I love this story
Here’s another story about love coming late in life, which seems to be an emerging theme for today.
I also love the fact that this reunited couple both report having had happy marriages before they got back together (after becoming a widow and widower). Good for them; perhaps they’re just happy people in general. Also, they really are pretty recognizable from their early photos, which isn’t always the case (she in particular, I think, although his slightly crooked smile is instantly recognizable).
This reuniting with an old flame is a common occurrence—or at least fantasies about it are a common occurrence. I’ve known quite a few people who’ve acted on them. There’s just something about young love that has a tremendous force, something like imprinting.
I’d love (note that word again) to see some statistics on whether it usually works out. The people I know who did it ultimately separated again before they even got around to marrying. Sometimes fantasy is much better than reality.
How about reuniting with a new flame that never was an old flame but could have been?
I have an aunt who got divorced after 45 years of marriage (I think her husband instigated it), and then married a guy she had known since they were teenagers.
That just happened a couple of years ago. They’re in their 70s now.
In a similar vein, I heard that Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay and his wife knew each other since they were eight years old. I think that’s kind of cool.
Happened to a close friend who lost his wife of 50 plus years. I really did not think he could survive. Instead, within three months he had invited his high school sweet heart, also widowed, to go on a cruise. She accepted.
Some people were shocked; others were thrilled.
They have been married for a few years now. Both have passed their 80th birthdays, and she has seen him through some really rough health problems.
I would be surprised if a day goes by that he doesn’t think of his first wife as the rest of us do; but, this revived love affair saved his life.
I’m 48. My wife left me 3 years ago and I’ve just started dating a woman I had a huge unrequited crush on at university, 25 years ago. 🙂