Mahima and Reinier met the usual way, through a friend, but were kept apart by a technological glitch. They met at a bar via a mutual friend, Fatima, and sparks instantly flew. They planned to meet again the next day, but a text message failed to go through, and Reinier left for Amsterdam. A year later, they met again, and with the chemistry still alive, the two embarked on a long-distance relationship. “Despite barely knowing each other, we both remember thinking immediately that this was it: we had found ‘the one’,” smiles Mahima. In Hague, Reinier’s hometown, the two were out on a long run, and once they reached the beach, Reinier proposed with a ring. “I didn’t believe him at first, thought it was one of his silly jokes,…
