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50 Most Wholesome Couple Posts That Made People Believe In Relationships Again
Love can be such a sad and weary game to play. We struggle between an uncontrollable desire to make things work and nudging our egos up to the point we burn out.
Paradoxically, it’s never been so easy to feel this lonely in the age of dating apps when your love interest is available a swipe away. So we all need a gentle reminder not only for a dentist’s visit, but also so that we know that true love exists and that we all deserve it.
And for this reason, Bored Panda has compiled some of the most beautiful and heartwarming couple posts to lift up our spirits. Most importantly, it’s little things that seem to keep the flame burning, like a plastic cockroach you've put into each other's shoe for the past 20 years or playing Mario Kart over a cup of tea since 2001.
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Marie's Family Abandoned Her After She Married Jake, Her True Love In 1948. They're Still Happily Married For Over 70 Years Through The Power Of Love
Her dad told her, "If you marry that man you will never set foot in this house again." Mary soon learned that most people felt the same way. The first years of their marriage living in Birmingham were hell - no one would speak to them, they couldn’t find anywhere to live because no one would rent to a black man, and they had no money. But they didn't give up.
Gradually life became easier. Mary got teaching jobs, ending up as a deputy headteacher. Jake worked in a factory and then got a job at the Post Office. Slowly they made friends, but it was difficult. Mary used to tell people, "Before I invite you to my home... My husband is black." Some would never talk to her again.
Last year they celebrated their 70th anniversary and they are still very much in love, and never regretted what they did.
91 Year Old Vivian Boyack Marrying Her Girlfriend Alice Dubes After 72 Years Of Relationship
If This Isn't Goals Idk What Is
To find out what lifelong healthy relationships have in common and what we could all learn from them, Bored Panda reached out to Lise Deguire, a clinical psychologist and author of “Flashback Girl: Lessons on Resilience From a Burn Survivor.”
“Maintaining a lifelong healthy and loving relationship takes time, effort, and commitment,” the psychologist stated and continued: “Most relationships start off in the halo of romantic love, in which their partner is gorgeous, perfect, and never does anything wrong. But romantic love is just a phase, and it passes over time (usually 6 months to 3 years after moving in together).”
Husband Spends 2 Years Planting Thousands Of Scented Flowers For His Blind Wife To Smell And Get Her Out Of Depression
This is such a kind gesture. What a hardworking, living husband she has.
The Davids
Every Day My Parents Play Mario Kart 64 To See Who Will Make A Cuppa Tea. They’ve Done This Religiously Since 2001
Lise explained that as soon as romantic love has passed, “the real couple's work begins. People need to learn to be good listeners, to be empathetic toward their partners, to lessen their own emotional reactivity, and to be respectful, even during times of disagreement.”
“All this takes a lot of work, and frankly, most people were never taught how to be a good communicator.” In fact, “many couples would benefit from seeing a certified marriage therapist, to provide coaching, help and support,” Lise said.
This Vietnamese Couple Has Been Married For 70 Years
An Old Man Taking Pictures Of His Wife Without Her Realizing
This Couple And Their Cockroach
When asked about the concept of “true love,” which is so widely popularized by TV and media, Lise said that the whole concept of it is really nothing but “a holdover from the romantic love phase, discussed above.”
“Surely there are people that are naturally great partners for us, people who share our values, who make us laugh, who are attractive to us. But there is probably more than one person in the whole world with whom you can be happy. And again, romantic love is a blissful time, but it truly is just the beginning phase of a lifelong commitment,” the clinical psychologist and award-winning book author concluded.
This Is Who I Married
I was painting my nails and made a comment that I forget I don't have to paint my pinky nail on my left hand. I simply forget that I lost my pinky, but it is always kind of a bummer when I am reminded. Matt said "I will be your surrogate pinky. You can paint my pinky to match your nails for the rest of our lives"
And so we did...
I cannot imagine a sweeter, kinder man. No words adequately describe our love.
My Mom And I Went To Safeway To Get Some Groceries And We Ran Into My Dad Buying Flowers For Her
Howard Foster And Myra Clark Reconnected And Married More Than 45 Years Later After Racism Forced Them Apart. They Now Hold Hands While They Fall Asleep Every Night
Quarantine Doesn’t Stop Husband From Supporting His Wife During Her Chemo Treatments
"No visitors allowed for Chemo due to the virus but that didn’t stop Albert L. Conner! Thank you for all your continued love and support."
60 Years On And My Grandad Still Looks At My Granny With So Much Love
They Were Surfing On An Ironing Board In A Rain - Now I Understand The Importance Of Finding Someone To Grow Old With
Proud Dads
I Think About That A Lot
He Was Dirt Poor, She Was Rich. Her Family Threatened To Disown Her If She Married Him
She decided she loved him more than any inheritance and went on to marry him and have two kids. He loved her so much he died holding her hand. Ladies and gentlemen, my grandparents.
My Mom Fast Asleep And Holding My Dad's Arm About 30 Minutes Before He Passed Away. I've Never Shared This Photo Before, But Thought It Was A Great Picture Of True Love
The Coolest Couple I Know 1972 / 2019
"He was in law school, so he needed a reader (the university provides them, for the visually impaired). She was his reader. They became friends, and then..."
This Is True Love
The story behind this picture of my grandparents: They have been married for over 60 years. My grandmother is suffering from dementia and has recently had a stroke. But as soon as he walked in she said “that’s my boyfriend Willis” and he laid there with her.
I Married My Best Friend This Weekend
This Adorable Arab Couple
Japanese Married Couple Wears Coordinated Outfits Everyday
40 Years, Folks. 40 Years
Smart
We Were In A Long Line At The Grocery. This Man Said He Had To Go Use The Restroom, But Instead He Secretly Bought Flowers For His Wife And Hid Them Behind His Back
The Couple On The Woodstock Album Cover, Still Together 50 Years Later
Candid Shots Show A Victorian Couple From The 1890s Who Cannot Help But Laugh When Getting Their Picture Taken
Relationship Goals
I Have Covid And My Fiancee Leaves Food For Me And Then Sits In The Hallway So We Can Eat Together. Tonight I Got Surprise Hot Cocoa
1967-2018 Same Bike, Same Couple
Hiking
Two Of My Clients, A Couple Who Have Been Together For Over 40 Years, Found Out That I Like Ducks. So They Stopped By My Office For The Sole Purpose Of Bringing Me Every Duck They Owned
Couple At Woodstock 48 Hours After They Met And 50 Years Later
Awesome
My Dad Was Admitted To The Hospital Right Before Christmas. We Didn't Know If He Would Make It Home At All And Especially Not For Christmas
This is my parents slow dancing to "I'll be home for Christmas" on Christmas Day.
Husband And Wife Getting Wholesomely Weird When No One Is Watching
Today I Married My Best Friend
Today My Wife Is Officially Under 200 Lbs And I Was Finally Able To Do A Chin Up For The First Time In My Life
To Scare Your Boyfriend
Elderly Man Learns To Do Wife's Makeup Before She Turns Blind
"Why I love my job so much! Meet Jean and Brian two of our very loyal customers, Brian was in for another makeup lesson today as he does his wife's makeup every day as she is going blind, such a wonderful couple who live their life to the full!"
83 & 84-Year-Old Couple Model Clothes Forgotten At Their Laundry Shop In Taiwan
This Canadian Couple Got Married Twice
After nine months of their marriage, a huge pole dropped on the lady's head, causing her a head injury which further resulted in a memory loss. She had no idea who he was and fell in love with him again. Two years later, they got married again.
Oof, hope she's doing better now! Lovely story and congrats!
My Wife Before And After Saying "I Love You"
The Things My Dad Sends My Mom
2020 Ain’t All Bad. I Asked This Handsome Fellow On The Right To Marry Me And He Said Yes
Relationship Goals
My Wife's Conservative Religious High-School Wouldn't Let Me Take Her To Prom Ten Years Ago Because We're Both Women, So I Threw Her One In Our Home For Our 5th Anniversary
Old Married Couple Spend Their Retirement Cosplaying Together
A Cute Amazon Review I Revisit Just For A Smile. An 88 Year Old Woman And Her 92 Year Old Husband Attend A Halloween Party. They Liked The Bee Costume
98-Year-Old Couple Recreate Their Wedding Day After 70 Years
The Moment My Dog And Husband Realized I Was In The Car Beside Him
This Is True Love
A Stray Dog Crashes A Wedding And The Couple Gave Him A Forever Home
Elderly Couple Dressed As Link And Zelda
This Photo Somebody Took At My Sister's Wedding Of Me And My Wife. Is Seems Silly, But I Just Can't Stop Looking At It Over And Over Again
Just An Old Couple From Georgia
This Is Why I Want To Marry Him. It's The Little Things That Count
My Uncle Got Married To His Partner Of 37 Years Today
This Nice Couple Stopped In Our Vape Shop. The Gentlemen Asked To Hear How The Bluetooth Speakers Sound. Once I Turned On His Requested Song, This Is What Ensued
Love Is
This is so sweet...she got to observe him enjoying something and immediately thinking of her to share it with...that IS love.
Why Being Married To Your Best Friend Is Lit
I Grew My Hair Out For Over A Year To Be Bob Ross For Halloween. My Wife Was A Happy Little Tree
My Parents In 1975 And Again In 2020. They’ve Been Married And Playing Music Together For Over 45 Years Now
Found This From My Husband In My Car On The Way To A Big Interview Yesterday
At Sonic This Man Sits Outside Of His Car In The 98 Degree Heat And Feeds His 80 Year Old Wife Ice Cream. That's So Sweet
Me And My Wife Were Never Able To Have Kids. We Just Got The Opportunity To Adopt! Meet Joshua
When I First Told My Wife I Loved Her, She Replied With "That's Dangerous". When We Married A Year Ago She Snuck This Inscription Into My Ring
In 1978, An Indian Man Travelled From India To Sweden On A Bicycle To Reunite With A Woman He Met While She Was On Vacation In India
Travelling through 8 different countries, the journey took him a total of 4 months. 43 years on the couple are still happily married in Sweden.
My Wife And Cat Fell Asleep On Me
92-Year-Old Man Colours His Wife’s Hair At Home As She Can’t Go To The Salon Because Of Coronavirus Lockdown
Future Wife's Painting
My Mom Made My Dad Dress Up And Presented Him With The "Best Husband" Oscar. I Want To Be This Extra As A Wife
Building A Lifelong Relationship Over The Klingon Language
Couple Proposed To Each Other By Accident During A Photoshoot
Title: "Couple Proposed To Each Other By Accident During A Photoshoot" kinda made me think at first that they didn't plan on getting engaged :D like he: I gonna marry you! she (same moment): I gonna marry you ... ah! s**t now we are engaged... ANYWAY! they look so sweet and happy :)
Put On My Dad Uniform Today And Began The Journey Of Fatherhood! I Had To Use My Dad's Actual Shoes Cause My Wife Wouldn’t Let Me Buy Dad Shoes
My Wife And I During A Dance In Sixth Grade And Then On Our Wedding Day
My Grandparents. Then And Now
My Wife And I When We Were In Active Addiction, vs. Us In April 2017
We now both have over five years clean from drugs and alcohol and we have a 3 year old girl. Life has been challenging but compared to our old lives, we are quite literally living a dream!
One Of My Favorite Photos Ever. My Aunt And Her Wife In Their Dream Gowns, Married For 27 Years. They Were Before Their Time, But A Symbol Of Hope Nonetheless
Next Week I Am Marrying My Best Friend Of 15 Years
My Parents Celebrate Their 40th Anniversary Today. Some Things Never Change. Then And Now
When I Was 13 My Mother Purposely Burnt A Blue Teddy Bear I Had To Teach Me A Lesson. For The Past 10 Years It Haunted Me
My girlfriend surprised me with this bear as a pure gesture of kindness. Now I am a 23 year old male with a Teddy Bear and have no shame! I am so grateful for my girlfriend!
I Went To A Renaissance Faire Yesterday And Saw This Elderly Couple Dressed Up As Gnomes And Holding Hands
:0 i might've been to that renfaire! i wanna upvote this a thousand times more >:]
Couple Recreates Wedding Photos After 50 Years Of Being Married
Husband And I Have Complete Opposite Work/School Schedules And Haven't Seen Each Other For A Few Days
Found this when I went to make breakfast for our daughter and me this morning.
After 100 Days, Dad Is Back. This Is The Longest Mom's Gone Without Seeing Dad Since Second Grade
A Couple In My Town
Wife Takes Job At A Nursing Home To See Her Husband During The Covid-19 Pandemic
"After 114 days I got to hug my husband today. I also washed a lot of dishes. Proof where there’s a will there’s a way! I love you, Steve Daniel."
Came Across This Gem - I Took A Picture Of My Parents Napping Together. They’ve Been Together For About 35 Years Now. Cuties
“She’s Been My Honey For 80 Years” - My 95-Year-Old Grandpa Talking About My Very Sick Grandma In ICU
Man, I am so blessed to have these two to show me what real love looks like.
This Couple
Gift That Keeps On Giving
I Also Choose This Guy's Wife
Relationship Goals
Three Couples, Three Years, Four Little Surprises
My Grandparents, Despite Both Battling Dementia, Are Still In Love Today As Much As They Were When They Married In 1955
This Is What True Love Looks Like. My Mom Taking A Picture Of My Dad Acting Like He’s Stuck In The Dryer
I Finally Got Married To The Love Of My Life. It Wasn’t Easy But I’m So Happy
This Sweet Old Couple Goes On Walks, Holding Hands, Every Morning With Their Little Dog. Warms The Heart
Due To Coronavirus, We Decided To Just Go To The Courthouse Today Instead Of Stressing About The Wedding We've Been Planning For Months
Couldn't be happier. I've been in love with this woman since I was 4 years old.
They're 86 And 91 And My Grandparents Still Hold Hands While Sleeping
Losing It After Seeing My Wife For The First Time At Our Wedding Last Saturday
I'm Laid Up From A Major Knee Surgery A Week Ago. So Today, My Wife Hiked Up Mt. Rainier By Herself And Video Called Me So I Could See A Beautiful View
She'll always be my favorite part of any picture though.
My Parents: Piano Partners In 1959, Expecting Their First In 1977
This One Time, At Band Camp, I Met The Love Of My Life. Today Is Our 20th Anniversary
Caught My Parents Dancing On The Back Porch To Their Favorite Song. They Have Been Married 25 Years
Im Dancing in the dark, with you between my arms. Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song. ;) Sorry couldn't help.
I Almost Died In March, Graduated In May, Then Later In May Got Married, And Then Went To Thailand. She’s Been There With Me Through It All. I Love My Wife
This Is The Sweetest Thing
Old And Still In Love
My papaw used to lay in the swing on my mamaw's lap the exact same way in their front yard.
Today, I Got To Hold The Hand Of My Wife As She Recovered From Anesthesia. This Simple Moment Made Me Smile
Surgery to repair what 4 pregnancies did to her abdominals went really well and she slowly regained consciousness as she reached for my hand...
My Grandparents Are Both 90 And Still Pretty Cool
I Proposed To My Wife Today After 5 Years Of Marriage. We Wed So I Could Adopt Her Daughter And I Never Had A Chance To Propose. This Has Been Something She Always Wanted
My Grandparents Celebrated Their Diamond Anniversary A Couple Of Weeks Ago. They Partied So Hard, They Fell Asleep In A Sunbeam
He Stayed With Her The Whole Time
My Grandparents In Front Of The Home They Built 58 Years Ago. They'll Be Married 60 Years In August
My Girlfriend And I Turned Our Apartment Into A Blanket Fort (As Any Mature Couple In Their 20’s Should)
Went To Walmart And As I Exited, This Older Couple Was Holding Hands
I told them I took their photo and loved how they were still holding hands, the husband said, “it’s a habit I’ve had for 63 years and we’re hoping to make it 70”
I Recently Took A Job That Requires Me To Get Up At 1AM And Drive An Hour From My House So My Wife Can Stay At Home With Our Infant Son. Today I Found This
Goals
I Go On My Daily Morning Walk And Discovered My Wife Surprised Me With An Incredible, Thoughtful Gift. She Drew It In The Dark
In case you were wondering, I'm 40. 10 would be a little young to have a spouse.
Old Korean Couple Hopped A Fence To Sit On The Edge Of A Cliff Eating Lunch Together And Fishing On Jeju Island. So Simple And So Sweet
My Mom And Dad Recently Celebrated Their 25th Wedding Anniversary And Decided To Re-Create One Of Their Wedding Photos
in the first photo it's kinda cool how the man has this dark cloud of mystery around him tho o.o
Couple Accidentally Proposed To Each Other At The Same Time
A Sweet Couple Walking Through Target. Made My Heart Happy Seeing Him Holding Her Purse And Then Dressed Up For Valentine’s Day
My Parents Just Celebrated Their 35th Wedding Anniversary - Cheers And Smiles To Happy Couples During This Quarantine
My Wife And I Welcomed Our Little Man Into This Crazy World A Couple Days Ago
With everything going on in the world today, it's sometimes hard to find the light in the darkness. But mom and baby are healthy and happy, and that truly makes me smile.
We weren't even engaged yet. My sister died. He spent so much time with me for two weeks that he was fired from his job. I felt like absolute crap that he'd lost his job, and he just said, "I'll find another job, you need me". i bawl my eyes out just thinking about it, and it's been 30 years...
The little inside jokes between me and my husband are what I live for. Even something simple as we always ending a chat convo (whatsapp, messenger) with 'codi'. It was from when I mistyped 'doei' (bye) on my keyboard and just stuck. It also has a different meaning from just bye. Codi means it's really the last message we sent and the other shouldn't continue the conversation either, because the one that said codi will be unable to respond (afk, going to sleep, at work, etc). Ah yeah, little things, they still make me smile, after being together for over 20 years now :)
We weren't even engaged yet. My sister died. He spent so much time with me for two weeks that he was fired from his job. I felt like absolute crap that he'd lost his job, and he just said, "I'll find another job, you need me". i bawl my eyes out just thinking about it, and it's been 30 years...
The little inside jokes between me and my husband are what I live for. Even something simple as we always ending a chat convo (whatsapp, messenger) with 'codi'. It was from when I mistyped 'doei' (bye) on my keyboard and just stuck. It also has a different meaning from just bye. Codi means it's really the last message we sent and the other shouldn't continue the conversation either, because the one that said codi will be unable to respond (afk, going to sleep, at work, etc). Ah yeah, little things, they still make me smile, after being together for over 20 years now :)
