“When we arrived at the theater, he opened my door for me and he held my hand.
On our first date, the coffee shop had to ask us to leave because they were closing.
On our second date, we sat on the restaurant patio until 10 p.m. in the dead of winter.
“When we arrived at the theater, he opened my door for me and he held my hand. That was the moment I thought I never wanted to hold hands with anyone else ever again…"
He’s my person, and I just knew that when I met him.”
littleghool
3.
It was the comfort, ease, fun, and connection we had.
Everything felt simple for the first time in my life.
Now weve been together for 12 years and married for 10, and we have two kids!”
“It was my mom who called it.
I was going on a second date with a woman I’d been getting to know.
Out of the blue, my mom asked me if I was going to marry this one.
I thought she was nuts.
Good call, Mom.”
SarahBird
5.
“Met this cute boy many years ago.
We worked just a few stores away from each other.
We became friends, and after chatting for a bit, we decided to go to the movies.
I was a smitten kitten.
When we arrived at the theater, he opened my door for me and held my hand.
That was the moment I thought I never wanted to hold hands with anyone else ever again.
And I was right.
It’s been 18 years, and we’ve been married for 15 years.
We are still holding hands!”
“We matched on Bumble about three years ago and lived an hour away from each other.
What were the chances?
We continued talking until we finally met in person a year later when he completed his move.
We are now engaged.”
hannahh43dd6d708
7.
“I was on the phone with my sister about two weeks after my husband and I started dating.
She wanted to know what he was like and how things were going.
At that time, I had zero plans to get married or have kids.
But the joke’s on me.
We’ve been married for 17 years and have two kids.”
“I met my now-husband in 2008 when I was dating one of his brother’s friends.
After that relationship ended, we remained friends.
Weve been together since then and have been married for seven years!”
songsforthedeaf
9.
He asked me to dance, and we locked eyes.
Our first dance at our wedding was just as magical as Id pictured it years prior."
“We met as overseas pen pals.
I moved to his country, and we got married.
I knew instantly that he was the one.
It still seems wild to me.
Our relationship feels like magic.”
fizbee
11.
“I met my husband at a Sukkot party that I decided to go to on our college campus.
He drove me home that night, and I remember being instantly smitten.
I immediately knew there was something special about him.
It was theDoctor WhoandStar Warsreferences that had me obsessed!
We got married in 2020.”
“I knew on the third date that Id marry him.
Weve been married for almost 17 years now.
It hasnt always been rainbows and sunshine, but we’re a good team.”
ACatGoesMeow
13.
“The first time we kissed, it was as if we were in a movie.
Weve been inseparable ever since.
We were engaged two months later, have been married for seven years, and have two kids now.
Hes my best friend.”
“I was at a Christmas party at my cousin’s house.
He is the best person I’ve ever known, and I still get fluttery when we kiss.
We have been happily married for 16 years.”
Floods
15.
A week later, we said, ‘I love you.’
A month later, we were engaged.
Six months later, married.
Its been 24 years, and his hand is still the one I reach for.
Always will be."
“It was the only blind date either of us had been on.
Weve been married for 22 years.”
theresaw7
17.
“On our second date, he picked me up at my place.
He had a bouquet of flowers for me and a stuffed toy for my dog.
I knew right then he was the one.
We’ve been together for eight years, married for four, and have a son together.”
“I met this guy briefly in college.
At the time, he was in a long-term relationship and we were just friends.
Fast-forward, and we’d both graduated and reconnected on social media.
He’s single, I’m single.
We talked, planned a meetup, and he came to spend a weekend at my apartment.
It felt so right.
We celebrated our seventh wedding anniversary this past fall and have an incredible 5-year-old son.”
Bread
19.
“We matched on Tinder after I had just decided to move across the country.
We met anyway, agreeing that we’d have a short-term fling and part ways when I eventually moved.
Three weeks into dating, we spent Valentine’s Day in our underwear making tacos at home.
I wrote him a card.
A few weeks later, I told my friends I would marry him.
They gasped because I was always afraid of commitment, but they encouraged me to share my feelings.
Turned out he felt the same.
I’ve never been happier or healthier.
Its truly been one of those ‘When you know, you know’ things.
Hes everything I ever wanted, and I feel so grateful every day to have him.
I have no doubts I will spend the rest of my life laughing and in love.
All from a Tinder hookup!”
“I was in college and I saw a guy walking across the quad.
I was instantly smitten, and something clicked.
A few months later, I was getting coffee from a cart.
I overheard the quad guy telling a story about his divorce being finalized.
He told me about 9 every morning.
The next morning and every morning for weeks after, I made sure to be there.
It’s been 20 years since, and Quad Guy is now my husband.
We still see to it to have a coffee date every Saturday.”
“We met on a blind date and immediately decided to be exclusive.
He was sweet, funny, and charismatic.
It just popped into my head randomly.
Sure enough, we got engaged seven months later and married a year after that.
Been married almost 21 years!”
alrgirouard
23.
He was friends with my ex, and we had an instant connection.
Seven years later, we got married.
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