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Special | 2m 50s | Video has closed captioning.
In 1971, George Ju was running a Chinese restaurant in Miami, Florida. George was born in China and immigrated to the United States at the age of 10. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he settled in Miami, and this is where he met Angela Rivas. One night, while attending her friend’s engagement party, Angela met George, who was cooking for the event. There began their journey of love and laughter.
Aired: 02/06/23
♪♪ ♪♪ -My mom says, "There was a man that came to see you, and he brought this rose, and he left you this card."
And she says, "Don't tell me you're gonna go out with him."
But I saw that you were thoughtful, you were not bad-looking, and you made me laugh.
-No, you make me laugh!
[ Laughs ] -I remember saying to you, "Uh, you know I have two boys?"
And you said, "So?
That doesn't matter."
I said, "Are you sure?"
And you said, "Yes."
-Yup.
-Yup.
And I remember, every night I come pick you up from work.
-Every night!
-Till finally on the ninth day, we got married.
-My mom didn't want us to get married.
So, I went over to my sister, and I said, "Esther, I'm gonna marry George today, so get dressed."
My sister says, "Today?"
I says, "Yeah."
And my sister says, "Okay, this is what you want?
I'll go with you."
-After that we went to New York... You musta have iron on your shoe.
-I hit past 95, and I felt the car going up off the ground.
That was a good car.
-You're something else.
-We've been together ever since.
[ Laughs ] We mesh together like one.
When we're in the kitchen, we're like poetry in motion.
We know which way to go 'cause we're working together as a team.
-Hey, uh, what are you frustrated about me?
That I like to know.
-Sometimes you get up in a grumpy mood.
-I don't get grumpy.
-[ Laughs ] -No, I don't.
-Sometimes... -No, no, no, no.
You are the pickiest woman I've known.
You don't... -Finally, I got it out of you!
-All this restaurant out there's not good enough for you.
-Yeah, but you have to remember, who made me this way?
-I guess me.
-Ahhhh.
-I spoil you.
-You spoil me.
-Yeah.
-I'm just happy to have a person in my life that I love very, very much.
-OK, what are we eating tonight?
-I just said I love you and you ask me what I want to eat?
-Well, don't you love to eat?
[ Both laugh ] -You're bad, George.
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