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Chidders
Beginner June 2012

Getting to know you!

Chidders, 12 January, 2012 at 12:31 Posted on Planning 0 114

Seen as there are a lot of new hitchers joining us, let's have a thread of 'getting to know you'.

So,

When did you get engaged?

When are you getting married?

How old are you?

What do you do for a living?

What area of the country do you live?

How long have you been Hitching?

114 replies

Latest activity by spaceman spiff, 20 January, 2012 at 11:47
  • Kylie541
    Beginner February 2013
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    Got engaged at Christmas

    Getting married February 2013

    I am a lawyer

    Aged 27

    Joined hitched 2 weeks ago

    Eta live in west Yorkshire getting married in south Devon

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  • Fergo
    Beginner December 2012
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    Good idea!!

    When did you get engaged? 18th June 2010

    When are you getting married? 12th December 2012

    How old are you? 32

    What do you do for a living? I work in sales / marketing

    What area of the country do you live? Ayrshire, Scotland

    How long have you been Hitching? 1 1/2 years (my joining date under my avatar is wrong!!)

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  • MrsBlackToBe
    Beginner November 2012
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    Hello!

    We got engaged on Christmas day

    We're aiming for November 2012

    I'm 27, Mr Black is 33

    Marketing Manager for a web design business

    Living in Berkshire

    Have been lurking on Hitched for a couple of months!

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  • lurvlytwink
    Beginner June 2012
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    Hi there.

    So,

    When did you get engaged? September 2011

    When are you getting married? 15th June 2012

    How old are you? 25

    What do you do for a living? Work in IT (dont hold that against me!)

    What area of the country do you live? Nottingham

    How long have you been Hitching? couple of week Smiley smile

    xxx

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  • DarkMoomin
    Beginner June 2012
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    Hi,

    I got engaged 31st July 2010

    Getting married 2nd June 2012 (EEP!)

    I am a researcher

    Aged 31

    Joined hitched just after I got engaged, but have really only been active the past few weeks!

    Live in Sheffiled and getting married just North of Sheffield

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  • Fletcherette
    Beginner September 2012
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    When did you get engaged? We talked about it around last september but h2b didnt actually get down on one knee with a beautiful ring till christmas

    When are you getting married? September 15th ❤️

    How old are you? I'm 30 and h2b is 31

    What do you do for a living? mobile hairdresser

    What area of the country do you live? South Wales

    How long have you been Hitching? I joined last September when h2b and I agreed to get married and I lurked for a while and started posting properly when we set the date ?

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  • Blonde Viki
    Beginner July 2012
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    I'm not new but I'm going to fill this out anyway Smiley winking

    When did you get engaged? July 2010

    When are you getting married? July 2012 (6 months, eek!)

    How old are you? 31

    What do you do for a living? Solicitor, but a nice person really!

    What area of the country do you live? London, but come from the Wirral

    How long have you been Hitching? pretty much since I got engaged, so 18 months!

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  • E
    Beginner August 2011
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    When did you get engaged? November 2011 on my 30th birthday

    When are you getting married? August 2013

    How old are you? 30

    What do you do for a living? Psychology Student/Part time call centre worker/ Mum

    What area of the country do you live? Hertfordshire

    How long have you been Hitching? Couple of months

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  • *Nursey*
    Beginner May 2012
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    When did you get engaged? December 2010

    When are you getting married? 19th May 2012

    How old are you? 28

    What do you do for a living? Nurse Practitioner

    What area of the country do you live? Lincolnshire

    How long have you been Hitching? Since August 2010 (we started planning in secret)

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  • H
    Beginner June 2012
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    Thank you for doing this x

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  • SassyT
    Beginner August 2013
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    When did you get engaged? 5th of February 2011 - it had been lightly discussed before and he thought I'd be expecting it for Valentines so he went for it earlier to surprise me...which it did!

    When are you getting married? 4th August 2013

    How old are you? 34

    What do you do for a living? I have ME, also known as Chronic Fatigue syndrome and I am on the severe end of the spectrum and haven't been able to work since August '09. Before my illness got bad I've always worked in retail/customer service. Last job was ASDA as an internet shopper.

    What area of the country do you live? Northamptonshire but lived in Peterborough most of my life, came here to move in with my ex and loved it here so never went back after we split, this is most definitely my home now.

    How long have you been Hitching? Since October which is when we finally started getting the ball rolling on wedding planning and we booked a date.

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  • E
    Beginner March 2012
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    When did you get engaged? 21st Sep 2011

    When are you getting married? 11th March 2012

    How old are you? 31

    What do you do for a living? Accounts for the family business

    What area of the country do you live? Hampshire

    How long have you been Hitching? Since Oct I think

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    Beginner April 2012
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    When did you get engaged? 30th January 2011

    When are you getting married? 7th April 2012

    How old are you? 23

    What do you do for a living? Marketing Manager for a software dev company

    What area of the country do you live? Manchester

    How long have you been Hitching? Since I got engaged really Smiley smile

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  • becomingmrsevans
    Beginner August 2012
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    Hello everyone,

    When did you get engaged? 1st June 2011

    When are you getting married? 11th August 2012

    How old are you? 26

    What do you do for a living? I'm a French and German teacher, but currently doing supply.

    What area of the country do you live? I live officially live in Gloucestershire, I guess half way between Oxford and Stratford-on-Avon.

    How long have you been Hitching? I joined back in September but only properly started using this year.

    Such a good idea. ?

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  • looneysh
    Beginner May 2012
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    When did you get engaged? 16 June 2010

    When are you getting married? 14 May 2012

    How old are you? 31...will be 32 when i get married

    What do you do for a living? HR

    What area of the country do you live? Glasgow

    How long have you been Hitching? Nov 2010 (Ithink)

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  • Tracy2012
    Beginner June 2012
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    When did you get engaged? 9 February 2008 (had to look at the receipt for my engagement ring as I had no idea!)

    When are you getting married? 30 June 2012

    How old are you? I'm 31 OH is 29

    What do you do for a living? I work for the NHS in Mental Health

    What area of the country do you live? Hampshire

    How long have you been Hitching? Since March 2011

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  • Ali_G
    Beginner October 2012
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    Oooh, me me!

    When did you get engaged? Some time in August, though I'm not sure of the date (I'm awful with dates!)

    When are you getting married? 6th October

    How old are you? 22 (I'll be 23 next month)

    What do you do for a living? Civil Servant *hides*

    What area of the country do you live? Bedfordshire, which is East Anglia I think?

    How long have you been Hitching? Since June 2011

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  • Hunry
    Beginner May 2012
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    When did you get engaged? - Valentines Day 2010

    When are you getting married? - 20th May 2012

    How old are you? - 27

    What do you do for a living? - ESL teacher

    What area of the country do you live? - Live in S.Korea at the minute

    How long have you been Hitching? - Since last August, lurking for ages and just started posting over the last few months ?

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  • Storky
    Beginner May 2011
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  • Jonesey
    Beginner June 2012
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    Good idea Chidders!

    When did you get engaged? Christmas Day 2010

    When are you getting married? 9th June 2012

    How old are you? 26

    What do you do for a living? I have an online soft furnishings business and I also manage and run a branch of my OH's self storage company (very random mix, if anyone I know reads this they'll automatically know it's me!)

    What area of the country do you live? Lancashire

    How long have you been Hitching? Since October 2011

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  • Canary
    Beginner August 2013
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    When did you get engaged? Still waiting for the official proposal but unofficially we decided that we were going to get married between Christmas and New Year.

    When are you getting married? Fingers crossed for August 2013. Friday the 16th if possible.

    How old are you? 22

    What do you do for a living? Student and temp admin person

    What area of the country do you live? South east

    How long have you been Hitching? Oh umm I've been stalking for a very long time (!) in waves but properly started hitching in December

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  • celo1
    Beginner May 2012
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    Clair, I'm Ayrshire too Smiley smile

    Other answers;

    When did you get engaged? August 2006 - I think, been sooo long I cant remember!

    When are you getting married? 19th May 2012

    How old are you? 33

    What do you do for a living? Medical Research

    How long have you been Hitching? 6-7 months

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  • Chidders
    Beginner June 2012
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    Cool, Hi Girls ?

    I will treat you my stats now!

    Engaged Jan 2008

    Wedding 30th June 2012

    I'm 29

    I live in near Bournemouth, come from Wolverhampton and am getting married in Shrewsbury!

    I am an Accountant

    I registered a bit before taking planning seriously so I will say December 2010.

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  • Liverbird
    Beginner August 2012
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    When did you get engaged? 25th March 2007 (I can only remember the date because it happens to be my sister's birthday!)

    When are you getting married? 25th August 2012

    How old are you? 29, but only for a few more months :-(

    What do you do for a living? I'm a Exams Administrator

    What area of the country do you live? Oxfordshire

    How long have you been Hitching? I think May 2007ish was my first post, but have spent most of my time here lurking!

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  • Gabbance
    Beginner February 2012
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    When did you get engaged? August 2010

    When are you getting married? 18th Feb 2012 (5 weeks on sat! eeek!)

    How old are you? 24

    What do you do for a living? Sales office manager

    What area of the country do you live? Hertfordshire

    How long have you been Hitching? Pretty much since we got engaged, but I'm not a huge poster, just when I think I can actually help!! Smiley smile

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  • Jennyb61
    Beginner June 2012
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    Hi everyone,

    I got engaged 3 years ago on 6th May

    We get married on 3rd June 2012

    I am 32

    Im and Accountant for a University

    I live in Kent with my lovely H2B and our 3 cats

    I have been Hicthing since beginning of January 2012 and I love it, also I believe that our thread starter Chidders is getting married on my birthday ?

    It is lovely to meet everyone xxx

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  • SaSaSi
    Beginner July 2012
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    Engaged : 24 Dec 2008

    Married: 2nd July 2011

    Age: 27

    Job: sales . I hate it & am determined that 2012 finds me in a new job!

    Residence: N Ireland

    Hitching since : Sept 2010 I think!

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  • soon2bmrsRB
    Beginner May 2013
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    When did you get engaged? 8years ago lol

    When are you getting married? may 17th 2013

    How old are you? 28

    What do you do for a living? stay at home mum.

    What area of the country do you live? london

    How long have you been Hitching? about 3 days lol

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  • JennyH10
    Beginner May 2013
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    I got engaged on 12th Feb 2011 (OH was too nervous to wait until the 14th LOL)

    Wedding date - April or May 2013 in Positano, Italy. We will be able to set a date next week hopefully.

    I'm 34, OH is 37.

    I live near Liverpool

    I am a self-employed pastry chef/patissiere

    I've been a Hitcher since not long after we got engaged, almost a year!

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  • Chidders
    Beginner June 2012
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    Yay, what a great day! Though I think I will bid you a very early Happy Birthday, as I may be preoccupied!

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  • quackers
    Beginner August 2013
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    When did you get engaged? 30th July 2011

    When are you getting married? 24th August 2013

    How old are you? 25

    What do you do for a living? I'm a student nurse at the moment

    What area of the country do you live? Wrexham/ Chester

    How long have you been Hitching? Since October

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    Beginner August 2013
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    When did you get engaged? 29th April 2011

    When are you getting married? 15th August 2013

    How old are you? 44

    What do you do for a living? Educational Visit Coordinator in a secondary school

    What area of the country do you live? Wiltshire

    How long have you been Hitching? SInce just before we got engaged

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