The Ingredients to Lasting Love/ Interview with Danny and Joan Meredith

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It’s Valentine’s Day this week; time to celebrate love and romance.

 What do I know about love and romance? As a single mother of 23 years and a blogger on domestic violence and kidnapping, this is not my area of expertise.

 I can talk endlessly about warning signs of unhealthy relationships, but what exactly does it take to enjoy lifelong love?
To find answers, I turned to my longest-married brother, Danny. I love visiting with him and his wife Joan in Kentucky. The way they look at one another, the way that they speak to one another other leads me to believe that there must be a recipe for lasting love.
The two met in a Kentucky church in the early 50’s. Danny developed a crush on Joan, and was only too happy to help her find a needed geometry book. Now, more than fifty years and three children (and many more grandchildren) later, the rest is history.
Thank you Danny and Joan Meredith for being with us today!
Q. To what do you attribute your relationship success?
Danny and Joan Meredith flanked by Joan’s parents, 8/29/59


A. Marriage has always been a commitment to each other.
We trust in each other, have stayed in church and have had faith in God, and asked Him for the guidance and understanding we need to face things each day in our lives.

We’ve continued doing things with our children and as they got older to still be a family, even after they had their own.
Also, we’ve always worked to get along and agree together on things. We try to find a compromise.

I know this may sound hokey to the world today,but it has worked for us going on 54 years now!

Q. What advice do you have for adult children of divorced parents who may worry they’ll repeat their parents failures?

A. My parents divorced because my dad was unfaithful to my mom and also abusive to her all my childhood.

But  I was determined to never do that to my wife or children.

Just believe in yourself and consider the things  I mentioned earlier that have helped in our marriage. It seems    that couples today  think that divorce is the answer to everything.  And sometimes if a person is in an abusive marriage or they  have been unfaithful then I feel divorce is the answer.

Q. What will you do with your beautiful bride this Valentine’s Day?

A.  I will get my wife a card for Valentines day and take her out to eat. If there is anything else she would like, she knows I will get it for her on Valentines day or any other day because I LOVE her.

Happy Valentines Day to all.

 Thank you, Danny and Joan Meredith.

Want to hear tips from the longest married couple in America?

 Look at the link at Happynews.com. http://www.happynews.com/news/252013/longest-married-couple-celebrates-80th-anniversary.htm

In it,101 year-old Mr.Betar reinforced Danny’s message that compromise and contentment are important ingredients to a lasting love, adding that people should live within their means, and he encouraged men to “let your wife be the boss.”

Mr. and Mrs.Betar on Connecticut on their 80th anniversary

 

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