How or when did you know s/he was the one?

Before I would have never dated a guy like mine. We have been friends going on 20 yrs seeing each other at church and with our ex's.

I never knew....

My moment was when I was moving we had a small break up and I realized I was fixing to lose something very special.

So I did everything I possibly could to win him over again.

I realized I would never find someone as special as him.

He writes me love notes every morning and if I need anything he is on top of it before I can say anything. He makes me feel like a princess every day.

I had been dating FH for a few months. I had come over for him to cook me dinner and go out to a movie and I had to take him to the emergency room. I sat with him at the hospital all night and I remember thinking to myself that I didn't want a day to go by without him. That's when I knew. I never told him I felt this way, but later down the road when we started talking about the future he said that me taking him to the hospital and staying with him all night was the moment he knew he wanted to spend his life with me too.

We have been together for close to 11 years now, so we have had our ups and downs but I'd have to say, it's that he is 100% my best friend. It was always easy for me to tell him any and everything on my mind. I think if you can stay in on a crappy day just sitting on the couch and laughing and having fun, that's everything.

I knew from the beginning and it terrified the heck out of me lol we will be married on our 8th anniversary

I can think of 2 times right now, one time when we were in my house just hanging out, having a movie marathon night and I remember thinking I could spend every day like this, and this other time, I was staying with him because it was closer to the construction site I was working in and one of those days we were getting ready, and it felt so... right, completely effortless

I have never introduced anyone to my dad's side of the family. Even my closest friend of 12 years has not met them. I knew FH was the one when I wanted to bring him to Christmas and didn't worry about it. When I saw how well he interacted with everyone, it sealed the deal for me.

I always sort of knew when I first met him but then after a couple weeks of dating I locked my keys in my car on prom night our senior year of high school. He unlocked my car door with a fishing pole and I just knew that this man had my heart.

The day FH met my daughter. She had just turned 5 around this time. She asked him to play board games and have a tea party with her and he willingly went along with it. Within the weeks to come, they began to get much closer and I knew that he was the one. Her father is absent in her life, so seeing the way he interacted with her was incredible and I knew I wanted him to be in her life permanently. Now, he is "dad". Ahhhh crap brings a tear to my eye.

I have mental health issues. And that first time he was there with me during a panic attack, not knowing what the hell to do but just telling me how much he loved me and that he was there. In my past relationships, everyone kinda put me down or told me to get over it. He was there, listening to me cry, helping me breathe. I cherish him with all my heart.

On our first date. It was the most comfortable I had ever felt with anyone. That was almost 9.5 years ago, so we definitely took our time getting to where we are today, but I never once thought about anyone else being in my life.

I don't think there was one specific moment and I kind of always knew. FH and I started dating within a year of us both ending prior serious long term relationships. My ex was controlling and emotionally abusive and FH was just the complete opposite of that. He's so kind and caring while still letting me have my own freedom and it's just the little things he does that let me know he was definitely the one. In the 4 and half years we've been together I've never doubted that he was the one.

I knew on our first date that we would be married one day. I just felt it. We went on a date at the urging of my mother. She wanted us to be together for the longest time and even when he got married she said that was supposed to be you. So when he got divorced my mom jumped all over it. We went out and i think we both like ehh. But we met up. And talked for hours. I was completely me! He walked me out to my car and we were freezing but still kept talking for another hour! I went to work the next day. I told them all bet you he's the one I marry!

When I asked him why he wanted to marry me and he quoted Sweet Home Alabama <3 <3 lol

I don't know if I ever actually thought about it.

And maybe that's how I knew he was the end game.

First date. I text my friend and said I am going to marry him. This was 4 1/2 years ago and she still has the text.

I knew when I saw his reaction to the birth of our daughter and seeing how much he loves her and takes care of her.

ETA: I knew before I even got pregnant that he was the one but seeing him with our daughter sealed it for me.

I hid my previous comment because it will not post correctly --

While FH & I were just going on dates (not offically together), I had to have emergency surgery on my lady parts. Long story short, I had the Mirena (IUD) and I am the less than one percent who get PID. I had to sign off on a hysterectomy ( I had just turned 21 the day before, FH is 2 years older) and was mortified.

I kept crying to my mom and sister "no one is going to want to be with me when I can't have kids". I was absolutely beside myself. My FH came to visit me and told me "I'm not going anywhere".

The surgery was exploratory as they did not know what they were going to find. Thankfully, I only lost my right fallopian tube. My uterus and other tube and ovaries all have scarring. But, my ability to have children is not 100% ruled out. "We won't know until you start trying", but we are optimistic.

FH & I started being exclusive a few weeks later (we both already were, it was just official). I knew that I would marry him. From the first date, we sat for over 4 hours talking over sushi and bud heavy's and I just knew. We clicked in a way I have never felt before. He is the best person I have ever known and I have never felt true, unfaltering love like his. No matter the circumstances, he's been by my side.

About a month into us dating, I got a call from my mom while we were out together. She basically said that my grandmother's doctors let her know that she didn't have much time left (she had a degenerative heart condition). My grandma was pretty much my everything, I was devastated. I told him that he probably didn't want to stick around for what was coming, I knew I'd be a mess in the days and weeks to come. He told me he'd be right there every step of the way. And he was. Three months later when she died, he was the one person who helped me keep it together while the rest of my family seemed to fall apart. There was no denying it after that. I lost my first best friend but gained another.

My FH and I have known each other for 8+ years. We have been friends who tell one another everything about what's going on in our lives from the start. We have been through each others good and bad times, relationships, achievements and failures. We would spend hours when he would come in to town just talking (he traveled and moved a lot). One day he stopped by and I was in my kitchen making lunch when he decided to kiss me. Threw me off. We didn't discuss it afterward and continued with our lives for another couple of years and I forgot about it. One day, out of the blue, I remembered it and texted him "wanna try that kiss again?" I went out to a bar with my sister to go dancing and chit chat about some things she wanted to discuss and he came out to meet us. He and I danced (which, when a guy can actually dance is a complete turn on to me) and we kissed again. Later that evening we sat in Steak and Shake's parking lot talking about life and that he was planning to move out of Ohio (to Florida) again, and I blurted out "I love you and I couldn't imagine my life without you." I was mortified and felt like a complete idiot and super vulnerable. He stayed in town, we started dating, and we were engaged 4 months later. I didn't even realize I knew or for how long.

These are all so beautiful!! I'm smiling so big right now!