This is a strange love story. A couple reunited after 70 long years. This is the real life story of Ethel Doby and Bill Thompson who first met in 1934 through mutual friends. They became quite close that year and spent lots of time together.
Ethel remembered that Bill was a bit slow and disappeared for some time suddenly after spending so much time together. When he came back after some time and asked her to marry him, Ethel was already going out with someone else. Then Ethel and Bill never talked again for 70 years.
They lost all contact and in a few years they both met their spouses. They had reasonably successful married lives with a few children. Today they both have grandchildren and a few great grand children as well. They spent these years working and spending time with their families.
Ethel's husband died in 1964 though and since then she never re-married again. It was in 2004, that Bill missed Ethel once again after his wife passed away. He started wondering if she was alive. He started searching for her and somebody knew where Ethel lived. So, Bill called Ethel up in 2006 and asked if he could meet her up for an hour.
They met and talked but not for an hour. Since then they have been together as great friends and companions. They are both 94 years old now but they love each other's company. They say they often talk like they are very young. They dated again after all these years. Ethel was very nervous because she had not dated anyone in the last 40 years after her husband's death.
Well, I totally think this is one strange love story (Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani) completely. I thought they got separated cause of some war but when I read the story it was purely their own decision. They met, they fell in love, the guy disappeared, the girl met someone else, when he came back to marry her she was not ready and then they lived happy lives. And then after 70 years they met again because there was something between them. The connection was always there. I guess it true that one does get back to his or her first love then. Anyhow, it also opens the door of hope for many who wish to re unite with their loved ones soon.
