A woman who had a crush on her best best friend at school but kept it secret is getting engaged to him 25 years later. The two met as teenagers in 1997 and went everywhere together, but ended up waiting 24 years for their first kiss.
Kate MacNeil and Paul Damon, both 38, were tied at the hip when they met as teenagers in 1997. Despite the schoolgirl, who was 13 at the time, being "mad" about her best pal, she never plucked up the courage to explain how she felt.
The two would talk for hours on the phone every evening, but they eventually lost touch when Paul joined the navy and Kate went away to college. Kate, a teacher, and Paul, a master woodworker, both married but followed each other's lives for years online.
