How Do You Know the One You're With IS the One?

How Do You Know the One You're With IS the One?

That's right. How do you know the one you're with IS the one?

This is YOUR opportunity to brag about the one you love. Share about what makes you think s/he is the right person for you and that no one else can even come close to making you feel the same way s/he makes you feel.

To be fair, I'll start off with a bit of information regarding myself:


I am a 24-year-old woman who is thinking about marriage. I don't always know for sure whether or not he is the one. However, sometimes, I believe that he really is. I believe that God sent him to be a part of my life to help me get through some of the toughest times in my life. I don't know how else I would've gone through it if he wasn't there for me. Granted, he is not always able to be there for me; but I know that I also need to be able to survive on my own. Because of him, I have learned to love. I can be myself around him, show him every side of me (the good and the horrible), and grow as a person. Neither of us is perfect, but I believe that we do truly love one another and that we help each other become better people. We make each other happy and prioritizes the other person before ourselves.

However, isn't this usually how every relationship starts off? Doesn't everyone get married thinking and feeling this way, but then somewhere down the road, things change and the relationship falls apart? How do you know for sure that your relationship won't?

Welcome to Successfully Relate!

Welcome to Successfully Relate!

Hello everyone!

There seems to be an abundance of websites, forums, blogs, etc. that deals with the problems in various relationships, particularly those that deal with spouses or future spouses. My question is, whatever happened to the stories of those successful relationships that have been through its up's and down's and have survived the test of time amongst various other things??

From my own personal experience, there are not that many happy couples past past 30-year-old, who have been married for a long time and have children. Going through my own struggles, I want to learn from the experiences from others and know HOW TO MAKE A RELATIONSHIP WORK through various times, struggles, challenges, joyful times, and even boring times.

So please, if you are kind and generous enough to let others learn from your experiences, share your knowledge and experiences with me (and possibly a few others). Feel free to remain anonymous. The point is simply to share and learn how to make a marriage work. Will you help me?


Thank you in advance.