Britain’s oldest married couple are movie fans
Frank, 100, and Anita, 99, today celebrate their 80th wedding anniversary, equalling the record for England’s longest-ever marriage....The pair met in 1926 at a YMCA dance in their home town of Plymouth. They married two years later, on May 26, 1928, and after the register office ceremony popped to the cinema to catch a Charlie Chaplin film.












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posted by pedro (Thu May 29 08, 5:00AM)
*sigh*...there are no longer marriages like this. nowadays, five years is a long time to stay together...
posted by bronxbee (Thu May 29 08, 10:34AM)
again, with the generalizations. my parents met when they were very young and are still together through thick and thin. almost every friend or acquaintance of mine in their 30s and 40s have been married for 20 years and more. believing every statistic you come across regarding the current state of matrimony and relationships in trashy magazines can only cause your cynicism.
posted by pedro (Thu May 29 08, 11:19AM)
bronxbee, my parents were married for 15 years, too. it's just that i'm against relationships, on principle. in my view, they're doomed to end sooner or later, so why bother?
my grandparents (and one of my grandmother's brothers) were married until the day one of them died. and they loved each other till the end. i'm sorry, but there just AREN'T marriages like this anymore.
nowadays, a couple end a several-year relationship because of dirty dishes (true story! happened years before 'the breakup' was even made!)
so yeah, i'm disenchanted. and yeah, i believe the statistics. so sue me.