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how soon after meeting your DP/H did you know.....?

118 replies

SpandexIsMyEnemy · 04/08/2008 09:10

he was....

a) the one
b) you were living together
c) you were married
) you had kids.

curious, i'll go first, (with xh I mean)

a) don't think I ever did, we jsut sort of plodded.
b) pretty much right away - was working together as well v intense, moved away after 8 months for 6 months then in together properly after that
c) married after 4 years
d) DS after 6 years.

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KnickersOnMaHead · 12/08/2008 10:05

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eidsvold · 12/08/2008 10:36

a) pretty much straight away
b) moved in a week after - July
c) Engaged August - I managed to go off to Aus for three weeks and so he used that time to buy my ring, tell his family about me and waited for me to come back.

d) married Oct ( only cause I wanted to come back to Aus to get married and needed midterm holiday)

e) dd1 - honeymoon baby

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eidsvold · 12/08/2008 10:37

almost 7 years and 3 dds, a move to Australia - still happily together.

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MrsTittleMouse · 12/08/2008 10:40

a) when he kissed me
b) after 2 years 2 months (but it was a long distance relationship for a while due to jobs)
c) after 5 and a half years
d) after 9 years and a bit (but had fertility treatment)

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Acinonyx · 12/08/2008 10:57

a) 'the one' is not part of my vocabulary
b) 6 weeks
c) engaged at 6 months - married at 18 months
d) after many and varied medical problems & treatent dd was born when married 8 years

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oopsadaisyangel · 12/08/2008 11:21

a) the one - pretty much as soon as we met
b) you were living together - officially, 3 years
c) you were married - get married in 2 weeks (been together 10 years!)
d) you had kids - had ds1 4 years after meeting

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luvaduck · 12/08/2008 11:28

a) by 2 days - we had a long car journey together to go skiing and I felt like i had found my kindred spirit. had to shake the old boyfriend first though!
b)a week - we moved in the the same house as flatmates and within 3 months into the same room..
c) 3 years after we met
d) 5 years after we met

he is fab

my parents:
moved in after 2 weeks, conceived me after 3 months, married after a year and half. still totally in love at 60.

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OurHamsterisevil · 12/08/2008 11:38

a) not sure really
b) almost straight away as we worked together too
c) Married after 7 years
d) DS1 after 5 years

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Jux · 12/08/2008 11:44

a) within the first two weeks
b) I stayed with him at w/ends
c) 6 weeks after we met
d) 2 years after we met (had two miscarriages before dd)

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piratecat · 12/08/2008 11:47

a. about a week

b. 4 months

c. 2 years (talked about getting engaged after 2 weeks tho)

d. 7 yrs, 3 yrs trying

now divorced!!

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DwayneDibbley · 12/08/2008 11:47

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cremolafoam · 12/08/2008 11:52

a) the one knew: immediately
b) you were living together: 6 hours . he came home with me the day we met and kind of moved in
c) you were married 15 months
d) you had kids. 8 months

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myalias · 12/08/2008 11:53

a) Within a few months
b) A year
c) Married after 3 years
d) Ds within a year of being married. Found out I was expecting a day before the honeymoon.

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ExtraFancy · 12/08/2008 11:57

a) I didn't - don't go in for all that 'the One' stuff!
b) About 6 weeks
c) Married after almost 5 years
d) Had DS after almost 8 years.

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RedHead81 · 12/08/2008 12:01

a) the one... a few weeks maybe
b) living together... 7 and a half years (we were only 14 when we got together)
c) married... 10years
d) children... 8years and now have a 3mth old baby too After being together 12yrs.

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mslucy · 14/08/2008 21:28

a) the morning after
b) living together officially after about 4 months (unofficially after about a week - ie he rarely went home)
c)Married Sept 2005
d) ds born May 2005

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bristols · 14/08/2008 21:37

a) within a month
b)just over a year (I had to relocate 150 miles away)
c) after two years
d) DS born a month before our first wedding anniversary

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