True love, real people
Till death do us part. True love stories of relationships that really lasted forever.
Sometimes love doesn’t come easy, but it does arrive. Sometimes you have to fight for it and it takes blood, sweat and tears, but it does survive. And it’s so, so worth it. This was how Bettina and Jean-Pierre managed to take this love and make it theirs. But destiny, as we all know, has a mind of its own. And sometimes the future is set in stone. Here is
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What if you think you’re happy…but you’re wrong? What if you were sad and lonely all along, And the only thing you measured, Was everyone else’s pleasure, And one day your heart refused to play along? Bettina’s story is one of placebo joy, painful awakening, despair, courage, strength, rebirth and finding your wings despite everything that happens in life. Childhood trauma, sadness, neglect, loneliness, losing herself in the process of
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Names: Emel & Alpay Status: Married Been together since: 1968 (This touching love story spans over 4 decades so we have divided it into 3 parts. Click for part 1 and part 2.) On the road to recovery… It was now 2005. By nature, Alpay was always full of life and bursting with energy. At work, they used to always consult him first before making any decisions. With the factory and his job now gone he
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Names: Emel & Alpay Status: Married Been together since: 1968 (This touching love story spans over 4 decades so we have divided it into 3 parts. For part 1 click here and part 3 click here.) Putting love into our lives every single day… The political and economic climate was changing in Turkey and we found ourselves dancing on the outskirts of a financial crisis. My son was attending a private high
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Names: Emel & Alpay Status: Married Been together since: 1968 How we met… I was in my last year of school in Istanbul Nisantasi High School for Girls. I must have been 15 or 16 and the year was 1965 or ’66. Back then, you were either in the maths or literature department. I was doing maths. I was an enthusiastic, happy student. I had many friends whom I loved
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Names: Valentina & Leo Status: Widowed Been together since: 1966 or 1980 until 1997 I am not going to lie, my story has got twists and turns that I never imagined possible, life played cruel jokes on me and then showered me with blessings again. Looking back at the journey of my true but crazy love, I smile and the warmth fills my heart, because I know that I did
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