Wait, what? Did Narcissus come back once again only to fall into – and maybe through? – his reflection once more? Well, sorta. Except, this time playing the part of Narcissus is Kelly Hildebrandt & Kelly Kildebrandt, and the reflecting well is, uh, Facebook. Okay, clearly this isn’t making much sense. One more time.
Meet Kelly Katrina Hildebrandt, a young twenty-year-old female from South Florida. One day Kelly, in a moment of boredom, decides to perform a vanity search on Facebook. You know, see if there are any other Kelly Hildebrant’s out there. And lo and behold, there is! A Kelly Hildebrant from Lubbock, Texas, you see. And he’s twenty-four and a guy too! Even better.
So Kelly Hildebrandt (the female) messages Kelly Hildebrandt (the male) to say, “Hi. We had the same name. Thought it was cool.” The male counterpart, “thought she was pretty cute” and before you know it, the two had developed a back and forth friendly relationship. Fast forward several months, and their infrequent messages had become very frequent. And they were no longer only via emails either. They were now talking to each other over the phone, regularly, sometimes for hours at a time.
Then fast forward another couple of months and the two decide to meet. Sparks fly, they become “official”, fall “head over heals” for each other and shortly after, Kelly Hildebrandt (the female) comes across a treasure chest on the beach. Inside that chest? Why a diamond wedding ring of course!
And there you have it. They plan to marry in October. Kelly Katrina Hildebrandt the twenty-year-old community college student and Kelly Carl Hildebrandt the twenty-four-year-old financial services employee. Oh, and they checked. They’re not related.
As to the other question on everyone’s mind? Kelly responds, “No. We’re definitely not going to name our kids Kelly.” Phew.
Wow, just wow. I mean, I guess you can fall in love with just about anyone – trust me, my roommate does every month or so – but this is pretty bad. And weird. Really weird, actually.