A woman is counting her blessings that she was on the right road at the right time, after falling in love with a guy that she and her friend picked up hitchhiking.
27-year-old Maddy met Travis Becker while driving back from a night out with her friend in Byron Bay, Australia, a beach vacation destination. They spotted Travis and his pal walking on the side of the road, trying to hail a lift. The four ended up spending the rest of the evening hanging out—with Maddy and Travis hitting it off.
But the pair forgot to get each others’ phone number and they had to track each other down on Facebook.
Two weeks later, the American woman who was studying abroad in Byron Bay, joined Travis, a Sydney resident, on their first official date—and they got engaged 18 months later.
The couple said they couldn’t be more grateful for their decisions back then.
“If he’d have gotten one more drink or I’d have taken a different route we might not have met,” said Maddy, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who knew right away he was the one.
“I knew I was going to build a life with him. It makes you very grateful.”
Maddy said she didn’t tell her dad how she met Travis initially, but now her family couldn’t be happier for her. And people are always shocked when they hear their story for the first time.
“I feel like my life would be completely different if I blinked and looked the other way that night,” Travis Becker told SWNS news agency.
“One more beer or talking to someone for just enough time for me to be leaving and standing on the corner trying to get an Uber at 3x surcharge, so I thought ‘let’s try to hitchhike.’”
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“Within about one minute someone shouts out of a car and is pulling over. It was two girls. My mate and I were like, ‘let’s get in!’… Little did I know that it was my future wife driving.
“We hung out that night and it just felt like we had known each other for years, our souls were in sync and we just chatted all night.
“I think nothing in this world is a coincidence. I pinch myself every day.”
They realized their Airbnbs were in the same place, and the four ended up playing cards and hanging out.
“We were talking about all the things we had in common,” says Maddy. “We were so engaged in conversation I didn’t get his phone number or socials.
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“I couldn’t even remember his last name. All I could remember was he was an electrician from Sydney. I went on Facebook trying to find him.”
Maddy ended up finding Travis’ friend on Facebook and messaged him to pass on her number. They ended up meeting up the next day.
“We haven’t stopped talking after that.
“We’re so lucky.”
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Hitchhiking can be quite dangerous—especially when alone—so always be cautious, aware, and smart.)
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