Posted on Mar 19, 2021
'We Mesh Together Like One': A Miami Love Story
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The year was 1971. George Ju was running a Chinese restaurant in Miami when a young woman named Angela Rivas walked in.
George, 35 at the time, was cooking for a engagement party event, where 29-year-old Rivas was a guest. He was immediately smitten — and began a campaign to win her heart.
Nearly 50 years later, husband and wife George and Angela Ju remembered those early days, during a StoryCorps conversation in 2018.
Soon after they met, George dropped by Angela's house, where she was living with her mother and grandfather.
"My mom says, 'There was a man that came to see you and he brought this rose and he left you this card.' And she says, 'Don't tell me you're gonna go out with him,' " Angela recalled.
"But I saw that you were thoughtful, you were not bad looking and you made me laugh."
George, 35 at the time, was cooking for a engagement party event, where 29-year-old Rivas was a guest. He was immediately smitten — and began a campaign to win her heart.
Nearly 50 years later, husband and wife George and Angela Ju remembered those early days, during a StoryCorps conversation in 2018.
Soon after they met, George dropped by Angela's house, where she was living with her mother and grandfather.
"My mom says, 'There was a man that came to see you and he brought this rose and he left you this card.' And she says, 'Don't tell me you're gonna go out with him,' " Angela recalled.
"But I saw that you were thoughtful, you were not bad looking and you made me laugh."
'We Mesh Together Like One': A Miami Love Story
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They certainly don't make them like that anymore. It used to be "for richer or poorer, and in sickness and in health." Nowadays, the marriage is absolved after the first minor disagreement. What used to be the most sacred institution between two people, isn't worth the paper its written on today. Couples like these are an endangered species, soon to be extinct.
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