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festivalgirl
05-28-2009, 12:23 AM
Couple Celebrate 81st Anniversary

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(May 27) - A British husband and wife who say a little arguing and a "happy outlook" keep them together just celebrated their 81st wedding anniversary.
Frank Milford, 101, and his wife, Anita, 100, were married on May 26, 1928. They are currently the longest-married couple in the United Kingdom, the Daily Mail said.

Frank and Anita Milford celebrated their 81st wedding anniversary Tuesday. Frank, 101, and Anita, 100, live together at a nursing home in Plymouth, England. They are currently the longest-married couple in the United Kingdom.

The couple, who met at a YMCA dance in 1926, celebrated their anniversary Tuesday at the nursing home where they live in Plymouth, southwestern England.

"We're always here for each other. It is all about give and take on both sides," Frank Milford said last year. "You need a happy outlook and to just get on with it. I don't know where the years have gone to. It's marvelous really."

The couple also credited "a little argument every day" for their long union.
"They are happy," their 74-year-old son, Frank.Jr., told the Mail. "They spend most of their time together, with dad being almost completely deaf and blind, so it's very difficult for him. Mum is a chatterbox and nothing has changed there."

In addition to their son, the Milfords have a 79-year-old daughter, Marie, as well as six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

NYMAMA
05-28-2009, 07:34 AM
I thought this was about Bud and me. LOL;) I hope I live to be 100 and know that I am 100

eZe
05-28-2009, 07:48 AM
I thought this was about Bud and me. LOL;) I hope I live to be 100 and know that I am 100

That made me smile. Wow, 81 years together.

Moon
05-28-2009, 10:47 AM
They're not going to have any more kids?

Frosty
05-28-2009, 04:47 PM
The following gives a clue to why their marriage has been so successful:

"with dad being almost completely deaf and blind, so it's very difficult for him. Mum is a chatterbox and nothing has changed there."

Belle
05-28-2009, 04:54 PM
That made me smile. Wow, 81 years together. I just hope to live that long...;)

Corona
05-28-2009, 08:41 PM
oh man, how special. A great feel-good love story :)

Hollyhawk
05-28-2009, 08:54 PM
~ singing.......I'll be there.......Oh ....I'll be there

funkkjunkie
05-28-2009, 10:44 PM
Wow. Amazing. We just celebrated with my mom and dad last night. It was their 55th anniversary.

eZe
05-28-2009, 10:47 PM
it gives ya hope..:)