How we met in Mammy market 😍🇳🇬

It’s so weird thinking back to when we first met at Mammy market🤣 NYSC camp Lagos in 2017.

There’s this Igbo woman’s food I always love to eat because I’m Igbo. Then one day he came to that same restaurant and he told of how much he loves Igbo delicacies and I turned immediately and said ahhh ahhh are you not Igbo? He said he isn’t.

At first glance, he looks Igbo. On a closer and second glance, you'll see a Yoruba man. So out of curiosity I asked to know his tribe. Surprisingly he told me he's Benin and I was like you look Igbo and he said he gets that a lot.

Days later, I met him again during our Man o'War drills and I said "you again!". He smiled and then we took some pictures. I had to send the pictures to him but I could only do that through WhatsApp because he uses an iPhone then while I used Samsung, so we exchanged numbers.

Fast forward to when we were leaving camp. We both thought this whole thing was just for 'that moment kind of love' but then we had our first date outside camp.

Then we continued to go on dates and got upclose, more intimate and waxed stronger together.

D-Day came on July 16th this year (2021) which coincidentally happens to be my birthday, he popped the big question with a banging surprise for me and I said 'YES' of course 😊

Ladies and gentlemen, come 4th of January, 2022, Catherine Ebere Ikebudu, B.Sc Public Administration, Anambra State University and Ojo Isaac, B.A. Philosophy, University of Lagos will be walking down the aisle to become husband and wife 😍😍😍 with the code #CathyZik2022.

What mammy market cannot do does not exist 😉. There's blessing in being at the right place at the right time.

Long live NYSC.

Congratulations 🇳🇬❤️😘 @sparklecatherine

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