David: The first time we met was at a party in Paris, France. It was autumn and I had just started my Second year of Uni. Meeting Damian was very unexpected, especially knowing we come from two very different worlds. Me being Neuropsychologist, him a Makeup Artist in the fashion world. Tell us a little about the first time you met?
I think this lunch was the actual first time I met the person that changed my perception of life. Something felt different, quite magical and yet so natural about the way we interacted. Also, neither of us are party animals, so the odds were really stacked against us! I knew this was the kind of guy I wanted to get to know properly, outside of a party environment so I suggested we meet for lunch.
Seeing him in daylight was like seeing him for the first time, again, I too had butterflies walking towards him in that cafe! What was the first thing you noticed about each other? David: What struck me the most the first time I met Damian was his openness and acceptance for difference. I could see it in his eyes As I mentioned earlier, at the time we met we were both in very different places in life but none of that mattered.
Damian: He was so nervous about meeting, he kept shuffling his cutlery, it was so sweet! A trip to the hospital one day was an eye opener. Marriage for me is taking in that person wholly, faults and all, and committing to a life of love, compassion and the other big C word: Compromise! David : Damian proposed first yes, first.. So as soon as he proposed, I dropped to one knee and followed suit. It was such a special way to propose, and I had no clue it would happen then, but a gut feeling something was about to change.
Never ignore the signs your body gives you. I was so nervous the entire helicopter ride, and knew that we only had an hour to eat lunch, snorkel and fit in a proposal before our pilot, lying down on the other side of the cay reading his book, would get up and to ask us back onto the helicopter. Talk about pressure! We let go of hugging and sobbing to find 2 tourists digging at a crab hole in the sand right near our feet, it was hilarious.. They had snorkelled to the cay from a boat so far away it was a dot on the horizon, and appeared completely oblivious to what had just happened.
