When Rachael Kirkwood first spotted her now husband, Paddy, in the corridors of the secondary school they both attended in Manchester, she fell head over heels but was too shy to speak to him.
Then, in April 2015, Rachael, now 34, sent Paddy, now 35, a message after stumbling upon his Facebook profile.
After meeting for a first date around a week later, things moved fast, with the pair buying a house together after two weeks, before getting engaged in July 2015, and marrying in the December.
In September 2016, Rachael gave birth to their daughter Mollie, now two, and just six weeks later she fell pregnant with identical twins Niall and Luke - who were born six weeks early in June 2017.
Rachael, who previously worked in highway design and as a photographer, has admitted she was warned her relationship was moving 'too fast', but after spending years pining over Paddy she knew he was the one.
The full-time mother said: 'People thought it was way too fast and told me it wouldn't last, but I was sure we were meant to be together.'
When she first met Paddy at school, Rachael was overcome with shyness and never plucked up the courage to speak to him, instead admiring him from afar and sending anonymous Valentine’s Day cards every February 14th.
In time, they both left school and began their adult lives, with Rachael even living in New Zealand for two years, and having a son, Oliver, now seven, but she never forgot about her first love.
'I believe in love at first sight. I loved Paddy as soon as I saw him back at school, and still felt the same after years apart. If something feels right, you have to go for it.
'I saw his profile pop up as he'd commented on a mutual friend's post, so I had a look through his photos and plucked up the courage to message him. I said, 'You haven't changed a bit.''
MailOnline
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