Valentines Competition: Meet Keenan Brookes and partner

Keenan Brookes and his partner.

Keenan Brookes and his partner.

Published Feb 10, 2025

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IOL is offering one lucky couple the opportunity to win a dinner and overnight stay at The President Hotel. Seven couples have been shortlisted for the prize. 

Winners will be announced publicly on Friday. IOL is calling upon its loyal readers to help it choose the most deserving couple for this competition. This is their story in their own words.

Couple 3: Keenan Brookes and partner

So, my love story started 4 years ago, we met on Facebook, he was just a random add on Facebook but when I saw his profile I was immediately love struck and told myself his going to be mine.

We spoke on Facebook for sometime then he video call me for the first time "was I nervous" but clicked immediately.

With out playing any meeting up or a date, things just went on normal as friends "did not meet yet" I remember it was the day when Queen Elizabeth passed away and he calls me asking me what I'm up to and I said I'm home he tells come outside I was like "huh" he stood there in his grey tracksuit and my heart just melted.

Keenan Brookes and his partner.

Fast forward we decided to give love a 2nd charge he was married before and I was engaged before but we both gave up on love because of the hurt and trauma we went through.

Today we are 4 years together still going strong loving one another to the fullest making the most of love believing in love again.

He recently found out he has a hernia, and it has been bothering him because when we get news about sickness, we all think about negative, and it affected him a lot and especially to see him so low.

Keenan Brookes and his partner.

To win this competition would mean the world to both of us as I would just like to bring back his smile and just lots of joy in his heart this Valentines Day.