“I Waited 24 Years for a First Kiss With My Childhood Best Friend - Now We’re Engaged After I Revealed the Secret I’d Been Keeping for Over Two Decades”
- 7 months ago
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A woman who waited 24 years for a first kiss with her childhood best friend is now engaged to be married to him - after keeping her feelings a secret for over two decades.
Kate MacNeil and Paul Damon, both 38, were tied at the hip when they met as teenagers in 1997.
Despite the school girl, who was 13 at the time, being 'mad' about her best pal, she never plucked up the courage to explain how she felt.
The best mates would talk for hours on the phone everyday after school - but lost touch when Paul joined the navy and Kate moved away to college.
Kate, a teacher, and Paul, a master woodworker, both married but they followed each other's lives for years online.
In December 2020, and after the breakdown of her marriage, Kate, who is a mum-of-two, found the courage to reach out to Paul on Facebook.
Two weeks later he replied and the pair talked for hours before he agreed to fly out to Kate’s home in Port Charlotte, Florida, USA.
After finally telling each other about their feelings for one another they shared their first kiss and date and decided Paul would move to live with Kate and her children.
The couple are now engaged and plan to get married in July 2023.
A woman who waited 24 years for a first kiss with her childhood best friend is now engaged to be married to him - after keeping her feelings a secret for over two decades.
Kate MacNeil and Paul Damon, both 38, were tied at the hip when they met as teenagers in 1997.
Despite the school girl, who was 13 at the time, being 'mad' about her best pal, she never plucked up the courage to explain how she felt.
The best mates would talk for hours on the phone everyday after school - but lost touch when Paul joined the navy and Kate moved away to college.
Kate, a teacher, and Paul, a master woodworker, both married but they followed each other's lives for years online.
In December 2020, and after the breakdown of her marriage, Kate, who is a mum-of-two, found the courage to reach out to Paul on Facebook.
Two weeks later he replied and the pair talked for hours before he agreed to fly out to Kate’s home in Port Charlotte, Florida, USA.
After finally telling each other about their feelings for one another they shared their first kiss and date and decided Paul would move to live with Kate and her children.
The couple are now engaged and plan to get married in July 2023.