Real Life Love Stories: Valentine’s Day Edition

It’s easy to make fun of Valentine’s Day or try to write it off as cheesy—there are all the hearts, chubby cupids, storefronts covered in various hues of pinks and reds. But Valentine’s Day is about more than a dinner out or a bouquet of flowers. It’s an opportunity to do something romantic, to tell someone how you feel, or even take a chance on someone new.

The people in this month’s featured love stories from the archives of the online dating site Hplus Community Link did just that. The way they met all feature Valentine’s Day in some small form. Whether the day gave them inspiration to say hello, became their first date, or was the reason they came together, all these real life love stories wouldn’t have happened without this cheesy, silly little day.

Chi and Ralph
“Ralph works a late shift so he asked if I would still be awake when he calls me at 1:00 a.m. I said sure. I stayed up and we talked that night, or I should say morning, for almost three hours.”

I had been online dating for nine months and was beginning to think it was hopeless, when on Feb 6, 2018 I got a message from Ralph. We started chatting and exchanged phone numbers that same night. Ralph works a late shift so he asked if I would still be awake when he calls me at 1:00 a.m. I said sure. I stayed up and we talked that night, or I should say morning, for almost three hours. And we continued to text or talk every night after that. Then, on February 11th he asked me, “Would you, could you, be my Valentine?” Of course I said yes! We had our first date on February 14th, Valentine’s Day, and it was FIREWORKS at first site. It feels so right between us… like we’re supposed to be together and have known each other forever. It’s such an amazing feeling that it’s hard to describe.

Salome and Ernest
“It was long distance, but through he came to meet me for the first time.”

I received a message from my soul mate Ernest on February 9, 2018 and I quickly responded. I didn’t even look to see where he lived and lol, to my surprise he lived in Nyanya, Abuja and I live in Kuje, Abuja. That scared me at first but he quickly reassured me. Well, a few phone conversations and text messages later we decided to meet. And on Valentine’s Day at that! He said he would do whatever it took for us to be together. It was a long distance, but through he came to meet me for the first time. It truly was love at first sight. My daughter loves him. We don’t always know what the future holds but we know we are together in it.