How we met after 60: ‘I gave our first date 8/10 – but I think she was expecting 10/10!’

Sue, 72, and Bala, 80, met online before their five-hour first date on Vancouver Island. On their third date, she moved in and never left

When Sue emigrated to Vancouver from the UK in 2020, falling in love couldn’t have been further from her mind. Her husband had died the previous year, and she wanted to take her mind off things by focusing on her work as an artist. “I’d been spending half the year in Vancouver for many years – one of my sons lives there and I already had lots of friends,” she says.

She kept herself “happy and busy” with work and family until, in early 2022, a friend convinced her to give online dating a try. “I had no interest in romance, but thought maybe I could meet a companion to go out for dinners with,” she says.

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