I came out gay later in life before getting married to a woman 19 years my senior

A female who came retired arsenic cheery later successful life and tied nan knot pinch her partner 19 years her elder has opened up astir their whirlwind romance that saw them saying 'I do' conscionable 3 months aft meeting. 

Olivia Reed, 34, from Maryland, had only dated men her full life, but erstwhile her six-year narration ended, she decided to dip her toes into uncharted waters and effort her manus astatine romancing women. 

She began swiping distant connected nan making love app Bumble successful February 2023, which is erstwhile she matched pinch 53-year-old Kelly Reed. 

The brace soon deed it disconnected and began chatting each time until they decided to meet - pinch Kelly driving nan seven-and-a-half hours to Maryland from Massachusetts to yet spot Olivia successful person. 

And conscionable 2 weeks later, Kelly relocated and moved successful pinch Olivia earlier getting down connected 1 knee successful June. 

The mates wed that aforesaid period - connected June 24, 2023 - successful an friendly ceremony.

Now, they are ringing successful 1 twelvemonth of matrimony and revealed that they couldn't beryllium happier.

Olivia said: 'Previously I'd only been successful relationships pinch men. I'm truthful happy this is wherever I am.

'I ne'er moreover pictured myself getting married. It's been a whirlwind. We don't return it for granted.'

Meanwhile, Kelly compared their romance to a storybook and gushed astir Olivia. 

She added: 'It's for illustration a fairytale. I've ne'er been happier successful my life. I didn't recognize really unhappy I was before. I aftermath up each azygous time and I can't judge I'm here. I'm truthful grateful for her.'

Olivia wanted to springiness making love women a effort aft getting retired of a semipermanent narration truthful hopped connected various making love apps earlier connecting pinch Kelly connected Bumble.

She explained: 'I wanted to spot if I liked being pinch women.'

Kelly had been azygous for 12 years but decided to get backmost retired location and Olivia was nan first female she spotted erstwhile she downloaded nan app.

'She was nan first personification that popped up. I reached retired to her and we exchanged numbers. We texted for 2 weeks and past I yet sewage her connected nan phone,' Kelly said.

'I liked her truthful much. I was caput complete heels.'

Kelly was truthful hopeless to meet Olivia she made nan agelong thrust down to spot her - aft conscionable a fewer weeks of talking.

'This was truthful retired of my characteristic range. I said to her closest friend, "I'm going to wed this woman,"' Kelly said.

The mates instantly deed it disconnected and because Kelly was allowed to activity remotely, she made nan move to Maryland - conscionable 2 weeks aft they met successful personification for nan first time.

Their narration progressed quickly and Kelly projected connected June 3, 2023.

'We sewage joined astatine nan edifice that we met at,' she said.

Olivia added: 'It was conscionable maine and Kelly and my friend who joined us. It was very backstage and very simple.'

The mates person been enjoying being newlyweds ever since and revealed that their families are very supportive of their relationships - contempt location being an property gap. 

Olivia said: 'You announcement immoderate generational differences, for illustration technological use, but 99 per cent of nan clip we don't really deliberation astir it.

'I was tense astir telling my parents. I'd only ever been pinch men but they were truthful accepting.'

The brace confessed that they've had nan occasional remark mistaking them for mother and girl - but person ne'er been offended.

Kelly said: 'Back successful Massachusetts I sewage asked, "Is that your daughter?" The feline was mortified.'

Olivia added: 'Online group say, "Are you pinch your grandma?" We don't return offense.'

The mates is focusing connected each different and are looking guardant to spending galore years together. 

Olivia said: 'You person to beryllium unfastened to thing different - you don't cognize what's going to hap but it could beryllium a really bully change.'