A Woman Was on a 6-Hour Train Ride with Her Boyfriend. When He Fell Asleep, She Met Her Husband

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Maire Clifford met her future husband, Andy Bain, on a train to Edinburgh while her then-boyfriend slept beside her.

The two instantly clicked, stayed in touch, and reconnected months later — eventually falling in love without even sharing a first kiss.

Bain proposed at a train station with his grandmother’s ring, and Clifford said yes, calling their meeting a moment of fate.

A traveler took the ‘never let your boyfriend stop you from meeting your husband’ meme to heart on one fateful train ride.

Maire Clifford shares the unlikely story of how she met her husband in 2000 while making the six-hour train trip from London to Edinburgh, Scotland with her then-boyfriend in an exclusive interview with CNN , Shortly after departing, she recalls, her beau fell asleep beside her