David's Azwaaj profile
was the first thing I noticed, and it was dreadful. He only had three or four
photos (strange expressions, sunglasses, groups of people) and very little
text. Since we both came from Christian families of sub continent region. He found me by typing “Japan and bicycling” into the search box, and I
noted in my profile that I had lived in Japan when I was younger and that I
like biking. I recall thinking to myself, “Fine, I'll amuse this person with
the bad profile maybe because we'll have this Japan connection and can be
friends,” when he texted me and stated he had also lived in Japan.
We communicated for the
next three days before meeting for coffee. We had both attended the same
international school in Japan, but at different times, so we spent the entire
day chatting about our experiences there and the people we knew. We said our
goodbyes at the conclusion of the next meet up soon. and I was a little nervous
since I didn't know the protocol—we'd just corresponded via Azwaaj, and I
wasn't sure if he'd do this with other people, etc. But it all worked out in
the end. We both cancelled our Azwaaj profiles after that day and resumed
normal communication. We've been dating for four years and were married in
April!. God bless Azwaaj.