Like many long-term couples, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have a romance that has endured trials and tribulations.

The couple first met in August 1998 after Douglas requested a meeting with the actress.

She admitted she found it a little intimidating at first.

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones smiling

Soon after their initial meeting, they began dating.

Some might say it was love at first sight.

Zeta-Jones was there but was only staying for more night.

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones posing

Though the actress walked out and left France the next morning, they somehow got past the incident.

The couple were engaged by December 1999 and in early 2000 announced that Zeta-Jones was pregnant.

In August of the same year, they welcomed ason, Dylan.

Dylan Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Carys Zeta Douglas looking at camera

Three months later, the couple married.

In 2003, the couple welcomed their daughter, Carys.

“We were born on the same day, 25 years apart,” Zeta-Jones toldThe Telegraph.

“Well, that’s just maths.”