He was dirt poor, she was rich. Her family threatened to disown her if she married him. She decided she loved him more than any inheritance and went on to marry him and have two kids. He loved her so much he died holding her hand. Ladies and gentlemen, my grandparents.

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image showing He was dirt poor, she was rich. Her family threatened to disown her if she married him. She decided she loved him more than any inheritance and went on to marry him and have two kids. He loved her so much he died holding her hand. Ladies and gentlemen, my grandparents.

yellowthesun on January 23rd, 2021 at 00:51 UTC »

Old romance stories are the best. My grandparents have a similar one.

It was the during World War 2 and my grandpa was 19 and my grandma was 17. She was the daughter of poor Irish immigrants and her brothers would later become millionaires. My grandma didn’t care about money, though, only love.

My grandpa wanted to marry her right then and there but my grandmas dad said she’s too young, and to wait two years. He agreed. My grandpa was drafted and he was deployed- but the next day, the war ended. He came back, waited out the two years, and married her. She told him she wanted a big family and he agreed- he just didn’t realize how big.

She went on to have 7 kids biologically and adopt 8 more, one being my dad from Korea, his black and half black sisters, his brother who’s half black half Korean, his Mexican sister, his brother who was born addicted to drugs and later died of epilepsy. She adopted this diverse group of children and fostered many more at a time when the small town they lived in was very, very white.

My grandpa loved her, was the quiet gentle kind while my grandma was a talkative fiery woman. When he died a bench was made in the park near their house where they raised their kids with his name and a quote from him “you’ll always have a friend.” She’ll sit there sometimes and pretend he’s next to her, like he was for almost 70 years.

GoldenAlexanders on January 23rd, 2021 at 01:11 UTC »

They were both gorgeous and look so happy in this picture.

perpetualwanderlust on January 23rd, 2021 at 01:24 UTC »

I’m gonna tell my kids this was The Notebook. All jokes aside, that’s quite a story! Thanks for sharing.