[Couple Spotlight] ‘From wrong number to Mr & Mrs Right,’ interesting story of how fate and love match made the Edwards

When the Edwards first shared their unique love story with me, I couldn’t help but relate it to one of those lines from Nollywood. It turned out that both were young graduates seeking decent jobs. Out of frustration, Mr John Edward reached out to his uncle who seemed to know someone that can help.

His uncle agreed to help but instead of sending the details of the person he should contact via text, Edward’s insisted on calling it out for him to write down. In the process, Edward missed out or wrongfully picked another digit. Though the digits were incorrect for the said contact, however, it was the right digit for Edward’s heartrob.

Upon the first contact, the voice at the other end of the phone was of another young graduate job hunting. Both job hunters soon became lovers and it’s been seven blissful years of sharing their lives together. You don’t want to miss this fresh episode. Hear the lovebirds below:

 

1. Can you take us back to how your love story started?

Mr Edward: Ours started in an incredible way. While on phone with my uncle on a fateful day, he called out a number from his end for me to contact to assist with job placement at a firm here in Lagos. I had finished my youth service for like two years then and couldn’t place my hands on anything tangible except petty jobs. I called my uncle to assist and while I told him to send the number as text, he insisted on calling it out for me to write down. I think in the process, I missed out or included a wrong digit.

‘Hello, my name is John Edwards, my uncle Mr Jonathan Edwards asked me to reach you concerning a job opening in your firm,’ I hadn’t completed the last word when a sweet angelic voice, echoed, ‘Hello, John, my name is Catherine and I’m also job hunting. I guess you’re calling the wrong line.’

There was few seconds of silence before we both burst into laughter together.

Mrs Edward: And that marked the beginning of that rare, genuine friendship that birthed this beautiful union. Two young graduates seeking a better life brought together by divine orchestration and fate.

 

2. What was the moment you knew “this is the one”?

Mrs Edward: He got a job offer first and declined telling them he had gotten another one elsewhere but had a better candidate who would perfectly fit in when the interviewers insisted he was their right pick. I was the one he was marketing there and lo and behold he didn’t get another job, till almost six months after.

Mr Edward: She handed over her pay to me every month and insisted I decide how we spend it. I made her stop it a month or there about before I got a job.

 

3. How many years have you been together?

Both: Seven. One year friendship, six years married and forever to go.

 

4. What has been your secret to keeping the spark alive all these years especially after the arrival of kids?

Mrs Edward: Funny enough, we were selfish with our time together. We didn’t start a family till after three years into the union despite pressure from both families. We wanted to explore our beyond the surface. And that made us connect beyond the traditional husband and wife sentiment.

Mr Edward: Everyday with us is an expression of something new. In our busy schedules especially when the baby arrived, we make out time for special moments that further reconnected us.

 

5. How do you both make each other feel special, even in small ways? What fun habits have stayed with you?

Mr Edward: We have stayed together enough to grasp our weak points and love languages and use it to our advantages.

Mrs Edward: It’s as easy as we both giving same answers to questions we are asked apart. We hit the gym together at least once a week, have fun drive time together, dinner, gists, movies, just name it.

 

6. How do you handle disagreements or tough moments now, compared to your early years?

Mr Edward: We were intentional about protecting what we shared. Every argument always ends with a ‘I am sorry this happened…’

Mrs Edward: This man I call my husband is just different from other breeds of men out there in all ramifications. Sometimes we don’t even know if we are friends, siblings or couple. We have our usual two minutes ‘hard times’ o but it all still usually end with laughs and kisses.

 

7. What’s one thing your partner still does that melts your heart?

Mrs Edward: He never fails to whisper ‘I love you’ daily into my hears even in the middle of that our so called ‘hard times’. He intentionally gives me that flirty glances even in public

Mr Edward: We share same passwords across all devices. She prepares my favourite and frowns at me eating same outside our home. We pray and exchange Bible knowledge always.

 

8. What was one of the biggest challenges you faced together, and how did you overcome it?

Mr Edward: I don’t think there’s much of a challenge for us because of our disposition to life. What would have posed a challenge was in the early days when I was job hunting but I didn’t feel it because my wife would just transfer her whole salary into my account with out telling me and I will now be the one to be sending money to her. You can imagine that kind of submissiveness.

 

9. What advice would you give to younger couples hoping for a lasting marriage?

Both: Marry for love, not physical attributes. When those physical attributes fade with age, genuine love won’t.

 

10. If you could sum up your marriage in one word or sentence, what would it be?

Both: Heaven on earth!