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How did you know your DH was "the one"?
I loved reading all of "the stories" last night on here.... So, how did you know that your DH was "the one"?
My DH is a soldier and is stationed in upstate New York. When we met, I lived in Baltimore. He drove 6 hours each way every single weekend to see me; he'd get to my house at 10 or 11 on Friday night and leave at 3 on Sunday. In addition to the multitude of other things I love about him, he is the one person in my life that has never let me down and I love that he is now my husband and will show the same kind of commitment to our daughter.
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Re: How did you know your DH was "the one"?
Awwwwwww!!!!!
We didn't date for very long, but it was just right. Cliche I know, but I never had any doubts.
Part of it was I couldnt imagine living without him as cliche as that sounds. The other guys I had dated I had this feeling that I could live without them no big deal. He is also the only one who would call me on my BS and have the balls to stand up to me, and had as strong personality as I do. All things that I need. I love him and love the life we are making together.
I just knew the second I saw him step off the plane (we met online).
Now I know it because even after almost 6 1/2 years, I still get antsy when I know he's going to be home from work because I've missed him during the day.
we were inseparable from day one. we met in college and spent nearly every spare moment together. we were like peas in a pod, we just completely clicked and our relationship grew and grew. i felt VERY early (just after a few weeks of knowing him) that he would be who i spent the rest of my life with. we are still inseparable. we've been together 5 years next week.
edit: we've never had a serious disagreement about something, of course we've had our little tiffs but we have the same views on things that matter to us, and we get along exceptionally well!
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I think it was just the fact that I could completely be myself around him. He never judged me for anything I said or did (and I'm known to say/do some pretty stupid things) and most of the time joined me in laughing at myself.
I also fell into a pretty deep depression not long after we started dating, and even though I was pretty awful to him sometimes he always stuck by me and supported me.
We met at work (we both work for a retail store). The first time I met him I actually called him by the wrong name as he was leaving
..oops!
My "boss" was his roommate and she actually brought me home first (he was really completely oblivious while I was hinting about having "nothing to do" and "not feeling like going home" at the time...) So we started hanging out at their apt a lot and our first date was actually breakfast after all three of us fell asleep to some TV marathon and waking up to an upset cell call from my mom at 630am the next day. He took me out for pancakes.
He actually did the whole asking me officially to be his girlfriend (after spending a half hr trying to get an 'answer deck' to say that I'd say yes) and it was really cute.
We made it through the longest guard deployment on record for the US Army Nat'l Guard (according to them--22months) and got married Nov. 2007...That deployment certainly solidified our relationship. If you can survive one of those you can get through a LOT!
I was head over heels at that first breakfast but didn't know how far I'd fallen until I wanted to smack the back of his head waiting that half hr while he played with that stupid answer deck!! Yes, I was there for that and yes I knew what he was doing....Did I mention he is a little dense?? He is pretty darned cute...
All these stories are so sweet
I knew DH was the one because I'm more of a serious person and my DH can always make me laugh, smile, and lighten me up. We balance eachother perfectly. He also is one of the only guys to call me on my BS and stand up to me which I need. I've been with guys that don't have a backbone and I will walk all over them. But DH would never put up with that.
I love that even when I'm mad at him he can make me smile, even when I try really hard not to.
DH and I met online. He drove 5 hours to meet me. I was working and living in the middle of nowhere - Denali National Park, AK. We decided to go on a little hike before dinner. Thats when I fell for him - Literally - and dislocated, sprang, fractured my ankle. It was ugly! He was totally my hero. He ran to get help and ran right back to me. As I laid there on the trail in horrible pain, he put my head on his lap and stroked my hair. I could already see the love and concern in his eyes as he looked down at me and told me a fairy tale to try to keep my mind off the pain. I knew then, he was the one. (we almost kissed just then, but he felt odd about it!)
(Second date was the next day - 3 hour drive to Fairbanks for xrays and such. That solidified the deal. He is awesome!)
Me and DH actually had a rocky start...
It all started before I began high school when I moved onto his street. We started out as friends and eventually started "going out". Naturally it didn't last, but even though I was only 15 when we broke up I knew that I loved him, just didn't know what that really meant. He was older, so he graduated but I still saw him on our street occasionally. I think we went almost 2 years without speaking, but I never got over him. We reconnected my senior year and began a complicated relationship. It was all very immature, but before I left for college in the fall I told him that I loved him, and he didn't feel the same way. I went away to school and talked to him/ saw him when I could. He ended up breaking my heart and I thought I had really lost him, and he thought the same thing. I tried to put him behind me...impossible.
Months later I still thought about him often, and as I layed in my dorm one night my phone rang and it was him. I didn't answer at first, but something told me to call him back. I did and we stayed up all night talking. We both knew then that living without one another was not an option. We had finally both grown up enough to know that what we had was once in a lifetime....and the rest is history:)
DH and I met through americansingle.com, we emailed each other for two weeks, talked fro two weeks after that before deciding to meet. What was really funny was he lived a couple towns over... in the same town as my cousins. So I thought, there's NO way he would know them, he's almost 4 years older than the oldest cousin. Well it turned out he did! He had an art class with her, and his best friend's brother was best friend's with the middle cousin... he actually hung out with my cousin over the summer! WEIRD!
To answer the original question, DH and I planned our first date and met at TGIFs. As I drove past the entrance I see this funny looking guys watching every car drive by. I think to myself, "PLEASE, don't let that be him!" haha, yeah it was a b*tchy thought. Well the weirdo was him!
But he greeted me with such excitement and gave me a hug instantly. And that's when I knew he was the one! Silly as it sounds, his hug was like the "teddy bear hugs," so tight and comfortable. Oh and to make it even better... during dinner his phone rang, his face turned red, without even checking who called he turned his phone off. Just one more reason that I now love him so!