I met my hubby when I was 6 but totally forgot about him… we only realised when mum sent us an old snap
In 1997, six-year-olds Ed Savitt and Heidi Parker met while on holiday at a resort in Turkey. They became close friends at the kids' club and spent their days playing on the beach, laughing together, and even holding hands. Like many childhood holiday friendships, they lost touch when the vacation ended.
As the years passed, Heidi completely forgot about Ed. More than a decade later, in 2011, fate brought them together again. Both were students at Newcastle University and happened to be living in the same student flat. One day, Ed found a piece of mail with Heidi's name on it. Curious, he looked her up on Facebook and sent her a message asking a simple question about how to use the tumble dryer.
The message started a friendship that soon turned into love. Over the next few years, the couple grew closer, and in 2015, Ed proposed to Heidi.
A few months after the engagement, they were having dinner with their mothers when Heidi's mum, Kay, mentioned a little boy named Ed whom Heidi had befriended during a family holiday in Turkey many years earlier. The conversation sparked a memory, and Kay decided to search through old photographs.
A few weeks later, she found the picture. To everyone's amazement, the young boy in the photo was Ed. The couple could hardly believe that they had first met as children and then found each other again years later without realizing it.
Ed and Heidi married in August 2016 and even recreated their childhood photograph for their wedding invitations, making their love story even more special.