“We watched movies and tv shows, syncing them together so we would start and stop at the same time. They quickly settled on Skype as the best way to stay connected: “We did everything together on Skype,” Naya says. Two years into their relationship, Naya moved to San Francisco for dental school and the duo suddenly found themselves locked in a long-distance romance that would end up stretching on for six long years James’s take on the story is, well, a bit more dramatic: “Once we locked eyes, all was forgiven and we haven’t been able to take our eyes off each other since,” he adds. Naya’s sorority sister asked her to show her cousin, James, around campus in preparation for his first spring semester, but their first meeting didn’t exactly go as planned.Īfter driving to the wrong apartment building, James was late meeting Naya for his campus tour - but as he explains, all was forgiven when he finally showed up: “He looked much better than in pictures,” she says. The couple were wed in a traditional Nigerian ceremony called the Igbankwu, paying homage to Naya’s heritage as part of Nigeria’s Igbo tribe - and live-streaming their wedding (over Skype, of course) for hundreds of wedding guests on the other side of the world.Īs the happy couple tells it, their story began in 2015 when they met as students at Arizona State. “The Skype calling tune is something that brings joy every time I hear it,” James says, “because it brings me back to days when I would hear those sounds and run to my computer to see Naya.”Īfter nurturing their relationship with endless hours of video calls, the two long-distance love birds were married in Phoenix, Arizona in early October. How Skype became the link between two college sweetheartsĪs newlyweds James and Naya discovered, when you can’t physically be together, connecting via Skype is the next best thing.
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