+ n1 w; A7 f- Z# q. i 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。 9 k5 q1 h- f( J$ m'I dreamt up a phone number and found my bride to be'1 }$ M0 `% C o5 s* ]
' U% i$ H" Q$ w1 z5 Q7 k) aWaking up one morning five years ago, David Brown found a mystery mobile phone number running through his mind. 1 n$ y3 B! G0 X/ T, W$ i/ b5 Q $ {( A7 s0 }7 J, X$ P. e D: }) ^, H2 @, p {* r* A2 t
When it refused to go away, he decided to call it. " ]% x/ y* t7 m. R
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It turned out to belong to Michelle Kitson, at the time a 17-year-old student living with her parents more than 60 miles away. 3 s; }' J- d- o9 _- a. W8 Z& P- ^! i5 c* J) M
Even 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. ( a: z( f4 o, {2 r0 ~2 z. Z8 h: G! ]/ t8 u
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. " q5 y. [* V- b- P5 X
& u3 J4 {* k) u* n8 nNow they have just returned from their honeymoon in Goa, southern India - and still can't believe their luck. + p4 Q d$ z' G, [6 R - E; ]5 Q! \! \% P; r0 {9 A @"She really is the girl of my dreams," said Mr Brown, now 24, from Harefield, North-West London. ' _! _+ e. m, a: ]& B* y. ^ |5 E3 p3 w/ _7 g0 Y/ sRecalling 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." 4 n- o( \6 N9 ?: C- O( R% M: G9 g$ d. u1 ?3 J: N, P4 G* G
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?" ; y: S( S8 M3 ^( i* \" l( M* `* E) [. w" d. K6 K
By coincidence Michelle was only a few miles away, in a car with her parents travelling through Watford, when she noticed the message. ' V! n7 H! x. z* R
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After she responded: "Who are you and where are you from?" it became obvious that there was no connection between the two. " B( g' d2 a" M' }& c r" n8 ~ d4 b) x$ h
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. 5 `* y3 S% _) X0 h+ d* T. T4 {2 h4 W' c# N/ G# f1 E' O K! v
Arriving 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. 0 T5 k7 x! \& X' S! w# x4 i8 b. p- w5 m& X4 c, o5 o7 Z3 c
"I've no idea how I ended up with her number in my head - it's only a few digits different from mine." - j5 U( W2 [& @* ?; y& O. f4 k+ Q
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His bride said she had found the initial encounter "spooky" but she was captivated from the start. * f0 P$ u' \3 M5 F, Y9 @) O2 C4 X9 W& ~) C1 u# c
"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. * @$ f3 O* Q1 w- l; u, X' z( v . L1 U0 N# U! C2 q( u0 k! z6 C% `"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. - Z v) {! O( h( w; s
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1 G9 I/ {; T! G4 bAs 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. + a. i ^; C6 k* e' ~% B) j. b0 u; j
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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." ' W. [. {2 V& @, A: s( x w 7 n6 l5 e1 W( I3 I, |He said the probability of a "random" phone number leading to a suitable woman of the right age was actually quite high. " Z8 D4 W: Y2 Z8 b: \" A, C6 i5 o
"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. 0 h$ H+ p0 u3 ^/ M5 w" Y
, Q7 A/ c: Q% f8 N- P- ^9 t7 f2 i"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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