Valdemira Rodrigues de Oliveira said yes to her 66-year-old toyboy
Aparecido Dias Jacob at a ceremony despite being given advice by
physicians not to go ahead with it.
The smitten seniors with the combined age of 172 years have separate
rooms at Nossa Senhora Fatima retirement home in Pirassununga, south
east Brazil, and were determined to prove it’s never too late to be with
your soulmate after three years together.
Medics assessed their health and age and warned the duo, known
affectionately as Valda and Jaco, would not be able to cope with living
on their own.
But the elderly sweethearts exchanged engagement rings in a betrothal
service organised by volunteers under an initiative called the Project
of Dreams.
Speaking about her love for her future husband, the centenarian said: ‘I fell in love with him.
‘I like him a lot. If he dies, I die too.’