Hi Kayleigh,

I am not an advocate of marriage at all, esp. since I am on my 3rd one.

However, with my second husband, I knew. It's hard to explain exactly, but there was a sense of completion, a feeling of having found your other half.

We were together 10 years - knew what the other was thinking and finished each other's sentences. We had, without even trying, kind of created our own little shorthand and it worked wonderfully.

We had a lot in common when we met and there was never a lag in conversations. There was chemistry between us also, but the main thing was that sense of completion. He told me within the first week of meeting me that he was going to marry me. It scared me half to death because I felt the same way.

When we split up, which was because of other ppl stepping in and causing problems, it devastated me. I had never felt so loved or protected in my life - he spoiled me because he knew the garbage I had come from in my life.

That feeling I have never experienced since. I haven't been happy or really laughed since then.

If you ever feel like this with someone, explore it. If it's the real thing, don't ever let go.