For him, their relationship was never about proving something to other people.
It was about the person sitting beside him.
Delia felt the same way.
She had not expected her life to take such an unusual direction.
When she first met Adrián at that art exhibition in 1998, she could not have known that the young writer standing in front of her would eventually become her husband.
She could not have predicted the letters.
She could not have predicted the secret meetings.
She could not have predicted the criticism.
She could not have predicted the wedding.
And she certainly could not have predicted that decades later, they would still be together.
Their story is unusual precisely because it did not follow the path other people expected.
Most people looking at them for the first time noticed the age difference.
Adrián and Delia noticed the conversation.
Other people saw two generations.
They saw two artists.
Other people saw an unconventional couple.
They saw two people who had found companionship.
Other people predicted that their relationship would eventually collapse.
They continued building it.
Today, Adrián and Delia look back on the years they have shared with a mixture of gratitude and determination.
