Lost love letter reunites couple after 16 years

[derby378]

Awwwww, how sweet...

A British man and his Spanish former sweetheart have finally married 16 years after they drifted apart, reunited by a love letter lost behind a fireplace for over a decade, reports said Monday.

Steve Smith and Carmen Ruiz-Perez, both now 42, fell in love 17 years ago when she was a foreign exchange student in Brixham, and got engaged after only a year together.

But their relationship ended after she moved France to run a shop in Paris.

A few years later, in a bid to rekindle their love, Smith sent a letter to her mother's home in Spain. It was placed on the mantelpiece, but slipped down behind the fireplace and was lost for over a decade.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090720/wl_uk_afp/britainspainloveoffbeat_20090720093400

[graywarrior]

1. Ahhh, if only Johanna had found Beethoven's letter sooner.

[ThomCat]

2. That is beautiful.

:)

I am glad that worked out. But it's sad that it took them so long. I hope this lasts, and is worth every minute of the long wait.