By Heather Sanders

MORGANTON - It’s hard to find Mr. Right. It’s even harder when you’re older. 

Sherry

Sherry Scull, of Rutherford College, can testify to that. She had been divorced for eight years after a 28-year marriage when she made the decision.
“I just didn’t want to spend the rest of my life by myself,” she said.
Scull was over 50 when she decided she wanted a second try at love, but she wasn’t exactly of an age to start bar-hopping.
It was hard for her to meet new people, she said, so online dating seemed the best route. She’d already heard about Match.com.
“It took every ounce of courage in me to do it,” she said.
Her cousin, Renee, was scared enough for the both of them, but Scull thought, “What have I got to lose?”
Scull said she was smart about meeting men online, and everyone she met was very nice. They just didn’t give her that spark.

Steve

Steve Lowrance was living in Charlotte when he decided to try Match.com.
Lowrance never was one for going out. He went to work for his dad right after he came back from Vietnam. Like Sherry, he had a lengthy marriage before he got divorced.
When his dad died, Lowrance moved in with his mom to take care of her and squire her about.
He said he came to realize, “I’m not going to meet anyone like this.”
Lowrance set up a profile on Match.com. He was only on there for a few days when he got a message from Scull.

Sherry & Steve

They e-mailed back and forth, and because she said a woman shouldn’t give out her phone number, he gave her his. Scull said they ended up talking for hours.
“I was three hours late to work that day,” Scull said, laughing.
They decided to meet at Tripp’s Restaurant in Hickory.
As the saying goes, their eyes met and the rest was history.
“Steve seems to think we must have been old souls together,” she said.
Scull said she and Lowrance couldn’t stop talking even long enough to order until their waiter kept coming back.
They dated for over a year before they were married. Their five-year anniversary is June 13.
“If it hadn’t been for the Internet, we never would have met,” she said. “It’s been a happy journey.”
As for Valentine’s Day, they don’t have anything planned, but they’re bound to do something spontaneous.