Yahoo Lifestyle Susie Maroney and Perry Cross: We're in love
Susie Maroney and Perry Cross. Photo: Lara Milenko.
After two failed marriages and a sea of sorrows, swim champion Susie Maroney believes she has finally found lasting romance with inspirational quadriplegic Perry Cross.
'He makes me a better person,’ she says simply. ‘Just being together, I’m probably the happiest I have ever been.'
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The couple first started chatting at a fundraiser for the Perry Cross Spinal Research Foundation last year.
They stayed in touch through social media and, fatefully, found themselves seated together at the same function 12 months later.
'We connected with each other straight away. From the very beginning, it felt like we had known each other forever,' says Susie.
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'I always knew it would take a special sort of person to understand my situation and appreciate what my life is like,’ Perry says fondly of Susie.
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