Meeting: their love was born thanks to a speed-dating for seniors

“I tried Tinder and Facebook,” says Marisa. “And me Parship”, blows Patrick. Sitting in Marisa’s lounge, both make the same little pout by evoking the dating apps. It was not conclusive, neither for one nor for the other. “Fortunately there was this evening speed-dating! ” Smiles Patrick.

She is 67 years old, he 65, and their couple is still very young. The meeting dates back to November, thanks to an evening organized in Friborg by the association Coeur65plus*. If they are there, it is because it “matched” and that they put the applications in the closet. Happily.

Lost and found love

Because at 20 as at 65, finding love … “It’s not easy!” And I’m pretty shy, ”says Patrick, who says he has even spent some evenings at the bistro to do-maybe-meetings. Marisa evokes online tied contacts that did not give her the best memory. “It didn’t last!” she summarizes.

The Friborg Marisa Zito and the Bullois Patrick Monnyery found themselves well. They may have known each other for less than a year, they are not afraid of talking about their sentimental past, necessarily well filled. On the side of Marisa, a wedding in his thirties gave her two daughters and a time of happiness, which did not last. “We have been separated since 2016, then divorced in 2021. I chose to go.”

Since then, the weather has gone and the disappointments of the love quest have passed by there. “After a while, I said to myself:” I like to go out, I have friends and I am open to the world. I don’t need more to be happy. ” It was my daughters who insisted that I find someone! ”

For Patrick, life has taken a more recently turning point, so that emotion sometimes blushes its eyes. “My wife died two years ago from cancer. I was sad and mourning. It was very hard to find yourself alone. ” Like Marisa, he would not necessarily have looked for the company without encouraging.

Seniors and “dating”

“It’s a friend who pushed me to do something. We had known each other for twenty years and I admit that I tried to flirt a little. But she said clearly: “Men is over for me!” On the other hand, she told me about this speed-dating. I can thank her! “

If for Patrick, the concept worked the first time, Marisa did not necessarily believe it, because she had already tested. She has not discouraged, but she remembers not without malice of these evenings where participants have five minutes to get to know each other. “It is a lot about men who speak, and especially their misfortunes!” Some were crying. There was one who complained that his wife had left him. Everything was her fault. Another wanted someone to clean up and iron their shirts. ”

Here, Marisa’s story lights up: “And then Patrick arrived.” In all candor, he admits: “I too told my misfortunes.” Both liked and as the rule of the speed-dating In the event of a match, Patrick received the Marisa number. “She was very surprised by my call!” he smiles. And she remembers: “At the evening, I was comfortable, but it’s funny when you call you. It is tough! “

Since then, the two lovebirds have been cooing without putting themselves pressure, with their long experience in the life of a couple. “At our age, we are more posed. And probably more open, with less waiting than the person changes, says Marisa. I would also say that feelings like tenderness have become greater than in the past. ”

This tenderness, she speaks in the very recent test crossed by Patrick, who recalls an operation of the prostate. Cancer, fortunately diagnosed early. “I’m lucky that Marisa is there. Someone, whom I love very much, accompanies me. ” And as Patrick spends his month of convalescence at Marisa, the two lovers have the opportunity to test life in common for the first time. “It’s been two weeks. We haven’t gotten on it yet! ” Laughs Patrick, under the amused gaze of Marisa.

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