Our story basically started September 2017. A mutual family friend of Dayo’s invited me to a get together. I did not have any clue who the hosts were, but I went just to meet new people and get out of the house. When I got to the party, I was introduced to the hosts Yinka and Dayo then I sat down on the couch. After sometime, Dayo sat next to me and I was like ummm there’s no where else this man can sit? It was his house though so I didn’t really say anything. I was a little nervous too. He starts talking to me and we’re discussing careers and where we work. I was thinking to myself, “ He’s successful, smart, can carry a conversation, very kind, knowledgeable and aware of what is going on around the world, he’s handsome, and he smelled good!” We began debating with his friends about something and I really enjoyed talking to him. A few minutes went by and he got up without saying anything and that was it!!
I was like okay maybe he’s not interested, maybe he doesn’t like me. I stayed a little bit longer and decided to leave and that was that. My friend mentioned to me that he asked who I was, but I was like yeah he doesn’t seem interested. She was like he asked if you were leaving. I kind of ignored her last statement and told her bye then left. I thought about him a little while I drove home, but just left it at that.
Fast Forward April 2018
Dayo and I were in my cousins wedding and he was partnered with me along with with his brother Yinka. During the wedding rehearsal I mumbled that I knew I was going to be partnered with him and he heard what I said. He was offended (from later conversations we had), but I didn’t mean anything.
During the wedding, Dayo was very quiet and barely said anything to me the whole time and I was having more conversation with his brother.
We did our dance, he sprayed me, took the money back, and we barely exchanged words. I was like, yeah he’s not feeling me like that.
The next day I told my friend, “You know who is really handsome... Dayo!” She was like, he thinks you’re pretty too and he’s interested. I was like yessssss, give him my number right now and today. She gave him my number and he didn’t call me until..... 1 month later. He actually called me 1 week after he came to my birthday party and tried to sweet talk me. I was like sir, ummmm where is my call? He said that he was BSing and he would call soon.
May 2018
He called....
The conversation was amazing. We talked for over 3 hours about everything. I knew he was the one from that first conversation. Maybe it was intuition and faith. To this day, I could not tell you how I knew he would be it, but he was.
The journey getting there was not straight forward and it did not happen right away though.
Summer 2018
We had discussions from time and time and talked here and there, but he was not serious. We would talk/ text every once in awhile, but it was not consistent.
August 2018
We went on our first date... finally!!! After I sent him a very long text message. Our date was perfect and he looked so good!!!
After our date, he expressed to me why he was taking his time and that 1 aspect was on his mind too. We spoke in depth about how we could make it work and we assured each other that we would be transparent with one another.
At the end of August I got a new job... in a different city not knowing when I would be returning to Houston. I was hesitant to tell him, but eventually I told him and he said, “We will make it.” I thought I was going to receive a different response, but he proved me wrong. I began working and he was there for me with all my fears, worries, and complaints.
September 8th, 2018
We went to Black Walnut Cafe in Cypress and he was extra late!! I was so upset with him, but I also had not seen him for some time. So when I did see him my heart melted. While we were eating I asked him, “What’s next?” He looked at me and asked me to be his girlfriend and that we should make it official.....finally. I was soo happy and once again I knew he was destined to be my husband.
February 15th, 2019
He told me he loved me! I was already in love with him, I just wanted him to say it first.
The rest is history, blessings, accomplishments, ups and downs, memories, but through it all... Love!
January 25th 2020
He proposed to me...
That was one of the best days of my life and my love for him could not be any stronger and I could not imagine being with someone else.
Dayo is the man I have always prayed for tall, dark, and, handsome!!!!! There is sooo much more to him than that and Im ready to spend the rest of my life with him.
Thank you God!!
This is my story...the correct story.
September 2017, we threw my brother a birthday party and my wife came with a mutual family friend. I was more concerned with the fact that I had to work the next day so I really wasn’t paying attention, but according to my wife she said we had a full conversation. I remember the only thing we talked about was work. She apparently talked to my sister and others in my family that day but me. The next time we met was February 2018. I attended a family friend’s co-Ed bridal shower and she was the MC. The first thing I remember saying to myself, “Her wig is really orange”.( I have not seen that wig since that day, Thank God.) I remember trying to talk to her and she seemed to preoccupied with being an MC, I just left her alone that day.
The next time we saw each other was the day before the wedding at the wedding rehearsal. We were preparing for the wedding that we were both in. I was standing about 10 feet away from her with my brother, and when they were telling her who we were partnered up with, I heard her say, “l knew they were gonna partner me up with him”. I brushed it off because I wasn’t too worry about it at that point, it was only one day. At that point I thought I annoyed her or something. On the day of the wedding it was both me and my brother walking with her so we were around each other the majority of the day. She seemed more interested in talking to him more than me, and if people know we, I don’t force any conversation with anyone. Either we are talking or we are not. We did talk, but not in depth like they did. The next day, I went to a engagement proposal, I remember telling our mutual friend that she was beautiful, but she wasn’t really paying attention and seemed focused on other things. I believe that same night our friend exchanged our information for us and.....that was it. No communication for and 3 weeks. I take blame on that, I wasn’t focused. The next time I saw her was on her birthday and our friend text me to tell me, “you know Morenike is having a birthday party at the address and you should really come”. I was working that day but I told her I would stop by after work. I came to the address to hang with them a bit, but for me my social meter was on empty. I stayed for a bit before I told her I was leaving and she said “you still haven’t called me”. I told her I would call soon, I was preoccupied with other things. To be honest, once I start something I like to see it through to the end, and I wanted to take this situation seriously. I believed the situation is in God and I if this was meant to be it would happen. The next time we met was the OYU meeting in June and that’s when I really started to understand her and got to know her better. We ended up talking the day after and afterwards I told her that we should arrange to hang out soon. The next month of July was a extremely busy month for me and we did talk, but not as often as we did previous month. Fast forward to the end of the month, and I get a text saying “we talk a lot over the phone, are we ever going to meet up?”. I had made plan to meet with her at the end of the month, I just wanted to give her my undivided attention. We ended up going out and exchanging stories of what’s been going on in each other lives.
To be fair I found out that I wasn’t the only egg in her basket, so it’s not like she was waiting for me. We proceed to date for a month and that point I decided to pray about it, and I consulted with to ask if I was making the right decision. We made the relationship official on September 8, 2018. Then a week later she started a travel job September 8, 2018. Our relationship wasn’t easy, it immediately started long distance. She got a new job which required her to travel, so the opportunity for us to get to know each other was hard. Sometimes when it was time to spend time with each other we could because either me or her has something to do. It became hard at times, but I believed in our relationship and just kept working towards it.
I truly believe that when God places someone in your life, he does it with purpose. And I believe that Sabiat Morenike Shittu was meant to be my wife. I can’t wait to spend forever with the woman God has ordained for me.