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From pre-camp WhatsApp group to Mr. & Mrs. – Read the love story of @honeymixed24 and @arc_adedam

 


You know people create WhatsApp group for prospective corpers in each state. So I met him in that group. I saw someone asking for travel buddy - though not him. Then I replied the person. Then another message in my DM again. He said he doesn’t want to talk in that group that we are moving from the same place. So I said okay and he requested for my picture and all for recognition I send to him and he sent his too. But I deleted the picture.

Fast forward to the day we will be going to camp. He waited for me but we couldn't go together bcos a friend asked me to collect something for her from home. 

On getting to camp ooo. He called since I don’t know the person as I deleted picture I told him I'll wait at football goalpost. I waited endlessly not knowing the soldiers were sending him back. But he was persistent and we finally met. 

Normally, I'm not patient but a different spirit was working in me that day.

So on our way going back, a soldier accosted us and warned me not to use jewelry on parade ground but I had an heated exchange with the soldier which gave a wrong impression to him. He later told me he made up his mind not to pass his boundary by asking me out bcos of the way I spoke to the soldier thinking I'm a "runs" girl to be bold enough to do that. But I did that because I know soldiers don’t beat corpers. 

I was in platoon 4 while he was in 6 but he was inactive in that platoon bcos he won’t stay there. He always in my platoon. Me I know no say nah everytime baba dey monitor me he will even snap picture sef and send to me on WhatsApp. Naso baba dey do gum body everytime.ðŸĪŠ

End of camp. NYSC separated us by posting us to different LGAs but I relocated to his LGA after visiting my LGA and didn't like the place. 

NYSC year was fun. We did everything together. CDS, PPA etc and even went home together after work. 

ðŸ“ļ That's us on POP day above. 

He proposed a month after POP (April) and we tied the knot 💍 in September, 2020. That's our baby in the picture 😍

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