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I’m marrying my high school gym teacher — she was all my friends’ teenage crush
By SWNS,
6 hours ago
A man has fallen in love and got engaged to his former PE teacher – 13 years after she taught him in high school – and says his mates still call her ‘Miss’.
Scott Davies, 33, and Helen Booth, 41, first became acquainted back in 2009 – when he was a student at Barclay School sixth form in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, and taught him PE.
They crossed paths again 13 years later in 2022 in Stevenage – initially having no inkling there was any romantic potential.
Scott Davies and Helen Booth got engaged 13 years after she taught him in high school. Anita Maric / SWNS
But they ended up falling in love, moving in together and Scott popped the question in August 2024 on a beach in Ibiza with a 200 strong crowd of people watching on.
Now – 17 years on from their first meeting – they have a house together and are due to tie the knot next year.
Scott, a primary school teacher, from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, said: “It’s a bit of a whirlwind story.
“I never would have thought I’d marry my ex teacher but we are very happy together.”
Scott Davies, 33, and Helen Booth, 41, first became acquainted back in 2009 – when he was a student at Barclay School sixth form. Scott Davies / SWNS
Helen, who now works as special educational needs coordinator at a middle school, added: “I feel very lucky with what we have in our relationship – it’s very special and we make each other very happy.”
The pair – who have an eight-year age gap – had no relationship back then but were reunited after Scott moved back to Stevenage from Birmingham, West Midlands, in 2022.
Scott had coached cricket back at his old school – where Helen still worked at the time – and the pair developed a friendship, just after he left university when he was 21.
Scott went on to become a primary school teacher, while Helen began working at a special needs school.
Davies said all his friends were attracted to Booth. Helen Booth
Scott got in touch with Helen again when he was 25 as he hoped she might be able to help answer some questions he had about teaching.
After a relationship of Scott’s ended, he moved back to Stevenage from Birmingham and got back in touch with Helen to discuss teaching.
But even then, there was no romantic connection between them and things were “strictly professional”.
“We had a drink but then we were like ‘is this a date?'”
The pair ended up having a few more drinks and realized they had romantic potential.
Scott said: “After that, we ended up spending the next four days together.
“Neither of us had been actively looking for a partner at the time but things just sort of fell into place.”
Helen said: “It was lovely how well we got on straight away and how natural it was, we both believed it was a ‘catch up’ at first but now know it was our first date.”
Scott maintains Helen was the one teacher all the boys “had a crush on” when they were at school.
Scott said: “My mates were excited when they found out – they’d known how lovely Helen was as a person.”
Helen said: “Scott had stayed in touch with some of my colleagues that had taught him from his coaching and they were really happy for us both.”
He said that his former teacher had become a professional mentor for him. Scott Davies
Within two years of dating, the couple were engaged.
Their relationship, however, has had its fair share of interesting moments – especially when friends and acquaintances realized how they originally met.
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