When did you know they were "The One"?

It was at a new hire work social and he sat next to me with our coworkers that he knew. I think they were talking about their summer and I knew he was the one the moment I heard him speak. Something clicked and I knew that this man was special and that I wanted to know him and that someday we would be together.

eta- But we both knew we wanted to get married after dating about 4 months. He said I want to marry you someday and we both teared up.

When his fake proposal turned into a real one. We were pretending to be in love to drive my friend (and his niece) Blanche crazy, but in the process we actually fell in love.

ETA- dbl post

Pretty fast hahah. We went on a vacation to the Dominican Republic three months into our relationship. While we were there we had a custom bottle of rum made with our picture on it. Anthony said "let's drink this after our wedding". He was feeling exactly how I was feeling.

I can't really think of a moment where I had that thought for the first time. I just sort of always knew. Even when we first started dating long-distance, FH was very open that he was going out with other people, and I supported him. I always said, "This isn't easy, and it doesn't make sense, so if you can' find something out there better than what we have, go for it." He tried to encourage me to do the same but I, unlike FH, had spent plenty of time as a single lady, and I knew he was what I wanted. I also knew he wouldn't find anything else as good, and I was right

I met him through my old roommate. Our first interaction went like this lol Me: Hey I'm Liz Him: Hey I'm Nate, do you have a boyfriend??

As soon as he asked me to be his girlfriend I just knew this guy was special!! We've been inseparable ever since

I knew before we had starting dating. We would hang out all of the time and I would feel lonely when he wasn't around. But I think the clincher for me happened a few months after dating.

Long story short, I'm a cancer survivor and unable to have children. I had just gotten back from a meeting and it went so horribly wrong and I felt like he should find someone else to be with as he wanted children and I can't. I knew it was a huge sacrifice that he was making to be with me. He came over on his lunch break and found me in my room bawling my eyes out. I told him what happened at this meeting and begged him to leave me and to find someone else that would make him happy and able to give him the family he wants. He looked me square in the eyes and told me that he's not going anywhere and that he's happy right where he's at. I knew right then I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him.

Now we're 386 days out from being married and I love him more and more everyday

I don't know that there was an exact moment that I can recall being together now for over 6 years... So I suppose a bit of a one-off of that question. I know that my FH is the one I want to spend every day of the rest of my life with because he is my best friend, my equal and the partner to every crazy spontaneous trip we take. We think highly of each other and push the other in the best ways to continue to be better people. He loves me in a trash bag with no make up but appreciates the effort that goes into dressing up for a nice date and loves it just as much. He understands and respects my stubborn independence while still knowing I like having him to lean on when things are hard. He even still carries me to bed when I fall asleep on the couch, and tucks me in every morning when he leaves for work. It's the little things that he remembers every time to the big huge things... he's just the perfect rational to my (sometimes) irrational and vice versa and I couldn't ever imagine doing all of the amazing things in life without him.

We worked together and I was dating someone else and that ended. Never knew or noticed that he liked me before but when he overheard me telling another coworker that things ended with the guy I was seeing previously, he gave me this incredibly fierce and determined look that totally said I was his now. Not possessive and creepy like I'm making it sound but like he vowed that at that moment he would do everything in his power to be with me and make me happy and he has, everyday. It took him a month to ask me out after that. But I was literally his from that moment. The cynic in me didn't want to admit that I knew then because how could you? But I did.

We'd talked about marriage for years but in 2015 after I urged FH to leave his job because it was killing his will to live we didn't think it'd be so hard for him to find another. But it was. I wound up taking out balance transfers on my credit cards to cover all of his bills so he wouldn't get hit with fees and wind up in a hole he couldn't climb out of. He said that was when he knew he'd do whatever it took to marry me. I was the first person he'd dated who made him feel like someone really had his back. I didn't think twice about using my money to help him, he needed it.

Us getting through that incredibly tough year cemented it for me. We never once turned on each other while we were broke and miserable. We just banded together with an "us vs. the world" attitude and I knew we'd be able to get through anything.

@HotLikeBea... is your FH a pilot... I could have sworn I've seen him piloting an Airplane!

We had been dating for 6 months and spending Christmas in Natchez, MS visiting my mom. After visiting on Christmas Eve we decided to go for walk down the riverfront to look at decorations and stumbled across a gazebo looking out over the river. It was like 2am so we walked up and FH started humming Christmas carols and we danced around the gazebo. We both knew at that moment that one day we'd be married. Fast forward 3 and 1/2 years later he finally proposed and our ceremony will be in that same gazebo

I went through something extremely tragic and awful and he was my rock and the only person I felt like I could even breathe around. It's not sexy or romantic but it's real

Shortly after we started talking there was a night when he had to work 7pm-7am I ended up staying up the whole night texting him. We were joking and laughing and then would have serious moments about what we wanted in life etc. that's when I knew. He says he knew when he met me

@Sailaway - He did fly planes for a short time. He was also spent some time on the police force as a detective and saved the Queen of England from an assassination attempt!

Literally the first time I laid eyes on him. Totally love at first sight.

We both joined the same band on the same day. Had never met before. I always felt attraction to him when we caught each others eye, especially at practice. I was in a rebound relationship that I couldn't see going anywhere and he was in a relationship so we never spoke about our attraction. Over the course of 2 yrs being in the band together, my relationship ended and so did his. One night after practice we went and had a beer and chips and salsa at a restaurant nearby and was talking about our breakups which lead to confessions of how we've always been attracted to each other. Which lead to our first kiss and BAM!!! I knew right then!

There have been so many times when I've looked at him and told him "I'm game to get married if you are.." but we started dating when I was 17 and he was 18 I was a senior in high school and long story short he ended up staying with me and my family after a few months of dating and my brother got mad and told me he would pull a gun on me... Troy skipped school that day, state track meet (which they should have won if fh would have been there) so his whole school hated me since placing in state is one of the only thing this school is known for. So knowing he sacrificed his school life to make sure I was safe was the second I knew I wanted him around forever..

Pretty soon after we started dating! For him he knew on our first date but it took me a little bit longer. I knew he was special because after we met anytime anything happened in my life good, bad, stressful, fun, whatever, he was the one I wanted to talk to it about. We went to my friend's wedding together a few months into our relationship, it was our weekend trip together. I was in the bridal party and they had a super romantic song play and all the bridesmaids/groomsmen, their dates (most of us were in couples) and the bride and groom danced together to kick off the night. Dancing there with my now fiance just felt right and I could really see us together forever just like my friend and her husband. He ended up saying "I love you" for the first time shortly after the trip and the rest is history <3

FH says he knew on our first date. For me it was a couple months into dating, only a week since we said I love you, we were at the shore with friends when I was told that my ac was leaking through the floor and may need to be replaced. I was freaking out about how much it would cost (FH and I did not live together yet) but he just looked at me said "we will get through this, it'll be okay" it was so reassuring and I knew that he would always be there for me, and fortunately I didn't have to replace my ac.

@hotlikebea I totally remember that on the news! That was the first time Ive ever seen someone wear a full body condom. Hes a keeper!