Teenager fall in love with 47 years old man, ready to ditch studies for live in relationship
By Lokmat English Desk | Published: August 11, 2021 02:03 PM2021-08-11T14:03:41+5:302021-08-11T14:03:41+5:30
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One May-December couple who began dating in 2020 hasn't let anything put a damper on their love — not their 28-year age gap, not the pandemic, and not the 3,500 miles between his home in the US and hers in Belgium.
Charline Chaltin, 19 and Jeremy Pratico, 47, met online last spring in the throes of the global COVID-19 pandemic, and it wasn't long before they became an item, according to the Mirror.
But even though they could get past their nearly three-decade age difference, they faced another obstacle: Both countries' borders were closed, meaning it would be over a year before the long-distance couple could actually meet face-to-face.
Now, after a brief eight-day visit, they're still an ocean apart — but Jeremy insists Charline is his 'dream girl' and the pair can't wait to move in together once international travel restrictions are lifted.Their unlikely romance began during the early days of the pandemic last year when Charline, in Brussels, posted on a Twentyone Pilots Facebook fan page, asking group members to share their favorite song.
Jeremy, an elementary school teacher thousands of miles away in Vermont, was one of several group members to answer. Charline didn't react to him, but soon Jeremy had tracked her down on Instagram and sent her a message.Jeremy answered, and also tracked her down on Instagram, where they talked — and kept talking.
'If it wasn’t for coronavirus, I don’t know if this would have happened,' Jeremy said. 'But because I was in quarantine, I was online more than I would have been in normal life.'
'I would never normally date someone so young and that far away, but about a week in I was like, "Uh oh, I feel something." I was excited to talk to her and I knew very quickly I enjoyed speaking to her,' he said.
They began officially dating on June 4, 2020, with a first date over video chat drinking coffee and cocoa and doing a crossword puzzle.Jeremy said on Facebook that it got serious 'relatively quickly because we both knew it was something SUPER rare.'
Even when they were 3,500 miles away, Jeremy said he 'never felt closer to any person in my entire life.' In fact, it made him rethink times in the past when he'd refused long distance relationships with 'girls who live 70 miles away' — and he realized this time was special.The age gap doesn't appear to be a problem for either, which Jeremy attributes to his immaturity.