Describe when you knew your spouse was the one or how you fell in love.
Your dad and I have been together so long that it's hard to think of a time when I didn't know that he was the one or that he was the man that I loved and wanted to spend the rest of my life with. However, I will do my best to remember.
Your dad and I met online when I was a nanny in Connecticut and he was living in California. We were introduced through a mutual friend. We started talking a little online now and then, but nothing very serious or deep. Then it started to change and we started talking more and more and we started sharing more information about ourselves. Your dad was more reserved than I was, but we both started to come out of our shells. We started talking every night for hours. I knew that I always looked forward to our time talking, but I didn't really let myself think of him as anything other than a good friend.
As strange as it might sound, what made me start thinking about him in a different light was when he was talking to me about a girl who he had also been talking to who had lied to him about what she looked like, sending him a picture of someone else and claiming it was her. I had the weirdest feeling when we talked about her and I realized that I was a little jealous of this other woman because she was getting his attention. Now this wasn't an automatic transition from friendship to something more, but it got me thinking.
We started talking on the phone as well as talking on the computer and we talked about everything. Hours upon hours of time were spent talking. Your dad became more and more important to me, even though we had never met in person. I knew that I had feelings for him and thought that he had feelings for me as well, but he wasn't ever going to bring it up. So I asked him if when he thought about his future whether he saw me as a part of it. He said that he did and our relationship got even closer. I'm pretty sure that I was falling in love with him at that point and that he was falling in love with me as well.
The moment I knew was when I flew out to California to meet him and take a test to get a teaching certificate in California. It wasn't just about meeting your dad, but that was a large part of it for me. When I got off the plane and walked into the airport, I saw your dad standing there waiting for me and I knew that I loved him. When he hugged me and gave me a kiss, I just knew that he was the guy for me. Our relationship grew and developed from there and I know now that my feelings then weren't anything like what they are now, but that was when I knew that I loved him.
Sometime we'll need to get your dad to tell when he knew that he loved me. I'm curious if his story would be like mine. :)
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