Butch Marion, the 82-year-old Walmart employee who went viral on TikTok in 2022, is back on the dating bandwagon.
Explosion reports the touching and extraordinary story of Marion’s retirement.
The Navy veteran works at Walmart and can’t retire in his old age because of the rising cost of living.
Butch Marion Gets A New Lease In Life!
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The Maryland worker works 30 hours a week at the store, and explained to McCarty that he served 10 years in the Navy and had been working since he was 11 years old.
Butch initially retired to help take care of his ex-husband before his death.
After the death of his ex-wife’s husband, Butch returned to work at Walmart to help pay the bills. He works eight hours a day at register #4
A good Samaritan and customer, who has a senior as his check-out attendant, takes his own decision.
Rory McCarty Launches GoFundMe For Butch’s Retirement
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Rory McCarty posted videos of Butch on TikTok and started a GoFundMe to help raise money so he can finally retire.
As mentioned earlier, the video went viral and McCarty was able to raise over 100 thousand dollars for Butch.
Before this life-changing meeting, Butch had been dumped by his girlfriend of 13 years just before Thanksgiving. He explains that he left her for his high school sweetheart.
Well, McCarty has taken good care of Butch and even set him up on a date with “Nana.”
McCarty captioned the video, “Hot date with Butch and Nana #retirement #date #nightdate #dinner #GetCrackin.”
Butch Dating After 13 Years GF Left Him For HS Lover
Nana is McCarty’s mother-in-law, and they make a cute couple!
McCarty’s followers left tons of comments about the cute date night.
One fan wrote, “They are so cute ?.”
Another commented, “makes my heart so happy ?.”
Many others left endless ? emojis.
Over $50k Raised After Early Donations!
In addition to the $108k check Butch received from the initial GoFundMe donation, McCarty revealed that he received another $51,120.82.
In a video of the date night, McCarty joked, “The guy just got 167 thousand dollars and he’s worried about the price of something. I told him to take the crab cake, he said it was too much. You don’t do that to old people again, I tell you. He doesn’t want to spend money on crab cakes.”
Butch and Nana even managed to take a picture together before the evening ended.
Butch & Nana On Date Night
Tick tock
Since going viral, Butch and McCarty have made several appearances on major news networks.
They have been interviewed by CNN, FOX News, NBC and other local news stations.
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Butch said that he will use some of his retirement money to visit his children, do housework and “enjoy the last 10 years that I have.”
He told FOX 5 Washington DC, “I feel like a new person.”
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