Our Story
How it all began
Anita
Our love story began with an introduction by friends Sam and Ibukun Oribamise and has blossomed into a beautiful journey leading to this moment.
We were living in different cities at the time and Sam who is a childhood friend of Niyi was in my city visiting his girlfriend now wife Ibukun who is my friend. Ibukun invited me and a few of our friends to dinner to meet Sam for the first time, we all got into different conversations, and finally into the relationship conversation when Sam asked if I was in a relationship then I told him that I was not in a relationship. Sam went on to say that he had Godly friends he could introduce me to and we all casually laughed about it, I took it as a joke but my friend Oyoyo took that joke seriously and would call Ibukun to remind Sam about the Godly friends he talked about. Sam had told Niyi about me and asked for permission to share my contact with Niyi. I asked Sam who Niyi was and all he said was that he is a lover of God and a solid guy, I asked Ibukun the same question and she said I know Niyi loves God, and he is a good time, just be friends with him and you guys should get to know yourselves. Niyi did not reach out to me and I had forgotten that Sam told me about him, 2 months later he came out of the blues and introduced himself.
This were his words…..
“Hey Anita. I’m Niyi Olayinka. Sam Oribamise gave me your number. Just wanted to reach out.”
I remember calling Ibukun to ask her if she knew any Niyi Olayinka and she said oh yes!! that is Sam’s friend, and I went on to rant and told her how I don’t have the strength to text anybody, I was in a place where I did not have the mental space to be texting any man and she said just try Anita, just get to know him. Niyi and I got texting and I was so tired of it so I asked him for a phone call and that was how we got talking and we did not stop talking till today 😀😀.
Niyi will call me every day after a long day at work and school and will make me laugh, his sense of humor was 100%. We spoke to each other for 2 months without seeing each other. My graduation was coming up and then he told me that he was coming for my graduation and that he had gotten his flight ticket. I thought he was joking until I saw him for the first time in person.
The rest they say is history.
Niyi
I reached out during a time where, honestly, we were both burnt out of meeting people. The first time we spoke was over text. We exchanged all the normal pleasantries when you first meet someone. After that though, we immediately dived into the important topics. Values, morals, family, what we want out of life, etc. So many of those things aligned. Even though we grew up in different countries, we found we had many similarities in culture and upbringing. Despite that, we also discovered that we were very different people. A testament to that is the fact she is the oldest and I am the youngest in our respective families. The first week we spoke, we formed a deep connection. Most of our communication was through text because that is what I prefer. However few days into texting, she asked for a call because she prefers calls to text, I called and after that first call I always anticipated calling her every day after work. Eventually, she asked me for a facetime call. Suffice to say I was more than just reluctant for that. Neither of us were “put together” at the time. She was in winter cap and sweats, and I was wearing a hoodie, with my hood up as low as it could go. We saw each other for the first time without any masks. That has been the theme of our relationship. We are both people that do not know how NOT to be ourselves. We are open and true to ourselves and to each other. That is why our relationship has blossomed and why we chose to have chosen to spend the rest of our lives together.