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At least is was for us! But it wasn’t love at first sight. We met at work in 2007, but in the beginning we were just colleagues who barely knew each other. I don’t even remember the first time we met! At the time I was still working in Milan and he was in Brussels.

But when I got promoted and relocated to Germany, suddenly we were working together a lot more! That was when I became infatuated with Mr. Carousel. I realised that he was not only an excellent worker, but also a sweet, funny, and good person.

However, I was trying hard to hide my crush since I didn’t want to come off as unprofessional. And, as any good developer, Mr. Carousel was so focused on his tasks that he didn’t notice a thing. (Me becoming as red as a tomato every time he’d catch me looking at him? Nothing. My thoughts wandering every time we’d have a conversation and having to ask him multiple times to repeat himself? He thought he was bad at explaining things.)

And then came the night that changed our lives: Mr. Carousel was in Germany for work and asked some colleagues out for dinner. As fate would have it, everyone else had plans, so it was only him and me. Our work dinner turned out to be the best first date either of us had: we had such a great time that it came naturally to end the evening with a kiss.

We then started dating and after a magical weekend in Amsterdam we were totally in love with each other. We have been together since February 2009 and, tired of the back and forth our long-distance relationship entailed, we moved in together in November 2009. He proposed in May 2010, but that’s another story. 

Since we are two different people, we’ve had our discussions and even a couple of fights. However, being together has been surprisingly easy: we get along really well and can talk for hours. (We need to, as we go to work together, have lunch together, walk back home together, spend most evenings together, and average about five hours driving together every week.)

I’ve never felt so comfortable and relaxed with anyone before. I knew he was the one because of how I felt when we were together: I finally felt at home, like I could be myself 100%. Being with him made me redefine everything I knew (or thought I knew) about love, in a bigger and better way.

Was it the same with you? Did you know you had found “the one” because of how easy it felt to be together? Or do you think a relationship needs a bit more spice and conflict to keep it interesting?