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60 years of bliss? Put in on the front page

We always bury their story back in the "C" section of the Sunday paper.
But, to me, it's front page news.
Any man who can stay married to the same woman for 60 years -- now that's a big story.

I have been married for almost half of my life now.
Next July 4, I will celebrate my 29th anniversary.
One year with my first wife.
14 with No. 2.
6 with No. 3.
And 8 with No. 4.

At that rate, I would need four wives to reach 60.
Either that or my wife Jenee' and I would have to put up with each other for another 31 years.

So now you see why I think 60-year anniversary stories are front page news.
And if you have checked out our Sunday paper recently, you know it could use some news on the front page.

As I was thinking about living 60 years with the same woman, I began to wonder what is the record for the longest marriage.

Liu Yang-wan and Liu Yung-yang were married in 1917.
The Taiwanese couple was together when she died in the summer of 2003.
That's 85 years and seven months.

If neither dies while I am writing this, a Rhode Island couple -- John and Amelia Rocchio -- have reportedly been married for 84 years.

Maybe the strangest marriage record of them all belongs to a Tennessee couple who have been married just 23 years but have had their vows renewed 83 times.

"We love telling each other we love each other," the husband said.

In my lifetime, I might have told 83 women I loved them, but most of the time, I had my fingers crossed.

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