when was the 'moment' that you KNEW that you were 'in love'?

[wildhorses]

when did you realize that you wanted to spend the "rest of your life" with your significant other?

[idgiehkt]

1. spill.

someone special wander into your neck of the woods? :hi: :loveya:

[wildhorses]

3. no. just in the mood for a love story --- though perhaps people

here would like to share their experiences...you? :hi:

[idgiehkt]

6. when I saw her face

(cue music)

well I'm a believer...


I am a love at first sight person...trying to break that habit. :hi:

[wildhorses]

52. i can understand that...

i am bad for that as well. been a while seen i have done it, though...

[texas1928]

2. When I was holding her in my arms on the couch...

And she fit. It was comfortable.

[wildhorses]

48. well, of course. no one wants to be uncomfortable for the rest of

their life ;)

[lost-in-nj]

4. when he understood

nothing more.....

we belong


lost

[Parche]

7. My First Love Was A DickTater Tojo

:rofl: :rofl: :hi:

found

[wildhorses]

59. ok.

:hi:

[Xipe Totec]

5. The spark of a first kiss

My knees buckled. Literally. As did hers.

I still remember that moment as if only yesterday.

Many kisses came before that, and many kisses since.

But never again that electric spark that shocked my body and said: She's THE ONE.

Wherever you may be, Patita, I remember.

- Gordo

[lost-in-nj]

12. hmmmm

I still have that to look forward to

the first kiss.....



lost

[wildhorses]

61. for some reason -- i see this as a western...

it is lovely. but, i see sagebrush all around :shrug:

[Xipe Totec]

82. Pretty close - South Texas.

Deep South Texas.

Where palmettos and willows grow side by side.

[MountainLaurel]

8. When he quoted "Airplane!" in normal conversation n/t

[wildhorses]

51. that is quirky cute and very sweet!

:)

[riderinthestorm]

9. First time I saw him.

I knew immediately that he was the one. He did too. He asked me over to his place for dinner that night and I never went home.

We just celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary (together 23 years).

I will confess that I was actually engaged when I met my husband. I really, really liked the guy I was engaged to - we had a blast, were a good fit together on a lot of levels, sex was good (not great but fine) - there just wasn't any "spark". I was thinking that our great friendship would blossom over time into real love (with sparks) for me (my then-fiancee was passionately in love with me). I'd been living with him for more than a year and had maintained a LTR for 2 years or so before that so I felt comfortable accepting his proposal.

And then I met my husband and wham! I just knew.

My poor (now ex) fiancee. He was Australian and I phoned him right away to break it off. I hated doing it over the phone but there was no way I was going to fly back 22 hours to Sydney just to break it off. My short visit home with my family turned out to be a permanent.

[wildhorses]

58. ~

:wow:

wonder how the ex is doing all these years later :shrug:

[soleft]

90. Have you seen the movie Imagine Me and You?

Some similarities. Except for the Lesbian part.

[AlCzervik]

10. i got home from a camping trip and he was in my driveway, i was yucky

and he said "I thought maybe you'd like to have a good meal, i hope i'm right" and we went to dinner capmping grit and all.

[wildhorses]

47. that is a sweet story. sounds like a nice guy.

how long have you two been together, now ?

[AlCzervik]

136. he really is and he's also a wonderful Dad. We've been together for 20 years

and out 16th wedding anniversary is on september 28th, that date is also the second anniversary of Tom DeLay's indictment, oh and hey on my birthday---the Vitter story broke. Yeah, i'm good luck that way. :D

[GOPisEvil]

11. There wasn't A moment.

However, during one of our marathon phone calls, I just realized I was in love, and thankfully, she felt the same way. :woohoo:

[wildhorses]

49. communicaton is key.

easy conversation is a wonderful thing :)

how long have you guys been together?

[GOPisEvil]

133. Since November of last year.

Pure bliss every day since. :)

[Skittles]

13. never has happened

I don't want to spend all my life with one person

[wildhorses]

50. okay.

i can understand that. thanks for commenting. :hi:

[Left Is Write]

14. It was more an overall, overwhelming feeling rather than a specific moment.

[GOPisEvil]

17. You said what I was thinking better than I did.

:thumbsup:

[Pushed To The Left]

15. When I was infatuated and naive enough to believe the chemicals!

I have been in love in the past, but looking back I believe that myself and the women were infatuated at the time we said "I love you" the first time, because it was WAY too early. The love probably came a bit later, but I didn't know it at the time. Even as a jaded older man at 34, I ALMOST said those words to the last one, but recognized that it was just infatuation.

[wildhorses]

63. it is all about biology?

chemicals need to be adjusted ?

[LostinVA]

16. Pretty much the second I saw her

get out of her car on New Year's Eve.

[wildhorses]

18. what a whilrwind romance we have witnessed --

:hug: :hi:

[LostinVA]

20. It's not quite as whirlwind as some people probably think

We were talking quite seriously before we "went public." It was very close to a year.

[wildhorses]

22. well, anything a year and under

is whirlwind in my book...wonder what IS the statute of limitations on whirlwind romances :shrug:

:rofl:

[LostinVA]

25. That's a good question

[conscious evolution]

19. The second I heard her voice.

Sounded like an angel.
My heart still skips a beat when I hear her speak.

[wildhorses]

30. that is beautiful

is she by any chance a singer ...

[conscious evolution]

32. Not really.

What I heard was a voice that,as soon as I heard it,I knew had also escaped from hell.
I know that may not make sense but that is the way it was.
Funny what the heart can hear sometimes.

[wildhorses]

53. ~

:hug:

[SPKrazy]

21. I think it was actually

when she told me she was throwing sand dollars back in the water to save them... and we talked...

[wildhorses]

55. that is a wonderful sentiment --

is this your stbe? kinda sad.

[SPKrazy]

135. ...

:shrug:

;)

[greatauntoftriplets]

23. When he trusted me enough to tell me about Vietnam.

Okay, he sent me the words to search on Google. It was as bad as I had long expected. But it made no difference to me.

It was a different time and a different place. And he was in horrible circumstances.

[wildhorses]

46. yeah. trusting is a biggie.

:hug: thanks for sharing.

[Burma Jones]

24. When I raed a skit my now wife wrote about stomping pigs to make Spam

and something about pledging allegiance to the Spam Lord.......and virgins

[wildhorses]

54. oedi, is that you?

:shrug:

:rofl:

[Redstone]

26. Well, I was standing behind her in the line for breakfast at the hotel restaurant,

and she was wearing one of those "women's business suits" that consists of a skirt and a jacket, and I was admiring her cleavage in what I hoped was an inconspicuous manner that she wouldn't notice...

She noticed.

To this day I cannot for the life of me remember what I said to her in that breakfast line that day 17 years ago, but it must have been damn good, because she's still here...3,000 miles from where that line was.

On edit: Or, it might have been when she asked me on the phone, "So you're telling me that I should leave everything I have in California, and come to Connecticut to be with you?" And my reply was, "Go to the American Airlines counter at the San Jose Airport, and there will be a ticket waiting there for you. It's a ONE WAY ticket."

Redstone

[truedelphi]

29. Now that is WA-A_AY romantic. n/t

[wildhorses]

44. you win. hands down.

*swoon*

do you mind if i ask what zodiac or chinese sign are you? pm me if you don't want to share in open forum. working on a theory, here. data needed is all.

[fudge stripe cookays]

27. When I realized...

that I was not even TRYING to make the guy fall in love with me-- he just WAS.

Every hookup or relationship I got into before this, I busted my ass to MAKE people fall in love with me. Breakfast in bed, expert sex, whatever. With reprehensor, I didn't have to do all that (although it was fun and I did it anyway). He was entranced by everything I said or did, or things I HAD done, or stuff I liked....I just knew he was it for me. He has been my rock ever since. We've been married 7 years now.

[wildhorses]

41. so, you finally were able to relax, huh?

insightful post, thanks. :hi:

[fudge stripe cookays]

113. Yep,

It was nice not having to work so hard! And when he saw me without makeup and didn't even care, and never made remarks about my weight or anything, I knew he was a keeper!

[wildhorses]

117. i think reprehensor deserves a hug today....

:hug:

[fudge stripe cookays]

121. .

:cry: You do it for me.

I can't, because he's back in Texas trying to sell the house. I miss him desperately. :-( He better hurry!

But I SHORE am loving my new progressive home in Cheesecurdistan. I LOVE it here. All my neighbors and co-workers and friends are all liberal now. It's EXCELLENT. And the beer and brats ain't bad either. ;-)

[wildhorses]

122. cyber hugs for us all then ---

:grouphug:

good luck with the house :hi:

[GOPisEvil]

134. Exxxxxxactly!

I could just be me...and it WORKED... :D

[wildhorses]

28. for the time zones ---

:kick:

[Evoman]

31. When I didn't have to pay her?

:shrug:

[wildhorses]

34. i think she likes you

good luck and best wishes for a fruitful future together ;)

:rofl:

[Saphire]

33. when he changed the rider seat on his motercycle....thinking of me

being comfortable on the back.

[wildhorses]

39. very considerate of the gentleman, i must say.

how long have you guys been together?

[Saphire]

132. 18 years so far.

[LeftyMom]

35. The day we found out LK knew how to read.

I've told the story before.

[wildhorses]

38. yeah. this is a re-post

the other one disintegrated over night. it was sad to see.

[idgiehkt]

43. omg

I remember that. I just re-read it the other day. What a train-wreck...and I had forgotten that you were the one that posted it. :hi: :hug:

[wildhorses]

45. yeah. it broke my heart. of all threads for that to happen...

sheesh :eyes:

:hi:

good to see you...dadgum it i wanted to ask you about a local talent,,,debbie _________ dammit.
i will think of it *i hate it when that happens*
i think her last name starts with a 'd' as well :shrug:

[idgiehkt]

57. well,

so far no flame war in this one, so that is good. This is the sequel I guess. I wonder if those ladies can come back now since it's been over a year.

let me know if you think of that name. :hug:

[wildhorses]

65. dag nab it --- bugging me.

x(

they played a song today on the radio...for some reason i thought: 'i wonder if idge has heard this?'

i thought i had it filed away...misplaced the file is all. i will let you know...pm you or something.

:pals:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

36. different moments. i knew i was falling in love with her cos she said the strangest things

and they were all adorable.

but i knew i loved her when 2 months passed and i still didnt want to have sex with anyone else that i loved her.

mostly i get bored with people around 60 days. its my magic number.

[wildhorses]

37. i am happy you two have found each other.

tell rockit hey :hi:

[JVS]

40. When the first shovel of dirt hit that coffin lid.

;-)

[wildhorses]

56. i knew it!!

you ARE a vampire :P

[JVS]

60. It was supposed to imply a tale of woe where only after she died, did I realize my love

[wildhorses]

62. oh. sorry.

i get it now. that is very sad. is that really true? i am very sorry. i shouldn't have been so flippant :blush:

[JVS]

64. No it's not true. I never felt love. I'm invincible! My love is for the family...

all outsiders are enemies!

So, should I make up a sob story to pick up chicks?

[wildhorses]

68. ~

:rofl:

this is the JVS i know...good to have you back :hi:

ya old vampire, you :P

[Perseid]

42. The moment I saw that person's eyes

and thought I read the thoughts behind them.

beautiful

[wildhorses]

77. are they blue eyes by any chance?

welcome to du :hi:

:loveya: the user name :toast:

[Wapsie B]

66. When I looked into her beautiful eyes.

She gave me this big smile that melted my heart.






Then I woke up. :shrug:

That's my story anyway.

[wildhorses]

75. that reminds me of roy orbison's 'in dreams'

:hi:

[Wapsie B]

112. That's cool.

But to me it's been only in my dreams........ :shrug:

[Richard Steele]

67. The first time I saw her...

....I heard a loud, silent voice in my head.

It said, "There she is". I can't say I LOVED her
at that moment, but I knew for a fact that I would.

That was just over 8 years ago, and it MUST be real love.
Because there's just no other reason that anyone would
tolerate my nonsense for 8 years.

[wildhorses]

73. loud silence --- yep that would be IT!!!

did you see my jewelry thread from the labor day show? you were interested, right :shrug: :blush: no biggie,,,i can shoot you the link is all.

[Richard Steele]

78. Yes, I did...

I had meant to PM you, to ask a few NOSY questions about that show,
but then I got drunk and distracted by shiny things, as is my wont.
My bad.

I saw the pics; you do nice work. Sorry I forgot to say so. :blush: :silly:

[wildhorses]

80. oh thanks --

:hug:

feel free to shoot me a pm with questions, any time. my partner is really the one with all the technical knowledge. i am into the design of it all. i was working on this one piece that i let her talk me out of. i wish now i hadn't. it was very arty. with a very unusual combo of stones. i loved it though. reminded me of moonlight over the ocean. would love to talk shop with you. anytime.

[enigmatic]

69. The first night I talked to her

For her, too. We both knew.

[wildhorses]

72. how long have you guys been together?

seems like this is the natural follow up question. :hi:

[enigmatic]

74. going on 7 years

And I love her even more than when we met. She really is my soulmate, and I'm a very, very lucky man.

[wildhorses]

76. coolness.

:toast:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

70. I feel dizzy just thinking of it

I think it's when the hammer hit me in the head and I realized I was actually married and that meant never having to say you're sorry ... or some such crap

[wildhorses]

71. welcome to du

:toast:

[billyskank]

79. Still waiting.

Particularly, still waiting for someone to think that of me. :(

[wildhorses]

97. i feel your pain. one of these days -- sweetie. one of these days

:hug:

[billyskank]

126. Nah. Not me.

I may mean a *lot* to some people, but I'll never mean *everything* to someone. I have seen what it means to mean something to a person. That'll never be me.

[Ptah]

81. A few times I thought, but I was mistaken.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=e8fY7_Tif80

Hear the lonesome whiperwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry

Ive never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind a cloud
To hide its face and cry

[wildhorses]

98. hank had soul, like not other !!

thanks for the link, ptah :hug:

[Fox Mulder]

83. I'm still waiting to fall in love.

I'm 25 and never been in love.

Pathetic, eh? :(

[wildhorses]

99. not in this day and age -- it is more the norm than people realize

good luck to you fox :hug:

[BarenakedLady]

84. Dunno. I've always been wrong.

:shrug:

[wildhorses]

100. me too

:shrug:

:hug:

:hi:

[idgiehkt]

131. me three.

what a great post, and so true.

I heard this joke once about a woman getting over last relationship, and saying that when she finally got ready to date again, she would "strap on her "love radar". Then she said "if there is an asshole within a hundred miles..." she would pick him.

:rofl:

[ScreamingMeemie]

85. When he picked up my, then 2 year old daughter, and rocked her

to sleep...crooning Elvis Presley songs. I thought it would be forever. Never take it for granted.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

86. i know we've had our problems but i am truly sorry for your loss. i hope you are doing ok.

or as well as you can under the circumstance.

[BarenakedLady]

87. MrsGrumpy

:hug: :hug:

I'm so sorry.

[Haole Girl]

89. Oh Laura...

What a great memory. :hug:

[NewJeffCT]

92. damn

I got all misty-eyed here at work.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[MissHoneychurch]

93. ...

:hug:

[wildhorses]

94. mrs. grumpy~

i got no words ----


i am glad to see you in my thread. i have sorely missed you and truly saddened about the 'why' of it all. have been sending prayers and peaceful vibes your way. ~:hug:~

[fudge stripe cookays]

114. Aw sweetie.

Here's a hug :hug:

I hope you are hanging in there. I'm thinking of you.

[In_The_Wind]

125. ~

[billyskank]

127. I'm sorry MrsG.

:(

:hug:

[SarahB]

140. .

:hug:

Pat and I are so sorry, Laura. I'm glad you have such beautiful memories, but I know memories just aren't enough. It's not fair you have to go through this. :(

[GirlinContempt]

144. Oh, sweetie

:hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

146. ***You've all been very kind***

Thanks

[Mad_Dem_X]

88. Well...

let's just say that he did a very chivalrous and sweet thing, and I knew that this was the man I was meant to be with for life.

[wildhorses]

102. ok we will leave it at that ---

HOW CAN WE LEAVE IT AT THAT??? details!! i demand details! send me a pm stat!! :P

[NewJeffCT]

91. When they didn't run away in horror after our first dates!

I pretty much knew both my wives were keepers.

[wildhorses]

103. are you still married? to one of them, anyway?

:P~~~~~~:shrug:~~~~~~:hi:

[NewJeffCT]

108. yes

My first marriage lasted less than a year before my ex filed for divorce. Thankfully, no kids. Not that my ex was a bad person, but she was not responsible enough to be a mom - or, a wife, for that matter.

I'll have my 6th anniversary to my 2nd wife in November and we have a 4 1/2 year old daughter. Hopefully, we'll have many more anniversaries together.

[Rabrrrrrr]

95. About 20 minutes into the autopsy.

[wildhorses]

104. pfft ---

grissom is that you? :rofl:

[Maine-ah]

96. um, this is silly but...

high school.

but we've known eachother since jr. high. about 21 years now. been married for 6, together for 12. it was the same for him too.

[wildhorses]

105. sometimes, i think young love is the surest love of all ---

:hi:

[LaraMN]

101. When he answered his door shirtless.

:9

:rofl:

Okay, maybe that wasn't the "love" part, but I sure remember it!
I don't think there was a "moment" that I recall. It was sort of a cumulative knowledge.

[wildhorses]

106. the bare chest thing is a way to a woman's umm...heart, alright!!

:rofl:

[NewJeffCT]

109. Reminds me of when I met my ex-wife

We were set up by a mutual acquiantence and had spoken on the phone (well, more like she spoke and I listened - she was very talkative)

However, not long after we start talking on the phone, she broke her foot, a few days before our first date.

So, I drive down to meet her and pull up outside her place and she comes hopping out on one foot to meet me... and imagine a fair skinned blue-eyed version of Lionesspriyanka (5 feet tall & rather well endowed) hopping quickly along a sidewalk on one foot... It was like something from TV where the guy sees the girl and she is moving in slow motion - only my eyes were popping out of my head because her boobs were bouncing so, um, vigourously.

[Pierre.Suave]

107. Well, we had known each other for a while...

and been friends for that entire time. But when we became a serious thing (with all our friends wondering why we werent already) we were watching a movie, sitting on the couch with her snuggled up next to me and she fell asleep in my arms. I then realized that I wanted this to happen everyday for the rest of my life.

Other than that, there is nothing really special about that night, there were no candlelight dinners, no big events, heck she was wearing sweats, but she was so beautiful, so peaceful there in my arms, it just felt right. Since then, I have been madly in love with her.

Edit: Since then, there have been so many things that made me love her more and more, that I had to think back to the first time that I realized I was in deep.

[wildhorses]

111. that last sentence -- says it all (the edit)

i was in love once long ago. and, that is how it happened for me. friends, first. comfortable together. it was SOo0o0o long ago. people said it was puppy love. that is how long ago it was.

[bikebloke]

110. When we were running towards each other in slow motion.

And "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" was playing.

[fudge stripe cookays]

115. "Phil!" "Phyllis!" "Phil!" "Phyllis!" n/t

[wildhorses]

118. and then the director yelled:

'CUT' and ..... :P

[terrya]

116. The minute I got off the train at Union Station in Toronto

The very first time we met in person. When I saw IntravenousDemilo standing there, with a big smile on his face...right at that moment I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him.

[wildhorses]

119. sweet ---

how long you two been together?

[terrya]

120. 7 years

[wildhorses]

123. ~~here's to 7 x 70 more !!

:toast:

[In_The_Wind]

124. It's been different each time.

I'll let you know if it ever happens again.

[leftofthedial]

128. same moment I realized I wanted

a nail driven into my skull

[AngryAmish]

129. When she stabbed me with a steak knife

oops, wrong thread...

[WritingIsMyReligion]

130. What is this love of which you speak?

:P :P

[fizzgig]

137. there have been lots of little moments

when he held me when we met

when we got sloppy, ridiculous drunk and he didn't laugh at me :P

when it felt like my heart was breaking when we said good bye

[Danger Mouse]

138. god i love you ;)

:hug:

[Danger Mouse]

139. the first time i felt it more profoundly than ever was when...

we had to say goodbye, and i couldn't stop crying.
looking into her eyes for the first time...

[SarahB]

141. I think he knows.

That's what matters. :)

[Inchworm]

142. It wasnt a moment so much as an event

Long talks and we understood each other. Then sometime during that period we clicked. It was magical. It has only happened to me once in my life, and I'm still there.

:hi:

[Jamastiene]

143. Well, I thought I was "in love" but it didn't count because

she didn't love me back. I think it has to go both ways to count for anything. I believe though that when I noticed I was putting all her needs before mine even when it hurt, I felt like I was "in love." I don't know shit though. I'm just me, so I really should not have tried to answer this. Sorry.

[RetroLounge]

145. I didn't believe in Love at First Sight

But it happens.

I was meeting a "date" at a dance club back in 1995, memorial day weekend, Friday Night, Esoteria in Milwaukee. I was in line, a long line. Then she turned around and said "Hi", my name is xxxxx and this is my Fiance xxxxx. We exchanged pleasantries, they told me they were in town for a concert. Then she turned around and grabbed her friend and said this is xxxxxx. and SHE turned around and my heart melted, my jaw dropped, and I was in love. Plain and simple. In love. it had never happened that easily, that quickly, or that forcefully. My date was two hours late, and by then it was all over but the shouting. We exchanged numbers and began a semi-long-distance relationship, and in a few months I gave her a ring and asked her to move to Milwaukee and marry me. She did...

Now 12 years and two kids later, it's over, and I don't know how to get out of bed in the morning, let alone move on.

Fuck.

RL

[Taverner]

147. I don't believe in "in love" - I only believe in love

[bmbmd]

148. July, 1977

I went to the CR Anthony store to buy some suspenders. The beautiful salesclerk asked "May I help you?"
"Yes," I said. "Yes, you may".