; ^6 i- j( v% x, P* [5 F8 `1 r 3周前，在戴夫和米歇尔相识5年后，他们终于举行了隆重的婚礼，共有150名宾客参加了婚礼，向这对通过“最离奇的方式”相识相恋的新婚夫妇进行了庆祝。 ( E7 q2 \+ z/ R& A- F'I dreamt up a phone number and found my bride to be' % C: T& j; M( q ( X, g, Q6 I! P- Y) P/ L6 SWaking up one morning five years ago, David Brown found a mystery mobile phone number running through his mind. - ^" J( B0 X1 N" R8 Y; y ' z. s2 `2 S4 ~# N5 v% F4 x+ B8 N5 s- b2 G
When it refused to go away, he decided to call it. - S* ~! M0 X( f: k8 B5 A @5 x1 E! }& B* g9 e9 VIt turned out to belong to Michelle Kitson, at the time a 17-year-old student living with her parents more than 60 miles away. 5 P! j# V# H% S( d2 _. _
5 E! ^9 D+ o! S. F* e5 u$ yEven the most die-hard romantic would have forgiven her for ignoring a message from a strange man she had never met or heard of before. 8 }( J. w$ |6 @% q0 f$ ]6 L
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But she decided to respond and after a string of text messages, a phone call and a letter the couple met and fell in love. 3 [# y! O, q- G7 n
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Now they have just returned from their honeymoon in Goa, southern India - and still can't believe their luck. * x5 A& H* a8 j' t; ?( V& p 7 j4 R# T, w A7 U"She really is the girl of my dreams," said Mr Brown, now 24, from Harefield, North-West London. , _2 t s3 K) L4 d0 w, h8 d9 G 2 H' Y/ h5 y/ {' M; RRecalling how they met, he said: "I went out for a quiet night with some mates and ended up having a few to drink. When I woke up this number just kept running through my head." * A' F7 m* ^' p7 q- o. _1 N3 `$ q( K2 {0 g1 J; a8 q6 J' l6 T
Thinking that perhaps someone had given him the number in the pub, Mr Brown decided to send a text message asking: "Did I meet you last night?" 6 C. a) g. n! b, e `$ @% n. X
" E8 g( S$ V9 M* |: G$ KBy coincidence Michelle was only a few miles away, in a car with her parents travelling through Watford, when she noticed the message. + T# R5 r: V& s" r( r
( ~% R3 v, g# S; a; LAfter she responded: "Who are you and where are you from?" it became obvious that there was no connection between the two. + k9 `6 o& q M2 p/ m - W6 {1 _& M+ A3 N; QThey continued to chat by text message, however, and days later she plucked up the nerve to make a phone call. Mr Brown sent her a letter containing his photograph and she agreed to meet so he travelled to her home city of Cambridge. 6 s& g1 s$ S0 o) j/ k+ h5 m& U" y b 1 k" _: a* w" y iArriving early he telephoned the number again, to see a young woman answering the phone on the other side of the road. "It was love at first sight for me - I loved everything about her," said Mr Brown, who moved to Cambridge to be with Miss Kitson. 7 C0 k! J. p& |! E; {3 f4 {7 P; R" i% y
$ i& q+ k, j, z8 ?& k# g7 f) P( q V"I've no idea how I ended up with her number in my head - it's only a few digits different from mine." 7 m* W% J3 B2 y7 }# Y4 L1 o+ J 8 t8 f7 o8 x7 J# D6 U. YHis bride said she had found the initial encounter "spooky" but she was captivated from the start. 3 H, O. t. e3 _' l , i: v1 c# ~ H"It was really weird but I was absolutely hooked. My mum and dad kept saying, 'But he could be an axe murderer', but I knew there was something special about it. I hadn't had a boyfriend before. Those first text messages were a real adrenaline rush. + r5 O1 ~& i8 s, T" W$ ?: y8 @4 r 5 t6 h: n* G; D) E) `% R"I believe that things happen for a reason. There is no way someone could have said my number in the pub, but he had that number in his head. 2 D" N" }4 U! o# z- W% F; o
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As for the wedding day, the bride - who stands 5ft 4in to her husband's 6ft 7in - said: "It was fantastic, we couldn't have wished for a better day. 9 t# g4 |! y5 k3 m+ H/ x L3 n/ {
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Professor Heinz Wolff, emeritus professor of Brunel University, said: "Whatever else it is a charming story but I would be against a supernatural explanation. It is likely the number of this girl was mentioned in the pub and somehow this young man overheard it, even without realising, and his subconscious remembered it." . |0 H: v Y k- Q
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. y* Y0 T" Z: K5 m7 G"Say for argument's sake that every 100 phone numbers lead to five girls, the probability of the event they describe is not so remote as you might think. A few thousand to one would be my guess. 7 G' B4 H( G9 }6 L - q) @ R* H: {8 x$ G9 a* r% ?"The sheer romantic background would have increased the chance of some relationship being formed, which would have increased the probability somewhat."
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