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fromSilicon Canals
3 days ago

I asked 9 divorce attorneys what they notice about couples who stay together versus couples who split and not a single one mentioned love. Every answer described the same invisible skill most people never think to develop. - Silicon Canals

Successful marriages depend on the ability to repair after conflict and maintain a shared "couple identity," not on passion or love alone.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

World's longest-married couple reveals key to a lasting relationship: We love each other'

The Gittenses' heartwarming remarks about each other came as LongeviQuest's global validation commission used the pair's 1942 marriage certificate, US census entries and cross-referenced archival material spanning decades to confirm they are the longest-married couple in the world. A 4 November news article from LongeviQuest said the Gittenses assumed that title after the death in October of Brazil's Manoel Angelim Dino. Dino, 106, and his wife of 85 years Maria de Sousa Dino, 102 had been LongeviQuest's longest-married couple in the world since February.
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