# George and Barbara Bush married for 70 years. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 7, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240 "2015-01-07T17:50:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/1 "2015-01-07T17:50:17Z")
Former President George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary yesterday, Jan. 6. That’s impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/2 "2015-01-07T17:51:56Z")
SEVENTY years!! That is amazing. Congrats to them, maybe they’ll see 80? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/3 "2015-01-07T17:53:54Z")
That’s a helluva long ceremony! I thought the Catholic ones were long! ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/4 "2015-01-07T19:30:14Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > SEVENTY years!! That is amazing. > > Congrats to them, maybe they’ll see 80? 🙂 I’d love to see that, but from what I’ve heard I don’t think George Sr. has too many more years left in him. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/5 "2015-01-07T19:51:21Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > That’s a helluva long ceremony! I thought the Catholic ones were long! The part about twu wuv took forever. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/6 "2015-01-07T20:22:26Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > I’d love to see that, but from what I’ve heard I don’t think George Sr. has too many more years left in him. But if he makes it to February 4 (next moth), he will have become the third oldest former US president in history, passing John Adams. Only Ford and Reagan would have lived longer. And Jimmy Carter is only three months younger than Bush, and looks to be in somewhat better shape. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/7 "2015-01-07T21:06:41Z")
Nice couple. I forget, do they have any kids? ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/8 "2015-01-07T23:48:06Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Nice couple. I forget, do they have any kids? None that amounted to anything. My parents made it to 75. Dad died in October, so the run is over. I think it’s really a generational thing. Folks from that generation just didn’t get divorced. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/9 "2015-01-07T23:50:17Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > None that amounted to anything. > My parents made it to 75. Dad died in October, so the run is over. I think it’s really a generational thing. Folks from that generation just didn’t get divorced. Not necessarily. The divorce rate “back then” was a lot higher than people generally think it is. Plus, if you think about it, very few people live long enough to be married that long in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/10 "2015-01-08T00:15:30Z")
Their granddaughter mentioned on TV today that each was the first person the other had kissed. That’s sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/11 "2015-01-08T04:37:01Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > Their granddaughter mentioned on TV today that each was the first person the other had kissed. That’s sweet. Like Homer and Marge… ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/12 "2015-01-08T16:50:07Z")
What were they kissing before they switched to people? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/13 "2015-01-08T16:52:16Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > The part about twu wuv took forever. Well done! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Carryon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/14 "2015-01-08T16:52:41Z")
I wonder if they like each other? LOL ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/15 "2015-01-08T23:00:45Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Nice couple. I forget, do they have any kids? I’m just a poster here, people. I’ve only looked at the Bush family through newspaper reports, headlines, and some fairly well documented stories… but… just Googling them? _I’ve seen shit that’ll turn you [White!](http://kytx.images.worldnow.com/images/24364335_BG1.jpg)_ ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/16 "2015-01-09T04:07:29Z")
> [@Fubaya](#): > > What were they kissing before they switched to people? Their granddaughter didn’t say, and the other person was too polite to ask. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/17 "2015-01-10T16:42:52Z")
Given H.W.'s notoriety in the mistress department, this doesn’t impress me. Being faithfully married for 70 years is something of an achievement. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/18 "2015-01-10T22:12:16Z")
Without buying into the actual question, that’s a different meaning for the word “notoriety” than I’m used to. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/19 "2015-01-11T04:27:29Z")
My wife and I will celebrate 35 years at the end of this month. Hopefully we’ll see 70 as well. Half way there! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-and-barbara-bush-married-for-70-years/709240/20 "2015-01-12T15:12:51Z")
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