‘People think he’s my Grandpa – however we’re in love regardless of our 42-year age hole’
A married California-based couple with an enormous 42-year-old age hole have been compelled to defend their marriage after accusations their “love is a lie”.
David, 70, met Jackie, 28, on an internet relationship web site when he was travelling in her native nation seven years in the past.
The couple went on a number of dates earlier than David returned house to Oakland, California. However, lacking Jackie, he rapidly returned and flew again to the Philippines solely three months later to ask her out.
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Speaking on the channel, David mentioned: “We met when I was in the Philippines. I was using a dating site. One day I saw her profile – I practically jumped out of my chair. I was so impressed by what I saw.”
Their first date was at a Starbucks espresso store the place Jackie admitted: “I could tell that he was a gentleman and was really nice.”
As reported within the Mirror, David went on a second journey to the Philippines. He determined to pop the query and ask for Jackie’s hand in marriage. She then obtained her visa for the United States virtually a yr later.
Jackie mentioned: “I won’t regret marrying Dave because he’s a really nice man. He loves me, he respects me, he’s the best.”
She added the marriage day was the “best day” of her life though her mother and father and siblings couldn’t make it to America.
David, then again, had a couple of reservations. He mentioned: “I had concerns but it wasn’t from my perspective, it was from Jackie’s perspective. When I was courting Jackie, I would constantly remind her about the age gap and I would remind her that I’m older than her parents.”
Jackie, who at the moment works in an area drug retailer visits her household again house every year to help them financially one of the best she will. David added: “I’m retired. I pay most of the bills but Jackie has a job to support her family.”
The couple even have a TikTok account and sometimes take part with viral traits. It has, nonetheless, created one other platform for folks to query their love, with David including “not every comment that comes in is positive”.
One critic exclaimed: “There’s a look of insincerity in her eyes when she talks about them being together.”
Jackie mentioned: “So many label him as my sugar daddy, say I’m a green card digger, a gold digger, and lucky grandpa. But I’m not really affected because it’s not true. I know myself, I know that I am not a gold digger.”
David believes “age is just a number” and says since he met Jackie, he “couldn’t be happier”.