Greetings Hive World!
Being a newbie and first time participating in the Weekend community, I find the topics for this week's #weekend-engagement very interesting and particularly more, option six. So I will write about it.
✨Option six
Tell us about the first time you met your current partner - Where did you meet, was it a setup date or happenstance and was it instant attraction or did it rise slowly like the incoming tide? - If you like you may do a fictional story for this one, or post about the true story.
The day I first met my husband was like any other day until I met him again the second time, years later. Then the memory became indelible.
We attended the same one-year Remedial program in 2007. This is like a pre-university program for students who are unable to get direct admission into the universities. So instead of wasting a year at home awaiting admission, some students register for this program and at the end use the certificate to apply for admission.
One morning, I arrived early for lectures and reserved two seats for my friends by placing my notebooks on them. When the class was almost filled up, this rugged-looking classmate of mine 😂 came and asked to sit on one of the reserved seats. What?!
I couldn't believe he would ask me to give up my friend's seat for him! Of course, I said no. We argued back and forth until my friends arrived. They laughed at both of us and shared the seats with him. Now do you understand the reason why I said earlier that our first meeting was not so memorable?
After this funny incident, we would only say "hello", "hi" to each other in class and that was it.
Fast forward to 2013 after my one-year compulsory national service, I was at the bus park to travel to Edo state and get my transcript from school. And there he was, looking ruggedly handsome. 😃
He saw me first and came close to say hello. Coincidentally he was also travelling to Benin in Edo state as well and that was how we travelled together. We sat beside each other, talked and laughed for the whole 5 hours. I confided in him about some issues I was going through while he asked whether or not I was seeing anyone.
We exchanged phone numbers on arrival at Benin and stayed in touch for the next six months. In those phone conversations and video calls, we expressed our interest and love for each other.
Then he visited me in Warri, Delta state and met my family informally. My family knew I was interested in someone but they did not know who until they saw him.
Another six months later, he came to formally ask for my hand in marriage. He also asked my uncle (because my Dad was late) and my mother for permission to marry me. The rest, they say, is history.
Now we are happily married and blessed with two sons who look just like him! Or me? 😀
Was it an instant attraction at first? No. My feelings for him started on our bus ride together because he was just so nice to me and a gentleman. Road travels can be exhausting because of our bad roads. So at one point, he asked whether I was tired and needed to stretch my legs. If yes, he would ask the driver to stop!
I was shocked because there were other passengers on the bus. He could not stop the bus for me alone but he assured me he would. He's that brave and bold when he needs to be and I appreciate that about him.
During one of our many talks, he confessed that his attraction to me was instant during the class seat argument. 😄 He admired the way I stood up for my friends. He saw it as loyalty and respected me for it. Seeing me again years later at the bus park can only be fate.
This is my participation in the WE83 Post Topics: Your First Time. You can find the link here and post your entry as well.
Happy weekend, friends and thanks for reading.
All pictures I posted here are mine.
I love the beautiful colors and the outfits...so pretty. You have a beautiful family. Much love to you and your little angels.
Awwn. Thank you very much.
Have a lovely day. 😊
Hola @ladytitan me gustó mucho tu historia. Creo que estaban destinados el uno para el otro.
Que ropa tan bonita utilizan en tu país. Son muy elegantes y coloridas.
Te mando muchas bendiciones desde Venezuela. Dios bendiga tu familia. 🙏❣️
Saludos a ti, amigo. Su comentario es agradable. Gracias por leer mi artículo y apreciar mi familia.
Love is very beautiful, who would have thought you guys would meet at the motor park that day. Beautiful pictures, wishing you guys many more joy filled years together.
Amen. Thank you for the lovely wishes. It was fate because I never expected to meet him again, let alone at the bus park. 😊
I love that picture of you in the white dress standing next to your man and the one of you, your husband and the boys. The clothes are beautiful. I am curious about the beads and head dress though. Do those items have specific meaning?
Thank you @wanderingmoon for this interesting comment. I knew some of my readers may be curious about my bridal dressing in these pictures.
It's a bridal dressing unique to people from Edo state in Nigeria. 😃 Beaded necklaces are called ivie-uru, hand beads are ivie-ebo, earrings are emi-ehorivie, and the beaded clutch is ekpa-ivie. It's a culture thing and our way of beautifying our brides on her special day.
I may have to write a post on this. Hahaha. Thank you for coming by. 😊
First of all, thank you! I was in the discord promoting my post and I saw that you were supporting me so I immediately saw your post and the first thing that caught my attention were the beautiful pictures you have posted, such a beauty! such colors! such a good energy! I loved it.
I do not master the English language, I read it and understand it more or less, but there is the wonder of the translator that allows you to translate and reading you in detail I was moved by that beautiful story, I was amused by the anecdote of the first time they saw each other hahaha! fate has united them and may nothing separate them, God bless you, beautiful home!
I look forward to a beautiful long distance friendship, big hugs from Venezuela!
This is nice. Thank you for taking the time to read my story with a translator. Yes, Fate united my husband and I and I'm happy I did not resist.
Thank you for your appreciation. 😃
Fantastic writeup Sis, what lovely family and this is destiny indeed.
Thank you for sharing, you have a beautiful family❤️🤗👪
Thank you so much. Your comment is lovely and encouraging. 😊
What a beautiful story and simply beautiful your family 🥰🥰 Thank you for sharing this post with us. You look so cute together, love is something that bequeaths so suddenly and when you meet the person you know is the one it's an absolutely incomparable feeling.
You are right, the feeling is incomparable. Thanks for your delightful comment. 😊
You two are a lovely couple and yes I believe in fate. It is already written in the stars. You are very lucky to have each other.
Thank you so much for your beautiful comment.
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What a gorgeous pictures and faith is all we need in all cases in life , lovely share dear
You are correct, @brittandjosie. Faith matters in all things and I'm happy everything fell into the right places. Thank you for supporting me. 😃