Léa Beaudufe-Hamelin 11:00 a.m., September 23, 2021
Forty-three years after their teenage flirtation, Odile and Pierre have reunited.
The two lovers had lost sight of each other and were married separately.
After their reunion, they fell in love again and decided to get married, at the age of 60.
They tell Olivier Delacroix about their reborn love.
TESTIMONY
Odile and Pierre met when they were in high school. The two teenagers in love lost sight of each other and lived their lives, Odile in Paris and Pierre in Lot-et-Garonne. Each on their own, they got married and had children. It was 43 years later that they reunited and fell in love again. Pierre then left his wife for Odile. Now married, they tell their love story in two stages to Olivier Delacroix and deliver their vision of love for the past 60 years.
Pierre remembers his first meeting with Odile when they were in high school: "I remember very well. It was for July 14. I invited her to the ball at school. It was our first ball. She didn't remember it, but we had danced to 'Les neiges du Kilimanjaro', by Pascal Danel. It was a super slow. " Odile, she also remembers: "For me, it was the first boy, so I keep a memory of it. I think that any girl remembers the first boy she kissed. Her mother had taught me that he already had a fiancée. I thought I was just the Parisian girlfriend. "
The two lovers lost sight of each other and got married, each on their own.
After their respective divorce, Pierre remarried and Odile remained single.
They ran into each other by chance on a social network allowing them to find former classmates: "I connected to this site and I saw a name that appealed to me, especially the first name Odile", explains Pierre.
"When he sent me the first message, it did something to me. I had the impression of having a puff of adolescence coming back to me. It feels weird," says Odile.
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I cared too much for Odile, so I separated
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Odile and Pierre decided to meet again, while Pierre was traveling to Paris. He recounts their reunion: "I didn't want to leave her. I had booked a hotel and I insisted heavily that she stay with me. She didn't want to. We talked." Odile continues: "Every time I went down the steps of the metro, he caught up with me, asking me when we were going to meet again. He didn't want to let go of me. I told him: 'If you want to continue the evening, you won't' just follow me home '. "
After their reunion, Odile expressed reservations: "For me, it was an adventure without a future. It was better because he was married and lived 600 km away. I did not see myself living this type of story."
For Pierre, on the other hand, it was love at first sight even if he was married: "I announced to my wife that I wanted to divorce. In the morning, it wakes up. At night, I reflected and I calculated. Then, I made the decision. I cared too much for Odile, so I separated. "
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I left everything for someone I had seen three times
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Odile admits to having been surprised by this hasty separation: "He told me on the phone: 'I left my wife and I gave her two weeks to leave the house. I don't have much time to discuss'. He hung up. I called my brother. I didn't know what to do. I started filming in my apartment. Now it was up to me. I made up my mind. said he was free now anyway. I could afford to believe something. "
Odile then left Paris to find Pierre: "I left everything, my children, my grandchildren, my house, my friends, all my Parisian life for someone I had seen three times. I also have left twenty years of celibacy. That is perhaps what was the hardest. He has always lived as a couple. He has a rigorous side, with schedules. Me, I am a bohemian. We have adapted. Him. , at noon, he would set the table. I, three quarters of the time, was not ready. Love is the same as at 20 years old. quality. We apply ourselves. "
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If their children and grandchildren have experienced this situation well, Pierre explains that his mother did not accept it: "I am an only child. My father passed away 11 years ago. My mother is now alone. Before that. I know Odile, I was often with her. While now, I am a little less at her disposal. You have to think that I am with Odile. I have a new wife, a new life, a new home. less available. "
Pierre also had to be appreciated by Odile's friends, Isabelle and Monique.
The first tells about their meeting: "He came to the house and I asked him questions without being rude. I asked him if he had children, what job he had, what his hobby was… All in all trivial things. , without being indiscreet. Positive result, passing exam passed! "
For Odile, the opinion of her friends counted a lot: "We are a bunch of friends where friendship is something deep. We cannot be divided. So, Pierre had to fit in."
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Retirement is the start of a new life
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Friends do not share the same vision of romantic relationships in their sixties. For Monique, the love of Odile and Pierre is the same as that of a young couple: "For me, the intensity of the feelings is the same. They are our newlyweds. We do not take care of the age." Isabelle is not of this opinion: "For me, it's different. It's not the same goal. The goal when you meet at 20, is to start a family. Here, I think that it is to overcome loneliness in serenity by being two. "
Having married Pierre after 60 years, Odile sees retirement as a new beginning: "When my father retired, he said: 'I'm starting to have one foot in the grave.' It's terrible to be say that at retirement. We, I think we are in a generation where it is the opposite. Retirement is the start of a new life with all that we could not do when we were active. "