Angie and Diego – the beginning - The Wellington Wedding Show

Angie and Diego – the beginning

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by Angie Morales and Johanna Osborne

Every love story is special. Every love story is unique. But often, because it’s your tale it doesn’t seem so extraordinary. But tell it to someone else and they will be touched deeply. And that’s what happened with Angie. “Johanna, are you sure others will want to read our story?” The answer: but of course! The beginning of love, the first spark, the journey it sends you on and the destination it ultimately leads to – well, nothing is more exciting than that, and the crazy, beautiful, amazing things love does to us.

And Angie and Diego’s story is truly beautiful. It began in Colombia almost 20 years ago, and has ultimately brought them here to Wellington, New Zealand. It is our good fortune that Angie has chosen to share with us what can only be described as the most moving account of love, strength and triumph. Read for yourself what this amazing young woman writes of her first meeting with her future husband. This is her story, her words. Angie, thank you for sharing it with us!

“Diego and I met at University. The year: 1996. The city: Bogotá, Colombia. I was a very shy girl who used to sell chocolate bars to get some extra money. One morning I approached him and his friends, and asked them if they wanted to buy some. He looked at me and asked me about the t-shirt I was wearing. He said “Are you wearing it because it’s nice, or because you actually like The Beatles?” I answered: “Are you kidding me? They’re everything to me!” All of a sudden he gave me back the chocolate (he had already paid for it) and said “Well here’s some chocolate for you, for being such a nice girl with a great taste”. This is where our story began. We had amazing conversations in the university halls, in between classes. We talked mostly about music and books, and I could feel from the very beginning that this guy really got me. He was very sensitive and arty, but also very radical in his points of view. Not willing to betray himself in order to satisfy others, and not afraid to tell the awful truth. He was like no one I’ve ever met, and I’m pretty sure I’ve learnt more from him (and keep learning) than from anybody else (except maybe my sister). We started as friends, but from the very beginning I knew this was going somewhere. Soon after he met me, he told his best friend that he had found “the woman of his life” and risked telling me that, when we had only been seeing each other for days. I thought he was very bold and brave.

However, I had a boyfriend at the time, and our relationship was more of a platonic thing. During the Christmas holidays I disappeared. I was living with my cousins, they moved somewhere else and to make the story short, I didn’t call him to tell him my new details. I don’t remember exactly how much time went by without him knowing or hearing anything from me, I believe 1.5 months. He found out my cousins had moved, and he had an idea of what area they were in, but he had no address. So he went building to building trying to find them, and eventually he did. It was an example of his persistence, another thing I love about him. It might be easy to find someone like this here in Khandallah, but not in Bogotá, a city of 8 million people! But he did find them, and thus he found me again. Yes, he found me and surprised me! I wasn’t expecting this. I didn’t get in touch with him because I felt bad I had a boyfriend and I didn’t want to betray him, though after meeting Diego I was sure I wasn’t meant to be with the other guy. I wasn’t meant to be with anybody else but Diego! I guess I just wanted to take some time to process everything, and a lot was going on in my life, lots of family and financial problems.

Anyway, we finally saw each other again. By then I was struggling to finish my studies. My dad had told me there was no more money to pay for my university, just when I was almost at the end of it. Diego found out through my cousins, and he did the most amazing thing. He came to me and gave me his savings of a whole year’s work (he used to work for a cousin on the weekends). He said it was to pay for my semester. I told him I couldn’t take it, and I clearly remember him saying that he loved me, and that he would cut off his hand if I didn’t take it. That was the first time he said he loved me. And that day I knew that there was no one in the world that I could love more. Someone so sweet and thoughtful and deep. This was one of the most emotional moments in my life, and it brings tears to my eyes to remember it. We spent 6 years together before getting married. Our relationship had its ups and downs, but overall we had a blast as boyfriend and girlfriend. We grew up together and became very much alike in our likes and dislikes, very balanced and harmonic. I’ve always been more passionate, he’s always been more rational, and I think this balance is what keeps us alive as a couple. During those years I was very immature and young and stupid. I almost lost him a couple of times, but thank God he never left me. It would have been the biggest mistake of my life.”

This concludes part one of Angie and Diego’s story. Our next blog will feature the next step in their relationship and their journey towards the altar and beyond. Trust me, you don’t want to miss it! It’s goooood!