Californian native, Erica Harris, 36, found love a year ago when she connected with Arte Vann on Instagram.
The only problem was Arte lived in New York.
The duo met randomly on Instagram using pages they’ve both since deleted.
Chatting to CBS, Harris talked about the first time she lay eyes on his profile.
“What drew me to him is a lot of men, you can tell how they are to women through their comments,’ she said. ‘I saw that Arte was very personal, and he was very attentive, and thought “Wow this guy seems like a nice guy.”
Harris played it cool and would casually like his pictures though she hadn’t followed him. Vann noticed her handle and began a little creeping of his own before biting the bullet and giving her the follow.
Harris says they began commenting on each others images before moving to DM’s and eventually lengthy phonecalls.
In May, however, Harris said that Vann began ‘breaking down her walls’, and she thought they were getting too close. She deleted her account and cut off communication.
For several months, the pair didn’t interact.
However, as Harris’s life began to “unravel” she reached out to Vann.
“I messaged him ‘Arte i need you’ and nothing. and a week later, nothing” she said.
However, Vann had been involved in a car crash and as he recuperated in the hospital, he didn’t have access to his account.
“Fast forward to November, he goes back on Instagram, we reconnect and we’re right where we left off,” Harris said. She continued to say that the pair spoke so often on the phone that her sons would say “I love you” to him on the phone.
Gas.
Overcome by cyber love, Vann booked a one-way ticket to California.
Now after three days together, the couple has confirmed via The Daily Mail, that they are earth-shatteringly in love.
How wonderful.
They invited CBS to witness their first real life meeting in Ontario International Airport.
Vann proposed mere seconds after arriving and minutes later the couple were exchanging vows.
“Don’t listen to your thoughts. Don’t listen to your head,” he told KCAL9 at the airport after she said yes. “Follow your heart. Follow your soul.”
Harris’s Instagram profile now says she’s married “to the man of my dreams,” while Vann calls her “the love of my life.”
