After meeting on a dating website, 80-year-olds marry—bride “Highly Recommends” it. A pair of 80-year-old internet daters married.
Tricia Shaw, 85, was enamored “at first sight” when she encountered her “toy boy,” 82-year-old Ian, online.
Tricia and Ian at their wedding at the Glendower Hotel, St Annes on 10th Feb 2023. See SWNS story SWLSlove – A pair of geriatric lovebirds have tied the knot in their 80s after they fell for each other on an internet dating site. Besotted Tricia Shaw, 85, admitted she was smitten “at first sight” when she went online and found her “toy boy” lover Ian, 82, who was three years her junior. The ex-cosmetics manager and private detective then reached out to qualified pilot Ian, who agreed to meet up after sensing there was “something about her.” And Tricia, who’d previously met four potential suitors online, said she was left “wobbly at the knees” when she first tucked into a fish and chip dinner with her new beau. The couple, who now live together, went ahead with their wedding in February after Ian was diagnosed with heart disease and needed a risky bypass operation. Tricia now believes more octogenarians should embrace online matchmaking after the pair enjoyed a “magical” wedding in front of 115 guests. She said: “I highly recommend online dating because you tick so many boxes before you even meet. You can tell you’ve got a lot in common. Great-gradmother-of-five Tricia, from Lytham St Annes, Lancs., came across Ian’s profile after going on the dating platform Plenty More Fish seven years ago.
Ian thought there was “something about her” and had to accept her offer of meeting up, and Tricia, who had previously met four possible suitors online, said she was “wobbly at the knees” when she first ate a fish supper with him.
After Ian’s dangerous bypass surgery, the pair married in February.
After their “wonderful” 115-guest wedding, Tricia thinks other octogenarians should try online dating. Tricia, a professional detective, recommended internet dating since you check so many boxes before meeting. “You’re alike.”
My wedding was magical. It was perfect.
After seven years on Plenty More Fish, great-grandmother-of-five Tricia from Lancastershire, England, found Ian’s profile.
Tricia and Ian at their wedding at the Glendower Hotel, St Annes on 10th Feb 2023. See SWNS story SWLSlove – A pair of geriatric lovebirds have tied the knot in their 80s after they fell for each other on an internet dating site. Besotted Tricia Shaw, 85, admitted she was smitten “at first sight” when she went online and found her “toy boy” lover Ian, 82, who was three years her junior. The ex-cosmetics manager and private detective then reached out to qualified pilot Ian, who agreed to meet up after sensing there was “something about her.” And Tricia, who’d previously met four potential suitors online, said she was left “wobbly at the knees” when she first tucked into a fish and chip dinner with her new beau. The couple, who now live together, went ahead with their wedding in February after Ian was diagnosed with heart disease and needed a risky bypass operation. Tricia now believes more octogenarians should embrace online matchmaking after the pair enjoyed a “magical” wedding in front of 115 guests. She said: “I highly recommend online dating because you tick so many boxes before you even meet. You can tell you’ve got a lot in common. Great-gradmother-of-five Tricia, from Lytham St Annes, Lancs., came across Ian’s profile after going on the dating platform Plenty More Fish seven years ago.
After losing her spouse of 33 years, she joined the site and met a few men before texting Ian, a 35-year-old Glasgow native. Ian disregarded her initial text at the start of his seven-day walking excursion.
He was interested when Tricia asked to get “in touch” and wrote again after his hike. Ian stated, “The message arrived just as I was getting on a train, and I thought, ‘Well this will keep till I get home. Later, Tricia wrote, ‘I can’t believe you haven’t been in touch’. I thought “this one has something about her.”
“Tricia said it was love at first sight,” he added. “She fell for me immediately, and I loved her from the start. My wedding was everything.”
Tricia and Ian at their wedding at the Glendower Hotel, St Annes on 10th Feb 2023. See SWNS story SWLSlove – A pair of geriatric lovebirds have tied the knot in their 80s after they fell for each other on an internet dating site. Besotted Tricia Shaw, 85, admitted she was smitten “at first sight” when she went online and found her “toy boy” lover Ian, 82, who was three years her junior. The ex-cosmetics manager and private detective then reached out to qualified pilot Ian, who agreed to meet up after sensing there was “something about her.” And Tricia, who’d previously met four potential suitors online, said she was left “wobbly at the knees” when she first tucked into a fish and chip dinner with her new beau. The couple, who now live together, went ahead with their wedding in February after Ian was diagnosed with heart disease and needed a risky bypass operation. Tricia now believes more octogenarians should embrace online matchmaking after the pair enjoyed a “magical” wedding in front of 115 guests. She said: “I highly recommend online dating because you tick so many boxes before you even meet. You can tell you’ve got a lot in common. Great-gradmother-of-five Tricia, from Lytham St Annes, Lancs., came across Ian’s profile after going on the dating platform Plenty More Fish seven years ago.
The infatuated couple moved in together 14 months later and planned to marry. After Ian learned he needed a heart-bypass operation, they decided to marry on February 10th.
Tricia was handed away by her son Timothy and grandson Henry to over 100 guests at the ceremony.
Tricia has a huge family, while I have none. They brought several friends. “115 finally.”
