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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums2 Vets Celebrate Love: 'If You Came To See The Bride, You're Out Of Luck'
When John Banvard, 100, met Gerard "Jerry" Nadeau, 72, in 1993, neither of them had been openly gay.
"When we met, we were sort of in the closet, and I'd never had a real relationship. Now, we've been together almost 25 years," Jerry tells John during a StoryCorps interview.
Both are veterans, having served in World War II (John) and Vietnam (Jerry), and when they moved into the veterans home together in Chula Vista, Calif., in 2010, Jerry says people there wondered what their relationship was.
"Well, when we got married, they knew what our relationship was," Jerry says, laughing.
The couple married in 2013, and John says he was surprised by the warm reception they received. "I was expecting we'd be ridiculed, and there was very little of that," he says.
"When we met, we were sort of in the closet, and I'd never had a real relationship. Now, we've been together almost 25 years," Jerry tells John during a StoryCorps interview.
Both are veterans, having served in World War II (John) and Vietnam (Jerry), and when they moved into the veterans home together in Chula Vista, Calif., in 2010, Jerry says people there wondered what their relationship was.
"Well, when we got married, they knew what our relationship was," Jerry says, laughing.
The couple married in 2013, and John says he was surprised by the warm reception they received. "I was expecting we'd be ridiculed, and there was very little of that," he says.
https://www.npr.org/2018/02/09/583998949/two-vets-celebrate-love-if-you-came-to-see-the-bride-you-re-out-of-luck
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2 Vets Celebrate Love: 'If You Came To See The Bride, You're Out Of Luck' (Original Post)
DesertRat
Feb 2018
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efhmc
(14,733 posts)1. Now that is something to celebrate for VDay.
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DesertRat
(27,995 posts)3. kick
backtoblue
(11,346 posts)4. Loving some love stories!
Thank you for sharing this and warming my heart
kick and rec.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)5. It really warmed my heart too
I think we all need some feel good love stories these days.