From ICU meet-cutes to holiday sparks, readers share the unexpected moments that brought them lasting love this year
Ask someone who is single about their dating life, and the answer might sound like Oliver singing “Where is love?”
According to the headlines, nobody knows how to flirt, dating is dead, sex is over, and so is love.
But happy couples do exist – and are meeting each other all the time. We asked Guardian readers to share their stories of falling in love this year.
Ollie, 64, from Yorkshire, arrived in Chiang Mai for a cycling holiday in November last year. He got a Bumble notification from Elizabeth, 55, an American living in Thailand. “We messaged a lot and she asked me to ask her on a date so I suggested sushi,” Ollie says.
