Once again, love shows us the stuff it’s made of and turns an ordinary day into an extraordinary one! Also, another win for social media as Instagram was the starting point for Tomilade and Funbi. Yes, it’s another happy ever after story and we’re super excited. ?

It was a busy day for Tomilade and all that was on her mind was to go on and have a good rest. Well, the plans changed when her friend invited her to join an Instagram live. Now, call this fate, or the power of love – neither would be wrong. Funbi saw his baby, Tomilade for the first time on that IG live. This was the beginning of a beautiful love journey for the lovebirds.

Want to know how this IG Live session translated into #tolovefuever? Tomilade tells us how it all went down from there. Keep scrolling to read the full love story as well as how Funbi popped the question. We’re absolutely loving all the lovely photos from their pre-wedding shoot. The cool vibes, the elegance, the love – everything about Tomilade and Funbi’s love is something to love.

Enjoy all the photos from their pre-wedding shoot below.

Their love story  according to Tomilade:

One fateful Friday afternoon I was heading home from a busy day at work. My plan was just to stop at Walmart and head home to nap. I settled in my spot in the parking lot, when my sister, Opeyemi, called me to join our other good sister, Wumi, on her IG live.

My sister was talking about relationships and naturally, I had so many comments to make. So I hopped on and she and I had a lovely conversation on dating in this our millennial generation. So what does this have to do with me and Funbi? Well, Funmibi who was a friend of Wumi’s on IG, tuned into our live session and from there he started following me on IG.

He never said anything to me personally. However, I did notice that over the next couple of months, he would watch and like my weekly IGTV videos, like photos here and there, but that was it. Fast forward to September 2020. I was totally over all the tales of “situationships” I had been through. I spent that month in fasting and prayer and God assured me that his “best” for me was on his way.

Sure enough, on Sunday, October 4, 2020. I was out at a winery with my cousin, Bunmi and she happened to snap a photo of me smiling and having a good ol’ time. Who knew that that picture was going to be the connection to my destiny partner? God truly has a funny way of establishing his divine connections in our lives.

Within the hour, Funbi responded to that photo that I put on my story, and the rest is literally history…

Here’s how Funbi shares the proposal story:

Tomi and I knew very quickly into our relationship that this was going to be a forever journey. She had told me the kind of ring she would want and to be very honest, the topic of marriage came so naturally and fluidly between the both of us. It was on our second date that I made a comment to her that “Things can only get better from here” because at that moment I knew I had met my soul mate.

She laughed with that characteristic smile on her face. From there, I was just waiting for all the other pieces to fall in line. Unbeknownst to her, I had started to plan my proposal to her since Christmas. By the time I came back from my holiday trip to Nigeria in January, her ring was already in production.

I couldn’t let her know that Valentine’s day was going to be “The Day”. So, I started throwing her off with different stories of how I would rather wait until around her birthday in May to pop the question, and she of course believed me. Lol. A couple of weeks to Valentine’s day, I told her I was trying to find a restaurant. Somewhere we could celebrate our first Valentine’s together.  We searched and searched but everywhere was already booked. (Duh, lol. that was all a part of my master plan).

So I called her a couple of days afterwards and told her that since most restaurants were already booked for the day. Then I suggested that we should have a photoshoot together to celebrate instead. Knowing that Tomi is obsessed with photos, I knew she would fall for it. After church that Sunday, we started heading over to the photographer’s studio.

The car ride there was so weird. lol. I wouldn’t let her touch my phone as she usually does, only because I was sharing my location with the photographer so he could be ready for us. *Phew* We finally made it to the house. I walked her inside and the look on her face was priceless as she beheld the words “Marry Me” on the backdrop. So since we are here, I guess you know what her answer was! ??

Credits

Bride-to-be: @omotomi_lade
Groom-to-be: @omobarry
Photography: @imgartistry|@folalawal_studios
Makeup: @glam_byher