So the wedding dress had been waiting for almost two years, shopped in just 45 minutes, Astrid said earlier in Nouveau. “I am very decisive. I went shopping at a store near me with my best friend Sylvia Tóth, who is also a witness. I tried on four dresses there. At one point, the saleswoman said she had a completely different proposal. She came with a dress without bells and whistles, which she thought would suit me more. I put it on, looked in the mirror and thought: this is it.’
On his knees in Tanzania
She quickly thought that of Rob Peters, the man she would have been married to for two years if corona had not intervened. Rob proposed to her during a trip through Africa, which she hadn’t expected: “We’d known each other for just a year and a half. We were in a small-scale hotel on the beach in Tanzania, where the staff knew about Rob’s plan, but I wasn’t. Champagne was brought to our terrace and then he got down on his knees. I didn’t know what was happening to me, I got all hot and all I could do was exclaim: “What are you doing?!”
Romantic proposal
Then out of the corner of my eye I saw something sparkle and that was this ring (she makes it shine). So he had taken it with him all the way from hotel to hotel. Heart pounding through customs, fearing he’d have to get it out. Rob said: “We have such a great time together, I think you are a wonderful woman and I would love for you to stay with me for the rest of your life. Will you marry me?”’
Jumping in the deep end
Had she even thought about getting married? ‘No, it never crossed my mind† I never thought I’d ever get married again. It was a very emotional moment when he asked me. I couldn’t say anything for a while, only tears came. When he asked if he was still getting an answer, of course I said yes.’ In fact, she’d been doing that since their relationship was still in the early stages. ‘Rob very quickly asked for a commitment. We were together for two months when he asked, “Shall we jump in at the deep end?” I already knew then that I wanted that with him.ʼ
Not a fun adventure
And what’s it like to be the bride at 63? “Awesome. If you marry young, you may be very expectant with a portion of naivety. In our phase of life you have experienced everything, you have baggage, people knowledge, you are in balance. We know this isn’t a fun one or two year adventure.”
Source: nouveau