30 Stories From Lucky Couples Who Married The First Person They Dated

27. The summer after 8th grade, a mutual friend knew him through church and told me I’d like him. He called that night, and I swear to you, I fell in love with him just by hearing his voice on the phone. He was 16 and I was 14. He drove over the next day, and I knew the second I saw him I loved him.

We’ve barely been apart since then. We started actually dating, like for real, when I was 16 and he was 18. He went away to college, and we both stayed in trouble for racking up long distance phone bills. I resorted to finding all the loose change I could find, and would call him from a pay phone. We’d talk until all my loose change was gone. I’d hang up and cry bc I missed him so much.

He stayed away at college for a year. Came home, and started at local college bc he didn’t want to leave me again. We ended up going through college together. Got out, bought and ran a business together. Got married. Continued working side by side for the next decade.

We had a baby about 2 years after we married. We’d trade off shifts, so one of us was always with our child, or we’d bring her with us to work.

We’ve now been married for 15 years, and together for 24 years. He’s my best friend, and the love of my life. I would never change a thing, and never once have I felt like I missed out on other guys. It’s always just been him. People say when you know, you know. And, I can definitely say I knew. He’s my everything, and I know without a doubt he feels the same bc he shows me everyday with his actions and his words.