She won my heart through my stomach
From MATTHIAS NWOGU, Umuahia
Tuesday, March 4, 2008

A former Prisons Officer and the Traditional Ruler of Okwuta in Isieke Ibeku in Umuahia, His Royal Highness Eze (Sir) Dominic Onyeomereneche and wife Lady Edna, have relived their marriage of half a century and talked with Daily Sun on several reasons why they succeeded where others failed. | Read Story

• When I started making love advances to her, she was shy
• Why I love her? She is robust, full bodied
• My first kiss: I felt shy, embarrassed
• I proposed through midnight calls
• He’s a super toaster
• I toasted her with Isaac Newton’s theory
• I met her when I had lost hope
• I got her through police signal
• He handled me like egg
• Why we courted for only one month
• She gave in when I’d lost all hope
• He proposed with a Bible passage
• Our 50 years of marital bliss – Mr & Mrs Alapafuja
• God must have created us the same day
• He whispered his proposal into my ears
• I met him through divine arrangement
• From 7pm to midnight, I was thinking of how to propose to her
• I proposed with a song
• Apart from my mum, she’s the best cook in the world
• My first kiss: I gave in without a struggle
• She never said yes to my proposal
• 'My people tried to discourage me from marrying a pastor'
• My first kiss: It was amazing
• We agreed to marry within one week – Supol Ezenwore
• I thought he was a chop-and-clean mouth person
• She is soft and sweet. It thrills me
• He used midnight free calls to toast me
• My wife is blind, but I love her
• God scattered my former relationship, and then gave her to me
• Her name got me
• My First Kiss: I thought I’d get pregnant
  
• Dad was jealous of him because I’m his only daughter
• Pre-marital sex? Well, I’m not a saint
• My first kiss: I couldn’t sleep throughout that night
• I knew where he was going from Day One
• My pastor told me I’d meet my wife where I didn’t expect
• He proposed to me 5 times
• How she threw me off balance
• Ten years courtship no joke
• She’s God’s pillar in my life
• How two friends wedded the same day
• He loves spoiling me
• I would have married her even if she tested HIV positive
• God told me about him before he came
• Dad welcomed him with traditional music
• How I scared other guys away
• There aren’t too many women like her
• I met my wife when she was 8
• I love the way she smiles at me
• I gave in to him because I feared Lagos girls
• I heard her voice on phone, and was captivated
• For us, it was love at first sight
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