How do you know the person you are with is ‘the one’? The simple answer is that you can’t, because there is no ‘one’. There is no magical person you are supposed to end up with, no matter the romantic notions of fate. There is no soul mate who is the only person you were meant to walk the earth with, for the rest of your days. Why is it that I can say this with such certainty? Because I know that relationships, any relationships, take work. But when it comes to a long term romantic commitment, it takes even more effort to keep you strong. This is not something that is meant to happen with one single person. You meet someone, you fall for them, you want to spend your life with them, and so you work on that