A look back at Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann's 22-year romance

"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" may not be a romance series, but this is where Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann fell in love!

Hargitay and Hermann met on the set of 'Law & Order: SVU' in 2001, when the 'Younger' guest star played defense attorney Trevor Langan. After three years of dating, the couple married in August 2004 at a chapel in Santa Barbara in a 200-guest wedding. They now reside in New York with their three adorable children - sons August and Andrew and daughter Amaya.

Hargitay, who plays lead character Olivia Benson in the long-running series, recalled the first time she met Hermann on set during an interview with Drew Barrymore. "I was nervous, and I heard [Hermann] was German, and I didn't know what to do, so I said - it's so embarrassing - I said, 'So you're a kraut. And he goes like this, 'That's funny.'"

That first sweet — and funny — moment led to 18 and counting marriage. And over the past decade, the couple has had many great relationship milestones, from welcoming their kids to celebrating Hargitay's 500th episode on "Law & Order: SVU," and everything in between. And because we love them so much, we've broken down each of the major moments from this upcoming ambitious couple's relationship.