After promising his 50-year-old girlfriend marriage and convincing her to move in with him, a 72-year-old grandfather of Lusaka, Zambia, has run away from his lover after two solid years of cohabiting.

Now, all that is left is his heartbroken elderly girlfriend and sweet memories of their affair which instead draw tears from her aging eyes.

According to Zambia Observer, it was love at first sight, when Pearson Chipuma staying on the fringes of Lusaka North met Jennifer Chulu slightly over two years ago.

Not one to let a beautiful woman get away, Pearson immediately summoned his charm and sweet-talked himself into Jennifer’s heart.

Jennifer told her charming admirer that she was not interested in games but wanted marriage.

Determined to win her, Pearson told Jennifer that he too was actually interested in marriage and that if she moved in with him, he would send a delegation of lobola negotiators to her people.

Against her better judgment and convinced that she had found the man of her life, Jennifer moved in with Pearson.

With love in the air, Jennifer did not notice how days turned into weeks and weeks into months with no wedding arrangements anywhere in sight.

It was only a fortnight ago when Pearson walked out on her that she noticed that they had stayed together for two years.

Eager to return her man to their house, Jennifer petitioned the Lusaka Boma Local Court to reconcile her with Pearson.

But instead of ordering Pearson back to her warm embrace, the court gave Jennifer a long lecture about the difference between a wife and a girlfriend.

Senior Local Court Justice, Monya Ng’andwe informed Jennifer that the court could not reconcile to Chipuma because there was no marriage between them.

Pearson expressed shock that a woman who was his girlfriend could bring him to court claiming to be his wife.

He told the court that he left home last week because he was now moving on. (Saturday Tribune)