3 D) B+ L; `( j' X 令戴夫和米歇尔两人都没想到的是，他们见面后竟然一见钟情，迅速坠入爱河。2005年圣诞节那天，戴夫和米歇尔正式举行了订婚仪式。 I4 T1 Z* c1 ~6 y9 s8 r
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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。 ( K. ~9 o' p; w( M3 |'I dreamt up a phone number and found my bride to be'1 r+ I& m/ e8 |6 \$ M! N
: l) N. n7 C6 i; \$ e7 eWaking up one morning five years ago, David Brown found a mystery mobile phone number running through his mind.% y9 y ?( i0 L: g( \
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; W& } B& u* `% r' x2 JIt turned out to belong to Michelle Kitson, at the time a 17-year-old student living with her parents more than 60 miles away. ; i- h- @" g {; M ! o$ Z* T/ R8 r& rEven 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. ( P+ t; u. K# }( g8 a E% ]5 o
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& d! e3 c: m1 @7 I; X9 y7 r- vNow they have just returned from their honeymoon in Goa, southern India - and still can't believe their luck. 4 d& V. K' t+ V4 ?0 G4 X( n 8 W9 m! L! S F6 i( l- i/ }8 X"She really is the girl of my dreams," said Mr Brown, now 24, from Harefield, North-West London. + S3 b9 x$ A: d8 L( W/ O% M; h8 ?9 X; |* o
Recalling 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." W/ F* ]2 m. B0 u1 b6 m" F- Y: w- [ \5 n
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?" , E% u- c" r8 @0 @9 ~; V" W
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They 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. , I3 |/ @$ h' H. v
t: d" |2 P& K0 [9 E/ MArriving 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. 9 V( p' T1 a8 Z* ` 3 v2 c \, G3 y" W- L"I've no idea how I ended up with her number in my head - it's only a few digits different from mine." P7 u Z5 v9 r* u& G' H N# J2 p
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"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 }: x( t' p' m, m$ `5 j 7 _; m# E6 n# Q2 N: ?"I know some people will find it hard to believe, but we know the truth." J" z/ {5 L" V' q' ~/ v
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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. 6 ?2 M8 n0 v' P( _: e- ]7 I+ E $ T; e; m2 q0 V* @1 `"The weather had been awful, but when we went to the church it was beautiful sunshine." 6 e! q2 i- i- z% f
5 {2 Y( @# |% ?# ]8 fProfessor 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." 4 I# y% `" R' y, ?! s% o# i' p
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: j, P! x( ~; B3 @7 D"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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