Couples Are Sharing Pics Of Their Relationship Evolution And These 50 Pics Are Just Wholesome

My grandparents were married for 71 years. Today would have been my grandfather‘s 95th birthday. The adoration she still has for him after all those years is something most of us just dream about. I hope he is waiting for her at the gates and I hope you find a love like this.

They were ultimately married for 72 years before my grandfather, at age 95, passed away from melanoma that had metastasized into his brain. My grandma, now 94, is still alive, and, like us, misses him every day.

In a world of failed marriages, they were a shining light of what love really is because even when they squabbled, they continued to hold hands and give little kisses throughout the day. When my grandpa died, I mourned the loss of this strong, intelligent man, but I also mourned that piece that died in my grandma, too.

Grandmama’s reaction was beautiful. She died unexpectedly 12/9. She loved the photo so, she was buried with it in her hands. I wish I had words.

The story of how they met makes me want to throw up but they really set the bar for me growing up on what to look for in a relationship. Love them.

My husband is my best friend in the whole wide world! We met in middle school and have been two peas in a pod since.

Photo 1: Budapest 2004, 1 month together. Photo 2: Ireland 2024, 20 years later. (Lived in the U.S. for 28 years, now living it I up in Portugal).

Fyi - my dad’s dressed as his young self in the 2016 recreation - he’s actually bald now!)

Just trying to wrap my head around the fact that our relationship is as old as I was went it started.

We went on a blind date, married two years later, and will soon have our 43rd anniversary. We have 3 great kids and life is great.

My grandparents started dating as freshmen in high school and we got to surprise them the other day with a huge party with their lifelong friends and family after 50 years together. My grandma is my best friend and it’s such an honor to be a page in her love story.

A lot of people asked what they look like today! Here they are!

1999 and 2018. Married almost 23 years now and we still do that hike pretty much every summer. Please excuse the reversed positions, when we got up there and thought to recreate this we didn't have the original print.

We recreated some pictures from that trip. Lassen National Park. Then Vs. Now.

Started dating at 15. Married at 21. Adopted our son at 31. Still going strong in our 50s. I am incredibly grateful for every moment.

Court married after a couple weeks knowing each other at 18 and creeping now on 44.

When I was in 8th grade, I told a girl in 10th grade I was going to marry her one day. She laughed and told me no everytime I said it. But I was resilient —I kept saying it anyway. Every time she brushed me off, I just smiled and told her, ‘You’ll see.’" I became a way for her dad to embarrass her, lol. If he seen me when he was with her, he would always yell to get my attention, she would blush and walk off, hahah I don't even know what it was, but I was just drawn to her. We went to the same school, but life took us in different directions after high school. We both moved on, had our own struggles, and for years, it seemed like that promise I made was just a childhood dream.

But fate had other plans.

Around our mid-twenties, life brought us back together. The timing was finally right, and everything just clicked. We weren’t kids anymore—we had been through enough to know what we wanted. And I still wanted her, and still do!

We’ve now been together for 19 years, married for 15, and I wouldn’t change a thing. We spent $50 on our wedding band set, and $60 for the wedding. I tried to wear a suit for her (not my thing) but she said she had already picked out what I was wearing! Was a beautiful surprise to see shorts and flip flops, it's amazing to be with someone who totally gets you. At our wedding, when I was reading her my vows, I looked her in the eye and said, ‘I told you so.’ She loved that line, lol and to top it all off, she had a song made for me called ‘Bobby, You Told Me So’" for our 10th anniversary

She is still my best friend and I'm still chasing her just as hard at 42 as I did at 14! Sometimes, life really does come full circle.

Anybody else chase their spouse that long?