14 DAY TRIAL // Kelly Hildebrandt, a 20-year-old student, set out to search her name on Facebook, where she was also a user. By pure chance, she came across another person with exactly the same name as her, a 24-year-old former athlete working in financial services. In October, Kelly Hildebrandt will marry Kelly Hildebrandt, the College Sports Blog confirms.
According to the source, Kelly Hildebrandt (the guy, this time) was once a relatively successful receiver at Texas Tech, but never in his two-year career has he known the kind of media coverage he’s getting now for marrying a woman who bears the same name as him. Then again, their story is seen as somehow the ultimate epitome that true love does exist and can be found even on the highly impersonal and depersonalizing Internet, occasionally being just a simple case of a same-name coincidence, so the media coverage is justified.
“Cute gal searches name on Facebook and finds cute guy with exactly the same name. E-mail leads to phone calls leads to dating leads to marriage proposal, despite post office and reservation confusion.” the e-zine says by means of a brief presentation of the affair of the two Kellys. Consequently, in October, the two lovers will get married in a ceremony that will include 100 guests, friends and families who want to be witness to their becoming husband and wife.
“He is just everything that I’ve ever looked for. There have always been certain qualities that a guy has to have. And he has all the ones I could think of – and more.” Miss Kelly tells the media of her fiancé. She initially contacted him to let him know they had the same name because she found the occurrence downright hilarious. He, of course, saw it likewise and answered her email, even hinting they might actually be remotely related and not have an idea of it.
The exchange of emails later turned into the occasional phone call, which turned into daily chats, which could last up to several hours at a time, the two reveal. Then, he visited her in Florida and, the moment he saw her, fell madly in love. The rest is, as they say, history. Miss Kelly believes their meeting like this was God’s hand – whether that be the case is anyone’s guess. What is certain is that, by having the same name, the two Kelly Hildebrandts have just written a new page in the book of real-life, beautiful love stories.