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We were together for 5 years when we got engaged (last April) and the stress of planning a wedding plus some major cold feet on my part actually ended up making us call of the wedding and split up - which also was my idea...
Now, this was the HARDEST thing I have ever dealt with! and regretted it pretty much immediatly after I was able to really think about things.
I knew I had to have him back. It took 3 months apart for him to realize he wanted to be back with me too.
In those months apart I knew he was THE ONE! I couldnt picture my life without him, and was stupid for all the things I did, and thought.
Its things like that, as hard as they may be for a person make you realize what you have, and what I had was the most perfect guy for me! EVER!
After two weeks of dating, I knew. After a month of dating, he told me that he knew I would be the love of his life and wanted to grow old with me.
8 years later we are tying the knot!! The road has been bumpy at times and life has not always been perfect, but I would not want to share it with anyone else.
While I didn't admit to myself that he was "the one" until a year in, I knew the very first day I met him. I was never one to believe in love at first sight, it took having it happen to be for me to believe it. There was just something... different... about him, about how we instantly interacted with each other, etc. Had someone described him to me and tried to set me up with him, I would have said no - on paper and in superficial terms, we're complete opposites. I wasn't looking for a bf and he wasn't looking for a gf, but we both knew immediatey and have spent practically every day together since... 3 1/2 years and counting. :)
When we first started dating he traveled a lot for work. The first time he went away and he called me before he went to bed just to ... say goodnight ... that was it. I was so hoping he would do it, but didn't expect it. Since that night we've pretty much never not said goodnight.
I didn't really have a light bulb moment where I knew I wanted to marry FH, but I did have a moment about 4-5 months after we started dating. We were already living together but I was only 21 so I wasn't really thinking about marriage. We went on a trip to the snow with his workmates. He was an experienced snowboarder so went off to do some runs while I went to a beginners lesson. Here I will mention that I HATE sports. Snowboarding was definitely not a natural thing for me try. So I'm sitting halfway up this mountain with this THING strapped to my feet, surrounded by all these 17 year old boys with long hair, I'm freezing and having flashbacks to the the hell that was high school PE, and I clearly thought "I must really like this guy." We are actually getting married just down the road from where I had this thought (although in summer!) so I'm definitely going to mention it in my speech :)
Okay..I'm probably a huge dork (well I AM)...but I knew the night I got home from our first date. We met online, did a lunch date 2 days later, met at noon that day...and we spent the whole day together....it just felt right.I got home that night at midnight, having to get up at 4:30am for work the next morning. I got in bed, and I cried......because I knew that he was THE ONE. We just fit right together, same views on life, soooo different families (I'm an only, he's one of 10) but similar parents, I KNEW my parents would love his family when I met them. And they do! It was a for-the-most-part, stress-free dating period, not like anything I'd ever experienced before. And we have the same goals in life, which we discussed on our first date. I can't imagine my life without him, it's just this intrinsic happiness.
Kind of like Humarock, I went on a business trip 2 wks after we met, to New Orleans...one of my favorite places. I was counting down the hours until I got home to see him...& he called me (unexpectedly) every day to see how my meetings went for the day....my boss told me on day 2....You're gonna marry that man!
I was actually in a long term relationship with someone else when I realized how I felt about him. He was moving away for work, and I was at his going away party and it hit me. I could not let him get away. We had been friends for so long, and I had a pretty mean crush on him, but every time I ever saw him I got butterflies, and every time I talked to him it ws like we were the only people in the world. I hated it, bc I'm pretty cynical, and I wasn't able to deny how it just felt right with him.
I broke up with my ex, and we pursued a long distance relatioship. For Christmas that year he have me the hugest stocking full of Sharpie and Post-Its, which I'm obsessed with. I can't live without my Sharpies and Post-Its and I can't live without FH. That night I laughed and cried and it was the greatest, most personal gift (even better than the ridiculously gorgeous necklace, Chargers pajamas, and copy of my favorite book he also gave me... it was the Sharpies and Post-Its that made me blubber), and I knew that I wanted to spend every holiday with him.
He eventually found a job closer to home. And he still gives me the butterflies every day!
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@Miss Starlet - too cute!!!! My guy uses Sharpies every day at work so I buy them for him all the time. In the job I had when we met, I was all about highlighters, and he used to buy me some every couple of weeks.
I knew after about three months of dating that he was the one for me. I was working at a car show a couple hours from home and didn't see him for five days and I knew that I never wanted to be away from him for that long again.
First date, in the dark, movie theater when he picked out all of the orange gummy bears for me because he knew they were my favorite. Two weeks later we visited his parents. He told me he loved me and wanted me to be his wife and have his children...still makes me tear up. 30 days later, he met my parents. 4 days later he proposed and 78 days after we met, we were married. Fast? Yes. It's been almost 9 months and they have been the best of my life. We knew and we did not hesitate in spending the rest of our lives together. Best decision of my life! Our year anniversary will be our reception as we were married in a chaplain ceremony. I love being married to him!
We're a long distance couple & we had been together for just under 2 years. I had planned this elaborate weekend full of fun & sightseeing since he had never been to Vancouver before. Well, stuff happens & the first night he arrived my grandfather (who is more like my father) had a massive stroke. He was there helping all my family in this time of horror. He played with the kids- kept them all entertained, brought food to my grandmother and mom in the hospital... he was right in the middle of this nightmare.
He never complained or barked about spending his whole vacation time in & out of the hospital. He was just so wonderful with everyone & he instantly became a member of my family at that point. I knew he was in it 100% and I knew I wanted to weather any future storm with him at my side.
After dating for 6 months and he left for Iraq, I realized I didn't know what to do with myself if he wasn't in my life.....that's when I realized he was the one.
These are such sweet stories -- I love them. Nothing makes me happier than a love story with a happy ending.
More, please! 
When I got home from our first date at 2 am (after talking & laughing together all night long on our date) I told my roommates that he was the man I was going to marry... a little over 2 years later we are 1 month away from our wedding!
Right after our first date I called a friend and told her I had just met my future husband. Within two weeks we had shared the three little words "I love you," talked about growing old together and sitting on front porch swing, within a month I met his entire family, and a month later he met my parents. Fast forward six months, and he proposed. We will be getting married a couple of week before our one year anniversary. It feels like we've known each other for years and I feel truly, truly blessed.
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From our first kiss on the bus (on a High School trip!)
We were both in HS and had been talking for a few weeks, and then we had our first kiss on Nov. 1, 1999! I know!!! Sooooo High School :) I knew at that moment that I loved him ;)
Anyway we dated off and on for a few years after that, but I always told my friends I knew I was going to marry him. They hated when I would say that - especially when things weren't going well for us!!! We did that for 4 years!!! (back and forth and dating other people) ... Until we decided one day that we had to be together, and nothing else would make us happy.
Exactly 5 years after that day, he proposed!!!
So yes, it will be a little more than 10 years of me loving him by the time we say "I Do!"
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my FH is the guy's guy that doesn't really show or say how he's feeling. i like to have things out in the open. at one point i became frustrated that we couldn't relate and things would never progress so i broke it off. it was just before christmas. he went home to his family and i went home to mine and didn't talk.
in january, we decided that we would still exchange our christmas gifts because they were homemade gifts. he made a clay tealight holder in the shape of a snowman and painted on the face the tiniest little teardrop! he said that he and the snowman were sorry for not opening up but that he wanted to try again. at that moment, i knew that he was the ONE.
Looking back on it, there was not one time in particular that I can pinpoint. Every day I find myself more in love with him and more ready than ever to give him the rest of my life. With that being said, our first date was unlike any other, we spent the whole time sitting at a resteraunt (and late a tea lounge) talking the night away. We lived four hours away from one another and neither one of us wanted a long distance relationship. But the overwhelming sense of "we really should give this a go" won over. 9 months later I moved to be by his side. We have been together 2 1/2 years now, and I couldn't imagine a better person for me to spend the rest of my life with.
I heard his voice before I ever met him. I knew from that moment that I wanted to have him in my life in some form. When I met him in person, well, about 6 hours after I met him I just KNEW I wanted to have him forever as my partner.
The moment I walked away from a very nice life, if only to see him one more time. I could not live, could not breathe without this man. I will never again have to.
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I didn't know until he asked me to marry him. His unexpected proposal took my breath away. I wanted to say yes right away, but because I'd never had that "moment" I wanted to take some time to think it over.
I knew I'd either have to say yes or break it off, and I just couldn't bear the thought of saying no. Yes was the only answer I ever had -- I told him so a week later.
These are great stories!
We were long distance and after dating for 6 months he told me he was willing to quit his job and move to be with me, and if he couldn't find a job in his profession, he was willing to work at a discount store, gas station, or wherever so our relationship would go forward. I loved that he would do that to be with me, but at the same time, convinced him he needed a good job to move. It took 6 months, but a job became available, he accepted the position, and he moved in a week before our 1 year anniversary cruise (we met on a cruise the previous February). We're in our mid-late 30's and after both of us living alone since college, I was expecting some tough moments, but happy to say it has been smooth sailing so far.
I met my guy in March and while I knew he was a great guy right away it wasn't until 3 1/2 months later that I realized he was IT.
I had just come out of a nasty relationship and was totally not looking for anyone - let alone a forever someone. I can say with certainty that hope can sometime feel like fear. When it hit me I totally panicked. I typed out on my cell phone "I am in soooo much trouble" and sent it to my best friend - I thought. My guy got it instead.
He called me, asked where I was and came and sat with me on the curb in front of my house while I cried and cursed and just generally lost my mind. Then, when I finally calmed down and was quiet he said, "I'm scared too. We'll figure it out together."
We've been figuring out together ever since.
I'm getting caught on these stories -- so romantic!!!
Any more to share?
Hmmm, well I told my girlfriends I was going to marry the next guy I dated. I guess I kinda lucked out because the next guy i dated turned out to be the love of my life. :)
There are lots of little moments but one of the first times I thought - WHOA - was when my dad was visiting Ireland where I live now. He was only going to be at my house for a night or two before heading off and I asked my boyfriend of one month to come over to meet him. My boyfriend lived about 30 minutes away and it was near his birthday and his brother's birthday and their whole family was going out to dinner (I hadn't met them yet) so he said he wasn't sure if he'd be able to but he'd try.
So I went to Mass that evening and my phone was off. I was kinda fuming because I hadn't heard from him and was pretty disappointed that he wouldn't be able to meet my dad. I knew it was kinda big to ask him to meet my dad after only dating for a month but it isn't every day that my family and I are in the same country. So all through Mass I was distracted and my feelings were hurt but I was trying not to be too upset about it. About 40 minutes later I walked out of church and I checked my phone to find a text message that he was on his way to meet my dad and that he was sorry that he wouldn't be able to visit longer. He drove all the way to my house to meet my dad and take the time to have a nice conversation then about 30 minutes later turned around and drove almost an hour to meet his family (late) for the family dinner. I was SO happy that he made such an effort and that I was important enough to him to do that at such an early stage in our relationship. I've been smitten with him for almost 3 years now and this is only one of MANY examples of how he's demonstrated his feelings for me and how grateful I am to have him in my life.
(Great stories by the way everyone!)
When I came home after my first date with him, my roommate said "How was it?" I said, "He's the one, I mean he really could be the one." I just had this feeling after the date, I can't really describe it, I just knew. A year and a half later, we're engaged and planning our wedding.
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My sweetie was the second guy I had dated after my husband died. The first experience was a train wreck, so I was very hesitant about doing any more dating,
Anyway, I was making us lunch one day, mac and cheese, (my favorite!) and I thought to myself "how nice it is to be doing something normal like cooking again." and I started crying. I thought I'd get it together in just a second and I'd be OK. He heard me in the kitchen and came to check on me and asked if I was OK. I told him that I just needed a minute alone and I'd be fine, cuz I'm a tought broad, ya know? He went back to the other room and I was still crying. At this point, I had to sit down on the floor of the kitchen to try and collect myself.
He came back into the kitchen, sat on the floor and held me and said, "cry all you need to" when I was done crying he looked at me and said "you haven't eaten today, have you?" He then got a bowl of macaroni and cheese and sat there and fed it to me. I will always think that act was one of the kindest, most sincere and heartfelt things that anyone had ever done for me. We had only been dating for about a month but I knew right then that he was the one for me.
It sounds crazy but it was actually very touching.I can't remember ever feeling more cared for than I did right then.
I don't remember the moment I knew, as we were very rushed into marriage, and when we got married I wasn't even sure, lol. I know that sounds horrible, but I was 19 and knocked up! I obviously know it now, since we're finally getting around to the wedding!
I knew he was the one pretty quickly ... we had not been dating very long (less than a month) when my Dad's best friend and my "surrogate brother" committed suicide.
This person has been a huge part of my life for years, he was over at our house, hanging out and watching movies and stuff every week. He was the happiest, funniest person we knew, so the suicide was very sudden and unexpected.
Mr Mini stood by me the whole time even though he had never really met this person, and we hadn't been dating very long. He was just so supportive, than I knew he was the one.
my guy and i met just as i was about to graduate from college - and move from california to arkansas for teach for america!
i didn't want to get into a relationship right when my life was going through such major changes, and he didn't pressure me. but he DID call me frequently to make sure everything was alright, listen to me as i talked about my loneliness, frustration with being a new teacher, and lack of understanding of the small-town rural culture i was now a part of.
one night, he even listened to me whine about how there wasn't anyplace to get real maple syrup where i lived!
and a few days after that conversation, to my utter astonishment, a package arrived on my doorstep: it was filled with a huge bottle of real maple syrup (in the shape of a maple leaf) straight from vermont! he'd had it sent just to put a smile on my face.
it sounds so cheesy, but after that, i knew i couldn't find a better guy to spend the rest of my life with... :-)
My fiance is the first person I have ever seriously dated. I had been on dates with other guys before, but never felt bowled over by any of them. A mentor of mine said to wait until I met the guy who knocked my socks off.
We had been e-mailing back and forth for a month or so (long-distance, I had met him twice before through a mutual friend) and I remember telling one of my friends (now bridesmaids!) that although it had never worked with anyone else before, this time felt different. I had no reason to think so, except that for the first time, having this man in my life felt right.
A week or so later, we went on our first date. As I went home that night, I remember thinking how comfortable and fun and charming and great the date had been. So great, in fac, that I designed an engagement ring that night.
Two weeks into our "official" relationship, he told me he loved me and he kissed me (my first kiss ever, at 23). A week later, I reciprocated and introduced him to my parents. From the time I said "I love you," I knew we were in it for the long haul. We began discussing marriage pretty much from the get-go,for a few months until we both had a lapse of faith and no longer trusted that God had brought us together for a reason. We broke up for a month and a half, during which time I knew, more than ever, that I was created to be his wife. When we got back together, I told him that, and a few months later, he proposed.
I am amazed at the work of God in bringing us together, not once but twice, and in blessing me with such an incredible man.
@Hursley... your post made me cry
my FI and i were friends and dive buddies for over a year and then one day we were crossing a really busy street to go get some lunch after a dive and he held my hand. he still says he meant nothing by it but for me that was the first moment i thought "he/we could be more". things moved very quickly after that
We were sitting outside smoking (in the days where we both casually smoked) within the first week of dating - he was telling me about his ex and although things didn't work out, he spoke with so much respect for her, and how many lessons he learned. It was that moment that I thought, "wow, I want to be with this man forever!".
He claims it was a few days later, we went to church with my adopted mom (Mama Terri) and he looked over at me, and said he just knew, too!!! <3 Awwwww.
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