Man proposes after four minutes of meeting
16 April 2007
A Welshman proposed to an American woman four minutes after meeting her for the first time.
Carl Dockings, 36, met Danielle, 26, at O'Hare Airport in Chicago after spending ten months communicating with her over the internet.
They first came into contact playing cards online.
Mr Dockings said: "I'd always liked cards and was filling in the evening. I went on there and bumped into Danielle playing in a card game and we hit it off straight away.
"We got on so well. We just seemed to know what the other was thinking."
He went on to explain how terrified he was of sending Danielle a photo of himself after seeing a picture of her.
But he need not have worried as the bride-to-be had already fallen for him.
Mrs Docking described how the couple "clicked" right away. She said the proposal was not a complete surprise as the pair had mentioned marriage when talking on the internet.
The couple now live in Newport in Wales and have a daughter called Isabel.
