‘Thanks to my girls I found love again’

Neither of them imagined that eight years later Jenny’s daughters would be walking her down the aisle, after helping her find love online.

Rachel, 36, of South Parade in Worksop, spent years searching for the right man.

Her glamourous job singing in Ibiza meant she had a fabulous social life, but despite being engaged twice, Rachel never found Mr Right.

“Rachel announced one day that she’d met this guy on the internet, called Carl,” said mum Jenny Saunders, 62.

“I told her I wasn’t happy and she needed to be careful. I thought it could be dangerous.”

“She is so beautiful and talented, she could have had her pick of men and she goes and meets someone on the internet.”

But when Jenny met Carl her worries disappeared.

“He was so lovely, a really genuine guy and they fit together like a jigsaw,” said Jenny, whose husband John died 13 years ago.

Rachel was head over heels in love, and the relationship moved quickly.

Within 18 months she and Carl had got married, bought a house together and had two children.

Now, eight years later, they have four children.

But for all Rachel’s happiness, she could see her mum was lonely.

Said Rachel: “We saw mum all the time and she was really down and didn’t go out much.”

“She’s my greatest inspiration as a woman – beautiful, classy, confident and she loves life.”

“I wanted to find someone she could share that with. I knew there must be someone out there in a similar situation, who needed company.”

Rachel’s dad John Saunders was a professional footballer for Mansfield Town, Huddersfield Town, Doncaster Rovers, Barnsley and Lincoln City.