Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>in 1998, A young man in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Coventry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coventry</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/West" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>West</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Midlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Midlands</span></a> had just got his first <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobile</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phone</span></a> and (possibly whilst drunk) sent <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/SMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMS</span></a> to random numbers. A young woman replied (thinking it was from someone she knew). The pair kept exchanging messages, later phone calls, eventually met up and got married 4 years later (they are still married, have 2 kids and are renewing their vows!)</p><p>(Society was maybe a bit more innocent back then, it was nearly 30 years ago)</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77rvx4jn4go" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77rvx</span><span class="invisible">4jn4go</span></a></p>