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IN SICKNESS AND HEALTH

Christine Gill, 56, from Bradford

Swirling on the dance floor, I was on cloud nine.

As I danced with my new hubby to Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol, it was a moment I didn’t think we’d make.

We’d been together 17 years, but the past year had been the most challenging of all.

Despite crossing paths when we were younger, it wasn’t until 2007 that we really got talking.

Paul – or Gilly as I called him – was kind, caring and funny.

We’d both been married previously and had adult children of our own, but I’d found my match in Gilly, now 66.

Going on dinner dates, snuggling up in front of a movie and jetting off on holiday – we always had a great time together.

And it meant the worldchildren approved.

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