, `) n/ R+ n6 m- [% j 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。 % @5 [* q+ X7 Z. ]: {# p
; x7 ^" v* i6 d6 e/ b3 S 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。2 L2 ^/ P+ ~! x9 e
'I dreamt up a phone number and found my bride to be' ) u/ K% m7 p# ]( M$ S5 [$ V) l, ^6 N: j6 y
Waking up one morning five years ago, David Brown found a mystery mobile phone number running through his mind.. r& Z% j2 ]5 _
% A( f6 j! W! h: ^* ?) g t 9 l6 j7 k( }5 q( @When it refused to go away, he decided to call it. 4 o) Q d; c: h# N, e7 | w8 _. ~# M
" T# W2 t, J+ w% hIt turned out to belong to Michelle Kitson, at the time a 17-year-old student living with her parents more than 60 miles away. 1 o5 i1 Y; v& H# K
: @- `- B" N' _# T; f* ]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. 7 g0 u1 K0 o$ h
$ X1 [7 q* b5 Q- Z fBut she decided to respond and after a string of text messages, a phone call and a letter the couple met and fell in love. : e8 W# M: Z" A7 B3 n " o9 C2 t8 p4 I# QNow they have just returned from their honeymoon in Goa, southern India - and still can't believe their luck. 3 e" l! I' G, N
6 z1 q) i# @ S4 b; z+ k"She really is the girl of my dreams," said Mr Brown, now 24, from Harefield, North-West London. 7 X) H2 k! V$ O* c9 m
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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." 8 g. z7 Q# d/ h5 w 1 r% ]! q9 Y5 p/ B6 |5 _* A9 EThinking 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?" ; ?# V8 Y' V$ r% a3 a& Q" L: A4 k) ]! f' v9 X5 t
By coincidence Michelle was only a few miles away, in a car with her parents travelling through Watford, when she noticed the message. , t! T- z! C2 K) C: P S * E/ v' c Y' ^# q: Q% h3 B* N' q( A3 YAfter she responded: "Who are you and where are you from?" it became obvious that there was no connection between the two. 4 Z- l/ B/ g5 R8 p3 Y% b+ `' P8 @/ D" t+ b4 N- O; m
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. " E. O; G; A7 W" n( `# K5 H: R+ l
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. 8 |/ s }- w/ s$ W- ~2 O! {9 f
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"I've no idea how I ended up with her number in my head - it's only a few digits different from mine." 4 W; d8 F" y+ [$ P
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His bride said she had found the initial encounter "spooky" but she was captivated from the start. 8 F2 C- n+ @+ } : O% c1 W$ v. x7 e6 H1 x, N"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. " f6 H- Q8 ?. f- W5 j
8 @# s% k6 Z* V a9 J; b1 ["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. 0 m R. I( {: F0 w, K' Q9 ?* }0 x6 j: F2 [
"I know some people will find it hard to believe, but we know the truth." " I* X% {: Q# R2 A ! f/ c& s2 k' u% cAs 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. ) |* [: t0 D w8 `. x( D. B3 I3 a: q( ~ C
"The weather had been awful, but when we went to the church it was beautiful sunshine." % e# K! h' t5 b( ]
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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." : @7 q. P5 ]( J ) Z6 x5 G+ D6 X) x6 R7 T- [He said the probability of a "random" phone number leading to a suitable woman of the right age was actually quite high. 1 `" r' h4 b# ~3 n8 g# ?
0 ]0 z. E5 S- E$ t"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. : r+ D6 N# s. g2 [" u$ N- o
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"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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