An engaged British couple said their romance began with an errant text message and a double case of mistaken identity.

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Anthony Hubbucks of Gateshead, England, said he was attempting to text an old friend when he put the wrong number in and instead contacted Michelle Morris, who lived 335 miles south in Wales, the Evening Chronicle reported Monday.

The flirted via text for a time before Morris realized the texts might not have been coming from the source she suspected.

"I was flirting because I thought it was my friend Simon," she said. "But something didn't feel quite right and I sent a text saying 'Who is this?'"

However, the revelation of their true identities did not keep the pair from communicating and moving beyond text to speaking on the phone.

After exchanging in-person visits to their respective locations, Hubbucks moved to the village of Cymru, Ebbw Vale, to be closer to Morris.

The two became engaged in October.