Marathon mom who kissed mystery man gets funny reply from his wife

Boston, Mass. — (Today) A single mom who’d sought the identity of a handsome man she’d kissed while running the Boston Marathon has tracked him down with help from his wife.

Thankfully, if the author of a letter to the Wellesley Townsman is indeed the spouse of the man who kissed Tennessee resident Barbara Tatge on a dare, everyone involved seems to find the situation funny.

“I don’t know if you heard, but the Mystery Man is married,” Tatge, 55, wrote in an email to TODAY.com early Monday morning. “I had not read his wife’s letter [when TODAY.com reached out for an interview last week]; otherwise I would have said that he is fortunate to be married to a gracious woman with a wonderful sense of humor.”

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Photo credit: Barbara Tatge

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