Inspired by ‘Love Birds’ in Their 90s
Readers respond on social media to the Vows column about how a nonagenarian couple fell in love and married.
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She’s 98. He’s 94. They Met at the Gym.
“Age doesn’t mean a damn thing to me or to Gert,” the groom said. “We don’t see it as a barrier. We still do what we want to do in life.”
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