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- TFS (Tabinda F. Sheikh): Do you remember
the first time you saw me?
- TMS (Tariq M. Sheikh): You have yellow gloves on,
and I could not say 'hello,' 'hi,' nothing.
- TFS: Oh, I thought you was rude and mean.
I said, 'Oh my God, this guy don't even say 'Hi.'
You're just staring at me! [laughs]
- TMS: Yea, because you was the girl
who was in my dreams.
- TFS: Yeah, but I didn't have that dream!
- TMS: You remember, I ask you 'Do you wanna go with me for coffee?'
You gave me answer after two days!
- TFS: Because I didn't know how to speak English.
- TMS: I remember you have a small dictionary
in your pocket-- a Spanish-to-English.
And on the, like, paper,
- TFS: --napkin - TMS: Napkin.
You write, 'Ok, yes .'
- TFS: Language is not a barrier for the love.
- TMS: After that, I bought a yellow cab.
I was a driver, you know?
One day I say, 'You know your address where you live?
Let me drop you, your home.'
You say, 'I live in New Jersey.'
Just 'New Jersey.'
- TFS: [laughs]
- TMS: I say, 'Oh my God, today I gonna have a long night!'
When I went there, it was YMCA.
I say, 'Why you don't tell me you live in YMCA?'
You say, 'I don't know YMCA is like a famous thing.' [laughs]
- TFS: I didn't have no family here.
He didn't have no family here.
And when I call back home, and I say, 'I am in love.
I have a-- gordito.' They say, ' gordito?
Chubby man? You don't like fat men!'
- TMS: I was not that fat. Just chubby, yes [laughs]
- TFS: I know, sweetheart! But for us, this was fat.
- TMS: Yup.
So, I was working like 72 hours continuously.
I was very tired.
And I remember, there was a park over there nearby.
- TFS: Mm-hmm.
- TMS: We went. There was a bench.
I put my head on your legs and I slept.
- TFS: I don't even want to move.
If I move, he's going to wake up.
It was beautiful.
Looking the moon, the stars.
- TMS: I woke up morning time.
And you was still sitting there and I say, 'What?!'
That was the moment I fell in love with you.
- TFS: Love is a wonderful thing.
This is my man!
And we're gonna be married 23 years now.
- TMS: She's telling me 23 years.
For me, it's like yesterday.
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