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- A couple born on the same date at the same hospital got married.
- They met on a dating app, and as they talked, they realised they had more in common than they thought.
- Five months later, they walked down the aisle on a Wednesday, as it was their birthday.
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Relationship coincidences happen far more often than we think. For this couple, the coincidence is that they had both a wedding and a birthday celebration happening all at once.
The couple has been together for months and already they are walking down the aisle as they believe when you know, you know. Although the couple are getting married sooner than anyone thinks, their journey began 35 years ago on their birthday. Now, they are sharing their story and the main reason why they decided to tie the knot on a Wednesday afternoon.
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Joshua and Elizabeth Colbert got married this past Wednesday under a beautiful canopy of trees at Pinewood Weddings and Events in Cambridge. After five months and a half of dating, they decided to walk down the aisle.
"Last spring, they met on a dating app, and they found out all of these interesting things," said Elizabeth's father, Alan Goracke, who also officiated the wedding ceremony. These things included the couple finding out that they both attended the same Christian school; however, the bride attended for just one year in kindergarten.
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"We confirmed 'yes'; we graduated the same year. So, I asked him what teacher he had, and he said he had the same exact teacher as I had," the bride said. Elizabeth managed to find a class photo where they were both present and a video from their graduation, where her mom happened to zoom in on Joshua. When she looked him up online, coincidences kept on coming.
"I see 9/13/38, and I'm like, 'Oh my goodness. That is so bizarre.' That is my birthday," Elizabeth added. The couple was born on the same day, in the same year, at the same hospital.
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After Joshua proposed and they had to pick a wedding date, there was only one real choice.
"We were in the same room the day that we were born and it's just fitting that now, 35 years later, we're getting married on our birthdays. So, I think that's just pretty special. I tell people. You couldn't make it up if you wanted to. I tell people, our Hallmark movie comes out this fall," Joshua said.
They've both had separate life experiences, with Joshua serving in Iraq and Elizabeth raising her two children, but they believe the stars aligned so they could connect at the right time.
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"It was love at first sight. She walked through the door, and I'm like, 'That's her'. I knew right away," Joshua added.
The couple even managed to track down their kindergarten teacher and invite her to the wedding. It's a story of serendipity, second chances and a couple who brings a new meaning to the words 'Day one'. "Now, we're able to be with each other until our last day," Elizabeth added.
