| Her favorite City in the world – NYC. Her favorite song – Wizkid’s On Top Ur Matter Her favorite man – Olawale Fapohunda |
got engaged in August 2014 with an exciting proposal which happened at New York
City’s Times Square with a flash mob – a seemingly random group of
people dancing along to the same song – in this case, On Top Your Matter by Wizkid.
and Dami’s first date. Location: a peppersoup joint in Surulere, Lagos.
Also in attendance were their friends Banky, Fola, and Morakinyo. Wale
invites Dami on another date.
meets Wale at a wedding he is hosting. Even though there are other
people at the party, Dami and Wale zone into one another, enjoying each
other’s company and chatting intensely for about 3 hours.
returns to the US. Wale and Dami agree to keep things open and see how
things go after Wale’s departure. They are both reluctant to commit to a
long distance relationship.
Skype calls, voice calls and instant messages later, with tears of joy
in his eyes, Wale asks Dami to be his girlfriend. Dami accepts. She has
no doubt this is “The One”.
in Atlanta, Georgia, USA to meet Wale, for the first time in three
months. Wale is waiting with open arms and a bouquet of flowers. He
literally sweeps Dami off her feet as they hug. Dami and Wale spend threeweeks together over the Christmas holidays – their best time ever.
By the time Dami is returning to Nigeria, they both know in their
hearts that they wanted to spend the rest of their lives
rest is history.
wife. Obviously, if someone is going to be your wife, you have to
propose to her at some point … LOL … and so began the brainstorming on
the perfect proposal. You see, Dami is a kind of girl that’s full of
giant romantic fantasies, thanks to years of reading Mills and Boon. I
sure had my work cut out for me. Which was fine though, because she is
also the kind of girl that’s deserving of the proposal of her dreams. By
this time in the relationship, we were already talking about the
future. So of course, she knew a proposal was in the offing. She just
didn’t know how or when.
We went to Hawaii together in March, 2014 and I knew she thought it
may be happening there. But no way! It would take more than getting
down on one knee at a beach in Maui to give Dami the surprise of her
life. So the brainstorming continued. I knew there were three key
ingredients to giving Dami the proposal of her dreams and eliminating
any chance of her saying “NO”. 1. It had to be at a place close to her
heart (Maui wasn’t a candidate), 2. Family/friends had to be around 3.
It had to be grand.
Then one day, while I was working out at the gym, I had a light
bulb moment. I knew exactly what to do. And so I got to work, making
phone calls, and researching. One of the first things I had to do was
to figure out Dami’s ring size. Enter Agent Flakky Chan (Dami’s elder
sister) who executed this task with precision. Another person I got on
the phone with was Lupe, Dami’s favorite cousin. She was so stoked when I
told her about the plan, and signed up immediately. I also involved
some of Dami’s close friends in her favorite city, texting back and
forth with them, sometimes even while Dami was right next to me.
The last piece in the puzzle was planning a trip to New York. That
was the easiest part of the job, since Dami LOVES New York. Well, I got
Dami into New York, threw in her favourite song at the time, and the
rest, as they say, is history.
To see the rest of the story, watch the video (HERE) or below!
They are getting married on the 29th of August in Dubai, whoosh!
