Another inspiration for this thread was a guy I used to work with who was from Cuba. He didn't know any English when he came to the US, and when he met (and started dating) his American-born wife, he only spoke Spanish and she only spoke English, but he said he knew he just had to meet her and give it a try.
By the time I met him, he was in his mid-40's and they had been married for 8 years.
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