Love, what should it be? Australian police and Chinese girls meet, same-sex couples mutual understanding, after the long box together. Today, let's take a look at their story about love.
The arrival of Valentine's Day brings out all the elements of love.
Love, what is it?
Is desperate all the life's impulse, is still able to remember the first hand-held heartbeat, is the distance between thousands of miles of desperate, or.?
The definition of love is so complicated that our stories are different, but love is universal and unique.
Today, our Valentine's Day special is the story of seven lovers, hoping that their love will also warm you on the Valentine's Day overflow screen.
6 years
01. Jacquline & Ellen
Feb. 14 for the couple, it wasn't just Valentine's Day. Today, they posted the same picture on Time line.
Valentine's Day surprise, the picture is a piece of paper-their PR signed today.
They met and fell in love at a university in China. At that time, they were only immersed in the joy of love and had no time to care about everything except each other.
Like many college students, they never think about the way forward until they graduate.
During her junior winter holiday, Jacquline and her family traveled to Australia, where she was enthused by her cozy slow life. After returning from Australia, she began studying in Australia, where Jacquline applied for an actuarial major at the University of Melbourne in preparation for staying in Australia.
At this time, however, Ellen was assigned a good local job by his family.
Jacquline recalled: "the thing we were talking about in the cafeteria was a lot of noise, but I think the space we are in is out of touch with this environment, and we didn't have a fight. There wasn't even a follow-up conversation, and I thought it would be a break-up this time. "
Ellen went back to his dorm room without saying a word. He turned on his computer and tried to type in some words about studying in Australia.
He hastened to find an overseas student agency to consult, the consultant and he said that with his undergraduate degree, it would be difficult to apply for a master's degree in engineering at the University of Melbourne.
"that was when I was most desperate, and it was like the pain was slowly spreading," Ellen said. "but then the teacher said I could apply for social work to stay in Australia." The torch of hope was lit again.
In this way, in the last few months of Jacquline going abroad, Ellen began his long way to study.
When they met again, they hugged for five minutes at Melbourne Airport.
After a few years, they graduate, score, apply for PR. Everything went as expected.
On this Valentine's Day, they finally got PR, when he asked how Ellen felt about giving up his domestic job, he said.
"the prospect of development at home is very good, but being with her is the life I want."
2 years
02. Melody & Sean
When she got a job in Australia's northernmost town with a working hoilday visa, she was idle and lonely. She thought she'd be here in leave for a few months, but didn't expect to meet someone who would spend the rest of her life together.
At that time, he worked as a policeman in a deserted town, was born in England, emigrated to Australia, and finally fell in love with a Chinese girl.
They met in cooktown, the northernmost part of Australia.
She likes dogs, but he has a big dog. They met with dogs and eventually chose to spend the rest of their lives together.
The girl's name is Melody, is a Chinese girl. The boy's name is Sean, is an English boy.
"what can the small town do when it's lonely? It's worth holding on as long as he's lonely. "
"I just said I wanted a perfume, and he had to buy it. He remembered everything I said, even when I was young."
Last September they married, leave went to town, traveled to many places, and then returned to Brisbane to continue their lives and love.
"every day with him, it's like Valentine's Day."
7 years
03.Jen & Eme
This is the seventh year the same-sex couple has been together, but unlike other couples, they are multi-partner (polyamorous), which means that they are loyal to each other but can have intimate relationships with others.
"Let the relationship open up," Jen explains. "it's not a matter of whims one day. After six years of running-in and communication, we finally decided to try it this way."
Jen (left, 31) and Eme (right, 26)
Both Eme and Jen, who emigrated from the Philippines, liked the same movie, so they met on an online forum. As soon as they came and went, they finally decided to meet.
"Let's go out and meet up. Let's have a smoke on Glebe Point Road and have a chat."
Lighting a cigarette has since become their habit of gossip at the table.
Years later, this was the case when they talked about the transition from Eme to non-dualistic sex; and then they decided to become open.
"The trust to give each other freedom has been a highlight, just to be able to be at this stage in our relationship that we're still growing — that's what we love.”
The freedom we like is to give each other enough trust and love to grow up.
48 years
04.Vicky & John
Vicky and John first met the Burwood skating rink in 1969, when both were in their infancy.
When you see Vicky at first sight, John's young, bright eyes are no longer fit for anyone else.
He thought Vicky was so cute, he turned and told his friend, "I want to meet the girl. You can talk to her for me and let her come to the party tonight."
John (left, 71 years old) and Vicky (right, 64 years old)
Vicky was finally invited to the party. At the end of the night, John wore a pink satin shirt and gave Vicky a lift.
"I thought John was gay." "but when he hugged me, I felt the warmth of my family," Vicky said.
In this way, the two have been together for more than 40 years, ushering in the most difficult moment of their lives-their grandson was taken to custody for the crime of her younger daughter.
When Vicky saw her grandson taken away on court, tears could not stop, and John held her hand without saying a word.
"We just hold each other when it's too much.”
When we suffer too much, we just hold each other's hands tightly.
"And that's how we deal with everything. Together." is the way we get through this together.
5 years
05.Annie & Kris
The couple in Brisbane have just spent their fifth year together.
Kris and Annie are college classmates, and many love stories start less clearly, and so do theirs. "We don't know exactly when we were together, probably the way it was at the beginning of February that year. But there has to be an anniversary, and we'll set it on February 14th. "
Kris is such a casual person, fortunately, Annie does not care.
Kris also said, "in two years' time, marry will also be scheduled for February 14."
"our lives are no more romantic than movies. But that's what we want, and it's just the right rhythm. "
18 months
06.Oscar & Emily
Oscar and Emily participated in the same South African group tour in 2017.
At first they didn't notice each other's presence until one day they played the game, and the loser Emily's punishment was to point out who was most attractive to her in the regiment-and her answer was Oscar..
With a burst of laughter, the relationship between the two was brought closer.
Oscar (left, 26) and Eme (right, 28)
After a few days together, the relationship between the two leaps and bounds, and Oscar braved the courage to tell Emily, that he was actually a transgender.
"at the time, I, I don't know what to say," Emily recalled.
But love can overcome all doubts and fears, Emily and Oscar are in love, Oscar said: "she is very supportive of me, we are more casual."
After the trip, Emily returned to England, and Oscar returned to Sydney, so they began a long-distance relationship. From Australia to the UK, from Britain to Australia, it lasted more than a year, and after 13 flights, Emily moved to Sydney to live with Oscar.
"We were separated, so we had more hope for life."
34 years
07.Frank & Soni
Frank, from the Hindu family, fell in love with the Christian girl, Soni,.
When he offered to meet Soni marry, Frank's father gave him an ultimatum: "if you marry this girl, you will never come back and give up your inheritance!"
So the story of their marriage begins with the desperate leave of Frank.
Frank (left, 60) and Soni
But life is not always smooth sailing. Three years ago, Frank's sudden stroke left him with disability and communication problems.
Soni, who has been taking care of him at Frank's side, said: "our love has been tested many times by life, and it is these tests that have made me even more committed to the oath I made at the time."
Although Frank can't act on his own, he has been shopping online to buy gifts for Soni. "I don't really like the candles or scarves he bought me," Soni said. "but I cherish everything he's done for me."
44 years
08.Cheryl & Rob
The couple met at the movie theater in the 1970s, and Cheryl still remembers what Rob was wearing-a velvet pullover and trumpet jeans. "I don't really remember what you were wearing, but you looked very beautiful," Rob said with a smile. You've always been dressed beautifully. " The spark of love brightened their lives on that day, and then they had their own child, Johnathan.
In Johnathan12's year, their lives changed dramatically.
A car accident left Jonathan with a lifelong disability, Cheryl recalls. "We put diapers on the 12-year-old and taught him how to eat again."
It was no doubt a great disaster for their family, but life went on and on, and they had to focus on the darkness and pick up all the pieces of life and put it together again.
"many have unrealistic fantasies about marriage, but it's not so beautiful. When I look forward to it, it's not far away, it's not high, it's in the hands that hold me tight for 44 years. "
What is love? It is still too abstract to express itself. The appearance of love, should have infinite extension, is accommodating hundred Sichuan, is not narrow.
Today, whether you are going to spend with your lover or as usual, continue to explore the path of love bravely.