How boredom in NYSC led me to my LOML

How boredom in NYSC led me to my LOML - Elvis & Bisi

I was called up to camp in February 2022. Yikpata camp, Kwara State. He was in NYSC before me - Batch C 2021. He camped at Nasarawa camp.

Coincidentally, we both relocated to Akwa Ibom. We met on an Instagram page called Corpers Gist. The meetup happened because I was trying to make friends in my new state of deployment. Akwa Ibom was so boring and I considered relocating back to Lagos because I lived in Lagos. So I decided to make friends with the guys around. I checked Corpers Gist because the creator of the page is a friend.

At first the guys I met on the platform were based in Calabar but I wanted guys in Akwa Ibom as I was serving in Uyo. I came across my Elvis's picture on @Corpers_Gist_ and liked it. I liked two other pictures on his profile too. I don't know how he noticed. So in return he liked my story and 5 of my pictures and he dropped the comment "cute" on another to which I replied "morning corper". So we got talking. It happened that we both just relocated to Akwa Ibom and he was in Ikot Ekpene (which is just 31 minutes away from Uyo).

All this happened in March 2022. I came back to Lagos for something and returned around the clearance period.

We had our first date on July 7th and we started dating officially on August 14. We dated for about a year and on September 21, 2023, we exchanged vows and we got married.

We are one year together in marriage and a total of two years together as friends and lovebirds 💚.

I was looking for copper, but I found gold 😍. Glad that I met you baby. Love you forever and ever.
Side gist - We have a tattoo of our names on each other's hand.

I studied Geography in Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State while he studied computer science in Federal Polytechnic, Owerri. We both graduated in 2020/2021. I am from Ondo State and he’s from Abia State. We now live outside the country.

Tribe was not a hindrance as our parents are learned and accommodating.

God bless NYSC for bringing this joy and bundle of blessings my way.

We qualify for the N500,000 prize right. 😀😀

Congratulations Mr & Mrs K @1beesi

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