Sometimes, all it takes is one message to change everything. For Michael and Leila, that message arrived within 48 hours of Michael joining Veggly — and within just a few months, they were engaged and planning their vegan wedding. 💚💍
Michael joined Veggly in late February 2026, not knowing quite what to expect. Within 48 hours, Leila sent him a message, and they quickly started talking and arranged to meet in person a few weeks later. What followed was a whirlwind of love, and less than three months after that first message, they were engaged.
Leila is from Chesterfield, while Michael lives just outside Manchester. Both in their early 40s, they describe finding each other as the most amazing new chapter in their lives — and say they feel they’ve met their soulmate. Now, they’re looking at wedding venues and planning a vegan wedding together. 🌱
We’ll let them tell it:
“Back in late February, I joined your app and didn’t expect much from it and had heard mixed things but approached it with an open mind.
Within 48 hours, I was messaged by someone and we got talking in messages and arranged a date. Now, just shy of 3 months, we got engaged and are planning a (vegan) wedding. It has been a lifetime changing few months and we both feel we’ve met a soul mate in each other and we want to spend our lives together and without the platform of this app, we likely would never have met.
It’s honestly been the most amazing few months for both of us. We are absolute head over heels in love. Leila is from Chesterfield UK and myself just outside of Manchester UK. I joined the app on the Saturday and Leila messaged on Sunday 01/03 and we didn’t stop messaging and met a few weeks later and since then, it’s just been the most amazing journey. It’s honestly the best advert for a dating app I can imagine.
We are going to look at two potential wedding venues on Monday as we are hoping to get a date in place for our wedding. We are both in our early 40s and it’s been the most amazing turn in our chapters. We are getting married and we are so happy.”
From a single message to an engagement and plans for a vegan wedding, Michael and Leila’s story shows just how much can begin with simply saying hello. 💚🌱💍
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