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Married Over 50 Years: 鈥淟ove Each Other Even When You Don鈥檛鈥�

黑料吃瓜网 Radio | By Chion Wolf

Published October 23, 2020 at 9:40 AM EDT

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Angela and Grant Loavenbruck of Rockport, Maine, have been married for 55 years.

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Emery Austin Smith and Vivian Ashton Smith of the Blue Hills neighborhood in Hartford have been married for 65 years.

Shirley and Seymour Reitman of Bloomfield, 黑料吃瓜网, have been married for over 70 years.

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Shirley and Seymour Reitman of West Hartford, 黑料吃瓜网, have been married for over 70 years.

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Shirley and Seymour Reitman of Bloomfield, 黑料吃瓜网.

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Shirley and Seymour Reitman of West Hartford, 黑料吃瓜网, have been married for over 70 years.

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Shirley and Seymour Reitman of Bloomfield, CT.

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Shirley and Seymour Reitman's wedding portraits.

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Fill in the blank: Love is鈥� Patient. Kind. Love is Work. Hard to find.

But if you wanna put your finger on what makes up 鈥渓ong-lasting love鈥�, you鈥檙e gonna need some wisdom to fill in those blanks.

So today, meet three couples who鈥檝e been together for over 50 years.

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Angela and Grant Loavenbruck of Rockport, Maine, have been married for 55 years
Emery Austin Smith and Vivian Ashton Smith of the Blue Hills neighborhood in Hartford have been married for 65 years
Shirley and Seymour Reitman of Bloomfield, 黑料吃瓜网, have been married for over 70 years

Catie Talarski contributed to this show.

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