20 Couples Who Carried Their Love Through Life

According to experts, companionate love, fulfillment, and dedication are 3 key factors to make your relationship last longer. However, all relationships are different and you need to understand your partner very well to turn your high school sweetheart love into a forever marriage.

To celebrate love, Bright Side has put together a compilation of 20 couples who’ve carried their love through life.

1. “20 years of dating, 3 kids, no hair left on top of my head, and plenty of salt and pepper in the beard”

2. A marriage that lasted for 77 years

3. “Next week I’m marrying my best friend of 15 years!”

4. “We dated for 9 months, broke up, and stayed friends. 13 years later, we both admitted our love never faded.”

5. “Celebrating 13 years with my high school sweetheart...our first anniversary as doctors!”

6. “We’ve been married for 17 years today, together for 34.”

7. “40 years later...”

8. From childhood friends to a happy family of 5

9. “My grandparents have been together for half a century and today they renewed their vows!”

10. “My grandparents, Ove and Karen, have officially been married for 65 years and together for 69 years.”

11. “My parents are celebrating 37 years together today.”

12. “My wife and I have been together since ’99. Still kickin’ it old school.”

13. “Got together at 12 and got married at 21. 12 years married and forever to go!”

14. “Here we are in 1997 and in 2019! Some things are just meant to be.”

15. “We’ve been together for more than 25 years.”

16. “Junior high sweethearts, age 13 vs age 31”

17. “65 years later: my parents at the same church, on the same day, at the same time, in exactly the same spot”

18. “After 71 years of marriage, Grandma passed. Grandpa said, ’Well, I got to know her pretty well.’”

19. “Married 70 years today! We weren’t expected to make it to 50 years.”

20. “1969 to present-day — Happy Wedding Anniversary, Mom and Dad!”

Have you also shared different life stages with your current partner? We’d love to hear your stories!