They say that there is no age for love and this story proves it. But it is not a couple with a huge age difference but rather two elderly Americans who, at ages 102 and 100, decided to join their lives and get married in Philadelphia after several years of relationship.
Marjorie Fiterman, 102, and Bernie Littman, 100, They made it clear that you can always give yourself a second chance at love. Last Sunday, May 19, at the senior living center where they met, they had their wedding.
According to what they shared, they started dating almost a decade ago. Most of their friends and family thought that they will just continue living like this. However, They surprised everyone when they wanted to formalize their union.
According to the media FoxNews, Rabbi Adam Wohlberg officiated the ceremony and declared that the couple was unlike most others he had married who, he said, met through a dating app. “I prefer the old ways. “They live in the same building, they meet and they fall in love.”
Also He told them that he couldn’t give them the same advice as younger couples. that usually unites, because each one has already accumulated a series of experiences throughout his life and, his wisdom, his attitudes, feelings and opinions are already well formed.
Present at the wedding was Littman’s granddaughter, Sarah Sicherman, who told the outlet that Both were previously married. Littman was married for 65 years to his late wife Bernice, they had two children, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. While Fiterman’s husband died in 1999.
However, They had been dating for about nine years after meeting at his Assisted Living Center. “We were all thrilled that they found someone to do activities and spend time with,” Sicherman said.
Over the years, their union grew stronger, especially after the pandemic and, Despite their advanced age, they decided that they wanted to get married.
They broke the record for the oldest couple to get married
A curious fact about this couple is that both were students at the University of Pennsylvania at the same time. However, as they studied different careers, in different departments, they did not get to know each other.
According to Foxthe current record is held by Doreen and George Kirby of England, who had a combined age of 194 years and 279 days when they married in 2015. But, Fiterman and Littman achieve a combined age of over 202 years.
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