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I have known my husband since 1st grade. He moved away in 3rd grade and I did not see him again until a church retreat in high school when our two youth groups rented a bus together for a ski trip. We hung around together for the weekend and then he invited me to his junior prom even though I had a boyfriend. I went with him as a friend and we remained "pen pals" when he joined the Army and I went to college. When we were 22, he came home on leave for 2 weeks, we hung out and he proposed before he left back to his duty station. I said yes and we have been married for 30 years.

Pretty much the minute I laid eyes on him.

Granted, he was wearing a Phillies shirt, in the middle of NYC, in front of a theatre. And then talked baseball with me for 20 solid minutes before anyone could get us to stop and focus on what we needed to be doing, instead.

ALSO, our mutual (rest in power) friend did set us up. (Actually, we're nearly at the anniversary of our meeting.) He just did it without either of us knowing it was a set up. Super casual, oh, I need both of you in the same place at the same time kind of thing.

DH is also younger than me, so we dated for 6 1/2 years before we got engaged. Though I think I made it clear about 6 weeks in that I had made up my mind, for whenever he felt ready. And reiterated that on the regular. Didn't want him to be anxious about my answer.

View Quoted Comment Wow. This is such a beautiful story.

When my fiance and I first met, I hadn't been in a serious relationship for at least five years. I'd dated online and via speed dating etc on and off for that time, but had mostly met people interested in one thing. None of the people I'd met or dated were very nice, and I was seriously considering giving up and buying a cat, because the thought of continuing to put myself out there was demoralizing and depressing.

So, when we met - through only very loosely related mutual friends at a charity function - I was pretty tired of the whole scene and didn't have very much expectation that chatting to him would be anything more than for a way for me to not third-wheel my sister and her then-new boyfriend (now husband!) for an evening. Except he was really lovely and easy-going. At the end of the night he asked me how he'd know if I got home safe, and I suggested he text me and find out.

I told my mum the next day every possible reason it wouldn't work out, and why I shouldn't go on a date with him. I told my friends the same thing. And they all encouraged me to give him a chance - it was just a date after all, not like we'd get married or anything!

...Just short of four years later and we're getting married, haha.

I grew to learn that he is the most laid back, decent human beings I've ever met, and it was impossible not to fall in love with him. He's just a darling, and I'm very, very grateful I gave him that chance - I'm allergic to cats anyway

We met October of 2014 and I knew by April 2015 that he was the one. Took him a little while to get there 😂 moved in together November 2018, we were engaged September 2019 and then will be married October 2022!

I knew my fiancé was the one the second I made the choice to move from the Midwest to Florida. I never in my wildest dreams thought I’d leave my hometown in Iowa and leave my family to be a man. We met on Instagram through mutual friends, he flew to Iowa to meet me and my family, then I flew back with him to meet his. Went back home and had to make that choice! I wouldn’t trade it for anything, we started off long distance while I made the choice of moving that lasted about 3 weeks (my mom is a single mom and I’m her only child, it was extremely hard) but now she’s out having fun with her fiancé and friends and has an excuse to vacation here in Florida! Going from long distance to moving away from family I knew he was the one, before meeting him I would’ve called you crazy for thinking I’d ever leave home for a man, and here I am with my best friend and soon to be husband!

I knew my fiance was the one from our first date. I could tell he was raised differently like how men used to be raised. He was raised to be a gentleman with respect and morals. We dated for 2 years before we got engaged. And on our wedding we will have been together for 4 years.

We dated for about 2 years before getting engaged but i knew he was the one even before we went on a first date. we were friends for the first couple of months we knew each other and it was during that time i already fell in love with him

I had a dream about him before we even met. Once we started dating and I felt really comfortable and familiar - I just KNEW he was the one that God sent to me in my dream FOR A REASON. We got officially engaged after 4 years of dating - initially we decided to get engaged after 3 years but didn't do a proposal until a year later.

We met in high school my freshman year. He had a "bad boy" reputation and I wasn't about it, so it wasn't until six months later that we started dating. He actually asked me to marry him about a month into dating ("will you marry me someday?") I laughed and told him ask me again when we're out of high school and we will see what my answer is then.

So that's exactly what he did. The day after I graduated, he said "you told me to ask you again. So will you marry me?" We had been dating for a little more than four years then.

We got married the following year, a little more than five years dating.

I don't remember an exact moment I knew he was "the one" - it was the culmination of many things, not a singular moment.

Married for 18 years next month.

I knew my fiancé was the one after realizing we had the same plans and interests, plus we have awesome future goals. Also, just based off of how he treats me and how much he cares for me. There’s no one else I’d rather go through life with and have children with.


We started dating October 2019. Got engaged May 2021. The wedding is set for this August. 💖

I love your story, I met my fiance on 5/26/2019 I at the time only wanted to date and not be committed I had just gotten out of a 9-year relationship and was wanting more friends with benefits, I was just focused on being a mother to my 7 kids. So my fiance and I met at a park we had talked about a couple of weeks prior every day it seemed like minutes were 5 hours, and we talked about everything from the color purple to music movies, inspiration, silly things like fear of feet. so he met my kids and I like said at the local park and he walked up and was so warm and friendly and smelt good, I asked him if we would just want to date each other and he said yes. we then took it slow and got to know each other, we suffered some trials we got pregnant in 2019 had our daughter in 2020, and the last 4th of July he proposed I said yes and since then things have gotten better and better, He is damn near perfect he works so hard and lets me stay at home with the kids and encourages me to go back to school and finish my degree. He is patient with our kids and loves me even when I am unloveable, communicates with me even when I make it hard, and does the little things for me like puts my phone in the charger, comes home with chocolate and flowers just because, the greatest thing he has done was stepped up to the plate and is the father figure to our kids, he went from bachelor to a father of 8 and he does it so well, sorry to ramble but I am beyond lucky to have him

View Quoted Comment That’s awesome! Congrats girl!

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View Quoted Comment Love it! That’s such a beautiful story!

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View Quoted Comment That’s awesome! Building that friendship is a must!

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View Quoted Comment Congrats! So glad you met your prince!

View Quoted Comment Sometimes it takes them a little longer to realize things! I said “I love you “ first- I asked my husband why he didn’t say it fist & he said he was scared that I didn’t feel the same way!