Do you remember the first time you met your spouse/partner?

[Jennasis]

DH and I worked together at a News Station. I was a cameraman (er...woman) and h operated our live-truck. I remember initially thinking of him as the mildly zany, long haired-pony tail wearing, artsy guy. Didn't really think much in the way romantically about him. But we grew in fast friends, eventually best friends. I VERY much remember the exact moment I realized I was in love with him. We would often go out for drinks after work, a whole gang of us from the station. Over drinks (non-alcoholic for both of us) I mentioned that I never learned to drive a stick shift. He offered to teach me and took me to the industrial park our news station was in. Spent 45 minutes letting me abuse his poor Volkswagon...what a guy.

It was dark...we were alone together...and it hit me like a bolt of lightning. I LOVED him.

Unfortunately I was engaged to a loser at the time, so we didn't get together until 3 months after I left my loser ex-husband (7 months after the wedding).

Met DH in 1996.
Started dating in 2000
Moved in together in 2000
Married in 2005.

Total time together in this lifetime...12 years. GLORIOUS years.