Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi celebrate their 18th anniversary: 'I'm so grateful for her love'

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Ellen DeGeneres marked her 18th anniversary with wife Portia de Rossi by sharing a heartfelt tribute on Instagram with her 127 million Instagram followers on Thursday.In addition to posting a sweet selfie of them outside as the Australian actress, 49, wrapped one arm around her at sunset, the 64-year-old former daytime talk show host gushed in her caption that she falls 'in love with her more every day.''I’m so grateful for her love,' the Emmy Award-winning comedian, who became a couple in 2004 after first meeting three years prior at a party, gushed.

Going strong: Ellen DeGeneres marked her 18th anniversary with wife Portia de Rossi by sharing a heartfelt tribute on Instagram with her 127 million Instagram followers on ThursdayThe happy couple married back in August 2008, following the overturn of the same-sex marriage ban in California.

After their initial meeting, the the Arrested Development star said she 'really never stopped thinking about' DeGeneres, despite being in a relationship with Francesca Gregorini, at the time.'I just haven't felt that kind of energy with anyone in my life.

So there's that,' she said of their immediate spark.  'I’m so grateful for her love,' the Emmy Award-winning comedian, who became a couple in 2004 after first meeting three years prior at a party, gushed While looking back at their first introduction, de Rossi said she was still 'closeted' and 'wasn't comfortable' with her sexuality.'I just knew that being with her would be a bit of a thing for me, so we didn't get together after that for about three years,' she reflected to People last year.During the same interview, DeGeneres noted in 2004, they reunited at a party and her now-wife: 'opened up and said she'd been thinking about.