The following is an excerpt from Fall in Love For Life: Inspiration From a 73-Year Marriage, by Barbara “Cutie” Cooper. All images of Barbara and Harry are courtesy of Chronicle Books.
The relationship question that people ask me more than any other is, “How did you know that Harry was the right guy for you?” (And then, sometimes, they also want to know if we went to bed together before we got married.)
I understand their interest. It’s both the hardest and the easiest thing in the world to meet the right person and start a life together. I think it’s instinctive, that you know when you are comfortable with somebody. When it’s the right person, he brings out the best in you, and you do the same for him.
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The relationship question that people ask me more than any other is, “How did you know that Harry was the right guy for you?” (And then, sometimes, they also want to know if we went to bed together before we got married.)
I understand their interest. It’s both the hardest and the easiest thing in the world to meet the right person and start a life together. I think it’s instinctive, that you know when you are comfortable with somebody. When it’s the right person, he brings out the best in you, and you do the same for him.
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