How did you know he or she was 'the one'??

I don't know if there was a defining moment. I loved him from the very beginning.

He is the men I always wanted and more. He makes me better and he loves me right.

I could go on forever.

He's just so fantastic and make me want to be just as good.

The 1st time I met him I thought he was a jerk. The second time I met him I knew he was the one. It was over 20 years ago! I went all this time without him. We reconnected after something like 13 years. I always knew he was the one. It just took him a little time to realize this. Haha.

He listened to me. That is when I knew he was the one. I ramble and talk a lot (as evidenced by many of my posts, lol) - he listened to me intently. He was interested.

When he went to my parents house to ask their permission to take me out to a movie. And when he was ok for my little sister to tag along and chaperone us. I was 18 at the time and he was 19.

It's weird I knew from the very beginning that he was the one. It just took him a while to figure it out, lol.

I am not super touchy feely or needy...I knew he was the one because I missed him when he wasn't around. He has his moments when I want to kill him and bury him in the backyard but I love the lunk.

I think we both knew from the start, kind of like oh there you are I've been waiting for you, lets start our lives together! lol

I've known my FH is the one for a long time and have never had any doubts about that. However, his mom was diagnosed with cancer last year--seeing how he handled the situation, how he was there for his family, that confirmed everything I already knew. I never want to live a day without him. He's literally my better half.

We just had an inexplicable knowing. It felt right, and very comfortable yet also passionate. I've never met anyone like him in my life. He's my favorite person and he tells me that I'm his. It just works.

When I trusted him with my life.

May be cliche, but I knew the night of our first date. I denied it for months, though.

But we were at a cider mill (the place he later proposed to me) and a guy with his kid had a flat tire. He was going around asking people if they had one of those machines to fill it back up. Nobody would give him eye contact or even answer him. FH simply gave me the bag of donuts we were splitting and his hot cider, and told he would be right back. Next thing I knew, he was not only offering the guy what he had, but he was filling it up for him so that the guy could keep an eye on his kid since the truck was park close to a very busy street. That's the kind of man I am marrying. And I couldn't deny it any longer.

He basically helped me get back up on my feet when i hit depression hard. I can also be myself around him. There's more but that's a book.

While we were dating, and I was overwhelmed about work (university instructor), he calmed me down and said "it's not that bad, you'll be fine". And that sent me back to the second time I had ever seen him, when I presented a research paper. I thought I had done horribly, and he said that same thing (it wasn't that bad, it's fine). I realized he had always had the power to calm me down, even when we were barely acquaintances. He makes me feel safe.

A lot of personal reasons.

Mainly, when I saw how he handled his family and how he always does right with people. I trust him fully that if anything happens to me everything would be taken cared of.

Also, when my mom told a mutual friend that even if we separated he was still part of the family. lol.

I'd say six months into our relationship. I got very sick and had to go to the ER. They told me they thought my kidneys were shutting down. He sat with me all night and held my hand. He even offered to go see if he was a match if I needed a new kidney lol.

I thought he was too attentive and sweet when we first met. I was in college and stupid. I ignored him after a couple dates. 4 years later he asked me out again. I had lived life more and almost immediately knew he was the one because of the same reason I initially dismissed him. He was and still is so attentive, affectionate, and loving. Our third date (the second time around) is when I knew. He picked me up at 5am to go skydiving (which was his moment he knew I was the one because I agreed) and despite it being so early he went to my favorite coffee shop before to bring me a coffee. I knew he was a keeper if he could treat me that special even at 5am. He always continues to reinforce my belief that he is the one. Like when we talked engagement and how I didn't want to take his name but I wanted us to have the same last name. He said we could both hyphenate our last names! He could care less that it's not tradition, he is progressive and open-minded just like me.

We were best friends for 6 years before we started dating. We were both going through a really rough time. He lost his father tragically in a kayaking accident and i just broke up with a guy I had been with for 6 years. We realized that in tough times we really help each other out and we decided to give dating a whirl. I knew when we started dating that I would marry him.

He says he knew from before we even started dating. I knew after we took a road trip to Yellowstone. 16+ hours in the car together, 7 days together alll dayyyyyy,16+ hour drive home and on Monday when we went back to work,I totally missed him and couldn't wait to get home.

We have been pretty much inseparable since we met..something I haven't experienced with anyone else.

He was so kind from the beginning. he showed me NO interest in me, so this was one of the few guys who was just nice to me with no motives, so I actually got to do a little bit of the pursuing in the very beginning. And our life plans just lined up.