Last week people began sending in answers to a question posted on Quora that asked, "What is one moment in your life you thought could only happen in a movie?"
People gave a bunch of different answers, but one stood out in particular.
Kevin Walsh shared the story about a phone call with a very special girl.
Once upon a time I was 13 at a summer camp and the prettiest girl I'd ever seen walked right up to me and said “black is a good color on you.” No idea why. We chatted and became friends, exchanged AIM screen names (it was the time) and stayed in touch for a while.
We fell off each others’ radar some time in high school, but I can promise you that not a day went by that I didn't think about that girl. Even now I'm not sure I can say why - something about her just stayed with me.
Kevin explained how he fell into a deep depression and had decided to take his own life.
Somewhere between 5 and 10 seconds before I would have committed suicide, my phone rang. I checked the caller ID - I couldn't die not knowing. It was a number I didn't recognize, so I picked up and it was her.
I asked her what was up and she said she just felt like she had to call me. At that point it had been a year since we had spoken, and at that moment she just had to call. Long story short, she pried, I spilled the beans and she talked me out of it. I mean she literally said “What? Don't do that.” And that was that.
She made me promise to call her the next day, and we hung up. That night I started writing the words which, ten years later, I'd propose with.
The couple is now married and their story has gone viral!