She fell asleep in my arms for the first time, and I laid in bed thinking, “Is this for real?” I couldn’t shut my eyes and my heart was pounding. I kissed her on the cheek. Nothing else mattered and everything felt right.

—Matt

Postscript: We’ve been dating for two-and-a-half years, and I couldn’t be happier.

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She was my sister’s friend whom I hadn’t seen in at least 15 years. We randomly reconnected through Facebook. While on Skype one night, we both fell asleep. In the middle of the night I woke up, it hit me and I whispered “I Love You” to her in her sleep.

—James

Postscript: We’ve been seeing each other long-distance for a few months now. Thanks, Skype.

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When your girlfriend gets pregnant and you get married, everyone thinks you’re going to fail. She thought I married her because she was pregnant, not because I loved her. So I had another person to prove it to. When she was pregnant she was really sick. When you see each other at your worst and you can say, “I still love that person,” that means you really love them.

—John

Postscript: Almost 30 years and four kids later, I love her more than I ever have.

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I saw the way that he treated my mother and the way she treated him back. She loved him before I did. With five sons she really wasn’t looking for another, and I thought, “Hm, this must be a pretty nice guy.”

—Eileen

Postscript: We dated for the last two years of high school and got married right after graduation. We’ve been together for 56 years and had a son and four perfect grandchildren.

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At a welcome home party for a friend who recently fulfilled his commitment to the Marines, he walked straight up to me and told me that he’s loved me every day for 10 years and couldn’t stand not saying it out loud.

—Cate

Postscript: We live 500 miles apart, but love makes the distance seem small.

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I met a girl online, and we planned to get coffee. But the night before she called and asked me to come pick her up from a party. Some drunk guys were grabbing her arm trying to get her to stay, so I pretended to be her boyfriend. We were close for a few months, then broke it off. Six years later, I was looking at old pictures of her, remembering how much fun we had together, and I realized I had loved her this whole time.

—Matthew

Postscript: To be determined.

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I asked him to give me a wake-up call for my early morning final. He totally forgot, and I was crushed. I arrived late for my exam. The next day calla lilies were delivered to me at work. I had casually mentioned this was my favorite flower one time, and he remembered.

—Lisa

Postscript: I got an A in the class. We’ve been married nearly two years. And I still get calla lilies when he screws up.

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