When 26-year-old Yuki told her friends she was marrying a 70-year-old man named Mr. Kenji, jaws hit the floor.<\/p>\n
The group chat exploded.<\/p>\n
Comments ranged from:<\/p>\n
But Yuki wasn\u2019t budging. She\u2019d met Kenji on a beach in Okinawa during what she called her \u201cquarter-life breakdown.\u201d<\/p>\n
She\u2019d just quit her job, found out her ex was now dating her former boss (ouch), and was ready to<\/p>\n
become a hermit who spoke only to sea turtles. Instead, she met Kenji, who offered her a cold lemonade, a listening ear, and a chair in the shade.<\/p>\n
Not a bad trade.<\/p>\n
They talked. They walked. They even danced barefoot in the sand to old Elvis songs played from his phone speaker.<\/p>\n
Ten days later, they were married. Read more below<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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