When 26-year-old Yuki told her friends she was marrying a 70-year-old man named Mr. Kenji, jaws hit the floor. The group chat exploded. Comments ranged from:

“Girl, is he rich-rich?”

“Are you okay?”
“Does he at least have good Wi-Fi?”

But Yuki wasn’t budging. She’d met Kenji on a beach in Okinawa during what she called her “quarter-life breakdown.” She’d just quit her job, found out her ex was now dating her former boss (ouch), and was ready to become a hermit who spoke only to sea turtles. Continues…