My colleague ten years my junior just shared with me that he has been dating a teacher from another school for like two months. During the recent September holidays, they went on a day trip to Johor Bahru in Malaysia and held hands for the first time.

You probably didn’t watch Sex and the City. Well, I did. Samantha Jones, the lady who saw the most bedroom action, got flustered when a man her equal wanted to hold her hand. Cue Carrie Bradshaw’s voiceover: And that’s how Samantha lost her virginity. Therefore, there’s something special about holding hands.

When my colleague told me about his milestone, I got all excited because this is still what gets me after ten years of marriage. That I have this inexplicable urge to hold my wife’s hand. Haha. That’s how I knew that I wanted to marry her. I had never felt this irresistible urge with anyone else.

How about you? How did you know? What made you want to plunge into marriage?