Each week, Reddit’s artist-in-residence Shitty_Watercolour will illustrate a sampling of Reddit’s best comments, handpicked from some of his favorite communities like Ask Reddit, Shower Thoughts, and more.

In this week’s feature for Upvoted, Shitty (okay, real name: Hector Janse van Rensburg) has brought to life an Ask Reddit post that prompts:

Married people of Reddit, what were your first thoughts upon seeing/meeting your future spouse?

“I thought, ‘Please shut up. You’re ruining 300 for everyone.'”

— Reddit user TitsAlmighty

“We met when we were invited over to supper (separately) by a couple we knew. I thought her eyes were the prettiest thing I’d ever seen, and we got to talking. She was the first Hungarian I had ever met. I was a little unclear on whether that was Budapest or Bucharest, but she set me straight very quickly indeed. I was the first American she had ever met. We met up another time or two, then I lost track, and saw her again just before she was leaving town. She led me to believe my interest was mutual.

“So I did the natural thing. I wrote her a 17-page love letter, obsessed about her for about a week, then, on a conveniently scheduled vacation visiting friends in Belgrade, I obtained a visa (oh how difficult those days were), hopped a train, and looked up her address in Budapest. Fortunately, I had learned to distinguish it from Bucharest already, otherwise this part may have been difficult.

“Her mom answered the door. We had about five words of German in common but she still managed to explain I should sit tight and wait. She fed me soup. It was really good. Then my future wife returned home to find me taking a nap in her own bed, having been out to the post office mailing her answer to my 17-page letter.

“Anyway, that was 26 years ago. I still think her eyes are the prettiest thing I’ve ever seen.”

— Reddit user Vivtek

“That beautiful girl is looking at me. Alright! Win for me! Holy shit, she’s walking over. HOLY SHIT SHE IS WALKING OVER TO TALK TO ME! JESUS CHRIST, SMOKINPOLECAT, CLOSE YOUR MOUTH! THINK OF SOMETHING COOL TO SAY! OH MY GOD DID SHE JUST SAY SOMETHING? SHE DID! AND YOU WEREN’T LISTENING! DON’T FUCK THIS UP BECAUSE OF YOUR INNER MONOLOGUE. OH MY GOD, HOW HAVE I NOT RESPONDED YET?! SAY SOMETHING! SAY ANYTHING!”

“‘Hey. Sup.’

“NAILED IT, GENIUS.”

“Worked out ok in the end.”

— Reddit user SmokinPoleCat