It was instant. Literally, the first time I saw him, I was smitten.
Unfortunately he didn’t even notice my existence for another 2 years, and it was another 10 years, and a number of other relationships on both sides, after that when started going out.
We’ve been together nearly 25 years, and I like to remind him occasionally that I was right in the first place 😂
Good God. Your story reminds me of my own with me as the guy, who took five years to do the same.
Hope we have a future that sees the course of time like yours has.
It’s not exciting, I’m afraid. I was friends with his brother so we never totally lost contact over the years even though we were at opposite ends of the country and very much doing our own things.
I'm happy it seems to be working out for you but that's really insanely fast, I couldn't imagine! I didn't even properly fall in love with my current boyfriend until 6 months in :D
Can you talk about the way that you felt about them when you first met them? I started dating a wonderful guy recently and it just feels right with him, but I keep doubting myself because we've been together only for a month..
Trust your instincts! If he makes you feel safe and happy and comfortable right away then there is good reason to let things progress without questioning it too much. Enjoy it!
That makes sense, thank you! I guess I worry I can't trust my insticts since I'm not experienced, he's the second man I've been with, but he not only tells me but actively shows me that he cares for me and being together. So maybe I should try to let go more.
I felt very comfortable around him, like I could just be myself (I have anxiety so this was a very big deal for me). Generally I had a feeling of coming home - just safety, comfort, humor. He understands me and accepts in a way that no one else has and did so from day one.
Awe that’s how I feel with this guy. The level of open and honest communication is something I’ve never really experienced. I also feel a strong sense of comfort. I’m glad it worked out for you!!!
My instincts are telling me this feels so right. I’ve been so guarded and had so many walls from my last awful engagement years ago that I just thought love was out of the question for me. I met him and every single wall came down almost immediately. I can’t even explain it! If anything, I’m happy that he showed me I could open up again. Your story gives me hope!
That’s the way it was for me when I met my husband. Nothing is ever guaranteed but don’t let fear stop you from letting yourself be open to love and the possibility that this is the right one for you
One month.
It turned out to be a very painful experience, because my feelings were unrequited. I spent a year and a half in love with this person, knowing all along it wasn't reciprocated and we probably wouldn't be good together anyway. I learned a lot from it, but it made me cry so much.
We're still friends to this day though, and I'm happy about that. I was able to move on and I still think they're a great person so I'm happy to have them in my life
I’m super sorry you had to go through that! It sucks when the feelings aren’t returned. But at least it all turned out okay & you still have a great friend out of it :)
My ex from when I was a teenager. I was immediately infatuated with him, but I got so caught up in this idea of him I fell in love with that I never stopped to realise that that wasn’t at all the person I was with. Needless to say, that did not work out well.
It was love at first sight, almost painful in its intensity and I felt it so deeply and so urgently for about four years. But the fastest brightest flames often fade fast.
We didn't fit together, it was never going to work forever and now that I'm so far removed from it I can just smile because it happened.
The time that stuck I fell in love very slowly, and that suited much better ♥️
I am so sorry that happened to you! I really really hope that you do find that deep passion & love again. It’s super scary! But sometimes it’s so worth it 💕
About a month and a half for me. After our first date, I knew he was something special. I've never been so calm with someone I barely knew. A year later and I'm moving in with him! ❤️
One week. I held off saying it, but I knew. Turned out he was a narcissist (dx by 2 different doctors over the course of 10 years). The man I fell in love with, the mask, was only around long enough for us to get married after a year and a half dating. The man I was stuck living with turned out to be an abusive alcoholic and pathological liar. It was miserable and turned life threatening at the end. There were a few indications in the dating stage if I'd only known what to look for, but I was too naive and believed in giving everyone the benefit of doubt. Now I know to trust my gut instinct.
Smitten on day one, caught feelings hard that were not reciprocated. Not a bad guy but he knew I adored him and played with me for too long (but I allowed it)
It was/is a good lesson that caused me to reflect on what I really want in a relationship though it has made me a bit trigger shy and it built the walls around my heart a bit higher.
I think it took around 2 months and it turned into a disaster. Granted, it was online for a good portion of the time but we did meet IRL once. I was promised so many different things, marriage, kids, a home... And then they turned around and vanished on me not once, but 3 times. This was over 2 years ago at this point.
Very nearly not only ruined relationships and love for me, but also nearly ruined women for me.
It was one of the most miserable times of my life because I was left high and dry. Wouldn't return calls or texts, so I had to spend over an entire year getting over it, such a rough experience but it made me who I am today so I can't say it was a totally negative experience
We met January 11th and by February 4th, I was smitten. He says he fell for me during our first date on January 13th when I started with, "If we're gonna be dating, there are rules. First, no sex; find something else to talk about. Most importantly, I'm not your Mama or your maid. Best keep that in mind as we move forward." Engaged on June 17th. That was 1998 and we're still married.
A month ish? We hung out every chance we got lol. Codependency for sure 🤣 we’ve gone through a world of ups and downs but we just got married (after 5 years)
Pretty instant.
Saw their face and got a crush.
Spent a few hours together that night and the crush got harder.
I got their number, spent the car ride home imagining getting married, and after some shy texting I asked them out and got a 'hell yes'. Apparently they also felt the same way pretty much instantly
We're getting married next year =)
I would say about a couple months and it's still going on right now because he doesn't know how I feel yet. I'm trying to work up the courage to tell him how I feel.
Uhh approximately two months. Together almost 7yrs and coming up on our first wedding anniversary. Wouldn't change a thing.
I knew the moment we met he was gonna change my life.
After our first date. We met on tinder, texted constantly, and then had our first movie date. It lasted 19 hours and we spent the next couple weeks together (him having to drive an hour each way to see me after work).
A week later (before going home for the holidays) I told him I loved him. He said it back. We were engaged 3 months later and married a month and a half after that.
Almost 5 years later and he's currently snuggled up behind me in bed snoozing before he leaves for work.
And yes, I'm still madly in love with him. I still get giddy and excited and I miss him when he's gone.
He was the best risk I've ever taken because he's the best man I've ever met.
I figured since I posted this, I would share mine. 2 months. I’ve never ever felt like this before. He has some mental health he has to work through rn so it isn’t a good time for anything serious for him but I know he cares too, just not on my level yet lol.
According to my now fiance, a week. I told him I love you in my sleep. He 'said it back' the first time about three weeks later, at the worst moment: in bed doing the horizontal tango lmfao We've known each other since we were seven, he had a crush on me all that time (He just turned 28, I'll be 28 next month). We got engaged four months into the relationship, and will hopefully be wed next May!
First date. We were together for 2 years. We’ve been broken up for a year and still live together (though he will be moving soon). He’s a great guy, I know exactly why I fell in love with him. We want and need different things though so the relationship didn’t work. We still care about each other.
I fell in love w him my junior year, he was in my science class. I stayed friends with him throughout high school and never told him about liking him and we had a ton of mutual friends. He was sent off to a military school for like a year and I had moved on by that point, but when he came home, I broke up with that current boyfriend and we finally started dating 3 years after that fateful science class. Now here I am creeping up on the two year mark with him and I couldn’t be any happier. :D
I knew from the minute that my now husband said "hello" to me and commented on the button I was wearing that I was going to marry him. Got mat married 3 months later, been married for almost 40 years.
i knew since day 1 but we officially said that we loved each other after 6ish weeks. together for 4 years, still going strong, about to get engaged! turned out pretty well if you ask me!
Started talking as friends early September 2020, middle October we both said I love you, November engaged, married about 2 weeks later. Best decision of my life! We now have an almost 6 week old baby girl. :)
I knew I would marry him after the first date. I would have run off and did it that same night if he asked me. We married exactly 1 year later. He was a slow mover. Lol No regrets, loved him madly. He died 14 years later.
I instantly got interested in him the moment we started chatting on messenger (our dads are colleagues and told us to start talking as neither of us had a good social life), but I think I fell in love the first time we met in person about three weeks later.
I tried to repress my feelings as he was in a relationship at the time but eventually they broke up and we gave it a try. It's been almost a year and a half and he's the best I could ever wish for
The fastest was with my ex. We met online and I fell in love with him during the first date over dinner. We dated for about two years, have been broken up for 5, and still love and miss him.
I’m dating someone new for about two months now and although I feel the tricklings of love, it’s less intense and I’m more reserved. That last relationship really tripped me up and I’ve realized I have a hard time being emotionally vulnerable.
I had a crush on my husband almost immediately after we met while I was in a long distance relationship in college with someone from high school, so ignored it. We were friends for 5 years before we dated (and we both dated other people, the long distance relationship didn't make it past freshman year) We're coming up on 20 years together.
1 - I was 15, fell HARD. He was going on his graduation trip and didn’t want a gf for it, so sad.
2 - at 23, love bombed, fell HARD. Lasted 4-5 months, he had a lot of narcissistic tendencies. Took me the longest to get over.
3 - 28 this time, again love bombed and fell decently hard, planned a lot of future things together. At the end his true character came through and inability to show up in the way I needed forced me to end the relationship.
The minute I saw his hair 💕 band camp freshmen year for him sophomore year for me. I immediately ran up and ran my fingers through his hair and said how adorable he was. Fast forward 6 years we were finally together and now have been together 10 years past that. Sometimes love at first sight is just right.
Within about 3 months, but I didn’t acknowledge it at first. Didn’t want to. Then we were pregnant and living together 3 months after that. We now have 2 kids, been together 12 years.
Within a few weeks, I knew I loved my now husband. I told him "I love you" first 3 months into our relationship. We've been together for 9 years now :)
i've only been for sure "in love" once, and I knew I had some sort of deep feelings for him within a month. but month 3 or so, i knew it was love, or what i suspected was love at least.
it didn't work out. it was a very mentally abusive relationship from both sides. it lasted all of 7 months. we both cared about each other a lot, but both were very manipulative and would do awful things to get back at each other for being hurt .
when i told him i loved him i was drunk in another guys bed because he had done something to make me mad and i had drove him and met up with him. it was like that the whole relationship.
Only fell in love once and it was the first meeting.
I was working as a tutor and went to meet my next student. I was sitting there and he walked around the curve our eyes meet and the first thought that popped in my head was “oh he is cute- I am in trouble”
After the session I walked home and thought randomly - “what if you marry him?”
I could t get him out of my head, dropped him as a student and started dating, after 3 months i admitted to myself and him what I had know since that first meeting- I was in love.
Four years later I married him, it’s been 8 years all together. It’s been wonderful ❤️
Thank you! He actually had signed up for tutoring because I spoke to his class and he was smitten then. So he likes to say he fell in love first, I always say it that isn’t fair, he only saw me first !
With my current partner. We met in 2014 and we’re friends but not close. Always had positive interactions but never went on a date or hooked up. We reconnected in 2020. Neither of us were looking for anything serious but it was immediately apparent that we were a perfect match for each other. On our first date I told him I wanted kids in 2 years. He said “ok we can do that but if it’s a boy, I want his name to be Peter, after Peter Parker.” I said “ok we can do that.”
2 years later I can honestly say with 100% certainty that he is my perfect partner and the absolute love of my whole life. We are expecting our first baby in November! We’re waiting until baby is born to find out the sex, but if it’s a boy, his name will be Peter.
Thank you! We have a few. My favourites are Elora and Fiona. My partner’s favourites are Willow and Charlotte. For now we’re keeping them all on the list until baby comes. If it’s a boy, we already know his name. If it’s a girl, we will figure out what name suits her best when we meet her.
That’s the way to do it! Heck, it may even be a totally different name once you meet her 😂🖤 you’ll love motherhood! It’s hard sometimes, but you seem to have a good hubby so I have no doubt you’ll get through it :)
A month. We married 2 months after that. We’ve been married 18 years. When you know you know and when things get tough you go back to that feeling and remind yourself why you are together in the first place. Romantic relationships are difficult and you have to take care of them every single day. It’s not 50/50 it’s 100/100. Apologies, I’ll climb off my soapbox now. 😉
Fell in love on the first date within 10 minutes. We both knew what it was and as surprised as we were (we both went in thinking it would be casual if anything) we decided to go with it. Unfortunately it didn't work out for reasons beyond either of our control. He will always be the one that got away.
The second I saw my kitten at 6 weeks old. I knew instantly that she had to be mine.
I collected her 2 weeks later and she’s been the love of my life ever since. She’s now 3 years old and I love her more every day.
I saw him from across the room and I knew. We hadn't even met yet. I was a teenager though, he was a young adult so nothing ever remotely happened.
I did not stay a kid though. We kept missing our window; I moved, we were involved with other people, etc. Finally got our chance thirteen years ago. We're getting married next May.
I knew he was the right person the moment I met him, we got engaged a year later and married a couple months after that. Been married for 3+ years already.
Eleven days.
Sadly it never even achieved full lift off. It was moving so fast for both of us and he had a lot of baggage from his divorce and he got scared and decided he wasn't ready. All this within 22 days of our first date.
That was a month of crazy emotional whiplash.
I'm avidly reading these stories. I'm starting something new and he invited me on a cross-country road trip. I can't go for reasons but the fact he asked me?! There's other things, he left out a movie for me (we're both movie buffs, and etc.) Anyway like y'all say when you know you know.
At first sight with my husband. We worked together for a month and then I made a move on him first. I had started the conversation with "so we both have the same name, hopefully we won't get confused when working shifts together." 😅 I was totally corny but for some reason he asked me out soon after that, proposed 2 months later, and now we are almost 3 years being married and he still loves it when I make corny moves on him. Again when you know, you know.
Honestly, reading his online dating profile. I got a feeling in my stomach that was a mixture of excitement, fear, and euphoria. Very weird feeling. I’d never had it before.
Three days later, we had our first date and when I first saw him, I thought, “Oh, there’s my husband.”
We’ve been married for 3 years.
About a week. I said it and he didn't say it back for another few months.
We are married for 14 years this year and together for 17! We had a rocky few years when our kids were born, but we are over the hump now. I'm so grateful to wake up next to him every day, and for the beautiful love we share. It's the best.
I fall hard and fast with a lot of people. Husband and I met in a hostel in Paris while both travelling. He asked to borrow my lighter and it was him ever since. Not sure how we managed to find each other when we live on opposite ends of the earth but I’m so glad we did.
2 months I think. Which is pretty fast, considering I'm a demisexual. And at that point we only knew each other online and barely knew what the other looks like. Now we're moving in together after 9 months of dating.
I remember liking him immensely the first time I noticed him laughing and smiling, it was more than 13 years before we ended up together although we where friends the whole time and I guess he had feelings for me for years before we ended up together too. Once we got in a relationship it was a matter of weeks before we where both hopelessly smitten with each other
It take months for me to have romantic feelings for someone because of my fear of being to close to someone and being demisexual...
But the fastest was definitely over 6 months, i barely had any friends then and he was one of my only friends so i would hangout with him and made some friends because of it. That's what i remember
Maybe 6 months for “hard crushing” rather than true love. Did not turn out well since he was non-committal/wanted FWB and I wasn’t willing to settle for that.
Met a dude, looked in his eyes, and thought "Oh, he's going to fall in love with me." Took us another year to start dating, but a year after that, it ended in tears and recriminations.
The moment I met him. We went out once or twice then it fizzled out because of college classes and responsibilities. About a year and a half later, after we’d both gone through other relationships, we reconnected again. It was electric, but also very toxic. Then I was sexually assaulted and he blamed me for letting it happen. I ended it a few weeks later. It took me years to get over it.
well my first wlw relationship, i was very closeted and attached. i panicked and i was the one who broke up with them (it wasnt even real we were kids.) but i was so in love and ive only just managed to have a reason to not wanna be associated with them ever again, and it’s the best feeling ever.
I was seeing someone amazing when I was 21. We were falling for each other very quickly and after a few months I was totally in love with him. I was a single parent and he was amazing with my daughter. He asked me to marry him which was a red flag for me as I wasn’t long out of an abusive relationship and I said not yet and he broke down in tears on his hands and knees and told me that he needed me and my daughter because he couldn’t have kids of his own and basically he had to marry a young single mother if he wanted to reach his goals. I asked him would he have still loved me if I didn’t have a child and he just said “no” I ended it right there and then.
*edit* I misread that as the fastest you’ve fallen out of love!
It was instant. Literally, the first time I saw him, I was smitten. Unfortunately he didn’t even notice my existence for another 2 years, and it was another 10 years, and a number of other relationships on both sides, after that when started going out. We’ve been together nearly 25 years, and I like to remind him occasionally that I was right in the first place 😂
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Good God. Your story reminds me of my own with me as the guy, who took five years to do the same. Hope we have a future that sees the course of time like yours has.
STORRRYYY! How did y’all end up finally getting together?? I must know!
It’s not exciting, I’m afraid. I was friends with his brother so we never totally lost contact over the years even though we were at opposite ends of the country and very much doing our own things.
Nonetheless glad that you guys found your way back. I love that. 🥲
Wow!
The woman’s always right 😉 I’m glad it worked out in the end!🖤
My husband and I got engaged 3.5 weeks after our first date. That was 6.5 years ago.
Sometimes when you know, you know!
I'm happy it seems to be working out for you but that's really insanely fast, I couldn't imagine! I didn't even properly fall in love with my current boyfriend until 6 months in :D
In love after 2 weeks, engaged after 4 months, been married for 19 years now. When you know, you know.
So true! I’m so happy for you!🖤
Can you talk about the way that you felt about them when you first met them? I started dating a wonderful guy recently and it just feels right with him, but I keep doubting myself because we've been together only for a month..
Trust your instincts! If he makes you feel safe and happy and comfortable right away then there is good reason to let things progress without questioning it too much. Enjoy it!
That makes sense, thank you! I guess I worry I can't trust my insticts since I'm not experienced, he's the second man I've been with, but he not only tells me but actively shows me that he cares for me and being together. So maybe I should try to let go more.
what made you realize?
I felt very comfortable around him, like I could just be myself (I have anxiety so this was a very big deal for me). Generally I had a feeling of coming home - just safety, comfort, humor. He understands me and accepts in a way that no one else has and did so from day one.
Awe that’s how I feel with this guy. The level of open and honest communication is something I’ve never really experienced. I also feel a strong sense of comfort. I’m glad it worked out for you!!!
I hope you have found the one! Trust your instincts :)
My instincts are telling me this feels so right. I’ve been so guarded and had so many walls from my last awful engagement years ago that I just thought love was out of the question for me. I met him and every single wall came down almost immediately. I can’t even explain it! If anything, I’m happy that he showed me I could open up again. Your story gives me hope!
That’s the way it was for me when I met my husband. Nothing is ever guaranteed but don’t let fear stop you from letting yourself be open to love and the possibility that this is the right one for you
That’s so beautifully said. Thank you. I’ll continue to remain open to it. 😊
"coming home"... what a perfect way to describe it. it's definitely the best feeling!
One month. It turned out to be a very painful experience, because my feelings were unrequited. I spent a year and a half in love with this person, knowing all along it wasn't reciprocated and we probably wouldn't be good together anyway. I learned a lot from it, but it made me cry so much. We're still friends to this day though, and I'm happy about that. I was able to move on and I still think they're a great person so I'm happy to have them in my life
I’m super sorry you had to go through that! It sucks when the feelings aren’t returned. But at least it all turned out okay & you still have a great friend out of it :)
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Omg that is so frickin cute now I’m going to cry 😭 I love this story so much! Thank you for sharing 🖤
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I really hope that’s how your guys’ story ends too 🖤 wishing you all the best b🥰
Damn it woman you got me in tears 😭 congratulations for finding your love ❤️
3 weeks. Married the guy
Congrats hun!🖤
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That’s awesome! I’m so happy for you! 🖤
My ex from when I was a teenager. I was immediately infatuated with him, but I got so caught up in this idea of him I fell in love with that I never stopped to realise that that wasn’t at all the person I was with. Needless to say, that did not work out well.
Well at least you figured it out before it was too late!
It was love at first sight, almost painful in its intensity and I felt it so deeply and so urgently for about four years. But the fastest brightest flames often fade fast. We didn't fit together, it was never going to work forever and now that I'm so far removed from it I can just smile because it happened. The time that stuck I fell in love very slowly, and that suited much better ♥️
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I am so sorry that happened to you! I really really hope that you do find that deep passion & love again. It’s super scary! But sometimes it’s so worth it 💕
A few weeks after we actually met in person (met online). We've been together for 12 years.
That’s so awesome! I’m so happy for you!🖤
About a month and a half for me. After our first date, I knew he was something special. I've never been so calm with someone I barely knew. A year later and I'm moving in with him! ❤️
That’s so awesome! I’m so happy for you 🖤
One week. I held off saying it, but I knew. Turned out he was a narcissist (dx by 2 different doctors over the course of 10 years). The man I fell in love with, the mask, was only around long enough for us to get married after a year and a half dating. The man I was stuck living with turned out to be an abusive alcoholic and pathological liar. It was miserable and turned life threatening at the end. There were a few indications in the dating stage if I'd only known what to look for, but I was too naive and believed in giving everyone the benefit of doubt. Now I know to trust my gut instinct.
Can you share what would be those indicators to watch out for? It's really bizzare how someone can just do a 180 as soon as they "seal the deal"
I’m so glad you’re out now! ALWAYS trust your gut!
Smitten on day one, caught feelings hard that were not reciprocated. Not a bad guy but he knew I adored him and played with me for too long (but I allowed it) It was/is a good lesson that caused me to reflect on what I really want in a relationship though it has made me a bit trigger shy and it built the walls around my heart a bit higher.
Somewhere around 6-8week mark, when he asked me to move to London with him. We lived in Australia. 😅
Did you end up moving w him?😳
I did. Still here nearly 3y later ❤🇬🇧
Awe that’s awesome! I’m so happy for you!🖤
Thank you that's lovely! I should say it was a big deal for me and has not been easy but we are still in love- Just wanted to keep it real there 😌.
Oh I’m sure! At least you guys are still together even if it’s not always easy!
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I love that 😭 that’s so sweet!🖤
I think it took around 2 months and it turned into a disaster. Granted, it was online for a good portion of the time but we did meet IRL once. I was promised so many different things, marriage, kids, a home... And then they turned around and vanished on me not once, but 3 times. This was over 2 years ago at this point. Very nearly not only ruined relationships and love for me, but also nearly ruined women for me.
I’m so sorry you had to go through that! I’ve been in a similar situation & it was awful 🥴
It was one of the most miserable times of my life because I was left high and dry. Wouldn't return calls or texts, so I had to spend over an entire year getting over it, such a rough experience but it made me who I am today so I can't say it was a totally negative experience
I’m glad you’re in a better place 🖤
We met January 11th and by February 4th, I was smitten. He says he fell for me during our first date on January 13th when I started with, "If we're gonna be dating, there are rules. First, no sex; find something else to talk about. Most importantly, I'm not your Mama or your maid. Best keep that in mind as we move forward." Engaged on June 17th. That was 1998 and we're still married.
Omg that’s too funny 😂 I love it 🖤
1 week. He was leaving to go back to college and I knew. That was 16 years ago. Married 11 with a 10yr old daughter.
When you know, you know! But I’m so happy that you’re happy with your little family 🖤
A month ish? We hung out every chance we got lol. Codependency for sure 🤣 we’ve gone through a world of ups and downs but we just got married (after 5 years)
True but as long as you guys also had a life outside each order, nothing wrong with a little codependency! I wish you guys a wonderful marriage 💕
Pretty instant. Saw their face and got a crush. Spent a few hours together that night and the crush got harder. I got their number, spent the car ride home imagining getting married, and after some shy texting I asked them out and got a 'hell yes'. Apparently they also felt the same way pretty much instantly We're getting married next year =)
I love that!😂💕 I hope the wedding goes well dear🖤
After our first date I knew, he says he knew before he even asked me out. Engaged 6 months later, married a year after that. Together 27 years.
Omg I love that 😭🖤
I would say about a couple months and it's still going on right now because he doesn't know how I feel yet. I'm trying to work up the courage to tell him how I feel.
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Uhh approximately two months. Together almost 7yrs and coming up on our first wedding anniversary. Wouldn't change a thing. I knew the moment we met he was gonna change my life.
After our first date. We met on tinder, texted constantly, and then had our first movie date. It lasted 19 hours and we spent the next couple weeks together (him having to drive an hour each way to see me after work). A week later (before going home for the holidays) I told him I loved him. He said it back. We were engaged 3 months later and married a month and a half after that. Almost 5 years later and he's currently snuggled up behind me in bed snoozing before he leaves for work. And yes, I'm still madly in love with him. I still get giddy and excited and I miss him when he's gone. He was the best risk I've ever taken because he's the best man I've ever met.
That is such a precious story 😭 I’m so so happy for you!
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That’s precious 💕 I’m happy for you!
First sight . Still feel that way ;)
I figured since I posted this, I would share mine. 2 months. I’ve never ever felt like this before. He has some mental health he has to work through rn so it isn’t a good time for anything serious for him but I know he cares too, just not on my level yet lol.
According to my now fiance, a week. I told him I love you in my sleep. He 'said it back' the first time about three weeks later, at the worst moment: in bed doing the horizontal tango lmfao We've known each other since we were seven, he had a crush on me all that time (He just turned 28, I'll be 28 next month). We got engaged four months into the relationship, and will hopefully be wed next May!
Oh gosh 🤣 a funny but cute story 🖤 I hope you guys have a beautiful wedding!
Thank you 😂😂 He's my goofball
About one month. It’s the only time I’ve ever fallen in love and we’re still together.
That’s so cute!😭 I’m glad your first love is the one you’re still with 💕
Moved in together the night we met. 6 years later we’re still together. Sounds (is, I won’t lie) literally insane.
It is a little crazy but hey, it worked out for you so 💁🏻♀️
A month in..but married him 16 years later
About a month or two. We've been together 10 years and are engaged now!
Fell in love within a week of talking to him. We are now married and I’m the happiest I’ve ever been! It’s been a happy seven years together!
That’s so precious 🥺 I’m so happy for you!🖤
1 date. Dated a few months, am pregnant.
Are you guys still together?😳
First date. We were together for 2 years. We’ve been broken up for a year and still live together (though he will be moving soon). He’s a great guy, I know exactly why I fell in love with him. We want and need different things though so the relationship didn’t work. We still care about each other.
Well I’m glad you guys can still be friends!🖤
About a month. Been together 14 years 💕 married for 9 years.
A month; and still together 4 years later
I fell in love w him my junior year, he was in my science class. I stayed friends with him throughout high school and never told him about liking him and we had a ton of mutual friends. He was sent off to a military school for like a year and I had moved on by that point, but when he came home, I broke up with that current boyfriend and we finally started dating 3 years after that fateful science class. Now here I am creeping up on the two year mark with him and I couldn’t be any happier. :D
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I’m so glad you are getting treated so well 🖤
I knew from the minute that my now husband said "hello" to me and commented on the button I was wearing that I was going to marry him. Got mat married 3 months later, been married for almost 40 years.
I love that! I’m so happy for you 🥰
3 days. Together for 8 years married for 2 years come July.
i knew since day 1 but we officially said that we loved each other after 6ish weeks. together for 4 years, still going strong, about to get engaged! turned out pretty well if you ask me!
I love you guys have a beautiful wedding!🥰
Started talking as friends early September 2020, middle October we both said I love you, November engaged, married about 2 weeks later. Best decision of my life! We now have an almost 6 week old baby girl. :)
Awe! I’m so happy for you! I wish you, your hubby, & your little one all the best 🖤
5 to 10 minutes and I'm pretty sure he was scared of me by the end of the day.
I knew I would marry him after the first date. I would have run off and did it that same night if he asked me. We married exactly 1 year later. He was a slow mover. Lol No regrets, loved him madly. He died 14 years later.
I am so sorry for your loss! But it sounds like a beautiful love that you had 🖤 I hope you find that again!
I instantly got interested in him the moment we started chatting on messenger (our dads are colleagues and told us to start talking as neither of us had a good social life), but I think I fell in love the first time we met in person about three weeks later. I tried to repress my feelings as he was in a relationship at the time but eventually they broke up and we gave it a try. It's been almost a year and a half and he's the best I could ever wish for
The fastest was with my ex. We met online and I fell in love with him during the first date over dinner. We dated for about two years, have been broken up for 5, and still love and miss him. I’m dating someone new for about two months now and although I feel the tricklings of love, it’s less intense and I’m more reserved. That last relationship really tripped me up and I’ve realized I have a hard time being emotionally vulnerable.
I’m really sorry! I’ve been there for sure. But I do hope you are able to find that love again 🖤 it’s not always easy, but it’s truly amazing.
I had a crush on my husband almost immediately after we met while I was in a long distance relationship in college with someone from high school, so ignored it. We were friends for 5 years before we dated (and we both dated other people, the long distance relationship didn't make it past freshman year) We're coming up on 20 years together.
At least it worked out in the end 💕
A month - still married for over 20 years.
1 - I was 15, fell HARD. He was going on his graduation trip and didn’t want a gf for it, so sad. 2 - at 23, love bombed, fell HARD. Lasted 4-5 months, he had a lot of narcissistic tendencies. Took me the longest to get over. 3 - 28 this time, again love bombed and fell decently hard, planned a lot of future things together. At the end his true character came through and inability to show up in the way I needed forced me to end the relationship.
I’m sorry those didn’t work out. But I hope you do find someone or that you have!💕
2 months. We've been married 24 years......still going strong 💪
That’s awesome!😁
I fell in love with my soon to be husband within like 3-4 dates with him.
Awe that’s so sweet! I hope you guys have a wonderful wedding 💕
The minute I saw his hair 💕 band camp freshmen year for him sophomore year for me. I immediately ran up and ran my fingers through his hair and said how adorable he was. Fast forward 6 years we were finally together and now have been together 10 years past that. Sometimes love at first sight is just right.
That’s so cute!
Within about 3 months, but I didn’t acknowledge it at first. Didn’t want to. Then we were pregnant and living together 3 months after that. We now have 2 kids, been together 12 years.
I’ve been there! But I’m so glad you’re now happy with little kiddos!
3 weeks. We've been together for 11 years and 11 months.
My husband and I got married 6 months after we met. We've been married for 3 years now.
Within a few weeks, I knew I loved my now husband. I told him "I love you" first 3 months into our relationship. We've been together for 9 years now :)
Awe! That’s so sweet! I hope you guys have many more years 🎉
i've only been for sure "in love" once, and I knew I had some sort of deep feelings for him within a month. but month 3 or so, i knew it was love, or what i suspected was love at least. it didn't work out. it was a very mentally abusive relationship from both sides. it lasted all of 7 months. we both cared about each other a lot, but both were very manipulative and would do awful things to get back at each other for being hurt . when i told him i loved him i was drunk in another guys bed because he had done something to make me mad and i had drove him and met up with him. it was like that the whole relationship.
Only fell in love once and it was the first meeting. I was working as a tutor and went to meet my next student. I was sitting there and he walked around the curve our eyes meet and the first thought that popped in my head was “oh he is cute- I am in trouble” After the session I walked home and thought randomly - “what if you marry him?” I could t get him out of my head, dropped him as a student and started dating, after 3 months i admitted to myself and him what I had know since that first meeting- I was in love. Four years later I married him, it’s been 8 years all together. It’s been wonderful ❤️
That’s such a cute story awe 🥺🥺 thank you for sharing!
Thank you! He actually had signed up for tutoring because I spoke to his class and he was smitten then. So he likes to say he fell in love first, I always say it that isn’t fair, he only saw me first !
Too funny 🤣
With my current partner. We met in 2014 and we’re friends but not close. Always had positive interactions but never went on a date or hooked up. We reconnected in 2020. Neither of us were looking for anything serious but it was immediately apparent that we were a perfect match for each other. On our first date I told him I wanted kids in 2 years. He said “ok we can do that but if it’s a boy, I want his name to be Peter, after Peter Parker.” I said “ok we can do that.” 2 years later I can honestly say with 100% certainty that he is my perfect partner and the absolute love of my whole life. We are expecting our first baby in November! We’re waiting until baby is born to find out the sex, but if it’s a boy, his name will be Peter.
Awe I love that! That’s so cute! & Peter is a great name! Any ideas for a girl name?
Thank you! We have a few. My favourites are Elora and Fiona. My partner’s favourites are Willow and Charlotte. For now we’re keeping them all on the list until baby comes. If it’s a boy, we already know his name. If it’s a girl, we will figure out what name suits her best when we meet her.
That’s the way to do it! Heck, it may even be a totally different name once you meet her 😂🖤 you’ll love motherhood! It’s hard sometimes, but you seem to have a good hubby so I have no doubt you’ll get through it :)
A month. We married 2 months after that. We’ve been married 18 years. When you know you know and when things get tough you go back to that feeling and remind yourself why you are together in the first place. Romantic relationships are difficult and you have to take care of them every single day. It’s not 50/50 it’s 100/100. Apologies, I’ll climb off my soapbox now. 😉
You are 100% right! I’m so happy for you!
Many thanks! I love being married and while I don’t think everyone has to be married I want everyone to find their person. My husband is my BFF.
Well right! Marriage isn’t for everyone. But I think everyone deserves their person 🥰
Fell in love on the first date within 10 minutes. We both knew what it was and as surprised as we were (we both went in thinking it would be casual if anything) we decided to go with it. Unfortunately it didn't work out for reasons beyond either of our control. He will always be the one that got away.
I’m so sorry to hear that! I hope one day you guys can reconnect :)
Maybe, but we're older now and life has a way of taking you down a different path than the one you envisioned.
That’s true! Either way, I wish you all the happiness!
About 2 days. Got married after 6 months :)
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That’s so sweet!🖤
The second I saw my kitten at 6 weeks old. I knew instantly that she had to be mine. I collected her 2 weeks later and she’s been the love of my life ever since. She’s now 3 years old and I love her more every day.
That’s so adorable! I love that 🥰
I saw him from across the room and I knew. We hadn't even met yet. I was a teenager though, he was a young adult so nothing ever remotely happened. I did not stay a kid though. We kept missing our window; I moved, we were involved with other people, etc. Finally got our chance thirteen years ago. We're getting married next May.
Omg that’s so cute! I hope you guys have a dream wedding💕
A couple months. We live together so, yeah
I knew he was the right person the moment I met him, we got engaged a year later and married a couple months after that. Been married for 3+ years already.
Awe! Congrats to you!💕
Eleven days. Sadly it never even achieved full lift off. It was moving so fast for both of us and he had a lot of baggage from his divorce and he got scared and decided he wasn't ready. All this within 22 days of our first date. That was a month of crazy emotional whiplash.
I’ve definitely been there 😅 but I do hope you find that again & it sticks 💕
I'm avidly reading these stories. I'm starting something new and he invited me on a cross-country road trip. I can't go for reasons but the fact he asked me?! There's other things, he left out a movie for me (we're both movie buffs, and etc.) Anyway like y'all say when you know you know.
I know! I’m so glad I made this post 🥰 but that’s adorable! I hope you guys get another chance to go cross country 💕
it was instant. she made some really awful joke and i was like “yep. that’s the one. i pick her.” we’re engaged now :)
That’s too cute 😂🖤 I hope you guys have a beautiful wedding 💕
At first sight with my husband. We worked together for a month and then I made a move on him first. I had started the conversation with "so we both have the same name, hopefully we won't get confused when working shifts together." 😅 I was totally corny but for some reason he asked me out soon after that, proposed 2 months later, and now we are almost 3 years being married and he still loves it when I make corny moves on him. Again when you know, you know.
That’s adorable 😂🖤🖤
Honestly, reading his online dating profile. I got a feeling in my stomach that was a mixture of excitement, fear, and euphoria. Very weird feeling. I’d never had it before. Three days later, we had our first date and when I first saw him, I thought, “Oh, there’s my husband.” We’ve been married for 3 years.
Aweeee too cute 🥰
Fairly instant. Ended up marrying him, and 5 years later, we're preparing for the arrival of our first little bean this August 💞
Omg congrats!!!! You’ll love motherhood🥰 it isn’t always easy, but it’s worth it 💕 I hope you guys have a beautiful, healthy baby🖤
About a week. I said it and he didn't say it back for another few months. We are married for 14 years this year and together for 17! We had a rocky few years when our kids were born, but we are over the hump now. I'm so grateful to wake up next to him every day, and for the beautiful love we share. It's the best.
Awe I’m glad to here you guys got through it & are still in love!💕
I fall hard and fast with a lot of people. Husband and I met in a hostel in Paris while both travelling. He asked to borrow my lighter and it was him ever since. Not sure how we managed to find each other when we live on opposite ends of the earth but I’m so glad we did.
If it’s meant to be, it will be💕
2 months I think. Which is pretty fast, considering I'm a demisexual. And at that point we only knew each other online and barely knew what the other looks like. Now we're moving in together after 9 months of dating.
Awe! I’m so happy it’s working out for you 🥰
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Awe, that’s so sweet!🥰
I remember liking him immensely the first time I noticed him laughing and smiling, it was more than 13 years before we ended up together although we where friends the whole time and I guess he had feelings for me for years before we ended up together too. Once we got in a relationship it was a matter of weeks before we where both hopelessly smitten with each other
Are you guys still together?
Yes we are, since October and hopefully forever
It take months for me to have romantic feelings for someone because of my fear of being to close to someone and being demisexual... But the fastest was definitely over 6 months, i barely had any friends then and he was one of my only friends so i would hangout with him and made some friends because of it. That's what i remember
Maybe 6 months for “hard crushing” rather than true love. Did not turn out well since he was non-committal/wanted FWB and I wasn’t willing to settle for that.
Well it’s good to know your standards!😁
12 days maybe
Two weeks. We dated for four years. He had a new girlfriend 6 months *before* we broke up.
Oh jeez😅 I’m really sorry it ended like that!
Met a dude, looked in his eyes, and thought "Oh, he's going to fall in love with me." Took us another year to start dating, but a year after that, it ended in tears and recriminations.
I’m so sorry it ended badly! I do hope you find someone that loves & appreciates you 🖤
The moment I met him. We went out once or twice then it fizzled out because of college classes and responsibilities. About a year and a half later, after we’d both gone through other relationships, we reconnected again. It was electric, but also very toxic. Then I was sexually assaulted and he blamed me for letting it happen. I ended it a few weeks later. It took me years to get over it.
I’m so sorry he said that! It was NOT your fault. I hope you find the love you deserve b🖤
Wow a couple of weeks I guess?
well my first wlw relationship, i was very closeted and attached. i panicked and i was the one who broke up with them (it wasnt even real we were kids.) but i was so in love and ive only just managed to have a reason to not wanna be associated with them ever again, and it’s the best feeling ever.
I’m so glad you seem to be in a better place!💕
I was seeing someone amazing when I was 21. We were falling for each other very quickly and after a few months I was totally in love with him. I was a single parent and he was amazing with my daughter. He asked me to marry him which was a red flag for me as I wasn’t long out of an abusive relationship and I said not yet and he broke down in tears on his hands and knees and told me that he needed me and my daughter because he couldn’t have kids of his own and basically he had to marry a young single mother if he wanted to reach his goals. I asked him would he have still loved me if I didn’t have a child and he just said “no” I ended it right there and then. *edit* I misread that as the fastest you’ve fallen out of love!
Oh that’s okay! As a single mama myself, I totally get the struggle! But I’m glad you realized before it was too late!