80th Wedding Anniversary 😳

She’s 105. He’s 106. The world’s oldest living couple celebrates 80 years of marriage.


Link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/12/15/shes-hes-worlds-oldest-living-couple-celebrates-years-marriage/

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Although short engagements were not unusual at the time, “it took her five years to make up her mind that she wanted to get married,” John said with a laugh. It was the middle of the Great Depression, and they wanted to earn some money before they set up a home, so Charlotte took a teaching job in the Houston area, and John coached football and basketball in Port Arthur, Tex.

John and Charlotte married in a tiny ceremony — only two guests were present — on Dec. 22, 1939. They honeymooned in San Antonio, staying at a hotel that cost $7 a night.

Although they have been together for 85 years, they have been married only for 80, meaning they do not hold the record for the longest marriage. That title, according to Guinness World Records, belongs to Zelmyra and Herbert Fisher, who wed at the ages of 19 and 17, respectively, and were married for 86 years and 290 days before Herbert’s death in 2011.


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They have also stayed loyal fans of UT football, attending Longhorns games when they can. John, who is also UT’s oldest living former football player, has gone to at least one game per season for the past 84 years. That’s been easier to do for the past decade, since they returned to Austin to live in a retirement community.


No, they don’t argue, John said. But if you’re looking forward to your marriage becoming more peaceful in your late golden years, take note: They never argued that much in the first place, John said, and have always made a point to settle things before bedtime.