The story of a shocking married couple: she is 73, he is 19, and they have been together for two years

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Almeda and Gary met at a birthday party, and according to them, instantly fell in love with each other. After two weeks of dating, Gary asked Almeda to marry him, she agreed. However, the marriage of this couple was very, very many did not approve. And the point is not only and not so much in the haste of such an important decision, but in the fact that Almeda was then 70 years old, and Gary - 17.

Almeda Errell herself has four children and six grandchildren, one of whom is even older than Gary Hardwick. But Almeda believes that "if you love someone, age becomes just a number." Perhaps this is true for her - after all, the couple has been married for two years and still speaks confidently about the seriousness of their feelings. But not everyone thinks so, and in quite a few people their relationship is suspicious and even openly negative.

“When we met at the birthday party, I looked into his eyes and immediately fell in love,” says Almeda. “I knew that he was the only one with whom I would spend my whole life. I was never afraid of age. " And Gary seems to describe his feelings at the first meeting: “The first thing that attracted me to Almeda was her beautiful, gorgeous blue eyes. And her inner world. She is a very funny person and we got along right away. The chemistry was instant. And since then only she lives in my heart, everything that concerns her is dear to me."

“I have no feeling that I am missing something because of my marriage to Almeda,” Gary replies to reporters. - I'm mature enough for my age (now Gary is 19 years old, - approx.) And I do not fit into my age range at all. Besides, I have never been attracted to young women. Even when I was 13 or 14 years old, I always liked older women and I even told my grandmother, who raised me, about this, although she did not know how she would take it. She accepted it."

Explaining his decision to propose marriage so quickly - in just two weeks - Gary says that everyone decides for himself when, “some people wait for years, everyone has their own opinion. But we knew we were in love, so I decided on it."

The 53-year difference is a serious difference, and, of course, people have reasons for suspicion and resentment, especially for the couple's relatives. So, Almeda's son had a terrible quarrel with her and did not communicate with her since the moment she announced her new relationship. Eliot and Aaron's grandchildren also found it difficult to accept their new "grandfather", especially considering that Aaron is 22 years old and three years older than Gary. Although he admits that his grandmother is happy with him, and for him, Gary is rather just a friend than "grandmother's husband."

At the same time, another grandson of Almeda - 17-year-old Indiana says: “Well, how can you not support them? For me personally, it was a little strange only at the very beginning of their relationship. But seriously, this is the 21st century, these things shouldn't worry you."

Remembering the circumstances in which Almeda was at the time of meeting with Gary, she says that she was quite lonely. In 2013, her husband Donald died, with whom she had been married for 43 years. He spent seven months in the hospital due to complications of diabetes. Then her eldest son Robert, who at that time was 45 years old, died.

After the journalists filmed a story about the marriage of Almeda and Gary, the couple decided to monetize their popularity. They started a blog on YouTube, where they post videos about themselves together: “We love vlogs, reaction videos and pranks. As far as I know, on YouTube we are the couple with the biggest age difference. They also started selling pens and mugs with their own image.

Now Almeda is firmly convinced that she will be with Gary for the rest of her life - as long as Gary himself is sure that age is just a number. To which Gary replies: “What will the future hold for Almeda and Gary? I believe that something is amazing. We want to fulfill our YouTube dreams and inspire other people to ignore their age. As long as you love this person, you need to follow your heart, be happy and just be yourself!"

In our article "When age is not a hindrance" we talk about famous women who loved men much younger than themselves.