You go, Gilbert!

Yeah, pimp daddy grand-daddy great-grand-daddy!

Sorry ladies, but the world's toughest bachelor to net if OFF the market! And good luck wrestling him away from his blushing bride...he waited 99 years to find his Mrs. Right, so chances are he knew what he wanted and found her. 

99-year-old Gilbert Herrick robbed the cradle recently, sweeping 13-years-younger Virginia Hartman, 86, off her feet (presumably metaphorically speaking of course, as they are both confined to wheelchairs), wheeling her across the threshold of their shared room at a nursing home in New York and into his never-before-married heart. 

That's right, this was Gilbert's very first marriage. Not a widower, not an elderly divorced man. One fine bachelor. 

They met at the nursing home because he saw Virginia's painted china on display and had to meet the artist who had painted it. A World War II veteran and appreciator of the arts, after several visits with Virginia, Gilbert was smitten and knew he'd found the right woman to marry. 

The best part is that despite their age, one big reason they decided to get married was for the same reason many young couples are eager to tie the knot in holy matrimony: they weren't allowed to share a room if they weren't married!

A honeymoon escapade around Europe probably won't be in the future owing to a likely difficulty in obtaining permission from the nursing home, but they don't seem to mind and just want to enjoy the time they have together. 

Gilbert said, “She makes me feel happy. I love her.”