Love knows no age. A 60-year-old man has fallen in love with a 100- year-old woman and even asked her to become his wife. An unusual love story has started between wheelchair-bound Marfa Plotnikova and her future husband blind Afanasii Harin in a Russian retirement home. The couple spent 11 years together before finally deciding to mary each other. 100-year-old Mrs Plotnikova was moved into the nursing home after she outlived her previous husband and their two children. Inside the home she met her toyboy, Afanasii, who had spent his entire life in the care home after being abandoned at birth. The 60-year-old toy boy said: “I know a lot of people will think this is strange, but I don’t care. Love is one of the most important things, and I wanted to show the ultimate expression of that by taking Marfa for my wife. I have never seen her, but I can touch her face and for me she is beautiful. They say love is blind, and I guess we are living proof of that.” Advertisements The couple spent 11 years together before finally deciding to mary each other On of the nurses said:“When they first met you could tell they had a special bond. Marfa is a lot older than him, old enough to be his mother, so at first we assumed she was just being maternal towards him. But Afanasii has a wicked sense of humour and would make her howl with laughter and they would often take long walks together. In the evenings he entertains us with his accordion playing and we could see the relationship between them blossom and bloom into true love.” The happy couple invited care home residents and workers to their wedding ceremony that took place in a nursing house in Perm, central Russia.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:08:53 +0000
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