Lovestruck Man, 24, Dates 80-Year-Old Woman After Returning R45K She Left on His Bike

Lovestruck Man, 24, Dates 80-Year-Old Woman After Returning R45K She Left on His Bike

  • When 80-year-old Catherine Thomas lost her husband, she felt lonely and needed to be loved
  • Her boyfriend, George, proved his loyalty after she forgot a considerable sum of money on his motorbike
  • The two lovebirds narrated how they fell in love and defied societal expectations to find happiness

A young Tanzanian man is dating a woman old enough to be his grandmother.

George and Catherine Thomas have a 50-year age gap between them
George and Catherine Thomas stuck together despite backlash over their age gap. Photos: Afrimax English.
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How did the couple fall in love?

Twenty-four-year-old George and Catherine Thomas, 80, defied the odds by showing that love triumphs over everything.

According to the video about them on Afrimax English, their relationship faced opposition from family and society. According to Catherine, a mother of five, she felt lonely after her husband died.

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“I needed to feel loved.”

George, a school dropout-turned-bike taxi rider, would carry Catherine daily to her business. Catherine left a bag with R45K with George one rainy day after he ferried her home.

“It was too late and rainy to return. I took it to the house the next day but didn’t find her.”

Catherine said she had forgotten where she had left the money and left for a three-month trip the next day.

“When I returned, he brought back the money, which is how he won my heart.”

Catherine then approached George and asked him to start dating her.

“It took a while to process it, and I said yes. Critics wonder why I love someone as old as my grandmother, but I don’t care,” he said.

Catherine’s children could not understand why she would date someone younger than them, as her firstborn is 43 while the lastborn is 35. However, they are coming to terms with the age difference.

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George’s sister, Mary, said she was heartbroken to learn about the relationship.

“I have started accepting it happened. The age gap is too much when someone is 50 years older than you. They are confusing love and madness,” Mary said.

Society believes either George was bewitched or he wants Catherine’s possessions.

“People will always try to destroy something good. My life without him would be meaningless,” the octogenarian said.

View the video here:

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Rianette Cluley (Director and Editor-in-Chief) Rianette Cluley is the managing editor of Briefly News (joined in 2016). Previously, she worked as a journalist and photographer for award-winning publications within the Caxton group (joined in 2008). She also attended the Journalism AI Academy powered by the Google News Initiative and passed a set of trainings for journalists from Google News initiative. In February 2024, she hosted a workshop titled AI for Journalists: Power Up Your Reporting Ethically and was a guest speaker at the Forum of Community Journalists No Guts, No Glory, No Story conference. E-mail: rianette.cluley@briefly.co.za

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