A woman has revealed how fate allowed her to find her “soulmate” again after a chance meeting.
Rebecca and Robert Davis were both teenagers when they met at a friend’s laser tag birthday party in 1996.
The pair instantly hit it off and shared a brief kiss at the end of the game but didn’t get a chance to exchange numbers, leaving them both heartbroken.
Four years later, fate stepped in and the couple’s incredible story has racked up almost 8 million views on TikTok.
“Life really can surprise you and come full circle,” Rebecca, now 39, told NeedToKnow.online.
”I rounded a corner at this laser tag party and ran right into Robert.
“We laughed and moved into a dark dead end to collect ourselves.
“When the lights flashed for us to leave the game, he gave me a very quick kiss on the lips.
“I was shocked. And instantly in love.
“I put the scorecard in my wallet and carried it around.”
Flash-forward to October 2000 and a 20-year-old Robert found himself working as a DJ on Rebecca’s favourite radio station, and she recognised his voice.
She said: “Robert has an amazing voice and I was a big-time fangirl of his show.
”Then I won tickets on the radio to see a movie.
“I was hoping he would be at the screening too but I got into a minor car accident and I couldn’t go.
“When I called the show to give up my tickets, we ended up talking for a few hours – off the air, of course.”
Robert connected with Rebecca again but at first, didn’t realise she was the same girl he had met years earlier.
They went ice skating on their first date on 23 December and then on New Year’s Eve, Rebecca was at Robert’s house and spotted something incredible in his wallet.
Rebecca said: “When the pizza came, Robert asked me to grab cash from his wallet.
“I noticed some red paper sticking out of the side where you keep pictures or insurance cards.
”Trying to play it cool, I asked him about it.
“He was taken aback and kind of shy, then he told me about this girl he met at laser tag years ago and felt like she might be his soulmate and he asked me not to be mad.
“I explained I have the same story, the same card, but he thought I was mocking him.
“So on New Year’s Eve, I made him drive me back to my mum’s house an hour away, so I could show him the matching scorecards.
“I remember standing in my bedroom just smiling and laughing, feeling so confident about the connection.”
Once they both realised that they had in fact met each other, Robert became determined to make Rebecca his wife.
And that he did.
The couple have been married for 17 years.
Rebecca said: “After that he asked me every day for around four years to marry him but I wanted to wait until I was 21 to get married, so I could drink at my wedding.
“And that’s what we did.”
The couple wed on Friday 13 May 2005 and went on to have a son, who is now 13.
Rebecca said: “My family and friends knew my story and the hope I had for finding this guy again.
“My mom was the first to know because we found out in her house.
“She was such a romantic and would tell all her friends. She also liked that he was on the radio for the cool factor.
“I do think his family was a little more sceptical at first. But after his mom saw the cards, she told me it was the sweetest thing.”
Social media users have rushed to the comment section to share their views on this amazing love story.
One person wrote: “How does it feel to be the main character of our world?”
“I’m gonna cry,” another user wrote.
“STOP THIS IS SO CUTE IM GONNA CRY”, another viewer wrote. [sic]
Someone else added: “I want this kinda thing man.” [sic]
“Wholesome as heck,” wrote another person.
Someone else added: “This makes me so so so happy.”
“How does it feel TO LIVE MY DREAM,” said someone else.
Unfortunately, however, Rebecca lost her scorecard when her purse was stolen from a locker at work – but she still has her soulmate, which is all that counts.
Rebecca said: “I was torn up thinking that losing the card was a sign not to get married but we are very happy.
“I definitely found my soulmate.”
