It seems Franschoek is the place for great love stories!
Here's another beautiful story from Rumbi and Tristan.
This picture was taken way back in December 2012, but I only received it recently.
The love between Rumbi Goredema and Tristan Görgens took a little
while to develop. They first met during Rumbi’s third year of school. She
was taking a psychology class and he was the tutor. Despite Tristan’s
valiant attempts to get the whole study group involved in discussion,
Rumbi recalls that it “pretty much became a conversation between the two
of us. With nineteen other undergrads there. Conventional start to a love
story.”
Tristan and Rumbi lost touch for the next two years.
They reconnected through work, as they both began working for
an alumni association. Even though they saw each other at work every
day, their romantic relationship was still slow to develop. Tristan
remembers that “it was during the long meetings and period in between and
after meetings that we could really get to know one another.” Over the
months, they became good friends, and one day Rumbi got up the courage to
ask Tristan out. She says, “Our first date was a disaster: neither of us
was sure whether or not it was a date, and it dragged on for about
six hours.” Even though the first date wasn’t great, they tried a
few more times, and thanks to online chatting through their
work, they finally connected. “We fell in love quickly after we
started dating,“ recalls Tristan. This realization came when Rumbi
left on a trip shortly after the two had gotten together, and
they missed each other desperately.
According to Rumbi, “we’re a pair of homebodies” who spend most of
their time at home. They both have jobs that keep them busy all day, so
being at home is the perfect place for these two to relax at the end of
the day and enjoy each other’s company. Although they have recently moved
in together, Rumbi says, “I think as a couple, though, we like to create
home within our relationship for each other.”
They both are very passionate about certain things, and love
to have long talks out on the porch about current issues. Even
with that, Tristan believes it is the balance between them that
makes them work so well. “In some instances I am the impulsive
and risk-taking one, and in others she will be the one who will
stop me from dragging my heels and being too ponderous
about decisions. And, perhaps most importantly, we are both
intensely committed to one another’s happiness,” Tristan says.
Love can be hard to find. But the best love comes when you are not
looking for it, like in a college study group, or at the office. In the
end, it is the love that has taken its time that is the love that will
last forever.
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