Finding love wasn91裸聊视频檛 top of mind for Dave Wright when he went for coffee in the bistro at White Rock Seniors Village last year.

It was the middle of the pandemic, and the 90-year-old was just starting to venture out following the death of June, his wife of nearly 70 years.

But he couldn91裸聊视频檛 help but notice a certain lady who was also in the bistro that day.

91裸聊视频淥ver at the bar, there91裸聊视频檚 some ladies talking and this one lady in particular looked at me and smiled,91裸聊视频� Wright recalled Wednesday (July 27). 91裸聊视频淚 smiled back, and that was it. I didn91裸聊视频檛 even know her name.91裸聊视频�

As he played records for the residents over the weeks that followed, the lady with the smile 91裸聊视频� Christine Connon 91裸聊视频� moved closer and closer, eventually sitting next to him on his walker.

Connon, 80, said 91裸聊视频渋t91裸聊视频� happened for her when Wright was handling the music. A six-year resident of White Rock Seniors Village, she hadn91裸聊视频檛 seen him around until that day in the bistro.

91裸聊视频淚t happened just like that,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 like it was meant to be.91裸聊视频�

Now, the pair are the talk of the Maple Street seniors91裸聊视频� residence, as they get ready to tie the knot on Saturday (July 31). It will be the first wedding held at the retirement community since it opened as Christina Place in 1999.

Wright said word of their engagement just about made community relations manager Si Cussen fall out of her chair. Cussen was the first one to learn the news, but 91裸聊视频渟he couldn91裸聊视频檛 keep it to herself,91裸聊视频� Wright chuckled.

In the two months since the proposal 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淚 couldn91裸聊视频檛 get down on one knee, because if I got down, I couldn91裸聊视频檛 get back up,91裸聊视频� Wright quipped 91裸聊视频� Wright said he has noticed a lightness at the residence. More residents are emerging from their rooms, and love has bloomed in other corners.

91裸聊视频淲e think we91裸聊视频檝e been a part of it,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚t shows what can happen.91裸聊视频�

He said the pandemic and all of its restrictions, in a sense, actually increased opportunities to find love.

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91裸聊视频淭he tighter is it, the greater the possibility of people getting close and fond of each other,91裸聊视频� Wright explained. 91裸聊视频淚t can happen. We91裸聊视频檙e as young as we are at heart. We91裸聊视频檙e getting on in years, all of us. It doesn91裸聊视频檛 matter 91裸聊视频� it91裸聊视频檚 how we feel and we feel that it91裸聊视频檚 right and we91裸聊视频檙e looking forward to spending as much time as we can together.91裸聊视频�

Connon, who worked as a nurse at St. Paul91裸聊视频檚 Hospital after moving to B.C. from England, agreed, adding that the pandemic made her value the relationship even more.

91裸聊视频淚t does make you feel more about what91裸聊视频檚 going on in life, and everything, and how we appreciate it,91裸聊视频� she said.

Thanks to easing restrictions, dozens of guests will be able to attend the wedding, including Wright91裸聊视频檚 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檒l be lovely,91裸聊视频� Connon said, thinking of the day ahead. 91裸聊视频淚 think it91裸聊视频檚 just being with all my friends and everything. It91裸聊视频檒l be lovely to see everybody and be together.91裸聊视频�