'I dialled the wrong number and found my future husband'

Alison Cork, 61, from London, had given up on her search for romance after a difficult split, but she met the love of her life after dialling an incorrect number. She opens up about their chance encounter

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As I sat at home one Sunday, I was planning on phoning one of my girlfriends for a catch-up. However, when it rang, a man picked up the phone — a man who went on to change my whole life.

"Oh, I’m sorry, you're not my friend,” I told him and explained I must have dialled the wrong number.

“No, I’m not. But won't I do?” The unknown man asked in a low and gentle voice. I politely declined and told him “absolutely not” and put the phone down as I told him I was after a girlie chat on a Sunday afternoon, something he wouldn't be able to offer. But there was something about the encounter that I couldn’t stop thinking about. The light-hearted banter, his voice and his humour gripped me after the initial shock of realising it wasn’t my friend.

Intrigued about this mystery man I'd accidentally called, I decided to redial the number. I was in my early thirties - I wasn’t desperate, but I felt like I needed to start weighing up my options. I was very happy in my career and I was newly single. It was very unlike me to be so spontaneous, but I am so glad I called him back.

I'd just come out of a long-term relationship. We split up because our opinions didn’t align on starting a family - I wanted children and he didn’t. It wasn’t as if I was looking for a relationship, but this mystery man was on my mind. He answered my call and we chatted for a while. He was very witty and I could tell he was intelligent from speaking to him.

His voice was actually rather sexy and I enjoyed our conversation.