How do you know he/she is the one?

@Chadanne (253)
Philippines
May 26, 2008 9:40pm CST
This question really confuses me. How do you know that your partner is the real one for you? Did you feel it when you first met? Or did it just happen when you already got married? Or when you were still girlfriends/boyfriends when you felt it? When you felt it does he/she feels the same?
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11 responses
@tdemex (3540)
• United States
27 May 08
I just new she was the one 3 times allready now just living with number 4 but I know she's the one!!!
@tdemex (3540)
• United States
27 May 08
That's my point! You got it! They were all THE ONE and at the time I knew it would last forever!
@sk66rc (4250)
• United States
27 May 08
My point exactly, each time, you knew she was the one, until for whatever the reason, it didn't workout & when you met the next one, you knew she was the one, then the next one, you knew She was the one, then the next... etc, etc...
• United States
27 May 08
My boyfriend recently graduated and now works insane hours as an investment banker. I'm afraid that his hours and distance have almost ruined things. I am still in school and know this is where I should be right now but sometimes I feel guilty I am not moving there when I know I want to be with him forever. Do you just let God sort things out for you, take a break, move, end things or what??
@kassdaw (591)
• United States
27 May 08
Personally I say take control for yourself. If you want to be with him you will work it out. A relationship, no matter whether it is a distance issue, it needs work. You can't rely on you faith to work on your relation. There isn't a couple that will tell you that it doesn't take work. So, if you like him or love him, and want to be with him, you can do it.
@prasanta (1948)
• India
27 May 08
Dear friend, you will never know it. nobody knows it. We just make speculations. Sometimes it is closed to our expectations, often not. Thus, many 'love marriages' end up in divorce. Moreover, your outlook is changing every moment, the same is true for the other person too. So, mismatch is obvious, may be after some time. If this difference does not exist, people will be tremendously happy, there will be no fighting in the entire world. Because all fighting originate from some individual's unhappiness.
@nanayangel (7879)
• Philippines
27 May 08
Hi there Chadanne! I guess no one really knows because you just feel it. At first, I didn't know that my husband is the one for me. We were best friends before. Just one day we felt like we just can't live without each other and that's when we decided to live together then got married later.
@Chadanne (253)
• Philippines
27 May 08
That's so sweet. I wish for you the best. Finding your lifetime partner is a hard process. Im happy that you found yours.
@sk66rc (4250)
• United States
27 May 08
When I was in college, one of the math teacher brought up a "statistical" question... "With so many people in the world, how do you know there isn't someone else who will suite you better than the one you're with? You met someone in your neighborhood in N.Y, fall in love, then to find out 27 years later while vacationing down in Florida, by chance you run into someone around your age that you find yourself more in common then you have with your partner... What is the mathmatical likely hood that one you're with IS the only one?" I thought about that for a long time... Who's to say one I love is the only one I'd fell in love with & stay in love with... Given the chance, are we likely to find someone better if we really, honestly looked? Now, what was the question???
@kassdaw (591)
• United States
27 May 08
I really don't know if you can tell that someone is the one. I always figured that if they were the wrong one it would show. My husband and I have been married over a year now. I still don't know if he is the "one." But he isn't the wrong one, yet. I do say that with humor. Don't get me wrong, I love my husband very much but I just don't know if the "one" is the right term to use. The future is open for anything to happen and with as many divorces that go on I just don't know if I want to be that type of girl. You know, the one that can't live with out the person that left. I love him but I don't want to think that he is the only one. If something ever happened to our marriage I would like to think that I would be able to move on.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
27 May 08
i guess this was said over and over again, but its what i am to say too, listen to your heart. when you have someone special, and you feel you wanted to sleep with this person and wake up the next morning ans see his face even if he looked messy... things like that... when you are willing to accept the person whatever he does, he is or he was...
@hellcowboy (7374)
• United States
27 May 08
I know that my fiance is the one for me because I fell in love with her the moment I met her,and because my gut told me she was,and if she wasnt,then we wouldnt have started dating,and she wouldnt have said yes when I proposed.
• Philippines
27 May 08
There's no such thing as "the one". There is such a thing as "the most irreplaceable person in your life."(^^,)
• Philippines
27 May 08
yeah this may sound so over the board cliche, but when you're with that person.. you know he/she is "the one". you break all logical barriers trying to figure out why. you just feel it, they say. totally unexplainable and utterly complex.
@jm1231 (4)
• Philippines
27 May 08
This is really a hard question because there is no specific answer to it. Maybe for me, it always depends on how you look at your relationship. You can conclude that your partner is really the one for you if you have passed the tests of life. If you feel right being with him/her. If you understand, respect and trust each other. If these three elements are present in your relationship, maybe you can say that he/she is the one for you. These three elements of relationship should be given by both parties to one another in order for the relationship to work better. You don't need to be similar in almost all aspects of your life. All you need is an understanding heart that can accept him/her for what ever he/she is.