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New York Times:Gertrude Mokotoff and Alvin Mann were introduced eight years ago at a gym in Middletown, N.Y., where they still work out twice a week.
A mutual friend said to me, Id like you to meet a very nice young lady, Mr. Mann recalled after chopping wood one recent morning at his mountaintop home in nearby Cuddebackville, N.Y.
On their first date, he drove her to a restaurant in Middletown called Something Sweet. He was a perfect gentleman, she said, and he added, There was something about her that made me want to keep on talking.
In a heartbeat, they became an item, talking about dreams and goals and sharing a life together.
ecstatic
(32,777 posts)I'm going to bring this story up anytime someone in my life makes age based excuses.
marybourg
(12,648 posts)the gym twice a week at 94 and 98. In fact, it's pretty rare; that's why it's in the newspaper. Don't try to hold everyone to the standard of the exceptional.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,762 posts)May they have many happy years together!
George II
(67,782 posts)My parents met when they were 20 and 22, and were happily married for more than 65 years.
Great story, transcends all the rife we have in the world today.
TexasTowelie
(112,619 posts)Anytime someone speaks about two people of that age and mention "in a heartbeat" it makes me worry that it could be the last for one or the other.
I hope the couple have a long time to love each other.
syringis
(5,101 posts)SeattleVet
(5,481 posts)I understand they are looking for a house near a school.
3catwoman3
(24,088 posts)The bride is a woman of many accomplishments, She proposed to him. Her brother is 103, Good genes. Here's hoping they have several years together.
iluvtennis
(19,897 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I wish them all the best!
pansypoo53219
(21,005 posts)my great-aunt in law was married to my great-uncle at 15 i think right before he went to WW2. he passed in her 70's. she got remarried a year or so later + very happy til she got AZ. she stopped smoking for him! his 1st wife died of lung cancer. hope he finds somebody again.