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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
As told to James Norman

The moment I knew: 10 days after we met, I wrote him a marriage proposal

Nick and Daniel with their chihuahua, Ziggy
‘We were both so ready for that unconditional love’: Nick and Daniel with their chihuahua, Ziggy Photograph: Daniel Clarke

In 2006 I was working as a theatre producer in the UK, and I was presenting a show at Adelaide fringe festival called The Bogus Woman starring British actor Sarah Niles. I was standing outside the theatre in Adelaide when I first spotted Nick. He was with a mutual friend, Eliza, who introduced us.

We made eye contact and I was immediately drawn to him. I thought Nick was extremely handsome; I remember his beautiful hands and his gorgeous thick hair. It turned out we shared a lot of mutual friends, as Nick was an actor. Eliza later told me she had a premonition that me and Nick were going to fall in love and get married – this was before gay marriage was even legalised in the UK.

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