Kelly and Tony - Accidental Facebook Poke Changes Lives

Kelly lived in Melbourne. Tony lived in Sydney. They didn’t know each other. One day Kelly was searching for a bike and visited her friend Geoff’s facebook site in the hope that her friend, who was a cyclist, had some ideas. She noticed a picture of a handsome man with an amazing smile on Geoff’s site. She clicked on the picture to make it larger but in doing so accidentally poked Tony, the bearer of the smile. Tony thought “who is this strange person poking me?” So he replied asking if they knew each other. Kelly was very apologetic explaining that she thought he had a great smile and just wanted to enlarge the photo.

They chatted about their mutual friend Geoff, discovered they had probably met briefly through work about four years earlier and ended up exchanging phone numbers. That night Tony rang Kelly and they spoke for an hour. Numerous (and longer) conversations followed during the week. They also checked with Geoff to see if the person they were talking to was indeed normal. Geoff gave the good oil to them both that they were talking to a person who was indeed over endowed with normal genes and felt they would like each other.

As fate had it Tony was coming to Melbourne for work that Friday and Tony asked if they could meet. Kelly had arranged to catch up with a couple of friends at the Albert Park Hotel and Kelly suggested he join them. Tony happily did and after he and Kelly dined at St Kilda and they talked till closing at 3am. They had truly found their soul mates.

After five months of an interstate romance and commuting Kelly said it was becoming difficult for her; she wanted someone full time. Tony asked if that was her only problem and she replied that it was. He booked her a plane flight to Sydney, he had his bags packed and they drove back together in his car to Melbourne, from where Tony then based himself to work. That was in 2008. They were married on 3^rd October 2009 in Melbourne’s Botanic Gardens, a lovely ceremony with family and friends attending. The vows they shared that day were beautiful, part of them are here below;

I want you to know that you are a precious gift and that you bring so much to my life.

I will always be there as your partner, lover and friend as we embrace the experiences of life together. I promise always to respect your needs and individuality. I will endeavour through kindness, patience, unselfishness and trust to achieve a warm rich life shared together. This commitment is made in love, kept in faith, lived in hope and made eternally new.

I just recently heard from Kelly and Tony (who are a brilliant couple) – their lives have changed significantly. They are living in Sydney, Kelly has her own Promotional Products company “Blah Creative” and Tony is the national buyer for Harvey Norman accessories. And best of all, they are expecting their first child – 26^th January next year, Australia Day – how good is that.