If you had seen this couple at a Rhode Island wedding Saturday, you might have thought they were grandparents of someone getting married. But this is the bride and groom. She’s 89 and he’s 86.
A family member who posted the photo on Reddit Saturday night said this is the bride’s third marriage. She’s already outlived two husbands.
We think we know a lot about how love is supposed to work. Family and friends and even therapists have their notions of what makes sense. People try to tell others to “be sensible,” by which they mean make decisions that are what they would make. But love often has different plans for us.
The Catholic priest who married the couple made the same mistake. He had prepared nice remarks which he thought would be appropriate for a couple getting married when they were older. He talked about how it takes years to grow this strong bond of love. Then he asked how long the couple have known each other.
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