While it can feel rare to read about an actually charming couple in the New York Times’ “Vows” column these days this week’s addition is a particularly sweet one. And I swear it won’t make you want to barf! The couple, Gertrude Mokotoff and Alvin Mann, met at the gym where they work out twice a week and clicked instantly. Mokotoff, who is five years older than Mann, and teasingly called a “cougar,” was the one to propose.