Aaliyah said it best: if at first you don’t succeed,

dust yourself and try again. That’s exactly what Wayne Marshall did after his

‘first time’ with Tami Chin went south.

The

couple shared the tale of their love story on Chin’s YouTube vlog yesterday,

and kept it real about the “emotional stress” of their first sexual

encounter.

“Yuh

memba seh mi did a panic and one a di time mi a seh, ‘God know this nah go

finish so enuh’…” Marshall recalled. “One a di time mi seh, ‘Yow, a

something weh mi seh, mi touch har wrong?’ Mi all check mi breath.”

The

singer said while he had envisioned the moment for years, he just could not

‘stand up’ to the task. Chin, however, took the blame, admitting she was an

emotional wreck.

“I

started to cry…you have to understand, I was in a long-term relationship

before that,” she said. “It was like the only relationship I’d been

in and even though we were together…I don’t know, there was just something

about it that was just a lot and it did ‘tush’ and it was my fault.”

While

Chin went home and contemplated their compatibility, Marshall was anticipating

a second chance.

“One

a di time mi a seh, ‘Yow, Jah know, weh mi fi do? Buy two Magnum? Find da

something deh weh dem call chiney brush? Mi fi tek half a Viagra?’”

He opted to trust nature, and made a homerun on the second go. But this ‘Tami and Wayne’ story didn’t start in the bedroom.

They

first exchanged words at Vendetta Studio in Kingston 18 years ago, but were

both in relationships at the time. Curious to know the “hot tamale”,

Marshall suggested they collaborate artistically, which resulted in her

starring in his music video for the song ‘Arguing’, and their single, ‘Why’. Shortly

after, the two were booked together for a school tour where sparks flew.

“We

did realise that we had some kind of chemistry,” said Chin. “We were

both in relationships at the time so we were both enjoying the friendship part

of it.”

They

kept in touch after the tour ended, and even went on a double-date with their

respective partners. After those relationships ended, it was time for Marshall

and Chin to face the music.

“It

came to a point where we started to really like each other,” said Chin.

“We were on the phone a little bit more, just getting to know each other

and that’s why I always say our relationship is really built on friendship

because we were talking for years and getting to know each other.”

With

the approval of everyone, from director Jay Will to Alliance boss, Bounty

Killer, Marshall went all in and they moved in together. He also had a child

from a previous relationship and said Chin proved to be a good maternal figure.

“When

Regina was away, I had Geo and she (Chin) became the mother so mi get fi see

how she was as a mother with Geo who wasn’t even her biological son,” he

said. “So right then and there, family… I’m seeing everything, I’m

seeing the kids, I’m seeing the house, I’m seeing the picket fence, fast

forward to right now…”

After

being together for three years, he popped the question. It wasn’t a total

surprise as the couple had plans to get married and even went to the jeweller

together to have their rings made.

Three

kids later, the couple will mark their 11th wedding anniversary in September.