I haven’t seen a post for this here yet, so I am wondering this:
Who was the longest-married couple that you’ve met? How long have they been married (or how long were they married before one spouse died)? And how old are they?
One of my friends has a set of great-grandparents who are still alive. I’ve met this couple personally. They were originally from Italy. They were married in June of 1942. Paolo (the husband) is 88, while Filomena (the wife) is 89. Their 70th anniversary is coming up in about two weeks. They’re both doing fine, although Paolo does need a cane to move around. Their oldest great-granddaughter (who is 25) is pregnant, so they will be great-great-grandparents soon.
My grandparents are the longest married couple that I know. I’m not sure of the exact year when they were married, but I think they got married when my grandma was 19, and she’s 82 now. My grandpa is 91.
Hi, everyone! I am a long time fan of this message board and finally decided to join. Anyway, my grandpa died 2 years ago just missing 100 by 3 months. He and grandma married young, so at the time of his death they had been married an incredible 79 years! Grandma is still alive and is now 97. At his funeral, she said, “I just wasn’t ready for him to go yet”.
Baker your’re parents were married on July 29th? Tres That happens to be my birthday.
I met a couple in 2005 who had been married 75 years. They were 95 years old and got married when they were twenty. Sadly, or maybe not sadly, they both died within a day of each other shortly after their 75th anniversary. I say not so sadly because after that long together it just seems right that they almost died at the same time. She died in her sleep the night before and he died the next morning. Sad, but also romantic in a way.
My maternal grandparents made it to somewhere past 50 years. I full expect to see my parents make it past 50 and possibly as far as 75 (they’d be really old, but most of my grandparents lived into their 80s or 90s.) Heck, they hit 40 last December.
I worked in a nursing home many years ago and we had a couple like this. Just days after their 75th anniversary, she passed away and then he died two or three days later.
When I was a kid I had a great-grand-uncle and -aunt who died on the same day. He died first, and when she was told, she dropped dead from shock. Double funeral of course. They were both in their 90s, and had been married over 70 years.
When dad died, my parents had been married for 57 years.
I have, however, met a couple at a restaurant that was celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary. Just the two of them sitting quietly, but he had brought her a balloon. We stopped on the way out and said happy anniversary to them, then at the front desk, I told the waitress that I wanted to surprise them by paying their check. Someone had already beaten me to it.
That happens to be my birthday.