Dotun and his bride, Oyin have been together since they were teenagers. When they were 15, Oyin was hobbling around on crutches at a conference feeling miserable when Dotun came walking over. “I saw this guy with a big shiny forehead walking towards me with his blue jean outfit on and flashing all 32s, she said. “He came to me and sat next to me as if I had extended an invitation.” He asked for her number, but she couldn’t receive calls from boys so they came up with a signal that would allow them to talk. A decade later, they are still in love. Oyin said the day he proposed was just a regular Friday; he called her to go to lunch at the St. Regis Hotel, and they headed back to his apartment. While in the kitchen she turned around to see him on his knees, ring in hand, she was beyond excited.
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