Anita, 26, and Taylor, 27, met at a bar in Boston in 2018. Having endured a hit-and-run incident and a case of Covid, they plan to set up home in their university town in Illinois
In 2018, Anita was enjoying life in Boston while waiting to hear whether she had been accepted into medical school. On Halloween, she went out for drinks. “My friend started talking to someone, but I wasn’t interested in joining their conversation,” she says. Luckily, she spotted someone else to distract her. “I saw this very attractive guy with a warm smile and went to speak to him.”
Taylor, who had also been out with friends, was gearing up to go home. When Anita approached him, he was instantly drawn to her. “I couldn’t hear a word she was saying over the noise of the bar, but I thought she was phenomenally beautiful, so I tried to keep showing my interest,” he says. They went downstairs, where it was quieter, to continue their conversation. “I loved how tall he is. I’m 5ft 9in and he’s 6ft 5in,” says Anita.