Love of your life?

[ClawsandEffect]

Do we all have one?

And did you all know when you found yours?

For me I knew when I'd found it. But no, it didn't last forever.

My dog and my lovely friends, some of whom I've known since I was 15 and will be with me for life. These are the true loves of my life.

Men - so far - have come and gone.

Yep, my daughter is the big love of my life.

Yes, I'm married to him. I had the full tingle down my spine when he even touched my knee when just chatting over a drink on one of our first dates. The first time we kissed it was on the dance floor at a nightclub at the end of the night, and it was honestly like the cliches you see in the movies. Everything seemed to stand still and it was like it was just us, in the spotlight, with everything else fading into the background. So wierd and sounds nauseating and cliched but it honestly felt just like that. 😂 Now i'm middle aged it's a lovely memory.

I was only 23 and not interested in a serious relationship with anyone, was enjoying being young and single, and hadn't even had a proper boyfriend before, so I don't know how I ended up married! I guess I would still be single now if we hadn't met as I was always quite happy on my own before. We just clicked, big time.

It's not all been perfect, we've had some times we've not seen eye to eye at all and wondered if things were going to pot, but somehow we're still together over 25 year later. I honestly thing I'd be on my own now if I hadn't met him.

He could have asked you to move to be near his kids with him?

I met mine a a number of years ago, and we had this absolutely toxic relationship which hurt us both really badly, until I finally left. More recently we started a non-exclusive FWB relationship (we are both dating other people too) and I can hardly think of anyrhing else but LOML - the sex is like fire. - nobody has ever got me like he does.

I feel like Cathy in Wuthering Heights - "whatever souls are made of, his and mine are the same". (Like Heathcliff, he is no saint, tho Heathcliff was worse....)

And now I am in an unspeakably hard situation, in A and E with a relative who probably won't make it, and I know that LOML would be here like a shot - he has offered so many times - and so much of me just wants to bring him here and climb onto his lap and let him hold me while I sob and scream. (And he would)

Yes, I met mine when I was young, possibly too young to appreciate him. We were long distance and I took him for granted. I regret that all the time because in my 54 yr years I have never met anyone that got me like he did. His wife is very lucky ☺️

Yes. Not the first time around (I left him). 20 years later (same man) - yes, I knew. We had 7 years together before he died. Oh, my Mr S x

Had an amazing man, married for 32 years. Cancer changed me and he went looking elsewhere. Spun a web of lies to me and our sons and continues to act out his new character to all.

He will always be my love of life.

Yes it's my husband. I knew the night I met him.
Our first conversation I felt like I'd known him forever.
I've never felt like that about anyone else although I've thought i was in love before there was always some kind of slight disconnect.
We've certainly had our ups and downs but im naturally deeply committed to the relationship in a way I never was in any other. It's interesting that time has passed so fast. In previous relationships there was less kinda internal acceptance that we would be together forever.. and that made the passing of time slower in a way. With my husband decades just went by because I didn't bother to think about how much time we'd been together.Like the relationship is my whole life so im just living my life.. rather than a section of my life that's being timed.

I was married to mine for 27 years.

Yes. I found her at cats protection. Much lovelier than any man.

I married the love of my life but he is currently very poorly with alcoholism. He is on his last chance to get sober and knows it. Even pissed he is a lovely man and very kind and respectful. Breaks my heart that we will likely have to split up but I can’t live with an addict.

We have been together for 22 years.

I knew at the time. And I knew that if we got together it would be permanent, but didn’t feel ready to commit. I thought we had all the time in the world, so I kept him at arms length, insisting we just stay friends “for now”.

He didn’t want to wait, and moved on. We both settled down with other partners, had families, lived life. 30 yrs later we’re still in touch and I still consider him my dearest friend, but we rarely meet.

I try not to beat myself up over it. I made my choice and had my reasons at the time, nonsensical as they may seem now. I’m happy with DH, have a wonderful DD and a comfortable life. But occasionally there are days when I wish I could meet 22yr old me and give her a slap.

This is so lovely. I feel similarly about my dear Grandad. The only member of my family that I can hand on heart say I truly loved with all my heart and without question (difficult relationships with others).

He died some years ago, long before I met DH and had DS and just the other day I burst into tears showing our train enthusiast toddler DS a steam train for the first time, as they were his passion that he shared with me as a child and I was suddenly overwhelmed with sadness that DS will never know him x