Two single people in their nineties went on the cutest blind date

It's springtime, which means pollen and love are in the air.

The latter is especially true for two singletons in our nation's capitol.

Miriam Steiner, 93, and Harold Sharlin, 90, met for a blind first date after being set up by Sharlin's granddaughter Jenny. Jenny waited on Steiner at a restaurant and thought the two would make a good match.

"My Jenny was so impressed with Miriam's pep and vigor that she said, 'You'd make a great date for my grandfather,'" Sharlin told TODAY News.

Both Steiner and Sharlin are widowed. According to their interview with TODAY, Steiner was particularly hesitant to date after her husband's death in 1999.

"I loved him, and I didn't look for anyone else after that," she said.

However, something drove her to meet Sharlin for a first date.

"I said, all right, what have I got to lose?" 

The two met for their blind date at at Washington DC's Politics & Prose Bookstore, which is a favorite hang out for Sharlin. Staff at the store were so smitten with the elderly duo that they snapped a photo, which has since accrued several thousand likes on their Facebook page.

According to both Sharlin and Steiner, the get-together was better than either dater could have imagined.

"I'm a conversationalist," Sharlin told TODAY. "I like to sit and talk. I like having a woman in my life."

As for the story of their blind date, Steiner isn't surprised by the attention. 

"It's very unusual," she said. "We're both in our 90s. We're both handicapped. Neither of us drive. It's not easy, making connections as a senior. But we need it. It's up there with Medicare and Social Security. I hope people remember that."

We hope this connection leads to plenty more conversation and happiness between the two new friends.

[h/t Cosmopolitan]

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