What made you fall in love with your significant other?
I can't lie. At first, it was his incredibly good looks that attracted me to him, but that's not what made me fall in love (though it does make it easier).
There are so many things I could list about him: he's loyal, he's honorable, he's funny, he's serious, he's strong, he's determined, he's passionate, he's compassionate, he's charming, he's outgoing, he's selfless...I could go on and on about all the redeeming qualities that were little stepping stones up to a huge cliff, where I finally fell, I mean REALLY fell in love.
What made me take the plunge and fall, irreversably and completely (even though at the time I already thought I was in love, and I was, just not as deep), was his endless determination to prove to me he could love me, always and forever, and even at my worst. We'd been married for years and already had our two kids when this finally happened. I honestly thought no man could love me, love any woman for that matter, not the way he claimed to love me anyway. My jaded opinion of men had been long in the making and I reserved parts of myself because I expected my husband to let me down, no, I knew he eventually would. Then, through some difficult times, I realized I couldn't get rid of my hubby if I tried, and that was at first, the most heartbreaking experience of my life. A man could love me, no matter how hard I tried to be unloveable (at least this man could). Suddenly, my eyes were opened to a whole new world where I had a lot to face, but I came out of it a happier person, and knew I had the love of a good man, and miraculously, I could love so freely in return and, in the end, it was the most amazing, most freeing feeling I have ever experienced.
So what made me fall in love with my husband? He showed me how to love and be loved.