82-year-old British gran with 36-year-old Egyptian lover says ‘love conquers all’
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Iris Jones, an 82-year-old pensioner from Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, shocked Britain when she married 36-year-old Mohamed Ibriham from Cairo, whom she met on Facebook in the summer of 2019.
Iris and Mohamed met on Facebook in 2019 and married in November 2020. Finally, on November 3, Mohamed's visa was approved, and they were reunited. Photo from Facebook / Iris Jones.
The pair married each other in November 2020. However, visa issues kept the couple apart, keeping them from seeing each other in person since last December.
But earlier this month, Mohamed rang Iris to tell her that he’d been granted a three-year visa.
“I was in Tesco, doing my shopping, in the fruit and veg aisle. Tears just poured down; I couldn’t stop crying. One of the assistants said, ‘are you alright?’ And I said, ‘Yes, I’m just very, very happy’,” Iris recalled.
The couple insisted that they will love each other 'forever' and dismissed the negative reactions they've received to their 46-year age gap.
Viewers first saw the pair on a public show in January 2020, and since then, Iris said her comments about their sex life have led to public recognition.
“My friends can’t get enough of him. He’s very, very popular and very famous in Sand Bay.”
She even recalled being recognised in public transport one time, saying: “We’ve been recognised in Bristol in a taxi. ”
“Our time isn’t restricted, so we don’t need to ration ourselves [with sex]. The magic will never go away; it’ll never be destroyed.”
“Anyone who says to me, ‘how do you find love?’ You don’t look for it. It finds you.”
Iris admitted that the relationship hasn’t all been smooth-sailing, but they persevere.
Iris explained: “He is very, very tidy now. He hasn't dropped anything on the floor.”
On the other hand, Mohamed said: “She's very, very fussy.”
The couple ignored the negative reactions to their 46-year age gap and insisted they will love each other 'forever'. Photo from ITV Hub.
Iris had been divorced for 27 years when she met Mohamed in early 2019.
It was her son Stephen who bought her a laptop and signed her up to Facebook, where she joined a group for atheists. There, she met her would-be husband.
“His intellect shone through, and when he sent me some pictures, I thought, ‘Oh my God, he is drop-dead gorgeous’,” she recalled.
“But I realised how young he was, so I never thought anything would come of it. He was in an arranged marriage for ten years that ended in May 2020, though they separated two years ago.”
“When he started calling me ‘Babe’, I said, ‘Don’t start getting romantic notions, I’ll soon be an octogenarian’.”
“But I realised I was falling in love with him. He told me he loved me first about three weeks after we met. He said, ‘I didn’t intend to fall in love with a 79-year-old Iris, I just did’,” she continued.
“He thinks we have a spiritual connection and were meant to be.”
The pair both revealed that they have not made plans for Christmas yet, with Iris saying: “We don't yet, we don't know whether we'll be invited to one son or the other or we'll be on our own, they might think we want to be on our own, it makes no difference.”
Mohamed added: “They visit us in our home and say congratulations, and they give their regards to us. I give all of you and all the people around the world who support us strong thanks and strong regards, because all of you support our love story.”
What do you guys think? Can love transcend time, or are you skeptical of Mohamed’s intentions?
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