The secret of a 73-year marriage? The goodnight kiss
By Kie Relyea | The Bellingham Herald
BELLINGHAM, Wash. _ If you want to make your marriage last and last and last, then pucker up before you go to bed.
That's the secret to Clarence and Violet Kenoyer's 73 years of marriage. The couple wed on Feb. 8, 1936. He was 20. She was 19. Now he's 93, and she's 92.
The world has changed since that long-ago wedding day, but one thing has stayed constant.
"I don't think we ever went to bed without kissing goodnight," Clarence said.
Other explanations for the longevity of their union?
"We don't fight very often," Violet said.
"Love and affection. We have arguments, but it never carries overnight," Clarence said.
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