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Wales Online
Emma Dunn & Steven Smith

'I first met my wife when she was a baby - now we're having one of our own'

A man who is 19 years older than his wife was shocked to find out he had met her when she was a baby - and now the couple are expecting their own little one together. Rich Foetu Tomkinson, 48, met Evie Foetu Tomkinson, 29, when she walked into the pub he was working at in July 2018.

Neither of them expected to end up in a relationship together because of their age gap, but they hit it off. By October 2018 they couldn’t deny how they felt about each other, and moved in together in February 2019, with Rich proposing in September 2019.

Rich was shocked when he was introduced to Evie’s mum, Sarah Owen, 53, and realised they had in fact met before while working on the same street as each other in the 90s - meaning he would have seen Evie as a baby when Sarah pushed her around in a pram. But with the support of their family and friends, the couple tied the knot in July 2022 and they are now expecting a baby together - due in January 2023.

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