![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/couple-who-live-7000-miles-apart-decide-to-marry-after-just-11-days-together/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_PAY-PA-Real-Life-Rebekah-Clayton-getting-married-after-11-days-together.jpg&description=Cristian Paredes met Rebekah Clayton by chance on a cruise ship and after their 11th day together, the couple decided they couldn't live without each other A couple who live 7,000 miles apart and met by chance on a cruise have decided to get married after knowing each other for just 11 days. Rebekah Clayton, 27, and Argentinian Cristian Paredes, 29, refused to let a small thing like distance stand in the way of their love story. Cristian was working in the gift shop on board a Norwegian cruise ship when he met Rebekah in October 2022. After a whirlwind holiday romance on the high seas, the couple were forced to say goodbye when Rebekah's holiday came to an end. But they were able to meet up again just a few months later when the ship docked in Southampton. And after spending their 11th day together, they decided never to part ways again. Unable to bear being apart, Cristian, from Cordoba in Argentina, made the move to Chesterfield, Derbyshire, to be with Rebekah - and now the pair's road to the aisle is being documented in the new series of 90 Day Fiance UK on discovery+. But the lovers are on a tight deadline to get hitched, with just three months left before Cristian's visa expires. If they don't make it to the registry office, he will have no choice but to return to South America. Rebekah, who works in telecommunications and is also a belly dancer, said: "I'm very unlucky in love, I just meet the wrong guys all the time but from the first moment I met Cristian, we had an instant connection. "We've had a lot of bumps in our journey, and at first my family weren't happy about our relationship. But we want to make it work and I just knew we had to at least try after the cruise ended." For Rebekah, the trip to Norway was a long-awaited family trip away with her grandparents after it was postponed multiple times due to the Covid pandemic. However, the family getaway took a change of course when she bumped into Cristian on the second day of the cruise. Rebekah said: "W){kind=link}
Cristian Paredes met Rebekah Clayton by chance on a cruise ship and after their 11th day together, the couple decided they couldn’t live without each other
A couple who live 7,000 miles apart and met by chance on a cruise have decided to get married after knowing each other for just 11 days.
Rebekah Clayton, 27, and Argentinian Cristian Paredes, 29, refused to let a small thing like distance stand in the way of their love story.
Cristian was working in the gift shop on board a Norwegian cruise ship when he met Rebekah in October 2022.
After a whirlwind holiday romance on the high seas, the couple were forced to say goodbye when Rebekah’s holiday came to an end.