the 'Old Teenager' story

Our story is a good one, movie-worthy really. But the whole story is way too long to explain here. This is an “in-a-nutshell” version. For now, we're keeping things a bit private, so we'll go with the names Sue and Mick. Our story started in the early 1990's in Pensacola, Florida when Sue was 18 and Mick was 19 years old. (Y’all can do the math to get an idea on how old we are.)

We dated for about 3 months that summer until Mick broke Sue's heart by ending the relationship.😉 There really wasn’t a reason for the break up; probably just teenage stuff. Eventually Mick went off to travel for a bit, came back to Pensacola in the mid '90's, and reconnected with Sue. Even though we both wanted things to work out, nothing happened. Again, there was no real reason. Then Mick moved to the Caribbean for a while. He came back in the late '90's and again reconnected with Sue, and again, even though we both seemed to want to make things work, nothing happened; and again no reason.

That was the last time we spoke or saw each other until 2024. Then Mick reached out to Sue that summer. We had both moved to other states, had families, had our lives established, and both longed for the beach. And…ironically, we were both in the process of divorces. It didn’t take long for us to realize we were completely in love with each other. It was like we were teenagers again but Older, Wiser, Better. We often joke that we're ‘Old Teenagers’.