This couple fell in love messaging on 'Nextdoor'-after 40 years of living in the same neighborhood but never meeting.

Chris Place logged onto the hyperlocal online bulletin board to look for bargains when he spotted Michelle Tooby.

The 44-year old loved her pic so sent a ‘wave' notification, and was delighted when she popped one back.

After two weeks of chatting online they went on a date and realized that, while they had never met, they had so much in common.

They hung out in the same park as kids, had children at the same schools, visited the same pubs, and had never lived more than a few minutes walk from each other in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England.

Seven months after their first message, the pair are quite the item-spending half of their time together. They found they shared loads of hobbies like going out, driving, and gardening.

Michelle even recognized Chris's car.

"We've crossed paths no end of times since we were very young," said Chris. "It's like it just wasn't meant to happen until now.

"It was the last thing I expected."

"It's great because if we get married our surname will be Place-Tooby, like ‘place-to-be'.

Michelle recalled, "Neither of us were looking for love. We'd completely given up. I'm so glad we've found each other."

"It's just meant to be, and it's the right time now. It's like our relationship waited for the right moment."

Chris's 22-year-old daughter and Michelle's son, 20, had shared schools over the years.

Chris said, "I was looking for something out of the ordinary and that's exactly what I found.

"She's a very kind person and you can see that in her face. I mean don't get me wrong, she can be very sassy too.

"As soon as we started chatting we got on like a house on fire: there was something extraordinarily special about it.

"We feel so comfortable together, and it keeps getting better and better, even now."

Nextdoor is an app where neighbors can messages other members from the community, plan meet-ups, and share local information.

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