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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Lizzie Cernik

How we met: ‘He cooked me pork chops for dinner – and I was sold’

Danielle and Peter in 2022.
Danielle and Peter in 2022. Photograph: Courtesy of the family

Long before internet dating was commonplace, Danielle found unexpected romance online. In 1997, she was working as a teacher in New York. “I was taking my class to Paris on a trip and my colleague posted a message on a French bulletin board to ask about the weather before we went.”

When they returned, her colleague told her someone had replied, and suggested that she contact him. “Peter had responded to say: ‘When in Paris, who cares what the weather is?’ She convinced me to write back and let him know how the trip had gone.”

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