When we were just a few years into our marriage, my husband and I were invited to the wedding of a client of his. We didn't know anyone there and ended up at a dinner table at which we were by far the youngest couple. We struck up a conversation with the couple closest to us, who looked to be in their early 70s. They were lovely people and seemed so very happy together that we asked them for their secret to a successful marriage. It turns out that they, too, were newlyweds.
This is their story: They had met and dated in college, but lost touch after graduation. Each met and married someone else and raised a family. One's spouse died, the other got divorced, and they found each other again at a class reunion.
Thanks in great part to social media, this kind of later-love scenario is becoming more common: http://www.nextavenue.org/article/2012-09/ex-appeal-sometimes-partners-are-better-second-time-around
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