My husband is not romantic

Romance Index
Mr. Chika Ogonnaa recently took Miss Ndidiamaka Onyeagwara to the altar. The couple never dreamt of getting married but something kept telling them they are meant to be together . Even when the bride traveled abroad, they still keep in touch with each other. The lovebirds, however told Daily Sun how the relationship started and finally tied the knot.

How we met
We’ve known some years back. He is a close friend of my immediate elder brother. He used to come to my house. Sometimes, he comes to my school because my brother friend was in the same school with me. Whenever he come to see my brother, I’m always in their company but we didn’t know we could get married. We greet each other on the surface but we weren’t friends or lover. Our getting married is the will of God. I believe we are destined to be together.

Proposal
After my NYSC, I traveled to the United States, I didn’t see him before I travelled but I saw his brother and gave my email address to him for his brother. After a while, I saw his mail, congratulating me.
Once in a while, we talk on phone. He advice me to be a good girl. He actually made the first move but he is not romantic. I got interested in him because he encourages me, that I love so much about him. He constantly reminds me not to forget my root as an African . That was what attracted me to him and I started developing anytime he called.

So, when I came back to the country, we decided to get married.
The proposal was actually on Valentine’s Day, 14th February 2007. He told me that we have something in common. As at the time we were in school, he said he gets excited whenever he sees me but he never told me anything. When he decided to settle down, the first person that came to his mind was myself.
When I came back, he told me about it and I equally has same feelings for him. I love his family. They are nice , peaceful and there’s unity among them. Also they are good Christian.

Likes
What I like most about him is that he is so encouraging. He is a Christian that has the fear of God . I like his attitude of eating. He likes food a lot, he is the eating type. His father told me that his grand father call him tanker because he eats a lot. He eat every good food you present before him and I like that because he makes you feel happy whenever you cook.

Dislike
Like I said before, he is not romantic. I don’t like that aspect of him but I’m really working towards that to make him romantic.

HUSBAND
Attraction
Actually, I could not figure out what attracted me to her but all I know is that, whenever I see her, I feel such an intense affection for her. That means that I am in love. I felt that I will make my future with her.

Proposal
It is not an easy thing proposing to her. I did an open proposal. I told her the way I feel for her and she told me that we should keep on trusting God.
It takes a lot of effort to convince her that I am really for her.

Romantic and likes
She is very romantic. I like her way of talking with her eyes dimmed. The way she smiles is a whole bundle of romance and she is encourages me. She is somebody you can count on at any point in time. She is a child of God. She has fear of God in her and down to earth.

Dislikes
I love everything about her because I know that we have our individual differences. Nobody is perfect. Her weakness I know but I try to cope with her weakness because that is the reason why we are together as one body.