Marriage Tips From Two Long Lasting Marriages

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I admit it I'm a romantic. Always have been and I guess always will be. So I love it when I come across real life romance stories, and to me there's nothing more romantic than a couple who has been married for a long time and is still in love and married to each other.

Today two couples share with us the secret of a happy, lasting marriage.

Both couples have recently celebrated their 60 year wedding anniversary. You don't get to celebrate a diamond wedding anniversary without having learned a few things along the way.

First there is Jack and Marcia Brown who met a friend's wedding. They starting going out and married two years later. They were married in February 1950. They currently live in a retirement home on the south coast of NSW. Marcia admits they, 'just seemed to click together straight away. We can't believe it's already been 60 years. When people ask what our secret is, I just tell them we love each other and we're happy - it's simple really.'

You can see the love in their faces. It shines out of their eyes and their smiles as they sit close to each other holding hands on the sofa.

The second couple is Charles and Freda Weir, another couple who lives on the South Coast. And no, I don't think it's something in the water down here. Charles and Freda met when they both went to school in Nowra.

They didn't have a big elaborate wedding with all the trimmings. But then a lot of marriages during the way years and in the years that followed didn't go in for the emphasis on big weddings, pomp, finery and attention to detail that goes on today. The bride is dressed in a simple dress and hat and gloves and with a corsage on her shoulder.

This couple was also married in February 1950. According to the Weirs their secret to having a long happy marriage is 'hard work and doing everything together.'

So there you have it from two couple who have been there, done it and made their marriages work.

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Dale has a passion for books and writing. She writes in various forms, from articles to poetry to fiction for children and adults.

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