Dick Strawbridge has revealed that he and his wife Angel Strawbridge almost split at the start of their romance, as he grew concerned about their age difference. After meeting at a party back in 2010 following the breakdown of Dick's first marriage, the couple felt instant chemistry and went on to enjoy several dates. While he admits that period of time was "fun", he questioned whether they were compatible and urged her to find somebody younger.
He recalled: "The first date I ever went on was with Angela, after having been separated for six years. "We had a lot of fun and it got to the stage really quite quickly where I said, 'We're going to have to stop this, this is wonderful having a lot of fun, but you need to go and find a young man and do all the things that young people do, and I'm just going to get on'." The 65-year-old said it was then that Angel, 46, told him she wanted to be with him, which became "one of the biggest decisions" of his life.
Quizzed on why he questioned things, Dick said he didn't know if the age gap would be fair on Angel or any potential future children, but decided to give things a go anyway. Speaking on the How To Be 60 podcast, he shared: "[I was] over 50, Angela was sort of 20 years younger and what do we do? "It was a really interesting 'whoa, OK' it did take me probably less than a second to go, 'OK, what the hell, we're going to do it' and that's the reason why I'm living in a castle with two lovely young kids. It makes no sense.
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