They didn’t hold anything back and revealed when they felt confident they found their significant other.
Sometimes the road was messy, and other times it was simple you know when you know.
“She’s the first woman I dated with whom I felt I could just be myself around.
u/GrimeyScorpioDuffman
“This a thousand times this.
Before meeting my wife I had only ever pursued one other woman.
I had a checklist someone funny, kind, beautiful, etc.
and this woman checked every box.
To be fair to her, she never actually said anything to make me think she was that judgmental.
This was all of my insecurities just running wild.
She and I have remained good friends to this day.
She made me feel completely safe just being myself.
That hadn’t even been on that old checklist.
u/TelFaradiddle
2.
“She never weaponizes my feelings against me like my ex did.
In doing so, she made herself the one person in the world I could trust completely.
To this day, almost 18 years after we first met, she’s never once violated my trust.
I’m old enough to know how unusual and special that is.”
u/JBPunt420
3.
“On our third date, I drove her home after a wonderful time.
She never panicked she just offered suggestions and remained calm.
We’ve been together for 10 years and married for six.”
u/doctordoctorpuss
4.
“I could trust her to build with me and not run out when things got bad.”
u/RiffRandellsBF
“[I agree].
Five years ago we lost everything everything got repossessed.
My wife called me at work and told me what was happening.
We had a one-month-old baby, and our power was cut about an hour after I got home.
When the lights went out, I had my head in my hands and was defeated.
She got up and left the room.
I remember thinking this is it.
She’s taking the kids and leaving no way she’s staying.
She was gone for about two minutes I thought she was packing bags.
She comes back with a candle and theMonopolybox.
We sat at that busted old table until 3 a.m. playingMonopoly the best night of our marriage.
She is a legend!
Best wife ever.”
u/TrickyMarketing7394
5.
She went to the drugstore and got some medicine and such for me.
u/Big-Routine222
6.
“She was very different from the other women I had dated.
She genuinely seemed interested and engaged.
“The other women I was going out on dates with were real sticks in the mud.
Putting forth no effort whatsoever, never texting first I always had to lead the conversation.
u/dropofred
7.
“I’m somewhat of a weirdo simple things in life bring me joy.
When I’m hungry, I sometimes dance in the kitchen when I cook.
Is it loud, offbeat, and in the wrong pitch?
I shall not confirm or deny this, but perhaps sometimes.
u/ThAtGuY-101
8.
“She can see right through people.
She can size anybody up and have them figured out in two minutes.”
u/breeeepce
9.
She’s done a great job at making me comfortable to express it.
u/TweBBz
10.
“Other girls felt like I was visiting a place.
My wife makes me feel like I’m home.”
u/LTStech
11.
“I had fun doing nothing with her.
Life isn’t all about having extreme adventures.
u/gobirds2032
12.
“[It’s because] she’s very different from me.
She loves the urban scene, I love the woods.
She loves loud reggaeton music at all times, I cherish quiet.
She doesn’t see eye to eye with gaming, I’m quite fond of it.
I love the cold, she HATES it.
This list could run on forever, but she will watch me play no matter what.
u/IRLNameIsNils
13.
“We loved each other more than other things.
We both had prior serious relationships.
But for us, that was what we were both looking for.
My wife is a catch she’s pretty and easily likable.
Just about any guy looking to ‘settle down’ would have been happy to have met her.”
u/DeadpoolAndFriends
14.
“She knew who she was and what she wanted, part of which for the latter was me.
Neither of us felt like we needed the other to be complete.
But, that being said, we just felt comfortable within each other’s company.
A few years later we went ENM (ethical non-monogamy) and then eventually poly.
u/jonnielaw
15.
“She taught me new things.
She’s unpacked my psyche for me in an enlightening (and at the same time pragmatic way).
She works so hard and yet takes such delight in things.
I could go on.”
u/markfineart
16.
“Talking with her felt so fresh!
u/trybik03
17. u/Syntonization1
18.
“When we fight we are fighting about the issue at hand instead of against each other.
It’s a small detail, but a VERY big one.
In all of our arguments and fights, I have never felt the relationship was in jeopardy.”
u/Shahfluffers
19.
“We’re both the same bang out of weird.
She’s my everything.”
I was desperate to leave behind certain elements of my background and upbringing.
I’m still working on maintaining the positive and jettisoning the negativity.
She was none of those things she’s from a completely different world.
Another girl from my background and I would have been easy, but nasty against the world.”
u/CrosbyStillsandBash
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