How Did You See This; Couple married after been engaged for 28 years

Their eyes first met working in a hospital – and this consultant and his bride certainly know how to be patient.
Ivan Brown, 63, and fiancee Barbara Furlonger, 55, have finally married after being engaged for 28 years. They kept delaying the wedding because they were busy with work and because perfectionist Barbara wanted to have time to organise every detail of their big day.So when radiographer Barbara retired last year she spent 12 months planning the perfect wedding.
Barbara said: “I can’t believe the day has finally arrived and we are husband and wife. It’s been a marathon engagement. I never really doubted it would happen as we always said we’d get married one day.
“With both of us working in the NHS and being on call, we rarely had the same weekend off.
“We got engaged when we had been together for two years but we didn’t even have time for a proper party then.
“When I retired last year I asked Ivan if I should arrange the wedding now and he said yes. I was quite shocked.
“I like to organise things with military precision and I’ve enjoyed having time to devote to all the arrangements.
“If I’d arranged a wedding when I was stressed and busy with work, things would have gone wrong and I’d have got upset.
“I felt relaxed and serene on the day. It was definitely worth the wait.”
The couple, who will begin their honeymoon in the Channel Islands today, met at the Royal Brompton Hospital’s intensive care unit in West London in 1981.They moved in together and got engaged in 1983 – and Barbara finally walked down the aisle on Friday in a civil ceremony near their home in Fair Oak, Hants.Barbara said consultant radiologist Ivan joked that he would buy her a new vacuum cleaner to celebrate their wedding.
She added: “It’s a good job I know his sense of humour well – or I might have called it off.”

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Posted: at 28-05-2011 09:01 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

it's normal by the oyibos

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Posted: at 28-05-2011 09:06 AM (12 years ago) | Hero

is that a curse?4 urself?

Posted: at 28-05-2011 11:15 AM (12 years ago) | Hero

they definitely were takin their time.
Really lovely lookin couple tho.........

Posted: at 23-02-2012 01:01 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie

both of them look pretty and happy. Am sure that they were happy before marriage too. A piece of paper don't prove nothing. Well done 

Posted: at 23-02-2012 06:37 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie

Western world una well done. Very soon you start hearing, irreconcilable differences. Na wa, this one looks like true love ba 

Posted: at 23-02-2012 08:11 PM (12 years ago) | Hero

good and bad all comes western world

Posted: at 23-02-2012 08:45 PM (12 years ago) | Hero

  nothing to add sha 

Posted: at 23-02-2012 11:47 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

dat is oyinbo life 4 u

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Posted: at 7-07-2012 04:02 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac