How we met
Readers tell the story of how their love blossomed
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Maria, 53, and Sarah, 44, met at an 80s night in 2002. They live in San Francisco with their daughters and a feral cat
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How we met: ‘My dad was a docker and her parents were very middle class. People gave us three weeks’
Alan and Janet, 65, met at sixth form in 1974. They live in Colchester with their two dogs
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Kimberley, 37, and Manuel, 54, met on a plane in 2018. They now live together in Mexico with their dog
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Anil, 63, and Clare, 54, met in 2014 at a support group for bereaved parents. They now split their time between South Gloucestershire and Surrey
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Eilís, 41, and Sam, 54, met in the summer of 2011 at a festival in Ireland. They live together in Kilkenny with their four children, cats and hens
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Simon, 35, and Ben, 24, met at the University of Birmingham. They are planning to get married next year
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Molly, 20, and Duncan, 21, met online in 2020 while he was shielding during the pandemic. Since then he has been treated for a cancer recurrence but is now in remission and the couple are excited to start their lives together
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Anna, 42, and Marcus, 46, met at a London nightclub in 2007. They live in Suffolk, with their two children
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Fiftysomethings Don and Tracey met on an intensive-care ward in 1987 when she was a nurse and he was a nursing student. They live near Portsmouth
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Aine, 26, and Imogen, 29, became friends at a bellringing group in 2019. They fell in love after the first lockdown and live in London with their two cats
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Anupa, 43 and Greg, 48, met at dancing classes in 2005. They live together in Leicestershire with their two children
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Alex, 43, and Aizhan, 34, met on a flight from Kazakhstan to London in 2011. They live in Almaty with their two children
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Bronwyn, 60, met Sean, 57, after he wrote to the radio station where she had a show. They have been married since 1991
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Emmy was on en route to Athens to try artificial insemination when she started chatting to Andy. Now they have a child together
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Nick met Tess in Bordeaux while watching Wales in the Euros. But it was only when she made a dash to their airport to see him off that they shared their first kiss
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Wendy, now 70, hired a bicycle from Mike, 68, in 2012 and they were soon taking cycling trips together. When she said she would support him through cancer treatment, he knew she was a ‘keeper'
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Stefan and Sebastien, both 39, met at a bar in 2009. Sebastien instantly decided Stefan was ‘the man of my life’
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Iona, 27, and JP, 31, were both recently single when she went to the hairdressers looking for a fresh look in 2019. Now they are married and live in south London
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Toni, 68, and Ron, 62, met after he went on a singles show in the 1980s – and she made a bet with a friend. They now live together in St Louis
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Emily and Cyril, both 27, met through their school choir. As Cyril’s family favoured arranged marriages, Emily didn’t think a relationship was possible. But they married in 2019
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