She always believed her grandparents had 'complicated' marriage — then she read his priceless letter to grandma
Love heals wounds, makes people better and sticks with us throughout life’s rollercoaster ride; even during times that can only be called complicated, love blooms and births the buds of hope in our souls. A granddaughter–who goes by u/custardnotmustard on Reddit–shared one such love letter she found in her grandmother’s handbag after she passed away. It was written by none other than her grandfather before they had gotten married. The blissful letter has the internet turning into a hopeless romantic.
“They had a complicated relationship, but stuck together for their whole life, but stuck together for their whole life,” the granddaughter added. While going through her grandmother’s handbag a few weeks after her demise, she found a letter from her grandfather, who passed away in 2021. The handwritten letter was addressed to his beloved wife, Win, whom he had never written a letter to before. “For the first few times I can remember meeting you, I felt that there was something special and not just ‘another girl,’” it read. “Although it was not ‘love at first sight,’ I liked you very much even then — and the better I came to know you, the better I liked you.”
He expressed how the love caught him so naturally that he never realized when he fell for her. “It happened like daybreak,” he wrote. He had lost all hope of seeing her when she called him up from Wales, where her mother sent her away to a convent. He already knew that she was the one he had been looking for all his life. Therefore, he rescued her from her misery and stayed beside her until death parted them. In the letter, he also wrote about their future and how he desires it to be: “No doubt in the years ahead, there will be occasional tensions and misunderstandings — but I am sure there will never be any regrets or any change in my love for you, except that it will grow deeper as we share our lives together.”
He smoothly slipped in a charismatic comment about her maiden name, Bradley, that he would like to change that “defect” in April of the following year, jokingly hinting that he would like to marry her, and soon she would have his last name. Expressing his gratitude and love for her, he concluded, “I’ve possibly mentioned to you that the Autumn is my favorite season of the year, and I’ve sometimes wondered why — now I know. All my love, John.” The wholesome letter attracted many comments from the people on the platform.
u/shadree asked, “I’m assuming Bradley was your grandma’s maiden name.” u/h0117_39 exclaimed, “Oh, he was smooth with the name change, too!” u/Grouchy_Paint_6341 expressed their belief about true love, “Beautiful, true love is never perfect. In fact, it’s messy and complicated at times. I think beautiful that he wrote this to her, and you could see it and reflect on it. Letters are the words to the heart.” u/Greatcrestednewt1 wrote, “Oh my goodness, how incredibly special. Thank you for sharing this.”
In a comment, the granddaughter elaborated more about her grandparents. “He was a professor, and she was an ex-nun with a master’s in educational psychology. They both made some money teaching in London and moved to open a ‘bed and breakfast’ in a tiny valley in the lake district.” They had three children. During the teenage years of a granddaughter, her “grandfather lived in the library and grandma lived in the garden or painting, both great passions they pursued.” Her grandma was “quite a feminist,” and it is due to her, she has masters in educational psychology.