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Holiday pen pals David McArdle and Jodie marry after reconnecting in 2016
David McArdle and Jodie first met as teenagers on a family holiday to Kos in 1994 and kept in touch by letter for several years. After losing contact when David moved house, they found each other again in 2016 and eventually married, nearly three decades after they met.
The pair were among 12 children who swapped addresses on holiday, and continued writing for about three years. David found Jodie’s number on his mother’s phone and messaged her; they met again in April 2018 after he drove from Newcastle to Cardiff. He proposed at the London Eye in 2021, and they married in April 2023.
In short
- Holiday pen pals reunited after losing touch.
- David found Jodie’s number in 2016.
- They married in 2023, nearly 30 years after meeting.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Teenagers who became pen pals for three years after meeting on family holidays in the 90s reveal how they found each other again 30 years later – and now they’re married”.