My now husband told a dad joke while we were at dinner on our second date and I knew I would marry him.
I remember when I was with my ex out at dinner once, we were deciding what to eat and he saw Gnocchi as an option and said something to the effect of ‘I’ve never tried that but it looks gross!’, I replied with ‘Don’t gnocchi it till you try it!’ And proceeded to laugh my ass off at my own hilarity. He in turn rolled his eyes. Didn’t even crack a smile. we didn’t last long.
Cue now hubby. We were perusing the dessert menu and Pannacotta was on there. I asked what it was and without even looking up from his menu he said ‘It’s cotta that’s cooked in a panna.’ I knew I had found my person. I laughed hard. After dinner he walked me to my car and asked if he could give me a kiss. I said yes and the rest is history.
We have been married coming up 6 years now and we still make each other laugh with our terrible jokes. Gosh I love him.