33 Relationship A-Ha Moments When People Knew This Was The Real Deal

My mother was in the hospital, everything was looking grim. She'd had several strokes after heart surgery, doctors were pretty baffled. My girlfriend at the time stood beside me through all of it. No one had ever done that before. My dad left when I was two, mom was always away, had substance problems. I'm not used to intimacy or anyone looking out for me, but she was.
So I put a ring on it.

It was really early on in our relationship, I think around the fourth date or so. It'd been a while since we'd seen each other due to conflicting work/study schedules, and it was going to be a while after that before we'd be together again. I got sick the night before our date, a really bad flu, and while I tried to ignore it and dosed up on flu meds so I could pretend to myself that I was fine, I had to cancel. He showed up half an hour later with tea, a mountain of kleenex and some awesome trashy DVDs, and he insisted on staying with my gross still-in-pyjamas self, making me tea and ordering food for us. tldr: IT IS THE MUCUS THAT BINDS US.

We started long distance. My aha moment was when he left to go back to his hometown the third time he visited me. I cried and felt empty and yet the relationship was still fairly new. One year and a bit later, I moved to his hometown, bought a condo he moved in and we've been nothing but smiles and laughs. He treats me like a queen and I try to spoil him as often as I can.

When I was fumbling with the words to tell him I loved him. It was something like "well...idk...you know..." All he said was "I love you too"

Our first time spending the night together. There was something deeply comforting about waking up next to her, as though I knew the rest of the day was going to be alright.

She wanted to surprise me with warm pudding when I came home, but I was running late and she kept warming it up a few times just so I can come home to warm cup of pudding.

I was having a bad panic attack and on skype with her just crying and shaking and being a gross emotional mess. She asked me if I needed her and I responded with the typical panic attack rebuff "no I don't want to be a burden". She kept insisting though and asked if I would be better if she were there. I begrudgingly said yes. She was at my house within five minutes and proceeded to hold me and play with my hair for hours to calm me down. No one had ever done anything like that for me before and the fact that she treated me with such tender kindness rather than running away or calling me crazy made me realize that she was the one.

He took my hand in his and interlocked our fingers when he kissed me goodbye after our 4th date. I'd never had a guy do that before, it felt truly intimate and loving.

This may sound odd, but I actually knew well before we even dated or really knew each other. We are high school sweet hearts. We started dating while I was in twelfth grade and she was in tenth. I distinctly remember riding the bus home one day when I was in ninth grade (she in seventh) and telling my friend that I would marry her some day. We had never spoken before this and she only knew of me. Coincidentally, she even wrote in her diary when she was in eighth grade (we barely knew each other at this point) that I seemed like the type of guy she would want to marry. We started dating two years later around 2010 and married in August of 2014. Things couldn't be better. She is far more than I deserve.

When he left on a motorcycle trip for a week and I couldn't sleep without him. Had a panic attack at the thought of never seeing him again. I love that man. Marrying him in August after 8 amazing years!

When I realized that he thinks I have a great sense of humor and always laughs at my jokes :)

It was definitely the day we got together. I mean, realising he was The One in the flurry of emotions that followed was something completely new to me. But in that moment I ended up having it click. He said he felt it too. And I confessed my love to him.

He kissed me goodbye as he was heading to class, after he left I stood up and almost fell over because I was literally weak in the knees. I had never had that sensation before and knew it was something special. I just remember thinking I was on to something good with this one.

I knew I had feelings for him for a while, and I was just getting to the point where I felt like dating again (several months after a bad relationship ended). I didn't really know how to bring it up or anything, though. Meanwhile, two other guys were showing interest and implying they wanted to date me. The thought of being with either of those two guys and missing my chance to be with my now husband literally made me feel sick to my stomach. That's how I knew that I didn't just want anyone; it had to be him.

I remember the the day I told my girlfriend I love her and the day I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. We went out to dinner one night and I looked deeply into her eyes and I knew I was falling for her. So I came out and said I love you, it just felt natural I mean we were not dating that long I would say maybe 3 months in but I just knew she was the one, when she said it back to me I felt so over come with joy and happiness because I honestly didn't know how she was gonna react.

After our third date, I received the most sincere hand-written letter. In it was an invitation to dinner and this: "I hope this dinner is the first of those we'll be sharing for the rest of our lives together."
That did it! (I still have the letter, too.)

I think I knew he was the one from the first moment I saw him. We talked for a month before we met in person, and when I saw him that first time, I knew he was the one I'd been waiting for. I was head over heels. Just goes to show that online dating DOES work!

This is gonna sound really cheesy, but this was it. I was struggling with a decision, and I heard the song "Let Her Go" on the radio. Then I proposed a few days later.

When I see what a great dad he is, how he balances me out, laughs at my jokes, makes me laugh and I know he'd do anything for me.

When I revealed the worst of my past, she responded with love and compassion. When I felt like a monster, she helped me feel human and worthy of love. She still does, all the time. Ring shopping now.