Ask Orbit · by Mina Chowdhury · 2026-10-25

How did you know your boyfriend/girlfriend was 'the one'?

Dating someone for about a year and friends keep asking if this is 'it'. I don't feel fireworks every day but I feel calm and safe. Is that the answer? How did you know?

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Cozy Sparrow · 5 likes

calm and safe IS the fireworks once you're past 25 lol

Maya Williams · 0 likes

i knew when we got food poisoning on the same trip and still laughed about it the whole time

Mia Anderson · 11 likes

shared misery is a real compatibility test

Jiho Lee · 0 likes

honestly nobody 'knows', you just keep choosing each other. sounds cheesy but it's true