A record-book romance?

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signed a lease together last week...
been furniture shopping this week...
celebrating 5 months together today...

then i read this article...

talk about perspective, eh?

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John Rocchio remembers his wife as a fetching young woman with an air of intelligence and a fine pair of legs. Amelia Rocchio recalls her husband as a handsome young man who didn't have much to say at first. John was walking from the trade school where he studied the printing business to his uncle's laundry when he spotted 17-year-old Amelia. He was smitten, impressed with her looks and her smarts.

It was the start of something beautiful — and long-lasting. Wed in a Roman Catholic church in 1923, the Rocchios marked their 82nd anniversary several months ago and could be the world's longest-married couple. The website of Guinness World Records lists a British couple as holding the record with an 80-year marriage, but the husband died this month at 105. Who is next is unclear.

"Patience and understanding will get you a long way — especially with your wife," John, 101, explained matter-of-factly. Asked what has kept them together so long, his 99-year-old wife answered: "Love."

— ASSOCIATED PRESS

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