Let’s go back to the beginning. It happened that a colleague of ours whom we both knew at different times was having her wedding in November 2021, so I was invited.
As much as I love to be around people, I also love being alone. So on the wedding day, I changed my mind about not attending, but a friend I had informed before that day used all means to make sure I attend the wedding o. Haaaaa. That same afternoon, she called to make sure I was already prepared for the wedding. To her amazement, I told her I was not going to the wedding, backed up by different reasons. “Mama no gree o!” With encouragement and pestering, I reluctantly pressed my cloth and went to the wedding while it was drizzling – the rain was one of my excuses.
Getting to the wedding, Opeyemi, a friend to the Bride of that day gladly got me a table in a seemingly empty Table where one Fine girl was seated. Opeyemi was able to set the tone for conversation between me and the fine girl with a quick introduction.
With little or no effort we got talking. “I too like to dey talk o.” We talked about so many things from teaching to career to schooling to religion. From that conversation, I discovered she is calm and gentle at heart, and that endeared me so much to her without reservation. Most importantly her eclectic approach to things that people generally are rigid about. At that moment I knew I was already wooed.
I had no plan to collect her phone number, but I eventually did because I was meant to help her with her Confirmation Examination Result so that I can send it to her via WhatsApp. From the venue to strolling to where she could get a bus home, I started having the feeling that I will love to see her again. Bless God, she was single.
A few weeks afterward, my intentions were well articulated. She knew what I wanted. We prayed about it and we made deliberate decisions to begin the courtship journey. We listened and read the same kind of courtship messages.
Now, here we are looking forward to our wedding in a few weeks with someone I often called “The Golden Girl.”