Teacher Julie McIlroy joined the online worldwide dating service Devil Called Love only to find love with a man who lived just seven houses down her street.
The 46-year-old skimmed through thousands of pictures of eligible men on the internet site. But then she spotted Allan Donnelly, 53, and was surprised to discover they both live in Cardiff and that their homes are just a few doors apart.
The couple, from Rhiwbina, are now planning their wedding next year.
Ms McIlroy, a mother-of-three, explained what happened: "I'd been a member of Devil Called Love for three months when I spotted Allan's picture.
"I thought he looked nice so I sent him a message and he emailed me back. We started emailing for a couple of weeks and I discovered that Allan was from Cardiff.
"Then I found out we both lived in the Rhiwbina area of the city - but even that's a big place."
It was not until they spoke on the phone two weeks later that she asked where he lived and they discovered they lived in the same road.
The pair had seen each other from a distance but had never met before.
"I was totally stunned," she said.
"It's an incredible coincidence but it just goes to show that you never know where you will find love.
"The dating website could have put me in touch with someone anywhere in the world. But happily Allan lives just a couple of hundred yards down the road."
The pair started dating and later went on holiday to Thailand and then to Cambodia and Morocco.
Amazing coincidence
Ms McIlroy said: "Things have gone from strength to strength - I couldn't be happier. Well they say love thy neighbour, don't they."
Father-of-two Mr Donnelly popped the question at a surprise birthday party he threw for his girlfriend at his home.
He said: "I had been on the dating site for a while when I hooked up with Julie. It was an amazing coincidence that we live so close to each other, What were the chances of that?
"But it was my lucky day - we've got the perfect compatibility. She's right up my street."
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First Date
"The first date is an excellent time to discuss what you expect from a relationship, your religious beliefs, your morals and where you see your future.Two people on a different path are going to have a near impossible time forming a life, even if there is love.There is more to a relationship than love and passion." I agree and you can find out about another person a lot in the first date, whether you're connected or not, first date says it!
Don’t expect every date to end in a long term relationship. Even though your previous relationship ended after five and a half years together, it doesn’t necessarily follow that the next person you go out with will also end up being a long term relationship. Sometimes you have to date a few unsuitable people before Mr. Right turns up to wow your world. So with that in mind, never, when you first meet someone, talk about how you envisage your wedding and what you want to call your children.
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