A couple who had been single for a total of 27 years, moved in together after just a 'handful of dates'.
Sue Torpey, 67, from West Derby and Ian Barr, 69, from Cheshire, met at the end of 2019 just before the country shut down due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Having only been on a handful of dates the pair 'took a gamble' and decided to move in together in Little Sutton, Cheshire when lockdown first hit the UK on March 26, 2020.
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Sue had been single for 20 years, and Ian for seven, before they met for the first time.
She told BBC Breakfast : "We met through online dating. Hit it off, I think, straight away.
"When all this started to happen about Covid-19, I said 'shall I move in with you then?'.
"It was the thought of us being either side of the Mersey, not together, and that's why we thought 'just do it'.
"Life is too short."
After the pair moved in they continued to date and would have a "date night" every Saturday where they ate the food of a different country each weekend.
Almost three years after they first met, Sue and Ian are engaged and will be getting married at St George's Hall in the summer.
Sue said: "Two and a half years ago none of this was even on the horizon. Covid wasn't on the horizon.
"Then I was very lucky to meet someone.
"We took a huge chance, and I'm so...chuffed is not the right word."
To celebrate Valentine's Day in 2022 BBC Breakfast and St Georges Hall arranged for the pair to have a candlelit dinner in the Hall, complete with a bowl of Scouse.
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