Oneiker the traveller is a black woman who loves to travel around the world. She is a travel guide and influencer that loves to post countries of where she visits and gives advice to people who are on budget vacation and places to travel to.
Oneiker is celebrating 11 years marriage anniversary to the love of her life. Every year she celebrates her blissful marriage, she always narrates how they met and how their love bloomed between them.
She wrote on Facebook;
11 years married to my best friend 🥹…. Here’s my yearly repost of our “how we met” story, which is probably one of my fave vignettes I’ve ever written. Let it be a reminder that you can find love in the most unexpected of places, if you’re open to it.
Nearly 16 years ago, I met a man in a club. He was tall and pale and lanky and had a ‘funny’ accent. He bought me a drink and then watched as I danced the night away with other dudes. I wasn’t checking for him at all, he wasn’t my “type”.
At the end of the night, he asked me out to dinner. I laughed inwardly as he stumbled over the words, due in equal parts to slight inebriation and the fact his first language wasn’t English. Like, who was this dude? I wasn’t interested but figured that at the least, I’d get a meal and a new male acquaintance out of it.
Fast forward a few days. The night of the date I nearly cancelled. I was tired and even more fatigued by the notion of having to make small talk with a stranger. But this was my year of yes. I had moved into a new city, new continent, new life. I had promised myself I would accept every invitation and engage in every new experience that came my way. Dates with random suitors included. So I went. Besides, I was hungry.
I descended the escalator like Cinderella descending the grand staircase at the ball. Regal-like. My dress was cobalt blue so I looked every bit of the queen I felt myself to be. A scarf adorned my décolleté despite the heat, strange for November, even in Asia. I spied my companion waiting at the last step. Then I really looked at him, really saw him properly for the first time. Sh!t, he was cute! I was geeked.
Dinner was magic. We ate but didn’t taste the food. Instead, we drank each other in and something shifted in me. When I talked, he really listened. I loved that. When we got ready to leave the restaurant I stopped in the restroom, used it, then braced myself against the sink, awash in a feeling I couldn’t name. Even then I knew this would be different. I was right. #lovestory #weddinganniversary
Happy Anniversary to the beautiful couple!!
