LOVE STORY!

1941

Elaine, 4-year-old chorus girl learning to tap dance.

To her mother, in French: 

"Mama, will I get married?"

"Yes, my darling, when you are older."

"Can I marry Joe from my dance class?" 

"We'll see when the time comes."

Joe, a 7-year-old tap dance leader.

To his Aunt Marjorie, in English:

"I really like Elaine.  Do you think that she would give me a kiss someday?"

"We'll see when the time comes."

1951

Joe meets Elaine at a New Bedford Teen Stroll.

Joe asks Elaine for a date.  Elaine says:  "Yes!"

Later she tells her friend Jean: "That's the boy I'm going to marry."

1956

Joe was home from Germany and took Elaine out on a date. He didn't have "wheels" yet, so he was about to help Elaine get on a bus to go home.

She had been making lots of comments about marriage life, but Joe didn't think that he was ready, and as she started to get on the bus, Joe said "If we get married ..."  But his tongue slipped and he said "When we get married..."  Elaine immediately yelled" "I do!" and jumped on the bus.  She had caught Joe and they became a happily married couple for over 40 years.

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