We're not crying — you're crying!
For all of the Romeos and Juliets of the world, don't give up on true love just yet. In honor of Valentine's Day, we've rounded up some of the most romantic tearjerkers on the internet. Nicholas Sparks fans, get ready to bawl your eyes out.
1. Romantic Rescue
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Roseann Sdoia
was watching the 2013 Boston Marathon when the bomb went off. The
explosion severed the bottom of her left leg, but the firefighter who
helped save her life never left her side. Mike Materia held her hand,
calming her down as they rushed to the hospital. He later visited Sdoia
as she recovered, waiting with her for hours at doctors appointments.
Almost four years later, he proposed to the woman he helped rescue, and
their love story even inspired a book.
2. Hidden Ring
An Australian couple went viral for the proposal of the decade when the clever fiancé hid the ring in plain sight for an entire year. Terry
had crafted a wooden necklace for his girlfriend Anna to celebrate
their one-year anniversary, but also carved out a secret compartment
inside. When it came time to pop the question, he broke the seal and
gave Anna the ring she'd unknowingly worn around her neck every day for
months on end.
3. Here Comes the Bride
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After a car accident left her badly injured just weeks before the wedding, bride-to-be Hannah
Patterson planned on going down the aisle in a wheelchair. But
then-fiancee Stuart Patterson literally took matters into his own hands
when he carried his future wife up to the altar.
In fact, Stuart was Hannah's rock throughout the entire recovery
process. The devoted spouse even slept in a chair next to her hospital
bed, holding her hand.
4. A Perfect Match
5. "Only One Woman"
Some people get cold feet at the idea of monogamy, but Dale Partridge revealed his marriage to "one woman" never gets boring. In a viral Facebook post,
the author wrote, "Men are so worried that marriage will leave them
with "only one woman" ... I fell in love with a 19-year-old rock
climber, married a 20-year-old animal lover, started a family with a
24-year-old mother ... You'll actually become overwhelmed with how many
beautiful versions of her you get to marry over the years." Aw!
6. Young Love
A shortage of spending money didn't stop Cody Mitschelen from taking his girlfriend out for lunch. The teen went door-to-door mowing lawns to pay for a date.
Luckily, Mitschelen's romantic ways caught the attention of the
internet, prompting the restaurant to comp their meal. As for his
hard-earned cash, the doting boyfriend spent it on the next best thing: a
second date getting ice cream.
7. Never Too Late
The saying goes, "don't give up on love," and Maria Teresa Cobar is the living proof. The first-time bride finally found her soulmate at 80 years old.
Carlos Victor Suarez, 95, lived across the hall at their nursing home
and called their meeting as "love at first sight." Now, the couple
spends their days together in the facility's honeymoon suite.
8. Childhood Crush
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Don't discount a long-ago fling. After 25 years apart, two summer-camp sweethearts reconnected
online in a chance encounter. Evan Leach sent a flirty message to Kim
Kuhl, not realizing it was his teenage crush. (She'd changed her name
from a previous marriage). Luckily, Kuhl remembered him immediately, and
the two hit it off, getting hitched in Paris several years later.
9. The Year-Long Proposal
10. In Sickness or Health
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When
doctors diagnosed Craig Lyons with terminal pancreatic cancer, he had
to move up his wedding to fiancee Joan. But the couple didn't let the
prognosis get in the way of their commitment to one another. During the
reception, the bride shaved her head in solidarity with her ailing husband, and it's safe to say she looked simply beautiful.
11. The Girl Next Door
Sometimes
you just know it from the start. When a young Thomas Howard laid eyes
on his new neighbor, he decided right then she was the one. "I was only
about 9 then and when I first saw Irene I thought, 'what a lovely girl,
she's going to be my girl, this one' and my fondness for her grew since
then," Thomas said. And he was right — over 80 years together, the childhood sweethearts are still in love.
12. 50 Years in the Making
It
only took half a century for World War II vet Captain Paul Rothman and
Holocaust escapee Geraldine Rosen to find each other, but fate brought them together.
The New York residents lived just blocks apart, knew the same people,
and worked in the same industry, but took decades to meet. Once they
finally did, the coincidences were too strong to ignore. "She's the love
of my life," said Paul. "What else is there to say?"
13. Second Time Around
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Caters News
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14. 'Til Death Do Us Part
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Not weepy-eyed yet? A viral picture from Reddit will have you reaching for the tissues. A 100-year-old man refused to let go of his dying wife,
according the poster, their granddaughter. Side-by-side in hospital
beds, the couple held hands until the very end. They celebrated 77 years
of marriage before the 96-year-old passed away. If that's not love, we
don't know what is.
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