How did you know you had met the person you were going to marry?

[PaulaSue]

I knew he was the one when the earthquake happed and I knew if I had to go through that I wanted to be with him. We have been together over 16 years and married over 13.

 

[NHdisneylover]

What sweet stories

Well, I had a crush on DH from the minute I met him when we were 17. We were both dating other people and marraige was not on my mind at all. We started dating about a year and a half later over Christmas break our Freshman year in college. I was definetly falling into the habit of planning things in the futre to include him which should have been a big sign. My subconcious was just assuming he would always be around. But, here is when I remember it hitting me that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him:

We flew to L.A. to visit his big sisters that summer (so 6 months or so into the relationship). We got buckled into our seats on the plane and I pulled out a coloring book and crayons and started to amuse myself coloring. Not only did he not make fun of me, but he bragged about it to his sisters that night because he thought it was awesome that I liked to have fun and did not confine myself to only "cool" for my age things. I remember thinking if he was so fabulous at 19 it could only get better

We were married about 4 years after that and have been married 13 years so far. I am still totally in love with him. People tend to think we are newlyweds because of how we look at each other

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

Our first date......I fell in love with his hands. I knew I would hold them the rest of my life.

 

[Auggietina]

The red + sign on the preganancy test sealed the deal

 

[Aisling]

Does he have a brother??

Yes, but they're all gamblers. I'm lucky I got the only brother with a head on his shoulders!

 

[DisneyJules]

What sweet stories

We flew to L.A. to visit his big sisters that summer (so 6 months or so into the relationship). We got buckled into our seats on the plane and I pulled out a coloring book and crayons and started to amuse myself coloring. Not only did he not make fun of me, but he bragged about it to his sisters that night because he thought it was awesome that I liked to have fun and did not confine myself to only "cool" for my age things. I remember thinking if he was so fabulous at 19 it could only get better

We were married about 4 years after that and have been married 13 years so far. I am still totally in love with him. People tend to think we are newlyweds because of how we look at each other

I think that's SO sweet, what a great story!! I'm a total kid at heart, so I can really relate,ahaha That's a great quality to have and it's nice to hear you met someone who cherishes that.

 

[3boymthr]

I have an odd but sweet story.

I was a college freshman but lived at home because of health issues that had prevented my moving into the dorm (I was better a few weeks into the first semester but it was too late to get into the dorm for the year). My friend "M" from HS was home from college for a visit and wanted to go out with her boyfriend "E". E was in the Navy and stationed a few states away and didn't have a car. He got a friend "D" to agree to drive him home, but needed a date for the weekend for D. She'd talked to a few other friends but they were all still at school that weekend. As a good friend I agreed to go out with the guy. We chatted on the phone and seemed to get along. Well E and his friend show up for our first "date". The friend say's Hi, I'm "R". M & I pull E aside, "Ummm, R what happened to D?" E says "D didn't think you sounded like you'd put out so he backed out. I got R to bring me home." DH later said he didn't even know E had set us up for a date but he went along with it to not make waves. Well, M & E still wanted to go out so off to the movies we go and then R & I spent the rest of the night together talking, then the rest of the weekend together, talking. We got along great, after he went back to base, we'd call and talk for hours and we traded driving to the other's locale to visit, after he got out of the navy he moved near me and then three years after we met we got married. Did I know he was the "one" right away, no, but we just clicked. Sometimes it's just fate.

Odd fact, M and E broke up that weekend - while we were talking they were fighting.

Other odd fact; I've never dated or been with any other man but DH. We've been together 21 years now.

 

[Jupiter&Wolfe]

I have not yet known love, but I'd like to share my grandparents' story....


My Grandfather came from a family with big money, he had never known hardships, even growing up during the depression. They lived in upstate New York, and they lived on the high class side of town. My grandmother, on the other hand, didn't have a penny. She never knew her father and her mother was sick with tuberculosis in the hospital. So my grandmother lived in an orphanage, in the same city, but on the dirty, impoverished side of the city. It was a very crowded orphanage and she says she only had about 3 articles of clothing.

When my grandfather was 12 years old, he was running errands for his father on the other side of the city. He stopped inside a grocery store to pick up some things, and when he stepped out of the grocery store, there at the bus stop was my grandmother. He says at that moment in time he fell in love with her. He stopped her and talked to her. They got to know each other, found out where each other lived, they talked for about an hour. She said it felt nothing more to her than a little girl crush, she was only 11. My grandfather found out that she had to walk a few miles every morning to get to school, and had to walk across the train tracks and railroad yard every morning.

So from that day on, every morning he would get up EXTRA early, walk across town to her house, just so he could walk her to school...all the way BACK to the other side of town. And he would walk her back every afternoon. The year before they were to graduate, he convinced his parents to let her move in with them. Needless to say, that would mark the end of any financial hardship in her life. The day after they graduated, he proposed to her and they've been married ever since, nearly 60 years now. They're still head over heals in love, and he says every day how he worked his butt off to make sure she would never have to live the way she did as a child.

And they've stood by each other through everything. She was an alcoholic for 3 years when my father was in high school. My father says he never saw my grandfather cry except for once. The day my grandfather's sister came and picked up my passed out grandmother to take her to rehab. They had both planned it, but after they carried her out to the car and drove away, my grandfather sat at the table and cried. When my father got home from school the next day, my grandfather had left a note saying he would be staying at the rehab clinic with "his girl" until she could come home.


If that's not true love I don't know what is.

 

[watersbland]

I have not yet known love, but I'd like to share my grandparents' story....


My Grandfather came from a family with big money, he had never known hardships, even growing up during the depression. They lived in upstate New York, and they lived on the high class side of town. My grandmother, on the other hand, didn't have a penny. She never knew her father and her mother was sick with tuberculosis in the hospital. So my grandmother lived in an orphanage, in the same city, but on the dirty, impoverished side of the city. It was a very crowded orphanage and she says she only had about 3 articles of clothing.

When my grandfather was 12 years old, he was running errands for his father on the other side of the city. He stopped inside a grocery store to pick up some things, and when he stepped out of the grocery store, there at the bus stop was my grandmother. He says at that moment in time he fell in love with her. He stopped her and talked to her. They got to know each other, found out where each other lived, they talked for about an hour. She said it felt nothing more to her than a little girl crush, she was only 11. My grandfather found out that she had to walk a few miles every morning to get to school, and had to walk across the train tracks and railroad yard every morning.

So from that day on, every morning he would get up EXTRA early, walk across town to her house, just so he could walk her to school...all the way BACK to the other side of town. And he would walk her back every afternoon. The year before they were to graduate, he convinced his parents to let her move in with them. Needless to say, that would mark the end of any financial hardship in her life. The day after they graduated, he proposed to her and they've been married ever since, nearly 60 years now. They're still head over heals in love, and he says every day how he worked his butt off to make sure she would never have to live the way she did as a child.

And they've stood by each other through everything. She was an alcoholic for 3 years when my father was in high school. My father says he never saw my grandfather cry except for once. The day my grandfather's sister came and picked up my passed out grandmother to take her to rehab. They had both planned it, but after they carried her out to the car and drove away, my grandfather sat at the table and cried. When my father got home from school the next day, my grandfather had left a note saying he would be staying at the rehab clinic with "his girl" until she could come home.


If that's not true love I don't know what is.

Now THAT sounds like the stuff that movies are made from. That's honestly one of the sweetest things I've ever read on here!

 

[mickey&arielsmom]

I know it's hard right now, but sometimes it's not meant to be at the given time. If we got married in 2000 or 2001, we would not be married today.

Hang in there. [/QUOTE]


Same with my dh and I. We got engaged after a year of on and off dating, but then called it off. 5 years later, we stayed engaged and got married. Had we actually gotten married the first time, it probably wouldn't have lasted. Instead, we've just celebrated our 11th anniversary!

 

[kafitty]

I have not yet known love, but I'd like to share my grandparents' story....

If that's not true love I don't know what is.

awww, crap, i have to go to work now!!! seriously what an AMAZING story. Does he give lessons in how to be a man?

i love these...even though my own love life is a MESS, hahah.

 

[lisajl]

I saw him sitting near my sisters fireplace. We were having a New years eve party and he looked a little out of place. I was introduced to him and away we went for the rest of the night. That night I told him I was going to marry him. He laughed....I didn't....we have been married for 25 years.
I think when you find the right person, you just know. I think he knew then, too...just needed a little coaxing! LOL!
Take your time...that right person will come along when you least expect it.
I was not looking, had just come out of a relationship and was not interested in starting again. You never know what just around corner.

Lisa

 

[DisneyJules]

Our first date......I fell in love with his hands. I knew I would hold them the rest of my life.

That is too sweet!