—Priyanka Prasad, Dumfries, Virginia

　　05

　　I was in the hospital having my tonsils removed. The guy was going to pick me up after he got off work, at 5 p.m. But I was discharged early, at 3:15, and the nurse asked if someone would be picking me up.

　　我在医院做扁桃体切除手术。他下班后要来接我，约的5点。可是，我3点15就做完了，于是护士问有没有人来接我。

　　Just then, it hit me.

　　就在这时，我突然明白了。

　　“Yes, my boyfriend,” I said, smiling. “He isn’t supposed to be here until five, but he won’t be able to wait that long. He’ll get here early because he’ll be worried about me.”

　　“有的，我男朋友来接我，”我笑着回答，“说好5点来的，可他等不了那么久。他会早点来接我的，因为他很担心我。”

　　Sure enough, he was there 15 minutes later.

　　果然，15分钟后他就来了。

　　—Traci Stout, Beaverton, Oregon

　　06

　　It was during a painful argument.

　　我是在一次痛苦的争吵中确定了他就是对的人。

　　We sat across from each other, trying to sort it out. Exhausted, I said, “I don’t know what to do. Tell me what you want to do.”

　　我们面对面坐着，想把事情搞清楚。我特别累，说了句：“我不知道要怎么办，就说你想怎么样吧。”

　　He said nothing. Instead, he just kissed me.

　　他什么也没说，只是吻了我。

　　—MJ Star, York, Pennsylvania

　　07

　　Previous dates brought me red roses, candy,even jewelry.

　　之前的约会，对方送的都是红玫瑰、糖果，甚至还有珠宝。

　　Instead, he brought food—Looney Tunes frozen dinners, to be precise. He said, “I looked in your fridge; it was pretty empty.”

　　然而，他送给我的是吃的——准确地说，是Looney Tunes 的冷冻简餐。他说：“我看了看你的冰箱，里面什么都没有。”

　　How could I not fall in love?

　　这叫我如何不心动?

　　—Suzie Berberich, Dryden, Michigan

　　08

　　We were driving down the road when a rabbit ran out in front of us. He swerved to avoid it.

　　我们在路上开车时，一只兔子跑到了我们面前。他转向避开了兔子。

　　Although I was pleased by his show of compassion, he won my heart when he called it a “bunny.”

　　虽然我很满意他富有同情心的举动，但是，他叫我“小兔几”的时候，才赢得了我的心。

　　—Mary Lou McCowan, LeRoy, New York

　　09

　　We met through Facebook, got to chatting online, and hit it off, even though we’d never met face-to-face.

　　我们在Facebook上认识，然后开始聊天，即使从来没有线下见过面，但我们依然聊得很开心。

　　One day, after having gone through a rough breakup, I typed out, “I’m so stubborn, and nobody wants to put up with me.” He wrote back, “I’ve never said that.”

　　有一天，和对象粗暴地分手后，我找他聊天，“我太固执了，没人愿意忍受我。”他回复道：“我从来都没说过这些话。”

　　A year later,I moved from America to Ireland to be with him. We’re married and expecting ababy.

　　一年后，我从美国搬去了冰岛，和他在一起。现在我们已经结婚了，还打算要个孩子。

　　—Abigail Taylor, Waterford, Ireland

　　10

　　One night, he asked me out for a drink. I said yes. We talked until closing time, and then he drove me home.

　　有天晚上，他约我出去喝一杯，我答应了。我们一直聊到了打烊，然后他开车送我回家。

　　At my door, he leaned down and ever so tenderly brushed my lips with his.

　　在我家门口，他俯下身来，非常温柔地，用嘴唇拂过我的嘴唇。

　　That was all it took.

　　这，就是我心动的原因。

　　I fell in love with him that night and stayed that way until his death.

　　那晚我就爱上了他，并且一直深爱着他，直到42年后他去世。

　　Do I still love him? Oh, yes.

　　我现在还爱着他吗?噢，当然了。

　　—Barbara Young, Independence, Missouri