Couple who fell in love online met each other for the first time at their wedding

A couple who fell in love online have met in person for the first time at their wedding.

Brit Lisa Mrad, 36, proposed to Yusef Mrad, 30, after three months of chatting on a dating app.

She travelled to his home in Tunisia and they wed within four days, then she flew home to tell stunned relatives.

Lisa said: 

On the plane I thought, ‘Oh my God, what am I doing here? But as soon as I saw Yusef, all my worries melted away. I love him so much. Ours is a love story and a crazy one at that.

Customer services worker Yusef first contacted Lisa on the Tagged site in August.

They swapped messages and spent hours on the phone. Lisa, of Nottingham who has son Justin, 12, from a previous relationship, added: 

When we first spoke and I saw his photos, I was like, ‘I’ll make him my husband’. As weeks went by, my feelings got stronger. He makes me feel like I’m the only woman in the world.

Lisa proposed and Yusef said ‘yes’. She added: 

I was over the moon. It might seem crazy that we got engaged before we ever met in person but it just felt right. I knew Yusef was The One. We’d spoken before about how we were looking to get married and have children.

They wed at a register office surrounded by Yusef’s family on February 25. After touring Tunisia, Lisa returned home on March 6.

She added: 

I didn’t tell anyone. I just surprised them with the news when I got back.

Yusef will stay in Tunisia until he can afford to move to Britain permanently.