You can't hurry love, no, you just have to wait!

Slow burner

A 101-year-old Italian man is to marry his 98-year-old girlfriend after a courtship of more than half a century.

Retired gynaecologist Giuseppe Rebaudi is to marry long time girlfriend Silvie Basain, who he started seeing in 1952, next month.

French-born Silvie said: "We just need to get a certificate from the French embassy that I have not been married before and am single."

She said her only worry was that they might be rushing things: "We have only been together for 50 years - that may be a bit quick but then again you are only young once."

The ceremony will take place at their home in Bordighera, in the north-west of Italy.

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What a great story!

aww thats so sweet!

I hope they can still enjoy the honeymoon.

Hey! There's still hope for me.

How sweet!! However, I have one question. At that age...





WHY BOTHER??????

If it took a man over 50 years to finally propose to me I would tell him to get lost! :P

She said she was afraid they might be rushing things....that is too funny.

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Originally Posted by jackie

If it took a man over 50 years to finally propose to me I would tell him to get lost! :P

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Ditto. Which one is the commitment phobe?!

Maybe they had to wait for her mothers approval :D Great story though, at least they thought things through!

That's so cute! Talk about a long term relationship.