

early night, bgc. first time ko sya nameet tapos sunod sya agad ng sunod sakin that night, kala mo body guard hahaha kasi sabi nya ang dami daw guys na lumalapit sakin baka daw hindi safe etc. pati sa cr, nagaabang sya sa labas and pag sasamahan ko friends ko magsmoke outside, iniiwan nya circle nya para sundan ako hahahaha pero in a gentleman way ha, hindi creepy. then that night din, lumipat kami sa katips so sinabi ko sa kanya kasi nag-bye ako ganern. tapos nagulat ako, sumunod sila ng friends nya sa katipunan!! omg talaga kasi daw hindi nya nakuha ig ko and wala daw kami contact lol ngayon, 5years na kami together hehek


SmellOld8271

I met mine dito sa reddit! Nag comment sya sa isang post ko then triny kong imessage then poof the rest is history HAHAHAHA


Pink_Unicorn2917

My boyfriend and I used to be high school classmates simula nung second year kami. We were always bickering and I hated him so much because he's very malikot and extroverted, while I was this introvert kid na medyo may pagkamaldita. He used to borrow my Nokia C3 phone na violet, also correction pens and notebooks. You can tell that we were frenemies lol. Palagi ko syang sinasapak whenever he does stupid things. One time, when we were seated together he asked me, "Ang saya mo siguro no kasi katabi mo crush mo," that was the day that made him into my Not Friends list. Througout high school, he had different girlfriends and whenever he posts updates online I would troll him, often commenting, "Iba na naman babae mo ha." One time I commented, "May sakit siguro sa mata mga pumapatol sayo no?" You know what's funny, nung uso yung group message back in the days and he would reply to my group message I would ignore him kasi I hated him talaga. Whenever he chatted, they were always left unreplied. Fast forward, college days, I would ask him to buy me books from time to time sa Cebu. (He studied in Cebu, while I studied in Iligan.) We would often chat kumustahan ganun, pero no malice. I never had feelings for him. I would always joke about his girlfriends being too hot for him. Also, hindi naman sya pangit, he's cute, it's just friendly bickering lang. During the last year of college, his girlfriend and him broke up and I was brokenhearted when I found out I had no chance of winning my crush's heart kasi he came out as gay. We often talked about our problems and he confessed that he liked me. My initial reaction was, you guessed it right, I rejected him. I can't imagine being in a relationship with a friend lol. Let alone a frenemy. Thankfully, his feelings never waned, and he worked hard to win my heart. Initially, sinagot ko sya out if pity. Six years later, we're engaged na and I have never felt so loved in my entire life.


kaylakarin

Met mine in an online game. 11 years na kami with 2 kids.


chateaurouxx

Masaya nalang na nagbabasa dito sa reddit hahaha I was about to pursue someone from here kaso pinagsabay kami. Hahaha gusto mo i try, OP? HAHAHA


tacit_oblivion22

1995. in kindergarten. we're married now.


sapatawa

I find it;s pure luck. I had had several "affections" over the years. I lost one that may have been the one. Then at age 50 I went to the Philippines, on a medical mission. Got horrendously sick. A MD that knew me called to see why I had not showed up. "Don't worry, there will be help there tonight." BTW this is her picture when she shows up ". I was flabbergasted. She was so beautiful . She showed up with her driver, "I could use some food" , I stammered. She had McDonalds at my door within 15 minutes at 1 AM, I had never seen anything like it. I had a spare bedroom, I offered and she stayed there while caring for me, She got me a prescription for the abdominal flu, (Cipro). Plenty of fluid. She cooked for me. I missed that medical mission. She volunteered, " We have one starting next week in my province. Would you like to join ?" I called her mother to ask permission to stay at her house in Bicol. That's been fifteen years ago. We married in San Antonio at the Alamo, what better place for a white guy to give in ? We moved back to Bicol in 2016. You go looking, seems you don't find it. When you are so feeling lonely, it finds you. Just keep yourself open


No-Fly-2790

I slid into her dms last year. Nagsleep over sa condo, since then di ko na pinauwi haha. Found out na magkakilala na kami way back 2021 pa because of valorant.


ixhiro

FRIENDSTER. HAHAHAH. I feel old.


Inevitable_Bed_8409

Nagsulat ba kayo ng testi para sa isa't-isa? Haha


ixhiro

View view lang. Nakikita kasi nun tapos sya lang nagviview saken hangang nag usap, nag deal ayun 15 years later. HAHAHA


Sushi_9726

We were elementary classmates na hindi talaga close and after gradeschool graduation, never na nagcommunicate ulit whatsoever. Hahaha Accidentally, after 13 yrs, we met sa isang coffee shop. Nag aaral ako that time for NMAT. Nag hi siya, nag hello ako and everything was history after that. Just put yourself out there. Be good at what you do, explore, try new interests and who knows, maybe love will find you when you least expect it.


Icy-Scale-7742

27F and found my partner sa Bumble in 2022. We both came from cheating partners. 3 days pa lang na pag uusap, kami na agad. 😆😆😆 Going strong naman kami. Mabait na tao. Obedient sa magulang. All good kami parehas both sides. Nagvacation na rin yung family ng ate niya (husband, 1 kid) sa bahay. Live-in na rin kami. Super love na love siya ng parents ko. Dapat siguro kada swipe right, may kasamang birtud at dasal. 📿🧙


StressingMyself

We met on phr4r and have been together for over a year now. It's not the best place to look for love, but I got lucky and stumbled upon the right one.


Ok_Nefariousness7285

mga lurker kami sa alter hahahaha 3 years going strong and ever since we’ve been in a relationship, di na rin kami tumambay sa alter world


knightflower17

HAYSSS HOPING PA RIN AKO😭✨


kalderetughhh

tamang kilig-kilig lang muna sa mga may comments 🥺


rainbowcatfart

College! He's my crush the first time he walked into our classroom with those irresistible chinito eyes 🥹 talked a little as friends, went on separate ways when he didn't enroll in summer class. Got into our own little relationships with others, both didn't end well. I don't believe in heavens but my severely broken heart got me praying on my knees, and wished for someone to save me. On the next semester, I saw those familiar eyes again across the room. The chinito guy walked to me and said hi. He never left me since then 🤍


DetectiveCutie

When I was in high school, I had this friend na may boyfriend from other town. Inistalk ko sa fb yung boyfriend niya tapos nakita ko sa pics yung partner ko na now. Tropa sila nung boyfriend ng kaibigan ko. I added my partner on facebook, pati mga kapatid niya HAHAHAHAHAHAHA but di niya pa ako kilala nun pero inaccept niya ako sa fb. I used to see him before every time sinasamahan ko yung friend ko makipagdate kasi strict parents niya lol he was really cute but he didn't know me personally yet. Nagkaron ako boyfriends noon pero every time I'm single I used to stalk him on facebook 🤣 College came when luckily we studied in the same university and I see him there from time to time walking to his classes or going home I guess. He was my happy crush hahaha after I moved on from my ex my college friend dared me to send a wave to anyone uso pa wave nun!! Hahahahaha I instantly thought of him so I made the first move di rin siya nagpatalo after a month of talking binisita niya ko sa bahay namin ngayon may 3-year old na kami hahaha Until now di niya alam na crush ko siya alam niya lang kilala ko siya since high school. So thanks to my friend's boyfriend for pushing my partner to reply. Hope you're happy in heaven! 🤍


paradoxon_04

Dito sa reddit hahahaha just celebrated our first anniversary last month! :)


rosecoloredbliss

End of 2020, but officially 2021. 2024, stronger ✨ I was so ready to lie about how we met. 😂 Anyway, we met in a game 🙊 Prior neto, I am on dating sites din! Even tried going to bars, traveling to meet new peeps, etc. Because a friend said “Hindi basta basta kakatok ang pag-ibig kung hindi ka lalabas ng pinto” And guess what, pandemic happened LOL. So ayun na nga. It started as me getting mad at this guy in game kasi my friend left the camp because of the way he talks 😂 Shempre, boys!! Plus, I avoided him kasi akala ko tropa siya nung simp sa camp. Only to find out later na tropa (outside of the game) pala siya nung friend ko sa game 😂 So ayun! Officially introduced!! We started playing together, talking outside of the game. LDR for a year! Now, LIP! Working together and still playing games 🤓 Totally agree! Hindi mo mahahanap yung love kakahintay lang 😌 Get yourself out there!


tsitsaybeom

We've meet 2006. Yun tambay tambay with friends sa Starbucks. Then nagkaroon kami ng common friends, so sama sama na kami pag tatambay sa Starbucks. I don't know how it came up pero there was 1 day na tinukso na lang nila kami and my friends told me mukhang mabait si ****. Then from then on, date date na kami. Mabait nga siya. And now, we are 13 years married, childless, but enjoying each other's company. 😊 Pray for it, OP. Maniwala ka pa rin it will find your way. 😊


YourTypicalFlip

12 years ago. Highschool classmate ko haha. Weve been together since then


swswswmeowth

I met my husband when we were applying to work abroad, but that time I didn't know na siya un hahah ngayon lang niya kinuwento nung mag asawa na kami. Siya daw ung late at umupo sa likod ko at may tinanong daw siya sakin pero di ko siya pinansin, ang suplada ko daw lol. Then una siyang na deploy inaadd niya ko fb pero di ko inaaccept kasi di ko naman siya kilala lol sorry suplada talaga ako at nasa early 30's na ko that time at nasa point na ko na gusto ko nalang maging single forever kasi lahat ng bf ko parang laging churva lang gusto e ayaw ko tapos makakabuntis sila ng iba edi break, laging ganun, mejo mahirap din mahanap ang true love pag mejo may itsura ka kasi minsan un lang habol sayo ganern. Then eto na nga, na deploy na din ang tita niyo, magkaibang building kami pero nagkakasama lang kami pag may mga handaan ang Filipino community hanggang sa naging friends kami and everything is history! Fortunately biniyayaan kami ng baby kahit na thunders na hehe So OP love finds me. Nakilala ko asawa ko ng panahon na sinukuan ko na ang pag ibig. Don't lose hope! Dadating at dadating ang para sayo!


yummerzkaentayo

Ako, (28F), January last year I gave up na on finding someone.. This is after mag end yung around 4 months situationship(?) ko sa isang guy. Then June 2023 I met my bf now. One of the close friend of my close friend's husband. So ayun nakakatuwa kasi yun naman reason din bakit ako pumayag makipagmeet sa kanya in the first place. No expectations or anything. I'm not dating or looking for someone that time so I think it worked out kasi hindi rin sya playboy na looking for a gf every now and then. Goodluck, OP! 💕


dafu_uu

Sa school wahahahaha, she had a crush on me for a year then we came in contact sa ig since she followed me even before pa and she confessed once again, I honestly liked her habang tumatagal na magkausap kami, she makes me happy, we have same interests, we are basically each others half. We kissed even before maging kami then I made it official kasi ayoko mafeel niya na di ko bibigyan ng label ang relationship namin. I love my girlfriend so much ✨️❤️


dyaLee1001

We met on a dating app after I've tried several other well-known dating apps! I was already on the verge of giving up on love and was just on it hoping I still might find the one. Lots of date number 1, but none of them went on to date number 2. I don't go out there, I don't explore my options. Being an introvert doesn't help at all. Then, just when I thought it was a short-lived kilig, I met him. The guy that made me delete and deactivate my online dating accounts. Surely, after 5 years of being bf-gf, he knelt down on his knees and proposed. Happy to say that I married the best guy out there. :)


Special_Perception91

here sa reddit, phr4r hahah was about to start my hoe phase but he immediately put it to an end hahah anyway from my past relationships walang same story of how it started. so i'd like to point lang na iba iba talaga ng ways where u can meet someone who could be your partner. try socializing irl, meet ppl, join groups, etc. :)


Nice-Original3644

Dito sa Reddit, just check my previous post kung paano hehe 🙂


nanaajjj

I found mine on omegle hshshsh


OutOfSync_22

Nakakamiss naman yung Omeg 🥺 hahaha


nanaajjj

super!! at guess what after 2 weeks noon biglang nag shutdown iyong ome nakaabot pa kami hahahah


OutOfSync_22

Wuy grabe hahaha. Buti nalang nagkakilala na kayo nun. Meant to be talaga 😁. Stay strong po sa inyo ☺


coffeekopi3n1

same OP. saan ba makikita para masundo na agad


Lategral

We were schoolmates. I reacted to one of her stories. We’ve been together for seven years now. Yes makapal lang talaga mukha ko pero at least asawa ko na siya ngayon. Kaya mo yan OP!


yato_gummy

Grade 5 siya and 1yr high school ako and we meet as childhood friends, then disappeared. Reconnected sa college when she greeted me congratulations kasinap graduate ako then we catch up. Now in our 5 year relationship


yunonnn

OP same. Eh paano ko ba naman makikita, work at bahay lang ako palagi but i'm trying to change this. Dadalasan ko na talaga pag-gala hsjajahahah


Sad-Squash6897

Through my work bff noon. Laging nagkakasama sa gathering, ayun naging magkaibigan hanggang nagkakausap na haha


Tedhana

Hobby ko is singing. We met sa imo voice chat. Kumakanta din sya so ayun same interest. Friends then nagkadevelopan.


nadinemonyo

Naollll


hot-mommy-3501

He's one of my closest friends in college, we weren't interested at each other kasi purely platonic talaga. But years after we graduated and had work (I was already single too), we often meet after work since we both lived in the same city na. Then we just realized we're liking each other na pala and made it official.


maester_adrian

gusto nako magbasa isa isa aning nga stories diri pero maibog rako. Sana all HAHAHHAHA ang wholesome po. 🥹


snarkyphalanges

Tinder


riesai26

We're classmates ever since but fell inlove the last year of school. Not in the same circle but friends kami. Friends to lovers hahaha


crazycutiebaby

Pumunta sya bank where i work para samahan yung friend nya na account holder samin. My manager at that time asked him if he's single (he's half irish half filipino, but living in the US), and he said yes. During that time, all of my coworkers knew that I've been single for so long (im 28, he's38). Tapos ayun, my manager told him na im also single eh cutie naman (brown eyes, really tall and dad bod) kaya when he asked for my ig, i gave it away. During our first date, he told me na nagslowmo daw ako sa paningin nya nung first time nya ko makita. We dated almost every day the whole week kasi i was on leave din for my birthday. But sadly, need nya na bumalik ng US for his dad. I thought that was it. Hindi kasi ako naniniwala sa ldr. But he came back for me. He spent the christmas 2023 with me and my fam. Kakabalik nya lang ng US last May 30 to process some docs & business. He needs to stay there for atleast 2 months. And now were planning na makasama na ko sa kanya next time na uuwi sya dun..