The first time I saw him, I knew I was going to be with him. The first time we kissed, I knew I loved him.

—Andi

Postscript: Two years and three months later, we couldn’t be more in love.

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We stayed up until 6 in the morning just talking and decided to get Burger King breakfast. He didn’t judge when I ordered hash browns, a Croissan’Wich, french toast sticks and an orange juice.

—Yvette

Postscript: I’ve gained 10 pounds since being with him, but he still makes me the happiest I’ve ever been.

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I had told my mom that if only someone like him could like me then I would move on from my crummy old relationship and into a new one. He told his mom he thought I was beautiful. I visited him in Chicago a month later, and he swept me off my feet.

—Ally

Postscript: I travel the country to be in his arms. He makes the smile on my face so much brighter; I couldn’t be more in love.

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She wasn’t that into me because I talked with all the adults while all the kids played bocce ball at a dinner party. That night I sent her a Facebook message asking her out to coffee the next day, which turned into her inviting me over. That night was our first movie, our first kiss, and our first sleepover. The rest is history.

—Reed

Postscript: We’ve been dating for almost 10 months now, most of which was long distance between Seattle and Chicago. But we’re definitely in love: She came with me to Lafayette, Louisiana, while I did research for my history thesis! That’s what I call commitment.

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I had a mental debate in my head over whether I should or shouldn’t be in love with a certain person. After a week or so of thinking about it very hard, I decided that I should be.

—Jim

Postscript: Thinking too hard worked against me later in this matter.

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I was with someone else at the time, but we had been flirting back and forth via text for a couple of months. I was trying to decide if I should leave my current boyfriend and didn’t think that I could go through with it until he told me that if I took the leap of faith, he’d be there to catch me.

—Robyn

Postscript: One day out of the blue, after almost two years together, he decided he didn’t want to be with me anymore for some still-unknown reason, and we now rarely speak.

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She was studying abroad in Europe, and I suddenly realized that I couldn’t wait to talk to her online, to communicate in any way possible, because I wanted to feel that connection. At that moment, being with her felt more right than anything else in the world.

—AG

Postscript: We’ve been dating for more than a year!

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