How/when did you know they were the one?

When he asked me to marry him in front of my best friends. It was an amazing moment.

I've been battling this question for a few years. And I don't believe in "the one", I believe you can fall in love with that "one" person within the area you live. But anyway, what did it for me is that I took a look and asked, could I live without him? I thought about what would be different, and how my life would change and I realized that I couldn't see a happy future without him.

When I had no qualms about swallowing my pride and saying, "I'm sorry" first.

I knew FH was the one about three months in, we were planning to do our first weekend away together but the drive to get there was 6 hours, I was so worried that there would be awkward silences being in a car for that long together but it was the complete opposite. We had such a blast, it was probably the best part of the weekend. From that point forward I knew I didn't want to do any long car rides with anyone else.

Early into dating (mind you, we were very close friends YEARS before we dated), we took a road trip together and after being with each other 24/7 for 12 days... and driving thousands and thousands of miles together, I remember looking at him while we were in the middle of nowhere in Nevada and thinking "yeah. This is what everyone means when they talk about love"

@Katy yes, absolutely. I suppose the question could've been "the one you'd marry"

We started dating July 27, 2014, I knew he was the one that October. We went pumpkin picking with his family and just watching him interact with his nieces and nephews made me realize that he was everything I was looking for and then some.

FH and I were friends and co-workers before we started dating, and I had a hard time wrapping my head around dating my goofy co-worker for the first week of our relationship. It's a joke between us now that I almost broke up with him that first week due to sheer weirdness. However, I knew he was the one after our first weekend together (one week after we started dating). We were broke college kids so all we did was lay in bed, watch movies, watch Netflix, laugh, talk, and we really got to know each other as a boyfriend/girlfriend rather than as friends or co-workers. Ever since then, marriage was it for us. We did long distance (because he graduated before me) for two years and it was never a question of "will this work?" It was more of "this will work." Sorry for gushing- he just rocks. (:

It was gradual because I had a then 10-month old. Over a period of time, he committed to both of us, and now (obviously) it's a no-brainer. He's a great dad. Aside from that, we connect in many different ways. We're truly best friends, but we are also romantic lovers. We vibe when we're out rock climbing in nature, and make fantastic climbing partners - we are very enthusiastic and supportive of one another, and are very trusting. I have been in other long-term relationships, but with Adam, I feel comfortable, and things are just easy. Especially after we hashed out the complicated stuff, mostly him accepting the role as our son's father, and even then, it wasn't until he truly embraced the role that things felt absolutely perfect. About half a year later, he proposed. We both knew we wanted to be w/ each other foreva eva by that point.

When he would go along with how crazy i am and adores the strange noises I make

There wasn't one specific moment for me. It built over time. I just realized that I have never been able to be more myself with anyone in my life. And I knew that life just wouldn't be any fun without him. I just couldn't picture living it without him.

Honestly, our first date. And it was nothing particular that happened... I just had this gut feeling and I remember thinking "I am going to marry this man..."

Which is funny because it took 7 years to get the proposal...

We went to the marine corps ball in November (had started dating in June) and we were slow dancing ...there was this moment where we were looking at each other and he said "I love you babe" and I just knew. I was done looking. And he's still without a doubt, the one. *insert goofy smile here*

Due to things in my past, I built up a lot of walls and I constantly have trouble knocking them down. I knew my FH was the one when I just told him something I would never tell anyone, without skipping a beat.

I knew I wouldn't be judged or laughed at and it took me a moment to realize the gravity.

He is one of the only people I completely and fully trust. He was willing to stick it out and break down my walls, no matter how long it took.

Also, he makes me so incredibly happy.

That's how I knew!

I knew I loved him after two months of dating.

I knew he was my forever person a few months later, when he showed me so much love and patience as I dealt with a lot of anxiety issues.

<3 <3

I think it was when he kept pulling my pig tails in the school yard and constantly picking on me every day, but wouldn't want anyone else to be mean to me. Or at least I knew that he was going to be in my life forever, so might as well marry him.

I said "I love you" first during our first fight! He didn't understand why I was upset about something and I was like, "Arrghhh, because I love you!" haha That was about 6 months in, but I was telling a friend the other day that in retrospect, it was just very comfortable from the start. By the second date I didn't feel like I was with a stranger. I'm pretty reserved and guarded in general, so it was definitely a different feeling (in a good way) compared to my previous dating experiences.

It took a while for me, but that's because I had a lot of walls built up. We were talking on our first date and I told him about being raped, (which surprised even me. I normally don't tell people, guys especially before knowing them for a while. I had known FH a total of maybe 2 months at this point.) and he didn't treat me differently afterwards. Then, on 2nd or third date we were having a make out session that was getting pretty heavy. I got scared and told him to stop. He stopped. That's when I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life which him. Long distance and age difference be d@mned. I was still scared that he didn't feel the same way about me. We had our first big fight about 7-8 months in and in was preparing for him to break things off. But he didn't he we had planned on talking on the phone at a certain time But he got called into work and could only talk for a couple of minutes. He made it clear that he still wanted to be with me and wasn't planning on breaking things off. That he was in for the long haul. Sorry for the long post.

Our relationship was more of a friendship and over time morphed into a dating relationship. We went through a some pretty hard times together and I realized he would support me and carry me when I needed it, and I would do the same for him. I knew he was the one for me. And as if that wasn't enough, I fell even more in love with him when he first held our son. If you think you love your partner now, wait until you see them become a parent!!

I knew the very first time we met. Literally. He shook my hand and said "it's nice to meet you" and he probably thought it was nice to meet me. I said "it's nice to meet you, too" and I thought "shit."

And then I turned and ran.

He asked me out two years later and we've been us ever since.