A West Lothian Tesco worker is set to marry the 'love of his life' after meeting his bride-to-be online during the pandemic and never looking back. Paul Gardner, from Bathgate, met his fiancé in slightly different circumstances to most, chatting online before travelling all the way to Mexico to meet Tania Alejandra for the first time in January.
After chatting online throughout various lockdowns, Paul took the leap of faith and travelled thousands of miles across the world to meet Tania after she spent months teaching him Spanish. Paul, 31, asked Tania to move to Scotland with him in February, and six months later, the happy couple are planning their wedding for next year.
Paul wowed Tania, 36, when he went down on one knee on The Royal Mile, one of Edinburgh's most iconic streets, as the Daily Record reports. He said: "The journey Tania and I have been on is crazy - and all because I looked on to an app to learn Spanish. During lockdown, I started to think about learning Spanish because I was bored and wanted something new to do.
