Husbands Share The Moment They Knew They Had Found ‘The One’
How do you know that you've found the perfect person for yourself? I mean, sure you can date someone for a while, but how do you know they're "the one" that you want to spend the rest of your life with?
These men on Reddit shared stories of the moment they knew their wife was "the one."
Wanna Hang Out Forever?
"She was driving us back from a great camping trip with friends. My mind was wandering and I thought, 'You know, I wish I could do rad stuff like this with her forever.'
"Then I thought, 'That sounds like a marriage... HEY!'"
Nerdiness Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
"Being with her was (and has been, going on 20 years in 2018) effortless. There was no drama, no having to explain my jokes, my references. She was as nerdy as I was and am. It just occurred to me that we should marry.
"Almost 20 years later, we've been married for almost 18 years. We're still very passionately in love, and it just keeps getting better."
Teddy Is Really Still Helping Others From The Grave
"We were playing Trivial Pursuit with friends and were on a team together. The question we got was 'Who was the 26th President of the United States?' I figured it was my chance to impress her by counting off all the Presidents to 26, so I started. She jumped right in with me and got up to Teddy Roosevelt faster than I did.
"It was this realization that her nerdiness and personality matched up perfectly with my own. When we got married, we had a picture of Teddy Roosevelt on our table at the reception."
Sometimes It's Really That Simple
"Mine was when I imagined what it would be like to not have my then-girlfriend around. It was an eye-opener. I suddenly realized how precious she had become to me. It made me see how much I loved her, and how great we worked together. We've been married for almost 8 years and are going strong!"
We Love A Woman Who Loves Fights
"We were at a hockey game and a fight broke out. The guys in the booth started playing 'Bodies' by Drowning Pool. My then-girlfriend stood up and started singing along and pumping her fist.
"It was adorable and funny and just told me she was special and I just had to lock it down."
This Has To Be The Plot Of A Rom-Com
"I don't remember a moment. We were childhood friends and started dating after high school, but after a year, I moved away for two years. When I moved back to my hometown, I wanted to do a big road trip and she ended up coming along.
"It was a blast of a trip, and everyone kept asking when we were going to get married. We hadn't actually started actively dating again, and things were pretty platonic at that point, so we just shrugged.
"Three months later I proposed."
This Is Very Sweet
"My girl's a real looker and I know that she's way out of my league. Some years back some other girl turned around to her on a night out and said, 'What are you doing with him?'
"Without hesitation, she responded. 'I love him.'
"I knew right then."
A Tragedy That Brought Him To The Right Place
"We had only been dating for three months when I got a phone call that one of my very good friends had just died in a car accident. I don't really remember walking there, but instead of my apartment, I ended up at hers. She opened the door to her new boyfriend half-ugly-sobbing. She listened and cried with me for a couple of hours.
"The friend who died was the one who had encouraged me (for like six months) to ask my now-wife out. My friend never knew the impact she had. My wife and I have been married for eight years now."
Wow, That Is Love
"She asked if I would move to Boise, Idaho, with her, and I thought, I'd move to Hell to be with her."
I mean, in my opinion, the two locations are synonymous.
Say Cheese!
"First road trip together. We stopped for food and I ordered multiple cheeseburgers. I was driving and, without being asked, she unwrapped and handed me my burger. As soon as one was done she had another one ready. It was so simple, yet so genuinely considerate and kind."
That's A Lot To Do For A Sport You Don't Even Particularly Like
"I was working on commercial fishing vessels at the time and couldn't watch the NHL playoffs, so she watched the games and texted me updates several times a night about who scored and won, etc. She learned the rules of hockey just for me."
It's The Little Things
"On Halloween one year, we went to a fall festival and it turned out to be pretty lame, so we came home to just chill and watch Netflix. We settled into the couch and she just leaned on me and grabbed my arm. At that moment, I thought 'Yeah, I could see myself with her for the rest of my life.'
"We got married a bit over a month ago."
I Love That Everyone Around Her Noticed
"Her boss messaged me to tell me she knew when my (at time girlfriend) was texting me, opposed to anyone else, because she would be smiling. Her mother told me the same thing a few days later."
Sometimes We Just Need Someone To Take Care Of Us
"We hadn't been dating for very long and I had gotten sick, so she raided the pantry and brought me every sort of sick food imaginable: ramen, chicken soup, saltine crackers, and Gatorade. The whole works. No girlfriend had ever done that for me before and I realized that we were legit."
She Understood And Respected His Status
"My parents are immigrants and worked minimum wage jobs whereas her parents are well off and own their own business. I was ashamed to tell her what my dad did, so when she asked about my parents, I kinda dodged that question.
"She knew what I was doing and said, 'You should never be ashamed of your parents, they've worked so hard to get you where you are; I'm so proud of them.'
"I knew right there and then that I would marry her."
A Whole Life Planned Out
"In my first year of university, was one of the few with a PC (it was the early 2000s). We'd been together for maybe three months and I had a long day out, but she asked me if she could use my PC while I was gone.
"When I returned, she’d been there all day gaming. She’d played the Sims and had created versions of me and her married with a house, career, etc. She was a little embarrassed, I thought it was adorable."
That's All A Man Can Ask For
"We had been on a few dates and it was my birthday. She asked what I wanted for my birthday. I sarcastically suggested a 12 pack of beer, a box of condoms, and her in that tennis skirt I saw her wearing in a Facebook photo.
"Sure enough, she showed up to my apartment with a 12 pack, condoms, and wearing that tennis skirt."
Sometimes You Don't Realize How Much You Care Until Something Happens
"She was spending the night at my place and woke up about 3 a.m. in severe discomfort. When it got worse, I took her to the ER.
"It was while she was in the room in the ER, miserable in pain and waiting for the pain meds to kick in that I realized I really cared for her and wanted to make our relationship more permanent. It turned out that she was having a kidney stone."
Getting Through The Day-To-Day Is What You Really Need
"I was deployed in Asia and she was living in my apartment back home. She took care of everything and helped me keep track of my finances because I rarely had internet access. During that time, I realized that she was an awesome person, super hot, and she liked me for who I was. Once I realized that, it was pretty simple. Haven't looked back."
Pack It Up To All The Boys I Loved Before
"I was 17 and she was 18. We worked at the local McDonald's. She was a cutie, and every guy in the joint wanted her, but she wasn't interested. I offered to pretend like we were dating to make everyone else back off, and then we ended up really dating.
"Our first kiss was on June 24, 1984, and by July 4, 1984, I knew that I loved her."
The Force Is Strong In This One
"On the fourth date, she invited me up to her apartment for the first time. Upon entering, I am in awe that her Star Wars Lego collection was bigger than mine. I knew right then and there."
Young Love Isn't A Joke
"When I was 16, an insanely hot girl messaged me on Myspace because we had mutual friends and she thought I was cute. We hit it off, started dating, and a few months later I left to go on a trip to Indiana to visit my grandparents.
"It was the first time we'd been apart for more than a day or two since we’d been together, and we spent almost every night talking on the phone until 3 or 4 a.m. That was the first time I ever felt like every minute spent away from her was a complete waste of time, and that feeling never really went away."
A Much Better Night In My Opinion
"We went on a date together and while driving past a restaurant on a Friday night with a line going out the door she said, 'We could just grab a pizza and some beer and just go eat at my place.'
"We have been married 6 years now."
Reading Is Fundamental!
"We got a little drunk at a mutual friend's birthday, I walked her home, and you know what happened next—we sat on her couch talking about books. I went home like a gentleman, absolutely knowing she was the one."
She Stands For What She Believes In
"In high school, some idiot friends of ours were making fun of special ed kids at our school and she didn't hesitate to chew them out for it. The friends were older than me and I felt too hesitant to say anything but she just jumped in."
What A Sight To Wake Up To
"My girlfriend is a paramedic and I'm a cop. I met her on a call and couldn't help but notice how gorgeous she was. Fast forward a month or two, and I go out with her and a bunch of her friends. She got a little too drunk so I took her home to make sure she was okay. She ended up telling me to stay because she wasn't feeling well, so I spent the night with her as she apologized profusely for drinking too much.
"I woke up in the morning with her cuddled up to me on my right side, and her golden retriever cuddled up on my left side, and I knew I was right where I was supposed to be."
...Yeah, You Really Could
"My parents had a talk with us after we got caught making out in their basement during summer break from college. I was 21 and she was 20, and both grew up in very religious homes.
"The next day, I thought to myself, 'Wait... we're adults... We could get married... WE COULD GET MARRIED!'"
Sometimes It Takes Nothing At All, Really
"I was dating this awesome girl, just so chill/smart/attractive the whole package. After one week there was this one moment, we'd spent the whole day together, we were at my place and getting ready to go out to grab a bite to eat. She was redoing her makeup in the bathroom and I was just looking over at her, and it just felt right. One week dating this woman and everything felt so natural—like we had been together forever."
Very Nice! My Wife!
"The first time we were having sex and I had an orgasm, she smiled and, in Borat accent, said 'High five, vanilla face!'
"That was exactly when I knew she was the one."
And That's On Forever
"I'd love to say it was one thing—it wasn't that simple. However, I can tell you that loving her is easy and even though we have been married for 10 years, I say I would marry her again every day."
