- Daniel and Danielle Dawson both signed up for Plenty of Fish after some not-so-great dating experiences.
- Once they chatted on their first day of using the app, they discovered that they not only nearly shared a name, but also a birthday.
- They also found out they were born in the same hospital.
- They married and had a daughter who was born on their wedding anniversary.
For most couples, the classic, romantic love story begins with some simple chance meeting. It could be a first date at a coffee shop or at the suggestion of a friend thanks to a blind date. Either way, it all echoes the everyday, run-of-the-mill love story. But for one British couple, fate runs much deeper than the usual story.
Daniel and Danielle Dawson, of Barnstaple in Devon, England, had never met before despite sharing similar first names. On their first day using Plenty of Fish, the pair began to talk and got to know each other.
After chatting, Daniel, a truck driver, and Danielle, a nurse, realized that they'd been born on the same day, January 24, 1979, at the same hospital.
"Had we met as babies?” Daniel wondered, according to South West News Service (SWNS).
Once they met as adults, they immediately knew it was love, nearly forty years later.
“It was love at first sight,” Danielle told SWNS.
"Before Danielle I wasn't sure what was happening with my future. I had relationships but nothing that was great, nothing that panned out,” Daniel said. "It was the same for Danielle, things hadn't worked out for her either. Then we both signed up to Plenty of Fish on the same day. She was the only person I met."
Later, they moved in together and got engaged on Valentine's Day 2015. They were married on May 13, 2016. Their story didn't take a turn for the usual there, though.
"At the stroke of midnight on May 13, 2017 — our first wedding anniversary — Daisy May Dawson was born and is the absolute light of our lives,” Daniel told SWNS. "Danielle and Daisy are my world, my life now feels complete. We've got our own house, we've got our daughter, we've got our happiness.”
This is particularly meaningful for the couple, not only because of the serendipitous timing of Daisy's birth, but also because of the future they'd previously envisioned before meeting each other.
"We recently became parents but neither of us thought we would. I never thought I would achieve it, I never thought it would happen because it hadn't happened before that,” Daniel said. "I think Danielle was the same. I had come to terms with the thought that I would never be a father, but then I met Danielle.”
There's also an unexpected perk to the Dawsons sharing a birthday.
"Being the same age, we will be ready for retirement at the same age too,” Daniel said.
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