Nowadays, it’s not too difficult to meet people. Technology has really come a long way since the olden days with dating apps, social media, and the like. However, “back then,” meeting your future spouse had to happen in more…how do we say…creative ways.

One Twitter user with the handle @Coll3enG recently posted about how her grandmother met her grandfather, which is probably the most unexpected place you’d ever think someone could meet their future husband.

“My grandma just asked me if i had a boyfriend and i was like ‘no’ and she was like ‘well i went to a random funeral because i was bored and that’s how i met your grandfather’ ??????” she posted.

my grandma just asked me if i had a boyfriend and i was like “no” and she was like “well i went to a random funeral because i was bored and that’s how i met your grandfather” ??????

— coll (@Coll3enG) December 23, 2020

The post has nearly 800k likes and 60k retweets. But the best part of all is that the tweet prompted people to post their own stories about how their grandparents or parents met each other. Some of the stories are too good—you won’t believe them until you hear them!

Below are some of our favorites—from the funny to the heartwarming to the truly fate-like—but be sure to check out the thread for yourself, too.

1. my grandmother met my grandfather because he helped smuggle her out of the country during ww2 two and they came to america

   — Fert Shilo (@chaotiC_Messy) December 25, 2020

2. My grandpa asked my grandma in the second grade, and kept asking until she said yes.

   — 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝙲. ️ (@shaneincorona) December 24, 2020

3. My grandmother, then a widow, placed an ad to find a 4H calf for her son. Liked the guy selling it and eventually married him. Fo decades, she explained the start of their relationship as, “I advertised for a cow and got a man.”So, that’s another option.

   — Doug Engstrom (@engstrom_doug) December 24, 2020

4. My grndmthr was stndng on the corner waiting 4 a bus n the rain. My grndfthr drove by her in his fncy car & splashed mud all over her dress. He stopped and offered 2 pay 2 clean her dress. She refused. He kept apologizing day after day, w flowers, etc. The rest is history.

   — Fleet Davis (@fgdiii) December 24, 2020

5. Man my grandparents met in a bar. My grandpa walked up to my grandma and exchanged their hellos and after that he said “i am going to marry you” and she basically said “aw fuck it, let’s do it” and they been married ever since then

   — adri (@Drianic_) December 24, 2020

6. My grandma met my grandfather because she was sending letters to her distant cousin of the same name who happened to be in the same WWII battalion and they got mixed up. He begged her to keep writing because he had no other family. She decided not to become a nun. ️ ️

   — Ang, who just wants to travel again. she/her (@SnglGirlTravels) December 24, 2020

7. When my grandma was in high school her friend had a crush on the bus driver, but she was too shy so she sent my grandma to talk to him. Grandma tells the driver “my friend wants to go on a date with you”. he tells her “I’d rather go out with you” and that’s how they got together

   — shizu 静 (@shizu808) December 24, 2020

8. My father actually came for my aunt but she didn’t want him so my grandmother said – wait- we have six more…what about this one – and pushed my mother forward. And the rest is history… :)

   — Charlie (@cultish613) December 24, 2020

9. No names or specifics, but 2 relatives of mine met when they discovered their then-spouses were having an affair with each other… they’ve been married now for upwards of 40 years.

   — Lila “In Search of the Denominator” Ralston (@epicdemiologist) December 24, 2020

10. My aunt Marion worked in a clothing factory producing army uniforms. She penned a short note, added her name and address and slipped it into a breast pocket on a khaki shirt. A soldier replied, they corresponded, and they were married for over 60 years.

    — Artie the quizzer. (@artie_dalzell) December 25, 2020

11. My grandparents eloped. She was a nurse in a burn unit during WWII, and he was an officer in the RAF. He visited one of his men and saw “the most ethereal woman”, so cute. They were both engaged to others at the time; scandal! Old style love stories are the best.

    — Salem Synn (28% OF) (@SalemSynn) December 24, 2020

12. my grandparents met when my papa refused to give up his seat on the bus for her which has to be my grandma’s villain origin story

    — new year same biscuit!!!!! (@reddskyy_) December 24, 2020

13. ((My Mum And Dad were both dating other people. The four got talking and became friends. It soon became clear that the couples were the wrong way round. My parents got together and the other couple did too. Both lots got married and are still happy together now.))

    — Cal Hunter2 (Homo Lupus & Romba )(RP/fake) (@offcampusCal) December 24, 2020

14. My parents met at a family wedding where everyone was speaking Spanish and my mom thought my dad only spoke Spanish and so she struggled to speak with him for MONTHS until she finally found out that he spoke perfect English all along.

    — Home bed cats. (@homebedcats) December 25, 2020

15. my mom and dad met in a full buss and he said she could sit in his lap, and she did.

    — Matilda (@HannaPousi) December 24, 2020

Do you have a crazy story about how one couple in your life met each other?