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Loreli
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Couple Celebrate 81st Anniversary
(May 27) - A British husband and wife who say a little arguing and a "happy outlook" keep them together just celebrated their 81st wedding anniversary.
Frank Milford, 101, and his wife, Anita, 100, were married on May 26, 1928. They are currently the longest-married couple in the United Kingdom, the Daily Mail said.
Frank and Anita Milford celebrated their 81st wedding anniversary Tuesday. Frank, 101, and Anita, 100, live together at a nursing home in Plymouth, England. They are currently the longest-married couple in the United Kingdom.
The couple, who met at a YMCA dance in 1926, celebrated their anniversary Tuesday at the nursing home where they live in Plymouth, southwestern England.
"We're always here for each other. It is all about give and take on both sides," Frank Milford said last year. "You need a happy outlook and to just get on with it. I don't know where the years have gone to. It's marvelous really."
The couple also credited "a little argument every day" for their long union.
"They are happy," their 74-year-old son, Frank.Jr., told the Mail. "They spend most of their time together, with dad being almost completely deaf and blind, so it's very difficult for him. Mum is a chatterbox and nothing has changed there."
In addition to their son, the Milfords have a 79-year-old daughter, Marie, as well as six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
I won't make that, but kudos to them 
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| May 28 @ 12:26 PM |
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Loreli
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| May 28 @ 12:31 PM |
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lj450
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awwwww......
I havent pulled on mine yet, but the days still young. 
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| May 28 @ 12:33 PM |
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Loreli
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Well....that's just a given! 
I guess the same old thing, said the same old way, by the same old people is more important. 
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| May 28 @ 12:36 PM |
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lj450
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Well of course it is......just watch this....
(((((((((((((((((((((((((.........POOP AND SHIT.......)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
How awesome was that!!!! 
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| May 28 @ 12:38 PM |
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Loreli
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| May 28 @ 12:42 PM |
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lj450
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On a more serious note, in regards to that moving article you posted.....no, seriously, I had a movement over that.....
All I can say is.....they dont make people like they used to. They came from a better generation of people than we are today. We are becoming a society of self serving, all demanding, non-tolerating, assholes. Who would want to stay with someone like that for 86 yrs?
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| May 28 @ 3:27 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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"They spend most of their time together, with dad being almost completely deaf and blind, so it's very difficult for him. Mum is a chatterbox and nothing has changed there."
This may explain it. She can chatter away and he can totally ignore everything she says, and if she gives him a hard time about it, he still can't hear her!
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| May 28 @ 5:41 PM |
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Fender
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How can I get a sweet set up like that?
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| May 28 @ 5:52 PM |
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plowman
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well, I'll never make 81 yrs in a marriage anymore, but if I ever do get married again I'm going to out live her because I know what it feels like to lose someone and I won't want whoever she is to have to go thru it...besides, I'm already well versed in sad & lonely! 
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| May 28 @ 6:11 PM |
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wiccked
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very nice, Lori
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| May 28 @ 6:29 PM |
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SensualGemini
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Heaven: This may explain it. She can chatter away and he can totally ignore everything she says, and if she gives him a hard time about it, he still can't hear her!
...That is what my Dad said on my parent's 50th anniversary. Someone asked him how they made it so long and his response was that "being deaf did not hurt." It will be 59 years next month.
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| May 28 @ 7:25 PM |
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BluEyedQT
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My parents were married for 63 years before my dear Father's death.
Often I would "catch" my Dad slipping up behind my Mother as she stood making dinner and he'd be giving her a kiss on the neck. I would feign shock and outrage and my Dad would tut tut me and my Mom would giggle.
Now That is love. 
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| May 29 @ 1:16 PM |
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| May 29 @ 1:49 PM |
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MotownManiax
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Mom and dad still going strong after 53 years.
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| May 29 @ 2:04 PM |
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LipGlossQueen9
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Awwww....that's so wonderful.
My parents have been together for 31 years. Awhile ago when I told a group of my friends that they all looked at each other and said
"WOW, someone whose parents are still together!!!"
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| May 29 @ 2:23 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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Heck, one good thing about a bad economy - the divorce rate drops.
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FunkyMonkey68
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that is sooo cool! "Lovin' Man" isn't deaf, but maybe his ignoring me sometimes makes for ignorant bliss!
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signme
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My parents only had 27 years together. Then my dad died from heart problems. If he hadn't they would have had at least another 30 years together. My mom passed away in 2001. I'd love to have a strong marriage like some people seem able to find.
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everrett
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My parents only made it 10yrs. That is why I take it so seriously. I dont want to make their mistakes. When it happens for real I want to make sure it is with someone who can stand of lifetime of me
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