A couplehave\u00a0revealed how one message to the wrong number changed both their lives forever.
\nLast year Lina Dahlbeck, 37 from Morden, south London, received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number, which she assumed was sent by mistake.
\nThe message, which read \u201cGirls Trip\u201d, was sent by Michael Evangelou, 44,\u00a0from Colliers Wood in south London,\u00a0to a number he thought was his own as a reminder to see the film\u00a0at the cinema.
\nHowever, he was shocked when he receivedreply\u00a0saying, \u201cHi! Girls trip? Who\u2019s this\u00a0please? I\u2019m guessing this was intended for another Lina.\u201d
\nAfter realising he had inadvertently sent the message to a stranger, the pair struck up a conversation as they attempted to figure out exactly what had happened.
\nDespite never meeting, Dahlbeck and Evangelou chatted for most of the day before arranging to meet for a drink later that night.
\n\u201cWe started chatting back and forth. I think if I wasn\u2019t single I wouldn\u2019t have continued the chat,\u201d Dahlbeck said.
\n\u201cI had checked the picture on his WhatsApp profile and he was attractive.\u201d
\nThe couple\u00a0met at a restaurant in Waterloo just four hours after the initial message was sent, kissed later that night and met up again the next day for brunch.
\nWhat ensued was a whirlwind romance neither of them expected and just two weeks after their first date, Evangelou proposed.
\n\u201cWe were talking about our dreams and I said I had always wanted to live in Dubai,\u201d Dahlbeck explained.
\n\u201cMichael said: \u2018Let\u2019s do it, let\u2019s move there together.\u2019
\nThe couple married on December 7 in front of 30 guests at Morden Park House, South West London, and while their parents were fully supportive, they admit some friends and family had mixed reactions.
\nSeven months later, Dahlbeck and Evangelou\u00a0can\u2019t believe how much their lives have changed at the hands of one mistaken message and still enjoy sharing their \u2018how we met story\u2019 with friends.
\nIn March, the coupleare\u00a0jetting off to Dubai where Dahlbeck aims to launch a make-up school and with children also on the cards the couple insist that their story is a lesson to others not to give up on love.
\n\u201cI had given up on love and then Michael sent that message and literally landed in my life,\u201d Dahlbeck added.
\n\u201cMy story gives hope to everyone: never give up.
\n\u201cHe\u2019s my dream man andit\u2019s\u00a0destiny. The universe had something to do with this for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Source: Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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