Lawrence Reed5
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Found his dream girl on the subway
Patrick Moberg, a designer based in New York, fell head over heels after spotting a stunning young woman on the NYC subway. Sadly, she vanished into the crowd before he could say a word. So, he did what any desperate romantic would do—he built a whole website just to track her down...
Their eyes locked for one magical second, but for him, it felt like an entire lifetime passed in that blink. Before he could even react, she was swallowed up by the sea of faces at the Bowling Green station.
Totally convinced that this mysterious girl with the flower tucked in her hair was "the one," Moberg launched a dedicated site www.nygirlofmydreams.com to hunt down his mystery lady.
The site was pretty simple; he actually sketched out how he remembered her—bright rosy cheeks, wearing blue shorts and blue socks, with that signature red flower in her hair. He even left his phone number and email, basically begging the internet to help him find the love of his life.
Now, New Yorkers are usually known more for being cynical than helpful, but Moberg’s hopeless romantic vibe actually touched people's hearts, and they jumped into action. Within just a few hours, his inbox was exploding and his phone wouldn't stop buzzing. Finally, after dodging hundreds of calls, a friend of hers reached out and sent over a photo that confirmed everything—it was her!
"As for how this ends, unlike those cheesy rom-coms or bad pop songs, you guys'll have to imagine the rest yourselves," Moberg wrote on the site, which he quickly took offline once he finally reunited with the girl with the red flower.
He later told the New York Post that during his frantic search, tons of other girls were emailing him, offering their love and claiming that while they weren't quite his soulmate, they could definitely be a close second.
The "wanted" girl turned out to be 22-year-old Camille Hayton, who lives over in Brooklyn.
"It was absolute madness. I honestly can't believe this actually happened to me," the girl with the flower said about the whole whirlwind.
They went on a date, and from what we hear, it went pretty great since they had so much to talk about. They even ended up appearing together on "Good Morning America" later on.
