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When Ollie met Erika while working together at an Amazon warehouse in Bolton, he was immediately smitten.
Though Erika initially disliked her “lout” co-worker, she eventually agreed to go on a date with him – but the pair got a little more than they bargained for.
Ollie and Erika arranged to meet one night in February. Just by chance, the date turned out to be Valentine’s Day.
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“Neither of us realised until a couple of days before, so it was far more intense than we’d bargained for,” Erika, 28, said.
When Ollie turned up at Erika’s Altrincham home to pick her up for dinner, he was met by a huge surprise. To his horror, Erika’s parents opened the door wearing their coats and shoes ready to go out with them.
“It clicked – they had invited themselves to dinner,” Ollie added. “Erika’s face was everything I needed to know. She clearly had no idea this was going to happen and felt so bad. I started to think I was going to be running some sort of gauntlet.”
Erika said she was left so mortified she wanted the ground to swallow her up. “I couldn't believe it,” she said. “I thought to myself, 'well, there's no way I'm getting a second date after this’.
“Once we got to the restaurant, we all sat down at the table like it was Lord Sugar’s boardroom. Ollie got absolutely grilled by my dad, and I was just praying he wouldn't get 'fired'.
"He was asked about his intentions, his life goals and 10-year-plan – as well as who he hung out with and what his family did for a living. My parents asked every question you could possibly think of. I just sat there in shock. It was turning into a complete Valentine's Day date disaster.
“Luckily, Ollie was
An MSP is demanding the rollout of reusable nappy schemes across Scotland which could save new parents up to £500.
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in April of 2023, decided that Valentine's Day was a perfect excuse to finally share her babies' names, along with the first look at the little cuties.“I have a busy week of talk shows ahead where I’ll be sharing about my new film and a fun partnership,” Swank wrote in her Instagram caption on February 14. “But I figured what better day to share the names of my two little loves with you all first.” The post shows the twins on the beach, facing away from the camera so as to keep their faces private, with their names spelled out in green leaves on the sand behind them.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Per the post, . Swank did not offer any insight into how she and her husband Philip Schneider chose these names, but it seems fair to assume that originality was a factor in the decision process.
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