'Life took its natural course but there was always a dream we'd find each other'
18.02.2024 - 20:01
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A Cheshire man married his childhood sweetheart 12 years after they met in a hotel lobby in Mexico.
Monica Millington met Tom Millington while they were both on family holidays in Playa Del Carmen in 2005. When the pair locked eyes, Monica immediately thought he was "cute" and decided to approach him in the pool later on.
American Monica said she fancied Tom, from Warrington, as soon as she heard his English accent and they hit it off immediately - with romance blossoming during their week-long holiday fling. On the last day of the trip, the then 14-year-old's swapped numbers and stayed in contact.
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Life moved on for the pair, now both 33, and they started dating other people. In June 2014, Monica got married before getting divorced two years later.
On her 26th birthday in 2016 - 11 year's after they last saw each other - Tom was going through a separation and reached out to Monica. They FaceTimed for four hours and Tom told her he had "always loved her".
Monica was living in Dallas, Texas, and Tom in Singapore, but the pair met in London on New Year's Eve in 2016 and spent seven hours in a pub - planning their life together.
In April 2017, Monica flew out to Singapore to spend a week with Tom and ended up staying for a month. On the last night before Monica had to travel back to Texas, US, Tom proposed.
Now the pair are happily married and welcomed their one-year-old son, Cruz, in January 2023. Monica, a clothing designer, originally from Dallas, Texas, US, but now living in Singapore, said: "I can't believe that the 14-year-old boy I met on holiday in Mexico is now my husband.
"It still blows me away, I have so much gratitude. I am