# Longest-married couple that you've met **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 26, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-couple-that-youve-met/623169 "2012-05-26T14:27:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-couple-that-youve-met/623169/21 "2012-05-28T21:47:57Z")
There was a couple that my grandfather was friends with that married before they were 20 and were married for 80 years. He was 98, she is still alive and is 97 now, I think. She was a few years younger than him. I didn’t know them real well- they moved from the area to Arizona years ago. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-couple-that-youve-met/623169/22 "2012-05-28T22:40:23Z")
> [@evasgram](#): > > 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”. Welcome to the Dope! Great story. My eldest Aunt and Uncle (I have hordes of 'em) celebrated their 60th last December, at the same time as my paren’ts 50th. Until reading this thread, I thought that was kind of impressive. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-couple-that-youve-met/623169/23 "2012-05-29T00:36:52Z")
Nanna and Grandpa married when she was 19 and Nanna passed at 93, so that was 74 years. Grandpa died about 2 years later ---
**Author:** ![evasgram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ec9cab/32.png) [@evasgram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evasgram)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-couple-that-youve-met/623169/24 "2012-05-29T02:50:21Z")
Thank you for the welcome! Isn’t it sweet, to feel that way after so many years? ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-couple-that-youve-met/623169/25 "2012-05-29T16:04:27Z")
My maternal grandparents are at 62 years and still going. They’ve been married longer than anyone else I’ve known. My paternal grandparents are at 57 years and also still going. ---
**Author:** ![dngnb8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-couple-that-youve-met/623169/26 "2012-05-29T17:27:56Z")
My Gparents were married 66 years before 1 passed. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-couple-that-youve-met/623169/27 "2012-05-29T17:31:30Z")
My gf’s parents just celebrated their 50th anniversary. He told me, “We’ve been married fifty years; happily married twenty.” He was joking. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-couple-that-youve-met/623169/28 "2012-05-30T00:45:11Z")
My Great Uncle and Aunt were married over 70 years, both living to their late 90’s. No children. I think that helped. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-couple-that-youve-met/623169/29 "2012-06-01T17:57:34Z")
My grandparents had their 70th a couple months ago. My other grandparents are somewhere in the high 60th’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-married-couple-that-youve-met/623169.md?page=1)