How we found love during the COVID pandemic

Tunde and I met at Asaya camp, Kogi State, 2020 Batch A. I had a crush on him (silent one though) on our very first meeting. This was because he has a striking resemblance with an old friend of mine. So out of curiosity, I asked to know if he is related to the said person to which he answered "no". We turned out to be casual friends in camp. COVID-19 hit and we were asked to vacate camp just 11days into our camp and we couldn't finish.

All through this time, I was talking to one of his camp friends, Yinka, whom I had exchanged contact with. I moved on with my life after the aborted camp and days after, Yinka called to check up on me. Days after we reconnected, Yinka mentioned to me that someone was asking for my contact and he was seeking my consent before giving it out. The someone was Tunde. Long story short, we got talking and he asked me out which I declined.

However, one thing struck me about Tunde. Despite turning down his request, he remained cool, calm and collected. He kept the tempo, and continued to call and chat with me while I kept forming "hard girl". I finally said yes to him and we started dating in September 2020 - six months after he first asked me out.

Permit me to state here that I took my time to say yes because I had just got off an abusive relationship and needed time to heal. God compensated my days of pain in the previous relationship with this loving and kindhearted man called Tunde. I couldn't have prayed for a better boo.

Two years after our first "hello", he proposed on the 2nd of May 2022 and our families met recently on the 14th of May, 2022. Date has been fixed and I'm finally going to be walking down the aisle with the bundle of blessing and joy that God gave me during my NYSC.

Long live Nigeria. Long live NYSC.

Congratulations @eddi.e494 and @dlom_collections

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