Our Story
This is the place where couples usually write romantic stories of how they met. We've received a few requests (ok, there was just one, but very persistent) demanding that we include such page and so we did.
Below is the story of how Ilya and Lidiya did NOT meet.
Lidiya's story:
Once upon a time, long long time ago, when IDs were still fake and parties wild, my infamous friend Alla (aka Devooshka) bought a new pair of jeans and a super sexy top. She first intended to hang these new clothes in the closet, but all of a sudden the top started talking to her "человеческим голосом" and said: "Devooshka, please don't hang me along with these old unsexy clothes, but rather please wear me out and show me off while I'm so new and sexy". Well, thought Devooshka, it's so random that this top is talking to me, but what it's saying makes sense. So, being a very kind person, Devooshka put the top on, invited me, and on we went to a club.
That night I wasn't the only one invited to the club by Devooshka. Devooshka's friend, and Devooshka's friends' friend Zahar happened to be there as well. Let's skip all the drinking, dancing, Zahar (who was still single at that point) attempting to get my phone number, all the dirty looks Devooshka's magic top got and fast forward to 2am when clubs officially close in Boston. 2am was the time when Zahar had casually mentioned that he is going rock climbing tomorrow with his friend Ilya. What? Rock climbing? Rock climbing! I love rock climbing!
"Zahar, here's my phone number. Can I go rock climbing with you guys? … What time are you leaving? … That's so early ... can you pick me up from Revere? … Well yes, it is out of the way for you … hmmm … wait if I stay at Devooshka's, it will be so much closer! … Ok ... Call me at 7am and pick me up!"
What do you think happened next morning? Well you guessed right, I didn't go rock climbing and didn't meet Ilya. But can you guess why? Well, it's 21 century so technology is the root of all evil! My cell phone didn't have reception at Devooshka's.
Ilya's account
The forecast was not promising - rain, drizzle, rain. But I got a pair of new ice tools and it was sooo long till the winter to try them out..
- Zahar, are you up for a miserable day of dry tooling at Quincy quarries? It is gonna rain the whole day..
- Yeah, sure.
When Zahar called me the next morning, he casually mentioned that there could be a girl coming over to climb with us.
That got me intrigued. What? In this weather? What girl in her right mind would want that? She should stay home and do her nails instead :)
But the girl never made it to the quarries that day. In fact not a single soul appeared at this usually packed place. I did not know then that it was just a few months too early for our paths to cross. That day, as we both much later found out, was "the day we did not meet".
