Rafael and my sister met each other one lonely, gray afternoon on a website called Chat Roulette. They had each been perusing the site for hours, praying that somewhere in the mangled hodgepodge of misfits and perverts they might stumble on another lonesome soul with whom they could share companionship… maybe more.
They were losing hope. In minutes they might give up, succumb to the dread of meeting humans out there, in the “real” world. But then, miraculously, a fateful click delivered them from caves of desolate melancholy. He was clipping his toenails and she shaving her arms. Chat Roulette algorithms linked their IP addresses, and her screen was his screen and his hers. They locked eyes. A white hot beam of light engulfed and penetrated them. What was this feeling? It was strange, indeed, yet wonderful.
“Hi,” she said.
“Hey,” he replied.
That was all. Nothing more needed to be said. And six weeks later here we are in Brazil, ready to behold their leap into holy matrimony.
Kidding, they met in college.
Haley and Rafa
milesawayfromhome 
Posted on December 1, 2013
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