LOVE BITES: a stranger on a train
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What is the premise of the Love Bites mini‑series and this episode’s theme?
This is an ABC podcast.
It might not come as much of a surprise, but I love love. Nothing makes me gooey like hearing about people connecting in authentic ways. And hey, it helps if it's an amazing story to boot. A meet cute that felt like fate. Best friends finally realising they're soulmates. Love triumphing against all odds. It's the fuzzy stuff, you know? I'm Nat Tanchich and welcome to our mini-series, Love Bites. Bite-sized, rom-com-worthy love stories as long as a song. Usually on The Hookup, I educate you on relationship and sex issues and help solve your romantic dilemmas. But for the next little while, we're also injecting a little love into your life with a rom-com-worthy tale that I hope makes you believe again. You know, those kinds of stories where it felt like fate or the boost you get from a relationship weathering against all odds.
I don't know. I just think we need that right now. Does the idea of talking to a stranger on the train freak you out? Well, you might be missing out on the person of your dreams. Jekali from Naam, Melbourne was having one of those days where everything was going wrong. But for all the right reasons, she ended up meeting her soulmate Lachlan.
It was a Monday and yeah, I was going up to uni on a day that I didn't actually have any classes.
Why was Jekali’s day going wrong and how did it lead her to the train?
So I was just catching up with lectures about work and stuff like that. Really stressed, rushed, running late for everything, missing trams, missing trainings, all that stuff. But anyway, by the time I got to Southern Cross, there was a train there, thankfully. like finally something's going right for me today. I got on the train and sat down and for a minute or two it was kind of like this feels weird like I don't know I don't know how else to explain it but I just felt off. So I got up and I got off the train and after checking like the timetable I was like this is silly like jock just Get back on the bloody train like it's going where you need to go. So I got on but I got into a different carriage this time and I was doing like you know classic scan for seats and I walked past this person and like kind of stopped mid aisle and again was just kind of like I need to sit there.
I need to sit next to that person. So I, yeah, I sat down next to him and like, again, just this like feeling came up where I sort of just had to listen to it. It was like, you need to talk to him now. I was like, looking for some kind of feasible icebreaker that wasn't really awkward. Something a bit better than just like outwardly introducing myself to a stranger. And this carriage that I was on was like a first class carriage.
How did Jekali decide to sit next to a stranger in the first‑class carriage?
So I turned to him and I say, sorry, I noticed this carriage is a first-class carriage. Do you know if we need a special ticket? And he said, no, I think that's just the one on the line. I was like, okay. I'm Jack, by the way. And, like, I reach out and shake his head. He's like, oh, I'm Locke. What do you do, Jack? And so we ended up having a conversation. Like, it was just nice, you know. And he was pretty cute as well. So I was like, hee-hee.
What ice‑breaker did Jekali use to start a conversation with Jack on the train?
But...
Anyway, we exchanged Instagrams because he was, at the time I was doing like a BA in photography and he was like interested in my photos. So we followed each other on Instagram and he got off the train before I did. And the minute he got off, I was like on the phone to people, just like, you'll never believe what happened. And I don't know, like, it just felt really weird. And I feel like it was more than just kind of, you know, a regular conversation, blah, blah, blah. And all my mates were like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. whatever anyway so tuesday rolls around and like i'm back at uni again and like i skipped my last class because i'm like maybe he'll be there again and so i go and catch the same service home and yeah he was waiting in line for the door to open for the train
And I walk up next to him and I'm like, hello. He's like, oh, Jack. Like, is this going to be a thing now? And I was like, yeah, I think it is. And so we just chatted again and it was really nice.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the premise of the Love Bites mini‑series and this episode’s theme?
0:02–1:29
2
Why was Jekali’s day going wrong and how did it lead her to the train?
1:29–3:00
3
How did Jekali decide to sit next to a stranger in the first‑class carriage?
3:00–3:30
4
What ice‑breaker did Jekali use to start a conversation with Jack on the train?
3:30–4:35
5
How did exchanging Instagram accounts change the direction of their connection?
4:35–5:15
6
What happened when Jekali and Jack met again the next day on the train?
5:15–6:25
7
What does Jekali reflect on about fate, small connections, and their four‑year relationship?
6:25–6:34