Advice from Marriage Veterans

Tuesday, 08 February 2011 | by Pat's Picks

The Super Bowl is over and newspapers have shifted their coverage to the next big holiday—bring on the Valentine’s Day stories. Today, the Boston Globe interviews four couples who’ve been married for fifty years or more. Each offers their own recipe for relationship longevity. The article is worth it simply for the stories of how these couples met, but I particularly liked the way one gentleman summed up his philosophy on marriage: “If you married properly, you just begin to accept the obligations you have. Both of you are working together to accomplish something. You don’t sit back and say, this isn’t my responsibility. It becomes love in a different sense.”