We have been happily married for 14 years, and we have never seen each other

A couple who have never seen each other has shared their inspiring love story, revealing they have been happily married for 14 years despite both living with visual impairments.

The couple explained that people often question how they manage their daily lives and household responsibilities without sight. The husband shared how some neighbors even visited their home just to watch his wife cook, amazed by how she navigated the kitchen.

The wife recalled, “We lived for 14yrs actually in the beginning of our wedding, some people did not believe we can sit on our own, they brought their children they should come and stay with us but we ended up caring for the children rather than helping us

Her husband added,  “There was a family close to us where they are not always in peace they are always fighting always fighting anytime they are fighting the talk is see even a blind man is supplying things to his family

When discussing how they handle housework and sanitation, the wife explained, “The day that we do sanitation in our house we do things together as we are picking things carrying that he is also helping us to raise the heavy ones helping us with water, mopping while we do other sweeping

“Actually if not until this accident we always wash together every weekend they know us, we wash together we do our cooking stuffs together sometimes i will be cooking he will be there in the kitchen saying “Okay where should i help you”

How They Met

The husband shared their love story, which began at the University of Jos. He was studying for a diploma in Mass Communication, while she was pursuing a diploma in Special Education.

He said, “We first met in University of Jos when i was doing my diploma program in mass communication and she was doing her diploma program in special education i discovered then she had a good radio world receiver we used to call it world receiver and im somebody who is in love with radio

She added: “When he first came to me that was in 2003 August i remember the first day he came actually he said ‘ah who is listening to radio here’ and i said it is me and he said can you please borrow me i wanted to get something about the headlines then one day he came to me and said I came for MA he then asked ‘ what is MA’ he now said ‘you dont know’ I said ‘ i don’t know’ he said ‘Maganan aure’ to talk about marriage i now said  ‘Maganan aure’ how …….. why did you choose to come to do  ‘Maganan aure’ are you planning to marry me so i would help you in the doings of things he now said no ‘it is you i am interested in’ so i now said ‘okay’ if that is the case let’s pray about it and see if it is really the will of God

“October that same year that was when i said let’s start off the courtship and let’s see but you know i’m not from this state so if i leave Jos if you are truly someone that cares or love the lady you saw as you say then you will meet me where i am so when i left then there was no phone but he used to call me via my mother’s office land line before he now finally came to our house in 2005 and introduced himself to my parents that he has been calling and greeting them but his true intention is to marry ………. he travelled from Jos all the way to maiduguri

He added: “We started the courtship 2003, 2005, until 2010 before we got married, the wedding was a surprise to many people many people came since then we have been together to this time we have 4 kids, two boys and two girls.”

Advice on Love

The wife offered advice on choosing a life partner saying, “When you make choice of love you choose to love someone for me as i choose to love him from the beginning of our courtship I accepted whatever comes from him and i discovered that he is someone that is patient

Describing His Wife

The husband described his wife with admiration, saying,  “My wife is somebody that is very very respectful, she is somebody that listens the way she handles out children whenever they are sick she knows how to give them medications she knows how to feed them, she knows how to go with anything that has to do with them as if she is not having a visual challenge.

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