article_snippet: US-based Shane Nelson, from Wales, met Shane Shane while playing a golf game on Xbox Live and spent the next year talking and playing with the US gamer.
article_snippet: One night Claire, 40, who played Links 2004 with online friends, was introduced to Shane, 39, who was playing across the pond in Springfield, Missouri.
article_snippet: It turned out that the “friends” I was playing with were Shane’s friends too but this was the first time that We “met". '
article_snippet: I knew Shane was American from Shane accent.
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article_snippet: Because of the time difference between Wales and Missouri, with Claire being six hours ahead, it would be the early hours of the morning when Shane returned from work and was available to talk
article_snippet: The pair married in 2005 after Claire flew to Springfield in US to propose to Shane .
article_snippet: Shane traveled to Wales to wed Claire in 2006 and had another internet gamer as their best man .
article_snippet: Claire said: 'We hit it off - over the next few months I'd fall asleep with my Xbox headset on and wait for Shane to get home from work and join the game.
article_snippet: They discussed 'everything' including Shane coming to live with Claire, marriage and babies.
article_snippet: On the first night Claire proposed to Shane, 39, a diesel mechanic, with a diamond ring.
article_snippet: Claire added: 'I knew Shane would say "yes".'
article_snippet: The couple, who have a seven-year-old son together named Riley, tied the knot in Wales in 2006, with another internet gamer acting as Shane's best man.
highlights_snippet: Claire, from Wales, and US-based Shane Nelson met playing on Xbox Live .
  
highlights_snippet: Claire flew to the US to propose to Shane with a diamond ring .
  