Všetko sa začalo na základnej škole, kde boli dokonalým príkladom toho, že protiklady sa priťahujú. Mária - klasická bifľoška, dávala iným odpisovať úlohy, Adam - ten, čo vyrušuje, ale s vtipmi, ktorým Mária nevedela odolať. Nejak sa teda obchádzali...
Potom prišla stredná škola a každý si ju prežil sám. Mária ďalej bifľovala, Adam ďalej komentoval dianie počas vyučovania, len už každý po svojom. Až kým neprišlo to osudové leto 2011 po maturite. Mladý absolvent zháňal posádku na benzín do Favorita - smer Bátovce a v noci na Facebooku na zeleno svietila presne tá pravá - Mária 😄. "Ideš na diskotéku do Bátoviec?" Márii netrebalo hovoriť dvakrát.
Prišla sobota. Tequilu mali, citróny tiež, aj mačetu na ich krájanie a odháňanie neprajníkov, nálada bola výborná a tie schody od hrádze? Tie sa zdali po tequile nekonečné. Ale pretancovali celú noc.
Potom prišiel Topfest. Ako zohratá dvojica (čítaj: Adam mal lístky a Mária stále svietila na Facebooku online) išli samozrejme znova.
V júli dostala Mária geniálny nápad - pôjde pracovať do Londýna! Kariéra, libry, Big Ben, možno stretne aj kráľovnú. A že vzťah siliť nebude, lebo vzťahy na diaľku predsa nikdy nefungujú, a keď sa vráti, uvidí. Adam však mal iný plán a dal ultimátum: "Buď budeme spolu chodiť aj ten týždeň, čo si ešte na Slovensku, alebo odmietam čakať." Klasický romantik. Čo mala robiť? Tak že... dobre.
Prišiel deň odletu. Adam pracoval na stavbe, Mária prišla sa rozlúčiť - on v montérkach a s výrazom, akoby sa mu práve zrútil svet... (preskočme túto emotívnu epizódu) ✈️
Prešiel týždeň v Anglicku a Mária bola... späť doma 😀
Londýn bez nej prežije, ale bátovské diskotéky bez Márie a leto bez Adama? To predsa nešlo. Namiesto leta v Anglicku pokračovali diskotéky v Bátovciach, festivaly, tequila, citróny a nekonečné schody od hrádze... až sme dnes tu - pripravení povedať si svoje ÁNO!
It all started in elementary school, where they were the textbook proof that opposites attract. Mária — the classic overachiever who let classmates copy her homework. Adam — the one keeping the class laughing, with jokes Mária couldn't resist. Naturally, they kept orbiting around each other...
Then high school arrived and they each lived it separately. Mária kept studying, Adam kept up his running commentary in class, just each in their own lane. Until that fateful summer of 2011 after graduation. A freshly minted grad was looking for company to split gas in his Favorit — destination Bátovce — and late on Facebook the perfect name was glowing green: Mária 😄. “Feel like going to the disco in Bátovce?” She didn’t need to be asked twice.
Saturday rolled around. They had tequila, lemons too, plus a machete for slicing them and for fending off any haters. Spirits were high, and those stairs up from the dam? They felt endless after the tequila. Still, they danced the night away.
Next came Topfest. As a well-coordinated duo (read: Adam had tickets and Mária was still glowing online) they headed out again, naturally.
In July Mária came up with a brilliant idea — she was moving to London! Career, pounds, Big Ben, maybe even the Queen. And why force a relationship? Long-distance never works anyway, and they’d figure it out once she got back. But Adam had other plans and gave an ultimatum: “Either we date that last week you’re still in Slovakia, or I’m done waiting.” Classic romantic. What else could she say? “Okay then.”
Departure day arrived. Adam was working on a construction site, Mária came to say goodbye — him in overalls with a look like his world had just collapsed... (let’s skip that emotional episode) ✈️
A week passed in England and Mária was... back home 😀
London can survive without her, but Bátovce discos without Mária and a summer without Adam? No way. So instead of a summer in England they had more discos in Bátovce, festivals, tequila, lemons, and those endless steps from the dam... until today — ready to say our I do!