Meeting through a friend in 2003
2003
Meridy was working in Hereford when she met Abba, who is a chef,
through a straight friend who knew that they were both lesbian. “We
were chatting and there was a connection, Abba stole my phone number
from my friend’s phone and we were texting back and forth. We went
for a date that night, and chatted and chatted and chatted". At that
time Abba was 21 and Meridy was 28. “We both thought we were in our
mid-twenties, we must have been behaving at that level”. When she found
out Meridy thought ‘Oh I’m a cradle snatcher!’. Eventually they moved
in together. Abba bought an engagement ring and proposed to Meridy while
they were on a walk to their favourite spot. Abba said, “Meridy said
‘Yes’ straight away!” and they became engaged.
Abba and Meridy were the first lesbians in Worcester to register their Civil Partnership, on 21st December 2005
Contributed by: Meridy Swann-Flint, 31