See the 18-year-old Man Who Married a 71-year-old Woman (Photos)

Gary and Almeda Hardwick
The marriage of an 18-year-old man to his 71-year-old sweetheart is waxing ever stronger in spite of people’s predictions. Gary and Almeda Hardwick are enjoying the best times of their lives as they enjoy their first year of marriage together.

USA Today reveals that the fairy-tale relationship began in June 2015 when they met at the funeral of Almeda’s son Robert.

“It was like an instant connection. (There was) so much chemistry there,” Gary told USA Today. “We both loved music.” Later that year in September, they reconnected thanks to Gary’s aunt, who had been married to Robert.

The Hardwicks were united in matrimony a month later inside Gary’s aunt’s condo when Gary was only 17 and after dating for three weeks. Despite the age of consent being 18 in Tennessee, his mother nonetheless gave her approval.

“I had prayed about my soul mate for like two years, so, you know, I was lonely,” said the grandmother of eight. “I had no one, so God sent him to me.”

Almeda had been married to her previous husband for 43 years until he passed away in 2013.

”I was lonely,” said Almeda. “I had no one, so God sent him to me.”

”When I looked into her eyes I knew it,” Gary continued. “Her eyes were a dead giveaway.” “His were too … I knew,” she said. After dating three weeks, they got married on Oct. 26, 2015, inside Harrell’s condo. As at the time of marriage, Gary who had always been attracted to older women was 17, not yet up to the age of consent, but his mum permitted the marriage.

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