My friend at work asked me if I knew anyone who wanted to buy an engagement ring and if I would take it for the weekend to ask about.

I took it out with me the next night we were together and asked her to marry me.

There was actually a big fight going on in the pub where we were at the time.

We had been together for 5 years at that point anyway.

We later went to visit her brother who told us of a house that was for sale, we went to have a look at it that night.

In order to live together we had to marry as a respect issue to her father.

I asked for permission from her dad, we told everyone and we married 6 weeks later.

We met when we were about 13 when my best friend and I went a cafe and he stopped to talk to some girls as we were making our way to our seats.

I looked up to see where he was and saw a girl that stared straight into my soul from accross the room.

It was his sister, we have our 20th wedding aniversary on 1st August this year.

And I am still totally besotted with her.

Call me Maninibat!