Hamim Mubtasim&Umme Farzana Rupa

It began with a simple “Hello” on Messenger.

Hamim reached out to Rupa about a university group chat, never knowing that an ordinary message would become the beginning of something extraordinary.

As their online classes began during COVID, conversations slowly turned into friendship, and friendship began to feel like something more.

Days turned into conversations, and conversations into a quiet kind of closeness.

They discovered how remarkably alike they were, making plans to study together, watch movies, and simply spend time side by side.

Hamim was expressive, Rupa was calm and introverted—and somewhere between their differences and similarities, they began falling for each other.

On 23 October, Hamim got into IBA, bringing with it the possibility of being apart.

The thought of separation suddenly made them realize that what they shared was far beyond friendship.

The very next day, Hamim asked Rupa to be his, and she said yes—finally giving a name to the love they had already found in each other.

A week later, Hamim and Rupa met for the first time at a café in Uttara.

He talked, she listened, and she found herself quietly captivated by the person she had come to know through countless conversations.

It was the first of many meetings, many memories, and many ordinary moments that would slowly become their life together.

The years that followed brought their share of joys, challenges, and seasons of change, but they never stopped choosing each other.

And now, five years after 23 October became the day they discovered their love, the same date returns as the day they begin their marriage.

What started with a message, grew into love, and survived every season has finally found its forever.