Persistence pays off—just ask Dominik Mysterio, who had to ask his future wife to be his girlfriend four times before she finally said yes.
In a revealing interview on Stephanie McMahon\'s \"What\'s Your Story\" podcast, the WWE superstar opened up about his teenage romance with Marie, his high school sweetheart who became his wife after a 14-year relationship that began with repeated rejections.
\"I asked her to be my girlfriend three different times and she said no all three times, and then fourth time was a charm,\" Mysterio shared. \"I was very persistent cuz, I mean, she\'s tall, beautiful, green eyes, long brown hair. So I was caught up, I was like, she\'s gotta be mine one way or another.\
The romance began in eighth grade when Dominik, whose first language is Spanish, deliberately enrolled in Spanish 1 just to get closer to Marie.
\"I forced myself into the Spanish class knowing damn well [I spoke Spanish],\" he admitted. \"I knew she was in there and she wouldn\'t talk to me otherwise.\
His show-off tactics backfired initially. When the teacher asked who could count to ten in Spanish, Dominik counted to fifty, earning him a reputation as \"cocky\" in Marie\'s eyes.
But persistence became Dominik\'s greatest life lesson.
\"Without her, I\'d be lost,\" he reflected. \"Even when we got married, I did absolutely nothing for the wedding. She just told me what day to be there and what time to show up, and that\'s exactly what I did.\
Their secret? \"We have the same values and morals,\" Dominik explained.
\"What matters is what\'s the same at home.\
The couple, now married over a year, proves that sometimes the best things in life are worth the wait—and the repeated asking.
