When I took her photo she flipped me the bird. I knew then and there she was the one for me.

—Harold

Postscript: Two years later we are still adorable. She is moving to San Francisco next week.

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I met him at my best friend’s very first tea party about a year ago. I decided to go to the kitchen to make more tea then, out-of-the-blue, this endearing, bearded, blue-eyed gentleman with black framed glasses starts spewing fun facts about squids, the Loch Ness monster and Sasquatch. I laughed so hard my face hurt. Months later, he happened upon my workplace, we swapped numbers and we’ve been inseparable ever since.

—Smitten Kitten

Postscript: We’ve been together for almost four months. I met most of his extended family and he has met mine. We talk about the future now and most of my friends continue to tell me, “He’s the best you’ve ever had.” And I can’t really debate it, it’s true. I have never met anyone who complements me so well. He understands me and takes care of me and surprises me every day. I love him.

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I met him through a friend of mine – he happened to be dating her at the time, and from the moment I laid eyes on him, I hated him. He was persistent in talking to me, even if we fought constantly, and eventually he started to grow on me a little. I didn’t realize how much until one night, in a moment of total stupidity, we ended up in a threesome with a mutual friend that ended up getting cut short… and when we were supposed to pick up where we left off the next day, the other girl never showed, we made incredible love, and have never looked back.

—Kayla

Postscript: We’re getting married, and going to have the most incredible life together ever.

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He made me nervous from the first time I met him, I couldn’t figure out why. We were friends with the same people and we were all a little crazy. We all played Whirlyball one night, and I guess I was so good that he  decided to ask me to a movie. I didn’t know if it was a real date or not, until he smelled my new fruity smelling shoes and we kissed when he dropped me off at home. He also sang a really sweet version of “Waiting for a Girl Like You” by Foreigner one night, months into our dating. Inseparable ever since.

—Jaci

Postscript: We dated for a 6 months, my cat moved in, I moved in and we have been married over a year and have a beautiful child together. My hormones really get on his nerves, but at the end of the day we love each other. A lot. He is the most patient Zen person I know.

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Every guy that I have been with would leave me for asking so many questions and yelling at them. But after I yelled at him and went away, he came after me. He was the first guy to ever do that.

—Cheryl

Postscript: He was the only guy who could take my crap.

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We were just friends, and kind of new ones at that. It happened to be my birthday when it happened. He came over for my party; took out a super-cheesy plastic ring, got down on one knee, and asked me to “not” marry him. I told him “Yes, yes I won’t.” I knew right then we were meant to be.

—just me

Postscript: We’ve been together for 12 years, and married for 8 of them with 2 beautiful kids.

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I knew it was love when I discovered he couldn’t stand The Beatles either. We hated all the same things.

—Camille

Postscript: We’ve been married for almost a year.

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