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Rizzo
Beginner July 2011

It Only Takes a Minute Girl, To Fall in Love

Rizzo, 2 March, 2012 at 10:02 Posted on Off Topic Posts 0 33

How long did it take you to fall in love with your OH?

I was pretty obsessed with my hubby when I was about 14 but he broke my heart and when we met again as adults I had just come out of a long term relationship and was mentally broken. I don't remember when I fell in love with him, probably after a couple of months - I know I didn't allow myself to fall in love with him straight away due to how fragile I was.

I remember he text me not long after we got together and he said he loved me and I remember thinking 'that's nice....' as I was so shocked.

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Latest activity by *Nursey*, 4 March, 2012 at 19:28
  • (Claire)
    Beginner July 2011
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    A day! We spoke on the phone for 6 months before I actually met him and then that weekend going back home on the train I knew I had fallen head over heels in love Smiley smile

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  • T
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    We had been together about 3 months when my H told me he loved me. I was just about to turn 17 and this admission scared the shite out of me. I just said thanks.

    I realised and said it about 3 months after he first said it to me.

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  • 1234ABC
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    H and I had been friends before we got together, so i fell in love with him quite quickly, although it took me a couple of months to actually tell him because i didn't want him to think i was just saying for the sake...as it turns out, he fell in love with me about the same time i did with him. we'd gone for a walk in the sunshine and it suddenly started raining, so we stood under a tree cuddling. he say's that when he knew he wanted to be with me forever. Makes me smile even just thinking about it ? ? ? ? ? ?

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  • Panjita
    Beginner May 2011
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    I was instantly attracted to H but was with someone else when we first met. Over 2 years later after staying in touch (as friends) we decided to meet up and I knew the next day that I was in love with him. It hit me like a juggernaut, I remember sitting at work feeling like a daft teenager.

    I used to say "Miss you" when I really meant "I love you". He said it first after only 2 weeks and turns out he had been meaning "I love you" when he was saying "miss you" (we lived an hours drive from each other at the time).

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  • Flowmojo
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    About 4 mths...id not even thought about it as i'd moved back from London and was sorting myself out when i met him!!

    We got a cheap last mon deal and went on holiday to Spain a few mths in and it wasnt until he wrote I LOve You in the sand (was first time hed said it) that I realised id felt the same ❤️

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  • *Ducky*
    Beginner July 2012
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    After H2B said this to me for the first time, I said, 'really?!... Thanks'

    I was 19, had just split up with my ex of two years when I left for Uni. I thought A would just be a fling and I was revelling in the attention post-break up. I was really shocked he'd said it. We had only been 'together' just over a month, but it had been pretty intense and we were seeing each other most days/evening/nights (joys of being students). Then a few weeks later he went home for the week, and I realised that I REALLY missed him. In fact I felt more for him that I ever had done for my ex. So when he came back, I told him I loved him too.

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  • Mrs C
    Beginner March 2011
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    We had been together 3 months when Mr C told me he loved me.

    At that point I said it straight back as I realised I had actually been fighting it for ages.

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  • Canary
    Beginner August 2013
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    My relationship with OH only started out as a fling but I knew from that start that I loved being around him and that developed in under a month to the point where we both said (actually texted) I love you. I think we'd both been feeling it for a couple of weeks but didn't want to say anything as it was only meant to be casual and I was about to fly off to Oz.

    A month later, I went off to Australia for three months, came back and moved straight into the flat we got whilst I was away.

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  • Nutella
    Beginner March 2013
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    Was mates/aquantances with OH for a few years before we got together. When we actually got together I'd only broke up from quite a destructive relationship 2months beforehand. Was very resistant to a new relationship but something about OH brightened me up (?) Went on holiday with a mate about 6 weeks in and told him I loved him as soon as I got back (he got a taxi over to my place at 1am in the morning because he was so desperate to see me!!) Took him to meet the parents 2 weeks later and a year after that we were engaged!!

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  • JennyH10
    Beginner May 2013
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    I honestly can't remember but I did know from really, really early on that he was right for me.

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  • sal.san
    Beginner December 2011
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    I think it was about 4/5 months after we had gotten together.

    I had been single for over a year after being dumped on New Years Eve (nice one mate!) and started dipping my toe back into the dating scene. H had already told me he loved me at a friends house one night and i absolutely shite myself and must have frightened him to death! The following day he came to my mums for sunday lunch with a jar of special edition marmite which had "i love you" written over it. He covered this over and said that he had already bought it before he said those words!

    The time i remember i had fallen in love with H was when we were both driving to work after i stayed at his. he went one way in his car and i went the other and he blew me a kiss. my heart did a tissy over and then i thought, i love this guy!!! ? ???

    Sorry ladies - far too much fluff for a friday!

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  • McSquirtle
    Beginner June 2011
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    This exactly! Similar situation too.

    We didn't say it for a while though and we had both come out of rubbish relationships prior to meeting so that's probably why we were being cautious.

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  • Pinky6
    Beginner June 2012
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    As some of you may or may not know, I was with someone else when I starting seeing OH. I remember when I first saw him when I was 17 and fancied him way back then but I was with someone and so was he. Then a few years later when we got to know each other better I think we both realised we felt more than just friendship, butterflies in the tummy etc and realised it was him I wanted to be with ?

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  • Knees
    VIP August 2012
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    Our relationship was quite intense quickly at the start, as I was moving away a month after we got together, so we spent as much time as possible together during that month. We were also friends for a few months before we got together. I tend to fall quite quickly, but I am adamant that he said it first, although he denies it.

    After way too many drinks one night, I am convinced that he told me in a drunken haze that he loved me. This was only after a couple of weeks. I didn't say it back at the time but I did say it just before I left to go away. He said it was too soon and I reminded him that he'd said it first but he denies it! It took him a couple of months to say it back.

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  • freckles87
    Beginner May 2013
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    I'd known him for a couple of months when I realised I was in love with him, but I knew I'd end up with him after speaking to him about 3 times. We'd picked a wedding date before we were even together!

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  • HatTrick
    Beginner September 2010
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    We were in the same for for five years from Year 7 but we didn't really like each other. I didn't see him for a couple of years and then we met again just before I turned 18. He was definitely more keen to begin with and I think it took a good 8 months for me to realise that I really did love him.

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  • Rod
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    We'd known eachother a year through work, but not romantically in the slightest. But once I got to know him I fell for him pretty quickly. Think it was about a month before we told eachother. I remember it like it was yesterday i go all silly when i think about it. ?

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  • Vanilla Pod
    Beginner September 2011
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    We had known each other and been friends for years as we worked together, we had actually been going out for 3 months when we said I love you. I said it first by text when I was drunk. Like, pressed send then squealed and hid from the phone kind of thing. Doofus behaviour. Then was too embarrassed to answer the phone the next day. Big girl. He said it as soon as I eventually picked up. Ah. Fluffs.

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  • *Mini*
    Beginner January 2012
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    We told each other within 2 weeks ❤️ dont hang around me!

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  • jen_84
    Beginner August 2012
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    I tired not to for weeks. I'd spent my birthday meal with friends in the April planning out my life. I was 23 and had decided that I was going to have two long term boyfriends, each lasting for about a year to 18 months, then would meet the man I was going to marry, be together for about 2 years, move in together, be engaged a year after that and then married within the year, with our first child when I was 30. Fast forward a month and a half and I met my OH and withing two weeks we were spending all our time together. I knew I loved him very quickly, but kept fighting it but told him within about 3 months. At that point we started planning our lives out - his housemates used to find it hilarious that we used to google wedding songs even though we'd only been together a few months and hadn't even decided when to move in together.

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  • Arquard
    Beginner May 2011
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    I fancied him loads when I was 17 and used to see his band play around town. Never got up the courage to talk to him though. When we eventually started dating a few years later, I was absolutely smitten from day one but I was also quite freaked out about getting so intensely involved with anyone after the last disastrous relationship (and he was similarly messed up from his previous relationship), so we messed each other around A Lot. It probably wasn't until after S was born that we both relaxed and realised it was ok to admit we were in love and wanted to be together forever.

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  • Vee Tee
    Beginner April 2012
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    I don't honestly know!

    When OH and I met I was with someone else, but I liked OH as a friend, he was such a nice boy but I never thought of him as more than that for obvious reasons, I moved away shortly after and swiftly moved back when that relationship broke down 10 weeks later. I remember being broken hearted but also excited to see OH again.

    Our friendship grew after that and 3 weeks later we were together, but it was very bad timing, we were both hurt in recent relationships and neither of us in a good place but we were completely inseperable and we both loved each other but I don't know when it changed from a BFF love to a lover love. Pretty quick I'd say even though it was 13 months before we got officially together.

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  • NewYearRose
    Beginner December 2012
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    I really don't know, I realised I was in love with him after about five months, but when I actually fell in love I'm not sure.

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  • Little Madam
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    Me and H never intended to fall in love, we met in a nightclub, and partied back at my house until 7am when he was kicked out so that I and the girls could go out for breakfast.

    I then went to bed and woke up at 4pm, and had a message off MrLM - the man who never saw a woman twice, never left a number and never fell in love or dated before. 2 weeks later as I ducked out of work to see him before he went back up North I knew I loved him, and as I walked away he said "I think i'm falling for you, I feel all funny", before he got very drunk a couple of days later and told me how he felt, and I was shocked to find I said it back.

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    I think it was about 2 years after we first met that I started to like him as more than a friend.

    We ended up working at the same place and I was upset about something that had happened in our office, and he came over to my desk and held my hand and asked me what was wrong. I think that was when things changed and I started thinking "wow I actually do REALLY like him, and not just for s*xytimes"

    After a lot of p*ssing about over the next couple of months we finally got together officially, and I told him I loved him. Luckily he said it back, hooray!

    His surname is the second half of my username, and a shortened version of my actual first name sounds like a sweet, so my friends would joke that if we got married, my name would be hilarious. I thought it was pretty funny so that became a nickname/username that I used a lot, and he didn't run away screaming that I was thinking about marriage after a few months, so I was pretty pleased about that.

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    Beginner June 2012
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    When we first met I'd not long came out of bad relationship and he was with someone else so we were just friends and got on like we had known each other for years.

    We bumped into each other a couple of times as we had mutual friends and after he split from his ex he asked me out! We had a great time but I dont think either of us thought it would be serious. I went away on a girls holiday and wen I got back something just clicked and we began spending so much time together. Around a month later he said he had something to tell me but thought it was a bit soon but told me anyways I knew I felt the same and had pretty much from the start but was scared to tell him.

    I don't think either of us thought that we were going to want to spend our lives together and nearly 5 years later we still tell each other we love each other everyday. Sorry for the fluff

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  • kharv
    Beginner March 2012
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    Our relationship wasn't at all intense in the beginning. We got together during our first year of uni so were keen to keep our independence and enjoy uni with our friends as much as we should.

    I told him I loved him after about 8 months and he kept me waiting about another 3 I reckon! He'd never had a proper relationship before me though so was pretty scared shitless by the whole thing I think. I'll literally never forget the moment he told me. Knowing he'd never said it to anyone before me made it forgivable for making me wait as it was a big deal for him. He's a bugger though.

    Even after finishing uni we didn't move in together straight away as we wanted to make sure we had a 'real' relationship rather than a uni one.

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  • freckles87
    Beginner May 2013
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    We tell each other we love each other at least once a day, sometimes a lot more. We've been together for 5 years and I still feel pretty much like I did when we very first got together, I still want to be around him all the time and if he's at work and I'm at home, I do miss him.

    I'm pretty sure if you're with the right guy, it should stay like that. I hope so anyway!

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  • Little Madam
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    We do, on every day that we get to talk, but we've only been together 3 years. Though just lately, we say is less as we both know it without needing to hear it, which I think is lovely too.

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  • raincloud
    Beginner August 2011
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    A couple of months I think. We met in a bar so it took a bit of time for us to get to know each other. He said he loved me first and I remember not really knowing what to say as I wasn't there yet, but it wasn't an issue as I knew thats where it was heading.

    We say I love you most days I think.

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  • *Nursey*
    Beginner May 2012
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    It took me about 2 months to fall in love with OH, despite me trying not to. I text him it, but he didn't reply

    I think it was about 5 months when he said it

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