Richie&Joanie

We are each others peace and safe place. We can speak our minds truthfully with total respect and without fear of judgement.

Placed 66th

in their group

We would like to thank you for supporting Richie&Joanie in this year's competition. Your participation allows us to aid both the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and Oceana in their respective missions to support hunger relief and ocean conservation.

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How did your love story begin?

This one is crazy. I taught Richie forever ago and have kept in touch, as I have done with many, many previous students. Let me be clear, there was never a thought when I was his teacher. Move ahead 30 years and we were going through rough marriages that were similar and found comfort in knowing we weren’t alone. After his wife left and my husband passed we began hanging out as friends and it eventually blossomed into this beautiful relationship that neither one of us ever dreamed we could have.

What is your favorite memory you've shared as a couple?

Our first trip to Helen, GA. It was the first time we could be totally free as a couple. We would sit by the river on a bench at night and talk for hours about our dreams, what each other needs, and plan a future

What would you do with $20,000?

We would fix up one house to sell so we could move into the other so we waste no more time apart. We just lost his 19 year old son and realize more than ever how precious time is and we want to live it together.

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