“And they lived together happily ever after” – it turns out that this happens not only in fairy tales. But this requires several important qualities. What exactly? Spouses who celebrated the 60th anniversary of the wedding tell.
Bert and Lynn Walliss from the UK have become the youngest couple in the country to celebrate 60 years of marriage. They married in 1961 as soon as Lynn was 16 years old, she was seven months pregnant. The marriage turned out to be happy, despite all the forecasts of the bride’s parents, who did not even come to the wedding.
The wedding was more than modest, and the few guests were treated to a traditional English dish of fish and chips (fried fish with french fries) and cakes.
This year, the wedding anniversary was celebrated much more magnificently, especially since in six decades the couple had 5 children, 8 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. The couple even received a greeting card from Queen Elizabeth II.
ordinary story
Bert and Lynn’s love story seems simple. They first met in 1959 at school. According to the recollections of the woman, at the first meeting, Bert did not stop looking at her. “Is he all right?” Lynn asked.
The school had a female and a male half, and a 15-year-old teenager in love shouted the name of his lady of the heart through the fence that separated the two parts. He stubbornly called her until she approached. This embarrassed the girl – it seemed to her that it was “already too much.”
Bert once complimented Lynn in person: he said she looked great and he wanted to date her. And she agreed to go on a date with him.
The couple recall that in those days, going to the cinema was the only way to be together – but they never saw a single film, “disgusting” on the last row. Upon learning of Lynn’s pregnancy, Bert confidently said, “Then we should get married.”
“Meeting Bert is the best experience of my life,” Lynn admits. “He is able to cheer me up, and he has been doing it for 60 years.” The spouses do not consider a single day of their marriage lived in vain.
“We met as children and grew up together,” the woman continues. “So many years have passed, but there is still love and passion between us.” Bert thinks Lynn is still as beautiful as when they first met.
Secrets of a Happy Marriage
Lynn and Bert shared their recipe for a long harmonious relationship.
- Laugh together. “It’s okay as long as we can make each other laugh heartily,” Lynn explains.
- Talk about what you need from each other. “Communicate and try to figure out what you both want. If he had not done this from the very beginning, he would have been out of work, ”adds the woman.
- Don’t hesitate to speak up at the right time. “The secret is to be able to share everything in the world with each other and understand when you don’t need to say anything,” Bert explains.
“We just lived together and did not know what would happen next. In those days, no one constantly said “I”, but now people think more about themselves.
Bert tried to provide for the family, Lynn raised the children, and they were always together, no matter what happened in their lives.