20 Real Life Love Stories That Have Plots Like Romance Novels

Anyone who thinks romance novels have unrealistic plots should know I am dating the groomsman I was paired with at a friend's wedding. He was a lonely farmer looking to move to the big city. https://t.co/JaMmJrqwGP

— Hecate (@danademaster) March 29, 2022

I fell in love & married the guy with the desk next to mine at campaign office who I used to argue with every day. During a work trip where we had to share a hotel room – we became friends. Then he was my best friend during a breakup with my serious boyfriend. 15yrs married.

— Annie Shannon (@AJShannon) March 29, 2022

Anyone who thinks romance novels have unrealistic plots should know I met my hubby in college-painting class & I asked him to pose for me. He assumed nude & I didn't say no. We married on a Friday 13th & it was raining, but the sun shone during our ceremony. https://t.co/aj1R8OfhUT

— Darth Maully 💗💛💙 (@ArtistCCWheeler) March 30, 2022

Two grandmoms were best friends. They kept trying to set up their respective kids with each other, and the kids sneered and ignored them. The kids ended up going to the same college and met each other there. Their daughter is currently in my class.

— Scandal from Bohemia (@ScandalBohemia) March 29, 2022

anyone who thinks romance novels have unrealistic plots should know a week after ending a 5 yr relationship, i got bumble as a distraction, immediately met someone who *also* was a week out from a 5 year relationship ending & said “oh yay! rebound!” & now we live together lol https://t.co/dvXnULJfXy

— rebecca mix is on deadline 😵‍💫 (@mixbecca) March 30, 2022

my mother in law is currently in love with a man she re-met at her 50 year high school reunion who is a rancher in their rural New Mexico hometown (she didn't know him back then because she was the town doctor's daughter) – these things happen! just not to me 😭

— Amanda (@SamwiseGLAMgee) March 29, 2022

I met my mate while on a driving vacation through the American West (he was doing the same w/his brother). We exchanged addresses after a short chat. Then we wrote letters long distance for 2 years. We’ve now been married for 23.

— Dr. Brandy Schillace (@bschillace) March 30, 2022

My now husband was my rival in my advanced Latin translation class in college. When then started studying together bc I couldn’t let him do better then me.

— jen (@BrazenBookBabe) March 30, 2022

Anyone who thinks romance novels have unrealistic plots should now that we got together because he broke his ankle 2 weeks before the our play opened and it was my job to bring him ice between scenes. Backstage teasing led to flirting. We've been together for 24 years. https://t.co/2Z43y1og6u

— Ana Coqui (@anacoqui) March 30, 2022

Anyone who thinks romance novels have unrealistic plots should know that just before prom my senior year my boyfriend dumped me so I told my best friend to ask me. He got down on one knee and did. And we’ve been together ever since, 29 years now. https://t.co/MjI9SXYbUW

— Christina Britton (@cbrittonauthor) March 30, 2022

I broke my arm ice skating on my first date with a hockey player, who is now my husband.

— Dr. Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell (@HottyCouture) March 29, 2022

Anyone who thinks romance novels have unrealistic plots should know I (the awkward AF clarinetist) met my husband (the star football player)in a teenage night club in 1997 where we danced all night and pretty much never left each other’s sides since. 🤷🏻‍♀️ https://t.co/9aRi09G6LO

— Heather Van Fleet 🌸 (@HLVanFleet) March 30, 2022

Anyone who thinks romance novels have unrealistic plots should know I went on a blind date with a man, 2 weeks later I was dx with cancer, but he chose to stick around. Reader, I married my caretaking hero, and we're celebrating 13 years. https://t.co/0JQC11HEdD

— Melinda (@MelindaEdits) March 30, 2022

Anyone who thinks romance novels have unrealistic plots should know I had a dream about my now husband two years before we got together. In the dream, he kept telling me "not yet". We've been together nearly 20 years now. https://t.co/Ur6q3v7nwF

— Jade D Warren (@JadeDWarren1) March 30, 2022

My wife and I went on a group outing to SoIMarriedanAxeMurderer at midnight in 1993, got separated from our group, laughed the whole time, went back to her dorm and sat outside watching the stars and talking all night. We're still together. Instalove. Like a lightning bolt.

— Peter N. Horton (@Peter_Horton) March 30, 2022

We were “just friends” until we were in a car wreck and he realized what he almost lost. Our first date was his apology for putting me thru the wreck (he was driving). We’ve been together 27 years this spring. 24 married.

— Cayti B (@caytibinba) March 30, 2022

I once knew a couple who literally met at a funeral and became close friends since they were both in other relationships and then as soon as the other relationships ended they got together and married 😂. All from meeting at a funeral.

— Mir-maid. (@mirmaid_x) March 29, 2022

anyone who thinks romance novels have unrealistic plots should know i friends-with-benefitted myself into a marriage with my Best Friend https://t.co/pHRZaqv9gl

— Ruby 🍑 PREORDER THE ROMANCE RECIPE (@RubyBarretWrite) March 30, 2022

Anyone who thinks romance novels have unrealistic plots should know I met my husband at a party in Indiana, didn't see him again until I moved to NYC 6 years later, then eloped with him to Italy on April Fools Day. We'll be married 29 years this Friday. https://t.co/yJUauybILv

— Meg Cabot (@megcabot) March 30, 2022

Anyone who thinks romance novels have unrealistic plots should know my first kiss with my husband happened on top of a washing machine. https://t.co/opMwqaGe5t

— Livy Hart 💋 (@Babsy07) March 30, 2022