Lucy King, 32, and Paul Crane, 31, met at a gig in 2011. They now live together with their two-year-old son and their cat in Worthing
Lucy King had almost completed her last year at university when she treated herself to a solo night out in May 2011. “I wanted to go and see Sufjan Stevens at the Royal Festival Hall in London,” she remembers. “I’d been to lots of gigs by myself before. I liked to get there early and watch the support bands.” She was scrolling through her phone waiting for things to kick off when Paul Crane started walking towards her. There were only a handful of others in the hall at the time, but his ticket was for the seat next to her’s. “I saw him coming and thought ‘Oh God. Now I’ll have to make small talk with a stranger.’”
Paul, who was also a student at the time, had bought tickets for two Sufjan Stevens gigs. “It was a busy time with university exams so I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to go. I ended up putting both tickets on sale and someone bought the one for the second night so I decided to go to the other gig by myself.” When he sat down next to Lucy, he knew they’d end up chatting. “It would have been too awkward not to speak to each other.” They got on well throughout the evening and discovered they had plenty in common. After the gig was over, Paul suggested she add him on the music website Last FM. They exchanged a few messages there before becoming Facebook friends. “I didn’t think he was interested in me in a romantic way at all,” says Lucy. “I’m quite cynical and I’d gone through my teens and university years without a boyfriend. I didn’t really feel like anyone would be interested in me like that.”
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