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How to Live Like My Grandparents
My grandparents were married for 60 years, most of them happy
My grandparents were married at 20 and 23. They were married for 60 years. If today I met such a couple, who proclaimed their plans to marry, I would estimate an extremely low chance of success.
My grandparents beat the odds. What was the secret to their success? How did my Grandparents live? How did they forge such a successful life from such a young age from humble beginnings?
Let's take a look. My Grandmother proposed to my grandad, she asked ‘shall we get married? And my grandad said ‘Alright then’. Not the most romantic, but it worked wonderfully.
How to live like my grandparents: Life isn’t always a fairytale, but that doesn’t mean it won’t make a wonderful story!
Their wedding took place in 1960. They had a small wedding in the local church and had their reception at my grandmother's childhood home. They then went on a two-week honeymoon in Spain. This was considered somewhat exotic.
How to live like my grandparents: Don’t let your wedding be a source of stress. Enjoy your wedding and being in the moment with your new spouce.
They hadn’t lived with each other before marriage, before the invention of the contraceptive pill, this…
