The Groom's POV:

We where introduced by a mutual friend in the year 2017. We lost contact and did not meet in person due work and the pandemic. We reconnected in 2021, and started talking on WhatsApp immediately. Later met for the first time in the City of Benin, Nigeria early 2022. As you may know, My wife Osaruoname is from a Christian home, who they really believe in prayers. Sometimes I look back now and I say thanks to God, and the reason is that my baby gave me a hard time, it wasn’t easy to crack at all. She was like "ooh we need to pray, talk to a prophet, pastor etc, before I will say yes." I knew I had a clear mind, and my intention was pure, because I wanted to get married, and not just to get married but to someone I love and would cherish. After the prayers, she finally accepted to date me.

Before then, we have talked about our dreams and aspirations, what we like to do in the future, and I saw that her dreams also align with mine, not just that, she inspires me to be a better person, and anything she lays her mind to do, she wants to do it until it’s completed, not a mediocre at all, but excellent in everything she does. Even as I write this right now, I know how many times I have been reminded to write this hahaha.

On the first day she arrived Benin City Nigeria, she came with her mom, and we where to meet at her gramma’s house. So, she gave me the name of her location (Edokpolo ). Me bouncing with excitement thinking it was the popular Edokpolo area of new Benin, I took a Taxi. On getting there, it wasn’t where she was at all, totally different. Never minding, "na love they carry me waka and I need to see my babe, I move ooh." Finally I got the right location, but something else played out. Grandma felt ill, and she and her mom had to take her to the Hospital that same day. She gave me the location of the Hospital, and that was where I finally met her and saw her mom who is also mine now for the first time. Cutting the story short, we got engaged, did the family rights and it’s been love all the way, and here we are right now tying the knot.

Bride's POV:

As a Nigerian Christian, I was always pro-marriage and family. I not only wanted marriage but a Godly one at that. During the "talking stage" Nosakhare and I shared views on religion, politics, and the world. Fast forward a few months, I went to Nigeria with my mother and was introduced to his family members. We went sight seeing and one night we went outwith some of his friends and he asked the essential question, "Will you marry me?" I said yes and the rest is history.

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