“For me, it was once we survived our first year of college together. We had sort of a distance relationship. Our schools were about an hour away from one another, but we were still close enough to see each other most weekends. There was a lot going on that first year, and we definitely went through a lot of stuff together- good and bad- so when we were able to come out of that year still happy and in love, I had a pretty good feeling that we would be together for the rest of our lives.”