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When did you know your wife was... the one? - 7/14/2008 7:45:13 PM
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FindCaleb
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Hey Guys,
Just thought it might good info for us single folk. At what point did you know that your girl was the one to marry? Was it a specific instance? Something she said or did that made you know? What is your story?
Cheers
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RE: When did you know your wife was... the one? - 7/15/2008 7:00:13 AM
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denbert
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When she told me.
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RE: When did you know your wife was... the one? - 7/15/2008 9:30:16 AM
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freakofnature
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This is a bit of a difficult answer to give you if you are looking for confirmation that it is time (if that is what your looking for) everyone is different. (See "When Harry Met Sally", I know it isn't good to reflect on movies to judge reality but there are several scenerios whereas Men and Woman give different details on how they met, some knew each other for years before they knew)
Otherwise, I met my wife on a blind date of all things. She was very nervous, quiet and meek, and beautiful! I had a good feeling about her right off the bat. Don't know that I would call it "love at first sight" but she had me intrigued pretty quickly. I called her the very next day, invited her to dinner at my house whereas I made a meal and from there we just spent mostly every day together. I realized over the next few weeks that she is very traditional (she is hispanic, from Mexico) very much family first, which just pretty well raised her chances up to about 90%. She was the first to say I love you and pretty much at that point, I melted. With the short exception of a trip out of town for a funeral, we have been together everyday!
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RE: When did you know your wife was... the one? - 7/15/2008 10:57:06 AM
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I never believed in love at first sight, but I (also) met my wife on a blind date and I knew the moment I saw her.
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RE: When did you know your wife was... the one? - 7/15/2008 12:50:54 PM
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My wife and I were pretty close friends for about 10 months before we dated and during some of that time I was debating whether to start dating her or not. I had the advantage of knowing that she liked me so it was "in my court". I also knew she was divorced and had two sons so for some time I was pretty turned off by that. One day, something inside me "snapped" as though I realized a new level of maturity beyond my "bachelorhood" and I determined that I wanted to be the one that takes care of her and her kids because I couldn't trust anyone else to do it as well as I could (okay so maybe I was a little inflated in my own abilities, but I'm getting better day after day). Prior to this, though, I knew (somehow) that if we ever started dating, that we would get married. I guess I just could not find any flaw in her and realized that I would not have any reason to ever want to split. I knew she was wonderful when we were friends and didn't want to "lose" her to someone else. Little did I know, she thought I was someone very special (good thing I had her fooled ;P).
Hmm... maybe I rambled a bit. Lemme break it down. I knew she was the one before we ever dated. It happened like an epiphany that changed my whole outlook and direction in life. From that moment on, she has been and always will be the only one for me. :D
EDIT: Okay I do want to ammend that I should have spent time in prayer to truly listen for God's leading in my decision, but I confess I was not very close to him at that point in my life which was my own fault. Luckily, he can make wonderful things come from our choices (no matter how poor).
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RE: When did you know your wife was... the one? - 7/15/2008 1:18:26 PM
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Beanteaser
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For me, I knew she was the one I wanted to marry when I couldn't think anything else I could want in a woman.
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RE: When did you know your wife was... the one? - 7/15/2008 2:02:50 PM
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I spent 9 months, give or take, talking to my wife, right here on CW, and was struck by her wit, wisdom, and interests as we became friends. When we met face-to-face for the first time, I was struck by her beauty, charm, and style. when we met the second time, I was just plain struck. Seven months later, after much planning, traveling, and record phone minutes used, we were married.
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RE: When did you know your wife was... the one? - 7/15/2008 4:37:50 PM
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quote:
ORIGINAL: HighPlainsDrifter
I spent 9 months, give or take, talking to my wife, right here on CW, and was struck by her wit, wisdom, and interests as we became friends. When we met face-to-face for the first time, I was struck by her beauty, charm, and style. when we met the second time, I was just plain struck. Seven months later, after much planning, traveling, and record phone minutes used, we were married.
And 9 mos l8r - came baby, eh?
lol
My wife and I used to be co-workers, who never gave the other any consideration for a good 5 yrs. She was single, as was I- but the one quality I had she didn't like- namely I was an alcoholic.
Then one day, she had mentioned that she had a spare room for rent, in an old school house that she owned- and she asked if I wanted to come over to see it. Well, I did and the next thing ya know - we did more than - "see the room". I did move in with her, and about a month later - she found out she ws pregnant.
Between - "seeing the room", and her finding out she ws pg - I was thinking about asking her to marry me anyways, so about a two weeks or so after we had found out - I asked her to be my wife. She said yes.
And we've been together now for 20yrs - and no sign of th big- "D" in sight!
-charles
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RE: When did you know your wife was... the one? - 7/24/2008 1:16:18 AM
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manhattan42
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quote:
ORIGINAL: FindCaleb
Hey Guys,
Just thought it might good info for us single folk. At what point did you know that your girl was the one to marry? Was it a specific instance? Something she said or did that made you know? What is your story?
Cheers
Within 5 minutes of first meeting and speaking to her...
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RE: When did you know your wife was... the one? - 7/24/2008 11:46:42 PM
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When I first saw her, I tried convincing some mutual friends we were engaged before I met her.
I figured it would be harder for her to break off our engagement if everyone knew. 
It took several years to convince her I was serious, especially since I was traveling between the Arctic and Antarctic.
When we finally did get married, we really hadn't seen much of each other, so we had a 30 day honeymoon to get to know each other.
That was 28 years ago.
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RE: When did you know your wife was... the one? - 7/25/2008 1:31:32 PM
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timothypalla
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The first time I saw her I knew I would marry her. It was January 1980. She walked into my high school classroom and I was instantly in love. It took a few months for us to get to know each other and about the time we started hitting it off, she moved again. We remained pen pals for about three years and finally married in the fall of 1984. No regrets. She is more beautiful to me today than when we were in high school. And about the time I think things couldn't get any better, she surprises me.
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RE: When did you know your wife was... the one? - 7/27/2008 11:15:55 PM
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bennysr
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Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum and found this thread to be worthy of a first post.
Through all the tentativeness of being 21 (me), I just felt that my wife was "the one" and therefore married her. Our oldest son - honestly - forced this decision as we didn't want him seeing life without God's formal blessing.
Now married 31 years, and having gained many insights about marriage and life in general throughout that time, I think I can mention some "why I married her" reasons with the clarity of hindsight 
First, she appeared very proper and righteous, particularly regarding interactions with guys. My gut thought: she's "not easy."
Second, she was into her career and was quite successful at that early age. A 21-year old guy's inner voice: she's got "direction."
Third, she was - and still is - very pretty. The rudderless young man's thinking: yes !
I guess that sums it up. Thanks guys.
Benny
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