How many relationships were you in before meeting “the one”?

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How many relationships were you in before meeting “the one”?

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  1. hinnom Avatar

    Four. And now I’m single – It turns out I am the one for me. 🤍

  2. BrooklynNotNY Avatar

    Depends on how far back you’re talking. If we’re counting middle school then like 6 or 7.

  3. HeelsOfTarAndGranite Avatar

    Zero, IIRC. He was definitely my first consensual kiss.

  4. draoikat Avatar

    I prefer to call my husband My Person rather than The One… the latter just carries too much cultural baggage and sounds a bit woo to me… but anyway, two. Ex-husband and ex-girlfriend. Any other brief connections I had were definitely not actual relationships, just some mutual feelings and hanging out a bit.

  5. Geologyst1013 Avatar

    I had two serious relationships before my guy.

    And a few lil college flings.

  6. FunnyBunny1313 Avatar

    Zero! My husband was my first. I honestly wasn’t really thinking much about dating/marriage before I met him.

  7. So_Call_Me_Maddie Avatar

    I’m going to assume by relationship you mean something more thing flings, young love, & boyfriends of the week. I would say 4 before I met my first “the one” but things didn’t work out with her, then I met my husband about a year later.

  8. JudgmentNatasha Avatar

    Had a few relationship but nothing that ever felt right all the way through. Still waiting on that feeling.

  9. deskbeetle Avatar

    I am only counting relationships that had a profound emotional connection. I had a few other guys I went on several dates with but it never really went anywhere. And I was lukewarm on them. 

    Highschool relationship that lasted two month. Possibly doesn’t count as it was a very immature relationship. 

    highschool sweetheart that lasted through college and a year beyond

    Situationship that I kept running into for like 7 years whenever I was single. 

    Guy I met at 24 who I dated for 5 years and ended up being super abusive

    3 month whirlwind relationship that came out of nowhere and then dumped me on my ass

    So, 5 before my husband. And my husband is definitely the one. 

  10. Chrysta1234 Avatar

    I really hope the guy I’m with is the one. He is my second relationship.

  11. Career_Much Avatar

    Assuming the current one is the one one: 4 serious 1+ year relationships (1.5, 1.5, 2.5, and 6), a handful of shortish flings, and a lot of booty call / ONS

  12. IAmMellyBitch Avatar

    My husband is not “the one”, he is my person though..

    BUT serious relationship? I only count 5. Not that I only dated 5. I had like multiple men who referred to them as my boyfriend. But it wasn’t too serious so I don’t count them 🤣

  13. Velvetpawss Avatar

    My fiancé was my second “boyfriend” and I was his first girlfriend.

  14. StubbornTaurus26 Avatar

    One, was with him for one year and met my husband 9mo after we broke up

  15. Omakaselovewine Avatar

    2 LTR’s and a couple of short flings then i met my husband and it’s been about 19 yrs since then and 17 married 😍

  16. onnamattanetario Avatar

    I like the theory that there isn’t a “one” for any of us, but the person we round up to one.I don’t think that’s a static value through our lives and even in a relationship. The best case scenario is you start with a good value, maybe a 0.7 or so, and grow together where both your value for one another infinitely approach that one. None of us are perfect and especially not on everything that comes down the pipe, but hopefully those common points helps you weather through the rough patches.

  17. economicwaffle Avatar

    Zero. Took me by surprise at a young age but sure as shit wasn’t letting that one slip away.

  18. ladylemondrop209 Avatar

    Four, but only two relatively more “significant” relationships that lasted over 1year.

    Though I wouldn’t call nor know if my husband is “the one”… He is the person I’m happily married to now though lol.

  19. Latinagyro Avatar

    Two relationships and one fling

  20. Till_Naive Avatar

    Three long term relationships

  21. DuckFriend25 Avatar

    Including high school boyfriends, my husband was my fourth relationship ❤️

  22. bobba-001 Avatar

    I (30F) am on my 5th one and I am hoping that I’ve finally found my person. It feels different this time and I am confident that he would be a really good partner but I’ve been burned so many times that it’s hard to believe that I am right this time.

  23. Dr__Pheonx Avatar

    Way too many.

  24. Final_girl013 Avatar

    I think 4, but not including situationships.

  25. calliessolo Avatar

    There is no “the one.”

  26. redjessa Avatar

    I don’t love the term or phrase, whatever, “the one.” However, I had 3 boyfriends before I started dating my husband at age 31. I dated a bit as well, but three actual relationships.

  27. madeupneighbor Avatar

    2 in high school, 3 in college, 3 after college. Then the one. So he’s number 9.

  28. throw_away_0123210 Avatar

    Six relationships, 4 of them long term.

  29. alyssa518 Avatar

    Third time was the charm 🙂

  30. Mountain-Tea3564 Avatar

    Five. I met my man when I was 20 and we have been best friends ever since. He is an amazing boyfriend and father. I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with him. This is the first relationship that I’ve ever truly felt heard, respected, and loved.

  31. 83827apple Avatar

    2 before meeting my forever guy. Getting married next August.

  32. Present-Body7905 Avatar

    if flings and middle school/high school doesnt count then just one, and thats to hoping the current one im in is the one

  33. Chomprz Avatar

    Around six and some situationships.. and still haven’t found him. Still hoping ✨

  34. BarelyExcited Avatar

    I’m in my 40s and have had been in at least 15 serious relationships since high school. I was married for 13 years from age 23-36. After I divorced, I dated a few guys who fucked me over, so I purposeful stayed single for 2-3 years. Went back to the dating scene just for shits and giggles, and stumbled upon my person. He was just different. I think that time alone working on myself helped.

  35. Helanore Avatar

    My husband is lucky number 7

  36. Wild-Opposite-1876 Avatar

    One. It was just a short 3 months teenage relationship at school though. Had a few hook ups before and after that that never became something with feelings attached or a relationship.

    Met my husband at 21 right after starting university, and been together ever since. 

  37. Creative_Fig2828 Avatar

    5 long term ones (6+ months)

  38. penguin_0618 Avatar

    Three relationships. Two in high school and one in college. Met my husband my sophomore year of college.

  39. KiwiGin_ Avatar

    3 relationships. 1 serious one in HS and 2 outside of HS in my 20s.
    My current one feels like the one for sure.

  40. iniremj Avatar

    Three in highschool, one during college, then met my husband right when I was finishing up college.

  41. QuietCress8 Avatar

    Second, not counting flings where the objective was for each of us to get off and go our separate ways.  Even still, wouldn’t say he’s ‘the one’, just someone I found that matches my level of crazy and we both agree that people are strange, lets spend the rest of our time together because its better then being…out there. That’s hard enough to find. Plus he’s a good cook. 

  42. smartburro Avatar

    Situationships a few, relationships- only my husband.

  43. _partytrick Avatar

    1 serious relationship only. The rest of them ended too early with no signs of commitment.. Stayed single for a long time too.. Loved that part of my life I had so much time to myself.

  44. Odd-Opening-3158 Avatar

    I don’t believe in the one. Seems like a silly notion because in my opinion people are fluid and there’s so many factors. So none for me there is no one for me I guess.

  45. Pure-Gift-1027 Avatar

    I went through a ton of pitiful “relationships” when I was younger. Some of them didn’t last more than a week, but when I grew up a bit I got into more long term relationships. I went through one 7 month relationship, super toxic. Took a break. Went through another relationship, he cheated on me, lasted roughly 4 months. Took a break. Decided to work on myself, went to the gym ONE TIME and met my husband.

  46. Many_Steak Avatar

    One serious relationship and a handful of flings.

  47. tomiesohe Avatar

    2 official. unofficial / situationships too many too count. met him during my “not really in the mood to date” season. realized i had been searching for him the entire time.

  48. shesshellsbells Avatar

    6 serious relationships and dated 20+ not so seriously before my partner aka the one and I found each other.

  49. Uncleknuckle36 Avatar

    5…..she was just a blind date that has lasted 50 years and 2 months

  50. _TheTrashyPanda_ Avatar

    4 defined relationships, a situationship, a few dates with a few guys, several first dates that went nowhere, and a lot of drunk make outs.

    But the answer to the original question is 4 relationships

  51. NoExplanation5322 Avatar

    Went on a “handful of dates” with 70-100 guys.

    Had a 3 flings that I thought were going to go somewhere, but didn’t.

    And had 5 boyfriends.

    Over the course of 7 years of dating before meeting my now husband.

  52. Natataya Avatar

    My “one” is my dog an I’m so happy with this decision.

  53. authorized_sausage Avatar

    grok, how do you answer this when you’ve met TWO “the one”s 20+ years apart?

  54. HollyBrooke92 Avatar

    5 but that’s from 2007 until I met my person in 2020

  55. Lesli90 Avatar

    My husband was my first relationship

  56. SpacenessButterflies Avatar

    Zero. My fiancé is my first real relationship.

  57. sisterfunkhaus Avatar

    Two. One was 2 years serious, and one was 1 year exclusive but fun.

  58. Ahpla Avatar

    Technically none. I met him online when I was 16. I saw one picture of him and fell hard. I even told my mom when I was 16 I was going to marry him one day. Fast forward a couple years and we broke up. I ended up in a really bad relationship with someone else, finally got out of it, and reconnected with my online boyfriend. We finally met in person when I was 20, moved in together 3 months after meeting, got married 3 months after that. We have been married 17.5 years.

  59. senpalpi Avatar

    Three. My first went for 5 years before we broke up cuz she cheated on me. My second was for a month or two long distance before she broke it off because I really dunno why. She told me she was caught stealing at work and possibly going to jail amd didmt wamt me to have to deal woth it but idk if that was true or not. The third I was with for around a month or so before she dumped me because she didn’t like my mental health issues.

    Currently I’ve been married for a little over a month, before then we were together 5 years. So happy with my wife ^.^

  60. GamingCatLady Avatar

    zero 😮

    I was ugly and a nerd.

  61. liverstrings Avatar

    My husband was my first real relationship. The next closest was a weird long distance COVID relationship for a couple months. Beyond that, mostly first dates. It was such a relief to meet my husband. I knew on the first date.

  62. SensitiveListen3652 Avatar

    One thankfully but that ONE almost ruined me sheesh

  63. Strong_Roll5639 Avatar

    I had 4 relationships before I met my husband.

  64. ElectricFenceSitter Avatar

    Always a tricky question.

    Once upon a time I would have answered “two” but a few years later and I’m now saying “three”
    Hopefully we remain together forever, but who knows whether a few years down the track I’ll be saying “four” – it’s not like I didn’t feel sure last time!

    Plus different people define relationships differently. I personally only count three previous relationships due to then being long term ones where either one of us would have felt comfortable making plans for “next year”

  65. schwarzmalerin Avatar

    There have been three maybe four, but no “the one”, or I’d rather say, you always think it’s “the one now”.

  66. BlancaNieves112 Avatar

    I’m not sure.

    There were several guys before I met my current partner.

  67. LavandaRaff Avatar

    two real ones and a couple situationships that crashed and burned 😅

  68. McK-MaK-attack Avatar

    3 serious relationships before finding my forever!

  69. littlemybb Avatar

    My first boyfriend was when I was 18. We dated for almost 4 years.

    From 21-22 I just spent time being single and having fun. I had a few talking situations that never went anywhere.

    Then my husband and I started dating, and three years later, we are now married.

  70. rachael_0898 Avatar

    One previous. Stay picky is my advise lol

  71. FreckledLeaves Avatar

    I had one boyfriend before I met my husband. We dated from 15-17 y/o. I met my now husband ~3 months after my first boyfriend and I broke up. I was still 17. Husband and I have been together ever since. We’re 33 and 34 now.

  72. dunnowhy92 Avatar

    5 ( with sex haha) two without sex as a teenager dunno how to count

  73. AYearOfSaturdays Avatar

    One. She was (is) my best friend and I often found myself thinking she would never treat me the way I was being treated by my ex partner but it took a while, and a break up, to realise what that meant.

  74. _VulgarVisionary_ Avatar

    I’ve been in three serious relationships and have enjoyed numerous flings… still haven’t found “the one”.

    The last one I had thought was it (26F and 40M) and still love him deeply but he dashed after a year due to what appeared to be dismissive avoidant tendencies.

    Excited to continue to love but taking the back seat for a little bit and will focus on personal growth.

  75. kiwispouse Avatar

    3 serious relationships, not counting boyfriends or dating.

    7 years, 5 years, 20 years. You can’t say I didn’t give it the ole college try.

    Husband and I have been together almost nine years, and he’s the last. It took me this long to find him, and he’s so wonderful; I won’t find another like him. We are each other’s just-right-level of pixiedust.

    Before I met him, I was happy on my own and casually dating a couple of men I got along with really well. But our lifestyles weren’t compatable, and neither was going to turn into a permanent thing as far as I was concerned. With the spouse, it was obvious we were going to be together, all boots on the ground, from the start.

  76. Dazzling-Toe-4955 Avatar

    Two first was two years seventeen till nineteen. Next was seven years nineteen till twenty five. Current twenty five till thirty nine.

  77. VeryPoliteYak Avatar

    Two 🙂 One in high school for 1.5 years, one in uni for 2.5 years. Met my husband close to my graduation!

  78. Elegant_Solutions Avatar

    11? I keep feeling like I’m forgetting people. But at least 11.

  79. NYGyaru Avatar

    A lot..

    Dating after the advent of dating apps was hard. Trying to find someone who wanted what I want, had similar values, and actually wanted a relationship was surprisingly difficult.

    Now of those that were serious (1+ years of dating), 4.

    I met my husband in May 2020, engaged in January 2021, married October 2021.

  80. MiloAisBroodjeKaas Avatar

    I’m not going to include short highschool flings, cos, well they were never meant to be serious. So, 4. And interestingly, (at least to me lol) we’d previously had a situationship, nothing serious and ended said situationship due to distance and getting into a relationship was only cos I visited his country and him, we met up with vacation fling intentions, but after meeting we realised how serious our feelings were for each other. So we decided to give it a good proper try and here we are 7 years later.

  81. Basic-Remote-1053 Avatar

    My husband is my first and only. I’d tried the dating scene for a while before him but it never got past the first or second date.

    Turns out my guy was right in front of me the whole time (I met him through work.) We were platonic friends for a while before we considered dating – but once we got past the blockers that kept us from dating, we whirlwinded.

    Last month we got married! Wee!

  82. countryheart3402 Avatar

    Three but not sexually.

  83. ORALDDS Avatar

    my husband is the only man i had in my whole life, and i’m proud of that

  84. DAMWRLD Avatar

    “The one” to me has always been the one in front of you. Whether it’s your mom, sibling, or partner. The one you’re present with at the moment. To answer your question though, 5.

  85. pplb2020 Avatar

    None. She was my first relationship and here we are 8 years later.

  86. EcuaGirl21 Avatar

    Five. Not all of those fit your definition, but I say I have 5 exes.

  87. brub0020 Avatar

    Long term: 6
    Under a year: 4

  88. denningdontcare Avatar

    Four (somewhat – my first was a very casual high school relationship that only lasted a few months). So maybe 3.5. Married now!

  89. searedscallops Avatar

    There’s no such thing as “the one”. If anything, my one is my children or myself.

  90. Nervous-Wasabi-8461 Avatar

    3 engagements, 2 marriages/divorces + 4 other serious relationships + a bunch of short term dating situationships later, I’m the one ❤️

  91. Pahanka Avatar
    1. If this one doesn’t work out I will not try again. Being single is just so much simplier
  92. _theturkishdelight_ Avatar

    Official exes? 3. Amount of first dates I went? Overall 60. Don’t give up!

  93. wanderingstar625 Avatar

    Serious relationships? I’m currently in my 3rd.

  94. Belle0516 Avatar

    Roughly 5.

    First boyfriend at 15 just for the summer, then the next 3 at 16, 17, and 18 but they only lasted a few months. In college I had one boyfriend for all of a month who wasn’t a bad guy but we just weren’t super great for long-term.

    I met my now husband towards the end of my freshman fall semester. Been together for almost 7 years now and married for 2!

  95. thebeefwitch Avatar

    .5 i’d call it a situationship lol

  96. 12j8 Avatar

    I had my high school boyfriend, college boyfriend, a lot of college flings, then my husband.

    My mom always told me she dated to marry and didn’t date anyone she knew right away she wouldn’t marry. I was the opposite, I’d give any guy a chance at a long term relationship because it can still be a good relationship even if it doesn’t lead to marriage. I just always figured the relationship that led me to marriage would feel effortless and it really did. I got lucky that my husband showed his true authentic self right from the beginning and that he loved me for my authentic self.

  97. Mamallama1217 Avatar

    2 serious ones (living together)

  98. homegrown_rebel Avatar

    Like serious relationships? Two before I met my husband. I had several flings in between/before though. Definitely learned what I needed to from those past relationships. They helped me learn what I do and don’t want in a partner. And oddly enough I learned how to stand up for myself from one of my asshole exes lol. He was an asshole, but also didn’t put up with anyone’s shit and I sort of adopted that. He hated when I turned it around on him and started pushing back lol.

  99. Tea_Eighteen Avatar

    Serious relationships I’d say 3 before I met my husband.

    Flings/one night stands/scene partners/fuckbuddies/etc…..uhhh I lost count. But no more than thirty.

  100. smokeehayes Avatar

    I’ve been in enough bad relationships to stop believing in “the one.” I’ve realized that for me, I am “the one.” Anything else is just gravy. I’m with the last person I’ll ever be in a relationship with right now, not because we’re married or have a family together, but because I’ve decided that however and whenever this ends, I’m never doing it again.

  101. _PrincessButtercup Avatar

    I was 31. By then I’d been married once and had had many boyfriends. I tried eHarmony and a month later, we met at Chili’s to have a drink. It’s been over twenty years of marriage. He’s my best friend. I’m very lucky. He was divorced too and we chose to grow together, support each other. My first husband didn’t want to see me grow or achieve success. The right partner makes all the difference.

  102. nicokthen Avatar

    I don’t really believe in the concept of “the one” but my partner now who I choose everyday is my most meaningful relationship so far and I’ve only had four other official partners.

  103. anna_alabama Avatar

    Zero, I married my first boyfriend

  104. champoradomami Avatar

    2 ex boyfriends, too many situationships and hookups to count lol. I’m 34 and getting married in March.

  105. Fun_Leopard_1175 Avatar

    Three official relationships between the ages of 25 to 30, with big gaps in between each of them. Prior to that I whored around in my early twenties and probably had a dozen varieties of situationships. Met my husband at 30, after a year hiatus from dating to figure out what type of life partner I truly wanted. I knew what I wanted and so did my husband, so when we found each other there wasn’t much hesitation.