Oh, how I treasured the time in our perfect ‘palace’
MY WIFE GWEN
WE mET via a dating website, and even though we had just four years, one month and 26 days together, it was the happiest time of my life.
Gwen was 72 and I was 68, and I was instantly smitten when I saw her at a disco organised by the website Plenty of Fish on July 4, 2014.
She recognised me from my online profile and the first thing she asked was: ‘ Did you used to be a policeman?’
I spluttered ‘Yes’ — and that was it. From that moment, it seemed there was no one else present, just the two of us.
We’d both been wed three times before and were amazed and delighted to fall so deeply in love at our age. We were engaged
GwendoLyn JeAnette deAn, born February 22, 1943, died August 30, 2018, aged 75.