Married couple with 61-year age gap vow to start family despite husband being 85
dailyrecord.co.ukA married couple say they are ready to start a family - despite their 61-year-old age gap. Miracle Pogue, 24, and Charles Pogue, 85, first met in 2019, when she was working in a launderette.
Retired real estate agent Charles told Miracle he had feelings for her one year later and asked her to marry him in February 2020.
Now they are looking into IVF treatment in the hope of starting a family to ensure Charles, who doesn't have any children, leaves behind a new generation According to Miracle, her mum Tamika Phillips, 45, and grandad Joe Brown, 72, support the relationship after seeing how happy the pensioner made her, but dad Kareem Phillips, 47, took a lot more convincing.Miracle, from Starkville, Mississippi, US, said: "Charles used to bring in one item of clothing and only wanted me to serve him.
One day he waltzed in there and threw a piece of paper down and said 'write down your number' like he's a player. He was my knight in shining armour."We had a good vibe going, he didn't make me feel weird.
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