How Woman Knew Man She’d Never Met in Person Would One Day Be Her Husband

For many, the idea that you’ve met “the one” before ever seeing them in real life sounds like something out of a movie.

But for Zoë Foster, 25, that moment was captured in an Instagram reel, where she declared before meeting her now-husband: “We’re going to be meeting for the very first time, and I’m pretty sure he’s my husband, like, he doesn’t know it yet—well, he probably does.” Foster told Newsweek about the viral reel, which received over 47,000 likes—and about the love story behind it all.

“Six months ago, I met my now-husband for the very first time in person,” she captioned the video. “I always say this, but you know the person you are going to marry from the very beginning … He left all he knew in California to be with the person he knew was going to be his wife. Today, you are my husband, but also my best friend and number one supporter.”

‘Meeting My Soulmate’

Foster, who now lives in Brussels, Belgium, with her husband, Hindrix, 27, told Newsweek that their love story began in an unexpected place—TikTok.

“We met on TikTok in 2023,” Foster said. “Hindrix was creating faith-based content, and I interacted with one of his videos, followed him and then sent him a DM. We started chatting right after about all sorts of topics: hair, fashion, his life in LA and mine in Brussels. It was always through text, and since neither of us was looking for anything romantic at the time, our friendship developed naturally.”

Over time, though, their friendship deepened. “A couple of months later, Hindrix actively decided to pursue me romantically. He orchestrated weekly FaceTime dates every Sunday, where we’d watch movies, cook and play games together,” Foster said.

When they finally met in person after nearly a year of long-distance friendship, Foster said it felt like everything was falling into place.

“Meeting in person for the first time felt like finally meeting my soulmate, the one I’d been longing for all along. It felt right, beautiful and exactly where I needed to be,” she said.

Her confidence in her relationship wasn’t based on a whirlwind romance—but on something much deeper.

“I knew he was the one for me because he was an answered prayer, the man I had prayed for. He showed me he was the one through his actions, not just his words,” she said.

Now, after experiencing a cross-continental love story firsthand, Foster encourages others to trust the process when it comes to relationships: “The best advice I can give is the advice I followed myself,” she said. “Trust God … Focus on what brings you joy, and naturally, the person meant for you will find you there.”

For Foster and Hindrix, what started as a simple DM turned into a marriage rooted in faith and love—one that she knew was meant to be from the start.