‘If you can keep your cool, you can make it last’
“My wife and I have been married for 74 years. We met in high school. We got married when we were 20 years old.” What’s your key to a long marriage? “Well, you just have to...
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Square dancing secret to their 40-year marriage
“We were both recently divorced and working at Exxon. I saw her walking down the hall one day and I thought, hmm. One thing led to another and here we are, married almost 40 years.” What...
Love at first sight — over a barbecue sandwich
“I’m originally from New York. I came to Texas to visit my brother, who was just getting out of the Air Force. It was supposed to be a three-week visit, but he moved back home and...
She’s adjusting to a more structured lifestyle
“After my son was born, we drove to Colorado a week later and moved into our house. Things were happening so fast, it’s taken a while to get used to it all. “Being a new mom,...
‘You could say I’m married to the insurance industry’
“I guess you could say I’m married to the insurance industry. I was working at a car dealership, and he had this insurance agency. So he would call me to verify insurance. That’s how we met....
Facebook friendship finally leads to marriage
“We went to school together, but we kind of really met up after that. We connected as friends on Facebook and talked to each other there for a long time. We found out we had a...
High school sweethearts decide to make it official
“I guess we were what you would call high school sweethearts. She was a year ahead of me, but we wanted to graduate together. “Back then, with a zero period, I would come in an hour...
She thinks she married ‘a male version of me’
“We both had given up on the idea that we would ever find someone. We both told ourselves, ‘I guess I’m meant to be single for the rest of my life.’ And we were kind of...
No big surprise when relationship turns to marriage
“Apparently, everybody else knew we were supposed to be in a relationship before we did. “His wife passed away from cancer several years ago, so when he needed help picking out a suit for a family...
No, really, they married on April Fool’s Day
“We got married on April Fool’s Day. But it was also Good Friday. Since we met in a church, we thought that was a good day. Also, I guess nobody gets married at our age without...
