Love Story: Simply the Best Love Tupelo & Tonya Humes
Shanna: Where did you two meet? Tupelo:( looking over at Tonya) Do you remember? I ' ll let you go first. I want to see if you
remember.
Tonya:( giggling) No you go!( laughing then giving in) At a party! He was sitting outside in a car
with a friend of his.
Tupelo: Tell the whole story! Tonya:( giggling louder) Tupelo: We were at a party and I was
sitting in the car with one of my homeboys and she was with her cousin when she saw me and asked who I was.
Tonya:( giggling turns laughter)
Shanna: Tupelo, when did you know that
Tonya was the one?
Tupelo: Well, Tonya was in high school
when we met and her mom was really strict. I couldn ' t call her. There was something special about her. She was a natural beauty. She never wore any makeup and she was just beautiful. That was very different from the other women around. Tonya was a natural beauty. I would try to call and talk to her and her mom wouldn ' t let me talk to her on the phone.
Tonya:( laughing) My mom would say to
him " don ' t call here anymore " but he would call anyway.
Tupelo: I wish Tonya would go back to wearing no makeup. She is beautiful!! She didn ' t wear
any lip gloss, any eyeshadow, no nothing because she is naturally beautiful!
Tonya: I didn ' t start wearing makeup until recently.
Shanna: How did you guys start connecting since Tonya ' s mom wouldn ' t allow her to date
you?
Tupelo: We still would see each other. Tonya got pregnant with our first child and had a
miscarriage. I was very supportive of her through that time. Her mom would let me see Tonya after that personal tragedy in our life. I believe that helped us to connect even more as one.
Tonya: Yes, we started connecting then. After I graduated, I went to Horry Georgetown
Technical College to study. Pelo didn ' t want me to go away to school.
Tupelo: No wayyyyyy! I have been to college campuses and know what happens there!
18