There was certainly something extraordinary about the way Karleen and I met, back in December 2003, on a site called AI: Africa Introductions. we each wrote a little about ourselves: no details, no photos. From there on, we communicated online by text only, thru Instant Messenger. Despite 6 hours difference in our time zones, despite us both having jobs, we managed to find time to chat for up to 17 hours a day. We each had a computer at home and at work. On the fourth day, I proposed marriage and she accepted. This was just before Christmas. She told me her mother lives in England and gave me the phone number, after telling he Mom first. So I formally asked Mom, as I’ve called her ever since, for permission to marry her daughter. She said yes with no hesitation. None of her three other daughters has yet married On 5th January I took a flight to Jamaica and we had several days together.
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