Elaine Fenech and Simon Shead

Wedding Date:  7th September 2006

Shortly after Christmas my whole family from my mother's side meet at my Grandma's house for drinks, it is usually a very happy affair however it had only been 3 months after my return to Malta as I had been living abroad and I was still adjusting to moving back in with my parents and to the lifestyle here, amongst others, so for some reason I could not wait to leave.  

My cousin Diane sensed my irritation and suggested we go for a coffee somewhere and talk.  We opted for one of the cafeteria's at the airport (MIA) cause it is close to where my grandma lives, and that is were I saw Simon for the first time.  He worked there as a part time bartender, and he knew Diane, she was sort of dating his friend.  

I fancied Simon straight away but when he came over to our table for a quick chat with Diane and I smiled at him he completely ignored me.  I was so offended, little did I know he had been secretly checking me out, and was sending text messages to the guy Diane was dating, wanting to know more about me.

A couple of days later Diane called asking me to go to an MIA staff party with her.  She was going with Simon's friend and Simon had requested that I'd go as his date, but I refused, exams were just round the corner so I had to study and besides I was still upset about him not returning my smile!  

Anyway after further pestering from my cousin I accepted though I warned her that she was in debt with me and that it wouldn’t be a real date between Simon and I, of course my cousin never told Simon that!

The day came.  I was very nervous but relaxed as soon as I realised that Simon was even more nervous than I was plus I'd taken a few shots of gin & tonic to calm me down, the few shots turned into quite a lot of shots, and I ended up dropping vodka on Diane's new cream trousers

(Diane if you read this I truly am very sorry.

We had a great night out but like everything else it came to an end but before we said our goodbyes Simon kissed me and we've been together ever since.  

We now live together and have a 2-year old little boy who will be page boy at our wedding in seven months time.

Our relationship has been an obstacle race so far but with patience, determination and most importantly love we have been victorious and we believe that although we have lots of things to be thankful for, the best is yet to come!

Story added on the 14th February 2006