2 w2 x$ Q( h' x2 u" f) u' L0 P 3周前，在戴夫和米歇尔相识5年后，他们终于举行了隆重的婚礼，共有150名宾客参加了婚礼，向这对通过“最离奇的方式”相识相恋的新婚夫妇进行了庆祝。 5 c/ y% l& |0 [) G. L5 h'I dreamt up a phone number and found my bride to be' 6 r, X- G7 d+ k& H# n- ?: u8 q' c% O- R* N$ w0 E# }4 r
Waking up one morning five years ago, David Brown found a mystery mobile phone number running through his mind. ; n \% G) m7 U1 [) k* j3 Q4 H/ [1 W+ p% `
% \8 m' B0 g6 {When it refused to go away, he decided to call it. 1 v9 Q) u$ a' o% W
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It turned out to belong to Michelle Kitson, at the time a 17-year-old student living with her parents more than 60 miles away. 4 W0 p7 D" @2 v
. f& A- X0 ~* f ~ S$ A4 @% DEven the most die-hard romantic would have forgiven her for ignoring a message from a strange man she had never met or heard of before. , H. @. l: Z+ V1 Z% B
$ d+ m( ^5 R' G% r. u: ZBut she decided to respond and after a string of text messages, a phone call and a letter the couple met and fell in love. 3 ?9 t' k- Z& w5 }2 P7 a* M3 V9 S" C
Now they have just returned from their honeymoon in Goa, southern India - and still can't believe their luck. : |! a# f0 a9 v) g5 a! M' X, {" \) w7 r3 Q
"She really is the girl of my dreams," said Mr Brown, now 24, from Harefield, North-West London. 2 D g5 D i/ C) d) ]7 B! w0 ~9 r: F
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Recalling how they met, he said: "I went out for a quiet night with some mates and ended up having a few to drink. When I woke up this number just kept running through my head." : R, D, c4 f+ y* L. G 5 J! K' D( B. p ~Thinking that perhaps someone had given him the number in the pub, Mr Brown decided to send a text message asking: "Did I meet you last night?" % k6 E$ N3 p6 L4 c
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By coincidence Michelle was only a few miles away, in a car with her parents travelling through Watford, when she noticed the message. 7 o" B& i9 ^ w: h g8 F0 Z' h2 [+ p" H! mAfter she responded: "Who are you and where are you from?" it became obvious that there was no connection between the two. 8 v2 a, l4 d. g5 f/ x# l0 L 0 R' H$ L. W2 R+ v7 X8 JThey continued to chat by text message, however, and days later she plucked up the nerve to make a phone call. Mr Brown sent her a letter containing his photograph and she agreed to meet so he travelled to her home city of Cambridge. & n @0 z4 ?" r1 R6 E2 ` + @8 O5 J5 k! ]Arriving early he telephoned the number again, to see a young woman answering the phone on the other side of the road. "It was love at first sight for me - I loved everything about her," said Mr Brown, who moved to Cambridge to be with Miss Kitson. % e$ o# I" W, P g y; u
7 e# X& m4 z* \"I've no idea how I ended up with her number in my head - it's only a few digits different from mine." [' {, r1 ~5 H; O( G6 @
1 A& b7 B4 I# e$ NHis bride said she had found the initial encounter "spooky" but she was captivated from the start. ' _) e+ w6 U1 k% G- q$ Y( ]8 k g) E( L
"It was really weird but I was absolutely hooked. My mum and dad kept saying, 'But he could be an axe murderer', but I knew there was something special about it. I hadn't had a boyfriend before. Those first text messages were a real adrenaline rush. 3 u5 \) C2 q7 ]3 M3 T. j O& N1 Z# |$ q/ z
"I believe that things happen for a reason. There is no way someone could have said my number in the pub, but he had that number in his head. . v c4 W# h! @( l8 l# k
4 `# e" ~" |( ? u"I know some people will find it hard to believe, but we know the truth." # T h0 Z9 b4 T+ B2 m8 c" X" ~0 ?1 e9 j2 t0 p* |" u8 g
As for the wedding day, the bride - who stands 5ft 4in to her husband's 6ft 7in - said: "It was fantastic, we couldn't have wished for a better day. " J4 n! h3 Y. v( S9 T; p1 ?* {. O8 P9 p+ b- z* `
"The weather had been awful, but when we went to the church it was beautiful sunshine." 6 G& D; M" ]5 S1 g; @
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Professor Heinz Wolff, emeritus professor of Brunel University, said: "Whatever else it is a charming story but I would be against a supernatural explanation. It is likely the number of this girl was mentioned in the pub and somehow this young man overheard it, even without realising, and his subconscious remembered it." - D" x* _3 E% U5 ]
; R1 G. R4 n4 r/ N) A! _He said the probability of a "random" phone number leading to a suitable woman of the right age was actually quite high. : x [7 D2 t0 \7 P. B3 t8 Q
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"Say for argument's sake that every 100 phone numbers lead to five girls, the probability of the event they describe is not so remote as you might think. A few thousand to one would be my guess. ( S; D& ]6 E" Q" \: {7 r
9 d3 F1 V1 ?# h5 u4 U"The sheer romantic background would have increased the chance of some relationship being formed, which would have increased the probability somewhat."
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