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Man meets his future wife after texting 'hello' to random number he made up (www.bbc.com)

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He had been given his first mobile phone for his 18th birthday and had just discovered text messaging.

He made up a random number and sent off a message saying "hello", to which his future wife Kirsty wrote back "hi".

They said: "That single moment led to over 20 years of love, laughter, and partnership."

Out of several messages to unknown numbers he sent from the Coventry pub where he was working that night, Kirsty in Cleethorpes was the only one to reply.

In 2002, the couple got married in Scotland, where Kirsty is from, and now have two children, aged six and nine.

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[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I really miss wrong number texts. It was nice to text someone you didn't know. Now its all phishing and no fun.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Yeah used to talk to an old man once a year when he try call his daughter on her birthday and got me instead. Was nice we talk for an hour.

Now every fucking local number is phishing and scams. I fucking can't stand getting calls.