Love Story of Japanese Man, Woman with 21 Years Age Gap Featured
MAN – A Japanese man, Isamu Tomioka, married Midori, the mother of his high school classmate, who is 21 years his senior.
Real love don’t give up despite rejections. This is what the love story of Japanese couple Isamu Tomioka and Midori showed not just their families and friends but the world. Their love story was featured in the Japanese TV show Newlyweds Welcome!
Midori is the mother of the high school classmate of Isamu Tomioka. According to the Japanese man, he first met her in a parent-teacher event in their school which she attended for her daughter. He was still a minor then but he already got attracted to her.
Isamu and Midori met again after 10 years since then. According to him, he accidentally met her again and was attracted by her beauty and personality. He communicated with his high school classmate, the daughter of Midori, so he can get near to her.
However, Midori was not comfortable with their age gap so she rejected Isamu Tomioka. Meanwhile, the Japanese man is persistent and he even sought the help of her daughter so he can ask Midori on a date.
The woman was shocked when what she thought was just a casual date ended up with him confessing his love for her and his intention to marry her. However, she still has a negative reactions towards it even tagging it as a “nonsense”.
Meanwhile, the Japanese man is really persistent and he would invite her for a date daily for a month until she agreed for a dinner date once. Coming from a messy divorce, his presence became her “spiritual support” during that time.
However, when Isamu asked Midori to make their status official, she once again rejected him until it was her daughter already to just think about her happiness and not worry about her. Since then, the couple continued dating and even his parents were supportive of their relationship.
However, it was Isamu’s parents that were against their relationship. The Japanese man once again proved his intentions to his girlfriend by buying her a house worth 38 million yen. The couple officially tied the knot with the blessings of their families.