https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 12 May 2026 02:47:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874846 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:03:21 +0000 SupernovaJ 874846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>totally burst into tears with that last sentence! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874780 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 14:45:16 +0000 mrs. 64 874780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So cute! Thanks for sharing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874704 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 14:11:04 +0000 Dandelion 874704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's so sweet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874683 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:58:16 +0000 loveisstrange 874683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So sweet!</p> <p>DH's grandparents celebrated 70 last year! They got married in 1942, just before his grandpa went off to war. They were 21 and 18. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874679 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:55:58 +0000 Koolbreeze 874679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>:heart: so sweet!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874673 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:53:33 +0000 matador84 874673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Precious! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874672 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:53:12 +0000 MsInformation 874672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is so nice, and awesome advice. I want to get his quote cross stitched on a pillow or something! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874669 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:51:50 +0000 MrsBrewer 874669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awww!! This totally gave me the chills reading this! I looooove listening to older people that have been married so long. They always have such wonderful advice!! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874645 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:44:24 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 874645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>&lt;3 ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874639 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:42:51 +0000 lemondrop 874639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So sweet! That's great advice :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874560 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:14:58 +0000 IRunForFun 874560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They are seriously the cutest couple I've ever met! And they got laughing soooo hard together when they were reminiscing about their lives, too. It was so refreshing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874528 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:05:20 +0000 chopsuey 874528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Looooove this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874522 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:03:22 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 874522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope that's me and my hubby in 65 years!!!!!</p> <p> :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874511 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:57:42 +0000 swedishfish 874511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh wow, this made me tear up! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874505 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:56:34 +0000 Alivoo01 874505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG!!!! :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: Totally melting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874430 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:21:53 +0000 IRunForFun 874430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weagle: I know, I was just telling SO the same thing. I aspire to be like them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874427 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:20:18 +0000 Smurfette 874427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>aww, :heart: :heart: :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874426 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:20:02 +0000 Weagle 874426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So cute! DH's grandparents just celebrated their 70th anniversary. I hope we both live long enough to celebrate ours! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874419 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:15:53 +0000 lilteacherbee 874419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>AWWWW I can't even deal! That reminds me so much of my grandparents. They were married 57 years and were still very much in love. My grandfather actually passed away 2 months ago, in April. Their 57th anniversary was in May and he had arranged for the florist to send her the dozen roses that he had bought for her each year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-just-interviewed-a-couple-celebrating-their-70th-wedding-anniversary#post-874404 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:10:42 +0000 IRunForFun 874404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work for a hyper-local newspaper and there's a 94-year-old farmer (he no longer farms but still lives on his old farm) who is pretty well-known in the community. He and his wife got married on June 20, 1943, and their church is throwing them a big party this weekend. I interviewed the couple simultaneously for a feature story and oh my goodness, they are adorable! </p> <p>When I asked them the key to a long, successful relationship, here's what they had to say:</p> <p>- He said they never carried a scorecard. They never kept track of who did what and/or used the information against the other person;<br /> - She said they made communication a top priority. If they had an argument, they made a point to settle it right then and there, and once it was over, they never brought it up again. She also used the cliché "We never went to bed angry";<br /> - He said they always made it a point to enjoy each other, even while raising 4 kids. They'd leave the kids with his mother and take long drives, go out for leisurely lunches, and talk about each other.<br /> - She said they struck the word "divorce" from their vocabulary the minute they got married. She said, "We never used the word, jokingly or otherwise. It was not an option. We were going to make this thing work." </p> <p>They're all fairly obvious and often-stated things, but hey, here's one couple those things worked for! </p> <p>At the very end of the conversation, he told me, "When I kissed her yesterday on the morning of our 70th anniversary, I felt the same love for her that I felt when I kissed her the first time." She laughed and then she turned to me and said "He's still my hero, you know." </p> <p>OMG. I died of the cuteness. :heart: </p>