Happy in Love!!?

Question

This one's an easy answer for all the happy couples =]
So my boyfriend and I have been together for 3 and a half years and we are so happy. Both of us are in college. He has 3 years left(5-yr major) and I have until this August(2-yr major.) We compliment each other so well and get along like 99% of the time. I have a promise ring, which means a lot to me. We talk about our future all the time (wedding, house, family etc.) and we cannot wait until we are out of school. He always tells me he may pop the big question his last yr of school (we also talked about waiting about a yr after so he can settle and save...) A few days ago his roomate took me aside and tole me he can tell how much my bf loves me, it made me feel so good about our relationship. He has made me so happy...
So... I just thought it would be fun to hear other people's stories about how they were together for a long time, through college, and ended up married, etc. So share your stories, I'd love to hear them, have fun!!

It's amazing how he really has changed my life. I am so happy with who I am, and so grateful for the life I have. I can't even imagine a life without him because I am so unbelievably lucky.
I truely believe that there are good guys out there and there is a special someone who will treat you the way you always wanted, so for those of you still looking, lots of luck, and never give up hope!
Thanks in advance for all your answers, I love hearing them!!

Answer 1

I know just how you feel. We definenlty have keepers! My boyfriend and I will be together for 4 years next month... and I can't believe what an amazing experience the past 4 years have been. We are not engaged yet... but we also talk about our future all the time. In my heart I know that we are meant for eachother and that we are going to be together forever... that's why we're in no rush to plan a wedding. We know it's going to happen, so right now we're just happy being together and making a good decision to wait and save money to have our dream wedding. Congratulations, from one lucky girl to another!

Answer 2

My boyfriend and I met while we were working. I think I was 17 and he was 19. We were friends all through work and were always flirting back and forth, but he always had a girlfriend (yes.. he was one of those..). We were extremely close then, but nothing ever happened between us. One day, I call him up (this was a few years later, I was in college) to have him put me on hold and get yelled at by his then girlfriend about how I could never call him or talk to him ever again. She definitely had some jealousy issues.. anyway..

Flash forward about 4 or 5 years. He found me on Myspace (I wasn't very nice but wanted an explanation for the past. So I decided to meet up with him and some of his friends (people I had gone to highschool with). I got the explanation and apology I deserved and needed to hear, a year and two and a half months later we are as happy as can be, and are talking about getting married.

It's a crazy story and he'd be mad at me if he knew I tell it as much as I do (he hates the way he acted back then). But I like to think it gives others hope. If I could have my high school crush (because he really was, even though I didn't know him while he was in high school) so could someone else! Next year, it'll be almost 10 years we've know each other. It's strange how things work out in the end.

Answer 3

After being single and a little lonely for a while, I went to a different province to party with friends that live there for a celebratory long weekend. I met a guy there that was also up for the weekend and lives in my city. We have a lot of the same friends but never met until then. We've been together for over 5 yrs, after 3 yrs together I bought a house and he moved in with me. :) So far so good. We get along pretty good, the living arrangement turned out better than I thought it would. Just be considerate of each other's feelings, don't talk down to each other, be respectful, ask for things to be done politely. Don't overreact if he takes his sweet-@ss time doing chores. Those are the things I've followed and learned.

I don't really believe in marriage, but maybe when I'm 35 I'll let him marry me... That's 7 more years to go. I don't want kids, therefore I don't want to get married.

Answer 4

What a great story you two already have, I hope you stay happy forever!
As for my story..I met my now fiance a month after I graduated high school in 2005, I was 18, he was 21. I was working at a gym at the front desk & he had recently joined the gym. I honestly had no idea who he was until a coworker told me he had asked about me. Well he left his number for me & since I never called, he called the gym when he knew I was working & got MY number! We have been so blessed to have a great relationship & we always talked about the future; it was never "if" we get married, but WHEN. Anyways, this past April (about 2 months shy of our 2 year anniversary) he asked me to marry him and now we are planning our wedding for October of '08!! I am always amazed at how the time has flown by because we really compliment one another & just have so much fun together. I cannot wait to be his wife!

Answer 5

Aw, I like your question!

My bf and I have been together about three years and are both now in college. We are both transferring to the same college (yay!) and have only two more years left.

He bought me a promise ring 6 months into our relationship and to all the people who think they're "stupid"....well, you've obviously never gotten a promise ring before...

My bf and I complement each other really, really well. When I'm stressed with school or anything all I have to do is call him up and he's there for me :) We plan on getting married within a couple of years or so, and I'm so excited. There are just sometimes where I look at him and I think I'm the luckiest girl in the world :)

Answer 6

What a beautiful story! I'm going to keep this brief, because I just got married yesterday and need to get ready to leave for our honeymoon (we're just cleaning and taking care of a few last things on line before we leave)...

My new husband (yay) and I met when we were 12 and have been in dating (and in love) since we were 13 - without ever breaking up (over 17 years now). We knew really earlier that we would spend the rest of our lives together - we betrothed ourselves to each other in the 8th grade. We got to grow up together, go through middle school, high school, and college together. We also do a lot of work together now that we're out of school. We make a great team and all of our friends are OUR friends (not he has his friends and I have my friends).

We went through a lot together (cancer, other serious health issues, etc.) So our wedding was really magical, because everyone knew how much we had been through, how long we have been together, and how much we love each other.

I'm so excited to hear your story. You and your boyfriend sound absolutely lovely and I think you're both really smart to wait until you're done with school and have had some time to settle and save. Believe me, it's great. You know you're going to get married and since you have such a long love story, you might as well save up to have the kind of wedding you'd really want - you deserve it!

Cheers!

Now, I'm off on our honeymoon (I have no idea where I'm going, he planned it and wants it to be a surprise.)


Edit: Here's the only picture we have from yesterday from the photographer (we'll get the rest in about 3 weeks) -
http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/ff65/bridebc/wedding%20day/?action=view¤t=chrisbettekisssun.jpg

Answer 7

I found my love whenever I was still dating my ex. I had just transferred schools (from the one that I met my ex at to the one I graduated from). A mutual friend introduced us. After a few meetings and conversations on the phone, my heart knew that he was the one. I broke up with my ex and started dating my love only a day later. We've now been dating for 2 & 8 and are talking about getting engaged. We currently live together for a number of reasons, but the most important is because we are in love with each other.

I could not have asked for a better man. He drove to WalMart yesterday to buy me orange juice because I didn't feel well. :^)

When I get engaged, I'll let you know the story!

Answer 8

I just posted a blog in my 360 about this called "So Lucky" - I'll just paste it....

Have you ever been so much on the same page with someone that you thought, "Is this real?" Patrick and I sometimes sit on the couch and not say anything, sometimes we talk about dorky things and make funny faces at each other, and sometimes we have serious impromptu conversations about our future. Without even having to compromise, we both agree on so much. We both want to move out of the cities we currently live and start over in a modest but nice house in one of the better school districts in the area. We both want 1 child, and possibly 2 if circumstances allow it and we both agree with we want them to be 2-3 years apart. We both like the idea of a 50-50 marriage and talk about our finances very openly.

We are truly the best thing that ever happened to each other. I am the salt to his pepper and I am the cookies to his cream. (How corny, huh?) Our weaknesses are each other's strengths. There is nothing that I have that isn't his and vice versa. I don't know how other people have relationships that are so selfish and individualistic. I can't imagine still having my weekly club night with the girls or hangin out with the guys again. I would much rather sit on his couch with a bowl of Crunch n Munch with a movie. I love the fact that I run his errands when he works long shifts and I love that he doesn't hesitate to give me gas money when my wallet is getting empty. He looked at me the other night and said, "I am so lucky, I have a smart, beautiful woman who loves me with all her heart and isn't about bullshyt." For those of you who aren't still in the dating pool, that is sadly hard to find nowadays! For all the bad relationships I was in and for all the giving I did and never got anything in return...this is what people were talking about when they told me that God would pay me back. =)

Answer 9

I met my fiance the summer after my first year of college. We dated the rest of the time I was in college and then moved in together the summer after I graduated. He proposed Christmas day of '06 (6 months later) and we're getting married next June. It really does all work out if you're just patient and wait for the right time. We've been together for 4 years now and I can't wait to marry him. I love him so much and I couldn't be happier. We've become that couple that if one of our friends sees one of us out somewhere they automatically ask where the other one is because we are such a unit. You don't really get one without the other I guess.

Answer 10

It's so nice to hear about two people so in love with one another! I am glad you are taking your time instead of rushing into marriage- you'll be happier for it in the long run.

This story is about my BF of 5 years and one month (not that I'm counting, LOL). We met at the Light Rail stop (a Light Rail is our public train system in Denver- kind of like an above-ground subway). Anyway, I was just heading home from my job as a waitress, and he was heading home from his job as a sales rep for a huge company we have here called Qwest. We struck up a conversation, and when we got to my stop, he got out with me and we exchanged numbers. We have been together since, and we couldn't be happier! We've lived together now for almost 3 years, and I think we'll probably end up getting married within the next couple of years. I hope you and your special guy are as happy as we are!