Happy love stories, how quickly did you 'know' ??

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I hope this is ok as so many of the posts on here are unhappy and asking for advice. I wondered if any posters would be willing to cheer me up and share their happy love stories. How did you meet? How did you know they were 'the one' ??
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At a very battle scarred 56 , the most I was hoping for was some dates with a nice gentleman .

We met on the Internet and messaged each other every day. He had a few dates and I had one date who while I was away went on to have a few more and met a lovely lady.

So I asked him if he fancied meeting up to commiserate. We got on great. He was lovely. Very easy to talk to. Just a year younger than me and I liked his earring.

I then got invited out for a meal with him and had another great time.

Them I invited him back to mine as I had to babysit my grandson. My son came home at 11pm but ifelt so right with him I wouldn't have invited him back if I hadn't felt like that.

The rest of the family met him and liked him and we are getting married this year after 7 years together even though I told my divorce solicitor to slap me if I ever tried to get married again.

He moved in with me three years ago, took early retirement and we concentrate on having Fun with a capital F.

I don't think there is only one person for each of us , but he certainly comes close to it.

I'm a very lucky lady.....and he's a very lucky man!

Dowser, that is lovely. Have a great wedding!

About three months into our relationship, my now DH did the following one weekend:
Drove 3 hours snow to attend a tricky work event with me at a new employer (even though he had driven five hours in the snow the day before to get to a work event of his own)
When he came to pick me up to take me to that event, I was at my elderly granma's house, and he took her a lovely floral planter. When I got into his car he had bought me an even bigger bunch of flowers and he said "well I couldn't very well get your granma flowers and not you"
He sat beside me at the tricky work event and totally saw the toxic dynamic going on (long story around corruption). He said to me "You can't keep working here. Don't worry about money, I won't let anything bad happen to you, just do what's right".
Later, when I was touching up my make up, I realised I wanted to get married.

When I write it out like that, god, he really did come sweeping in on his white charger.

Oh and then he drove me back to his house (another two hours through the snow). So he hadn't even been able to have one drink at the totally toxic 5 hour long work event.

Moustache, I'm now in love with your husband. What a hero. Swoon.

We met on holiday and liked each other. We arranged to meet when we got home (DH wrote my number on his flip flop. This is pre mobile days)

We saw each other every weekend from when we got back and decided to get married 9 weeks after meeting! All my family and friends had met him and thought we were made for each other.

We got married after 10 months, 2Dds and 25 years later we are still together and I thank my lucky stars that we met in that bar.

I was 17 he was 22. I'm now 32 and he's 36. He rescued me from a muddy hole, my bicycle was clipped by a car I tried to regain control but I came off the road down an embankment and into a bog.

He was driving home he'd seen what had happened had stopped his car and ran down the embankment to assist, my bike was a right off. I was in deep muddy water and struggling to get out. He climbed to the edge and dragged me free I was freezing cold and filthy and a bit shook up.

He was working for the armed forces and was just coming home to suprise family. He brought me home. I got cleaned up, he asked for my number. We went on a date a week later.

2 and a bit years later we were married, he still tells me he fell in love with me the moment he saw me. Despite me looking like swamp thing.

I'm pretty certain he was my one, I new from our first date it was right and he was pretty special.

We now have 4 kids and he is now a pilot and travels all over the world but it still feels like the early days when I'm with him all heady and exciting. I'm very happy, I'm hoping that never changes.

Thank you interro.

Some lovely stories here. Janes should be made into a movie. What a fab story.

Mines always going that extra mile for me. I think that's when you know.

From the first date -although knew him for a few months as we worked in same office. Moved in together after two months, engaged six months after that and married eight months after that. 28th wedding anniversary this year.

We'd moved in together within a fortnight of meeting randomly in a cinema. That was in 1997. Since then, we've been through death, cancer, disability, miscarriage and lots of other things life has thrown our way. This year we'll be having DC2. He features in 2 of the 3 funniest moments of my life . Others which feature in said moments include a friend's dog and a helium pony!

He chatted me up when I was walking to work one morning. Said hi, how's it going, started a conversation about something. We talked and laughed all the way to work. Both of us are pretty outgoing types and I thought he was cute, so why not. Then he waited a few days till he saw me walking past again. And after walking with me again got my number.

We got along great as boyfriend and girlfriend but when I met him I had just been heartbroken by a guy who I adored and who didn't love me back. I was hurt and humiliated by that and wasn't prepared to put myself on the line at all for someone new. So I didn't know DH was the one until he asked me to marry him more than three years after we met. I wasn't willing to give my love away to someone who wasn't committed to me, if you know what I mean. I went overseas to do my Masters and made him give up his job to follow me! Cheeky but a good test. As soon as he asked me to marry him and we established a commitment to one another, WHOOM, I completely fell in love with him and I've loved him ever since. He's the best thing since sliced bread, the perfect man for me. Moving in, buying a house, marriage and babies came very soon after. I think I was ready.

We were Five years married in February. Two kids, another on the way.

For what its worth the time I experienced "love at first sight" it was an unmitigated disaster.

Didn't want to go to friend's (work colleague) birthday party and went under duress. I was 48 and just divorced. Was in a relationship of 4 months that was boring me. G (42 and divorced) was there (brother of said work colleague). We spoke briefly. He left at midnight to take his son home. He was bringing up his 3 sons. He arrived back half an hour later and the only free seat was beside me. We chatted, got dancing, chatted more. When I went to phone a taxi, G said he'd give me a lift. It had been contrived by all that the only free seat would be beside me on sofa !! I was the only one unaware of this. G left me home at 6.30am. I crept in hoping my 18 year old son wouldn't hear me. Also G had to go straight to work.....he'd stayed up all night to get to know me :) movies a few nights later and I knew he was special. Finished with Mr Boring and that was it. Together with G x 17 years now and married for 10. 4 sons between us and 4 grandchildren. Both now retired. I had sworn I'd never remarry !! Very glad I went to that house party.