15 Dating Lessons Learned After I Met My Husband

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When I opened my email on the morning of my 10th wedding anniversary, I saw an email from my husband titled, “Happy Anniversary to the love of my life.”
Then I read through the email about what I meant to my husband. I read the email slowly to soak in every word.
One of my favorite lines was, “To be able to come home to you every day makes me feel like the luckiest man in the world.”
I felt loved, cherished, and like I was exactly where I was supposed to be. It was not easy getting to that place. Dating was hard. With marriage being my main goal, it was even harder.

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7 Dating Mistakes That Could Have Kept Me From Meeting My Dream Guy

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It’s embarrassing, but I didn’t really start dating until I was in my 20’s. I only started dating after college.
I grew up in a church-going household so dating was out of the question.
In college, I didn’t really date. No one had money to spend on dates and I thought that there were way too many options around for a serious relationship to work.
So, when I started dating after college, I made a lot of mistakes. These mistakes could have kept me from meeting my dream guy. Luckily, I made changes and adjusted before I met my husband.

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7 Ways You Know You Found the One to Marry

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When I was single, I used to google all the time some version of “How to know if he’s the one?” I googled it when I was dating to see if the person I was with was the one I should marry or when I was not dating, I googled it to prepare for when I was in a relationship.

I received a lot of different answers. Now that I have been happily married for 10 years, I wanted to do my own version of “How to know if he’s the one” or “How do you know you found the one?”

The list includes seven definite ways you know you found your spouse. It does not include things that could match anyone like “you find them attractive” because you probably wouldn’t be dating someone unless you’re attracted to them and there are many people you are attracted to who are not the one you should marry.

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