We Are Getting Married

A Little Backstory Before I Met My Wife, Racheal

Before I met my beautiful wife Racheal, I had unknowingly been hearing about her for a while. Her cousin George was my friend from university we met on matriculation day. Every now and then, when I called George, he’d tell me he was at his cousin’s place. This happened so often that I began to tease him, saying, “This your cousin you keep hiding… I’ll marry her one day!”

Fast forward to a calm evening in June Racheal had just left her friend’s apartment and was sitting in her car in the parking lot. I walked up to her and jokingly asked why she had such an angry face. She smiled and said she wasn’t angry, and just like that, the ice broke. I introduced myself and asked for her number or Instagram. She gave me her IG handle, and we exchanged a few messages here and there. Eventually, I got her WhatsApp number.

One day, she posted a photo with George one of their many after-church pictures, lol and that’s when it all clicked. I messaged her saying, “I know that guy!” She replied, “He’s my cousin,” and I was shocked. Small world, right?

We started getting closer as the days went by. That Christmas, we took a vacation to Zuma Resort, and on Boxing Day, I asked her to be my girlfriend. Her response? “What took you so long?” Haha turns out she liked me first! For the record, I’m holding on to that win.

I had planned to propose on our third anniversary, but I got too excited and unintentionally gave away a few hints. Realising she was onto me, I decided to wait exactly 50 more days after Valentine’s Day just to surprise her. I had to outsmart this beautiful, intelligent, loving, and caring woman who is now my wife.