Married couple with 61-year age gap vow to start family despite husband being 85
02.02.2023 - 16:37
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A married couple say they are ready to start a family - despite their 61-year-old age gap. Miracle Pogue, 24, and Charles Pogue, 85, first met in 2019, when she was working in a launderette.
Retired real estate agent Charles told Miracle he had feelings for her one year later and asked her to marry him in February 2020. Now they are looking into IVF treatment in the hope of starting a family to ensure Charles, who doesn't have any children, leaves behind a new generation
According to Miracle, her mum Tamika Phillips, 45, and grandad Joe Brown, 72, support the relationship after seeing how happy the pensioner made her, but dad Kareem Phillips, 47, took a lot more convincing.
Miracle, from Starkville, Mississippi, US, said: "Charles used to bring in one item of clothing and only wanted me to serve him. One day he waltzed in there and threw a piece of paper down and said 'write down your number' like he's a player. He was my knight in shining armour.
"We had a good vibe going, he didn't make me feel weird. It was good conversation, he made me feel comfortable. I knew he was older but I didn't know his age exactly. When I found out I was in too deep, it was a couple of months in and I already had feelings for him. He was my baby and he wasn't going anywhere.
"I found out in conversation when we asked each other our date of birth and he said he was born in 1937. I never even placed his age, we just wanted to see how it went. I don't care if he's 100 or 55, I like him for him. I thought he was maybe 60 or 70 because he looks so good. He's always up and active.
"My grandad said if I was happy and it's what I want to do then he's happy. My dad was like 'hell no ma'am, not at all'. It took a lot of time to convince him but I asked