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brooklynite

(94,571 posts)
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:02 AM Aug 2017

She's 98. He's 94. They Met at the Gym.

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, ‘I’d 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.
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She's 98. He's 94. They Met at the Gym. (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2017 OP
"Mr. Mann, who is 94 and received a bachelors degree in history last year" ecstatic Aug 2017 #1
Yeah, well not everyone is up for going to marybourg Aug 2017 #6
What a wonderful story! Just goes to show that you can find love at any age! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2017 #2
Or stay in love for the ages..... George II Aug 2017 #3
The fourth paragraph is concerning. TexasTowelie Aug 2017 #4
A lovely nice story syringis Aug 2017 #5
They appear to be *very* optimistic... SeattleVet Aug 2017 #7
Do read the whole article at the link. Delightful. 3catwoman3 Aug 2017 #8
awwww, so sweet. iluvtennis Aug 2017 #9
How heartwarming! smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #10
THANKS! pansypoo53219 Aug 2017 #11

ecstatic

(32,704 posts)
1. "Mr. Mann, who is 94 and received a bachelors degree in history last year"
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:08 AM
Aug 2017

I'm going to bring this story up anytime someone in my life makes age based excuses.

marybourg

(12,631 posts)
6. Yeah, well not everyone is up for going to
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:51 AM
Aug 2017

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

(149,620 posts)
2. What a wonderful story! Just goes to show that you can find love at any age!
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:11 AM
Aug 2017

May they have many happy years together!

George II

(67,782 posts)
3. Or stay in love for the ages.....
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:16 AM
Aug 2017

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

(112,193 posts)
4. The fourth paragraph is concerning.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:40 AM
Aug 2017

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.

3catwoman3

(23,987 posts)
8. Do read the whole article at the link. Delightful.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 01:42 AM
Aug 2017

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.

pansypoo53219

(20,976 posts)
11. THANKS!
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 04:32 AM
Aug 2017

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.

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