Figure Skating Romances

[Isk8NYC]

An acquaintance from Church mentioned that he wanted to attend the "Advent Family Skating Party" because he thought he might meet someone. I DO NOT DO FIXUPS, so I just offered him good luck. Now I'll have to watch him at the party to see if he finds anyone.

It made me think back to when I was single and very involved in skating. In our little adult figure skating clique of 25, there were 3 or 4 romances, only one of which resulted in marriage. We had a great time, traveling to competitions together at 2am, renting ice time at 2am, going out to a diner until 2am. (There is a theme here about youth and vigor)

Counselors often tell wanna-get-marrieds to join church groups, volunteer and do things they like, so they meet people with common interests and backgrounds.

In your opinion (which is never wrong!) do you think that a single guy/gal who takes up skating would meet that special someone?

[skaternum]

If it's a man trying to meet women, yes. If it's a woman trying to meet men, heck no! The ratio is terrible.

[Roma]

I don't know if it is very likely that two people would meet and start a romance, but if they did, it would have a bonus in that the two people would start out already sharing an interest. Also, if they continued to date, skating would make a fun and relatively pressure-free early date, because they could spend time just skating around, and not feel the need to be talking every second,a s they would of they were at dinner, a picnic, etc.

By the way, I once went to an adult-only skate on a Sunday night, and was very surprised that it gave me the feel of a grown-up version of a high school dance. (They even had one of those revolving disco balls suspneded from the ceiling.) Yet it was a lot more fun, because in skating, nobody can really tell if you are there by yourself. At a dance, individuals ususally don't just go out and dance by themsleves, but people can go to a skate party alone and just get out there, and nobody even knows whether you came with friends or not.

[Isk8NYC]

A rink I used to frequent in the early 80's had a Wednesday night, adults-only session. There was a disco ball, lights, a live DJ, and they served wine and cheese during the ice cut. It's how a lot of my group became met and socialized. The DJ would announce "speedskaters only" "hockey skaters only" and "Couples only" songs. The others would watch and comment!

Nowadays, the wine would be frowned upon, but the idea is still good. Entertainment, fun, and something to talk about.

[Twizzler]

I met my husband roller skating and we've been married for 25 years. We took up ice skating (dance) years ago and still enjoy skating with each other.

So, it can happen but maybe not in an ice rink.

[Roma]

Originally posted by Twizzler
I met my husband roller skating and we've been married for 25 years.

Great, great , great! I thought there might be some skating romance out there among our posters. Glad you shared.

[flutzilla1]

Believe it or not, I met my now-husband during a Friday night public session at the old Sky Rink in NYC.

He took lessons with my first coach for awhile, but after mastering a waltz jump that made it about a centimeter high, he concluded his skating career. Oh well....;)

[Jess-ka]

my last boyfriend was a skater and i met him during a skating...we don't date anymore though...uhm creative differences i guess:roll:

[Roma]

Originally posted by flutzilla1

He took lessons with my first coach for awhile, but after mastering a waltz jump that made it about a centimeter high, he concluded his skating career. Oh well....;)

That makes his waltz jump 1/2 centimeter higher than mine!:mrgreen:

Glad you shared your skating romance, too.

[Bulldog]

My husband and I met at the rink -- he was a dyed-in-the-wool free skater and I did ice dance only so I spent a lot of my time scurrying toward the boards trying to avoid the landing path of his then huge and out-of-control jumps. This behaviour did not make for cordial relations between us and it wasn't until we met socially far away from the skating club that I was able to look at him as something other than a dangerous ice hog.

We've now been married for nearly twenty years.

[GoldenLady]

Originally posted by Bulldog
My husband and I met at the rink -- he was a dyed-in-the-wool free skater and I did ice dance only so I spent a lot of my time scurrying toward the boards trying to avoid the landing path of his then huge and out-of-control jumps. This behaviour did not make for cordial relations between us and it wasn't until we met socially far away from the skating club that I was able to look at him as something other than a dangerous ice hog.

We've now been married for nearly twenty years.

Bulldog, that's a great story - and welcome to the board!! :)

[skatelinda]

I met my husband through roller skating. We were put together as a dance team by an official and went on to fall in love and have a son and have now been married 33 years.

[twizzle49]

I also met my husband ice dancing ... been together only 5years but the best of my life so far ... we have been through hip operations all kinds of other stuff and are still dancing both on the floor and on ice


If you are going to skate on thin ice you might as well be dancing

[WBLanghans]

My father-in-law served in the Navy in WWII and was stationed in the North Atlantic. He had some shore leave in New York City and, rather than follow the crowd of sailers heading to the bars, he went to an ice rink.

He met my mother-in-law there. They were married 50 years before she passed away a few years ago.

Fast forward almost 60 years. His teenage granddaughter was coming back by commuter train from a ice dance session in San Diego. The train stopped near Camp Pendleton. Several marines got on and one struck up a conservation with her (of course, when he found out her age, he was very polite). When her Dad picked her up from the train station, he had a bit of explaining to do about marines on leave.

Some things never change, do they? ;)

Wendy

[skaternum]

What a great story, Wendy! Your in-laws sound really neat.

[erdehoff]

I agree about the ratio -- in my experience, the odds of meeting a male figure skater who's both straight and single aren't good! But if you skate at public sessions, there are always the hockey skaters and the guys who don't skate often but are giving it a try for whatever reason. I've struck up conversations with a few of the cute ones. There's one good-looking hockey skater who usually goes to the Friday afternoon session whom I've been meaning to approach -- as soon as my knee heals from last month's fall and I get back on the ice, I might celebrate by doing just that. ;)

I would think that public sessions, especially during peak times, would be just as good for meeting people as church, bars, the gym, or any other place.

[Isk8NYC]

Just an update - the Skating Party was a lot of fun, but it was so cold at the outdoor rink! It wasn't very well-attended, which meant that my kids and I could figure skate without the ice guards getting nervous. (Here's one for the "Unbelievable" file - the guards sent a little hockey player off the ice for skating wild! I was surprised by that!)

I didn't see the man who wanted to meet a lady - probably too cold out for his taste. But there were a number of single ladies onhand, along with families that included single aunts and uncles!

We had a great time -- thanks for all the stories about romances. Tell your male friends that the ice rink is a great place to meet single ladies!