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Insta-love! Marriage at first sight… couple weds before they meet (pics)

A sign of love in our times...

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Californian mother-of-three Erica Harris married the man of her dreams, New Yorker Arte Vann only seconds after meeting him for the first time in person at Ontario Airport. Their chance encounter happened on Instagram and their entire relationship unfolded on social media after Erica came across his Instagram profile.

The couple’s love affair took place with likes and follows since March last year. It was so intense that Vann bought a one-way plane ticket to Ontario International Airport on Friday and married her within seconds of their meeting.

Days later, they do not regret their choice and say they are madly in love…. still!

Erica Harris (left) and Arte Vann (right) met for the first time in the Ontario International Airport just minutes before they married in the California terminal  

Erica Harris, of Murrieta, and Arte Vann, of Earlton, New York, spontaneously met on Instagram in March of last year, using pages they have both since deleted
Arte bought a one-way ticket to meet Erica

Harris calls their meeting on Friday an ‘insta-engagement’ and an ‘insta-wedding’. She invited CBS News to film the event as a gift to her new mother-in-law, who was unable to attend.

The couple have since canceled their Instagram pages to state that they are both married to the love of their lives.

Harris waited patiently in the Ontario International Airport for Vann to arrive so the couple could meet at last, after a year of speaking over the phone and on Instagram

Taking a leap for love: Finally having met, Vann dropped to one knee and proposed to Harris in the airport terminal

 

Love at first sight: Harris accepted Vann's proposal and the two married - using their own vows and God as their officiator - before ever leaving the terminal

 

Vann said couples who want to do what they did should not listen to their head but instead listen to their heart

 

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After the wedding, Harris and Vann left the airport to begin their lives together as husband and wife. When Harris spoke to Daily Mail Online on Sunday, Vann was busy playing Pokemon with Harris's three young boys

After the wedding, Harris and Vann left the airport to begin their lives together as husband and wife.

Vann has quit his job in New York to live with the mother-of-three… happily ever after!

 

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