beyondfantasy3 113M
2012 posts
10/19/2013 6:29 am
80 years together

After 80 years together 103-year-old Jose Manuel Riella and 99-year old Martina Lopez of Paraguay, finally decided to tie the knot in a religious ceremony.

The blushing bride explained, "My wanted us to get married, they told me that is what they wanted.” The two were joined in a civil union 40 years ago, but at that time did not perform the sacrament of marriage of the Catholic Church. The adorable couple held hands while priest Cristian Paiva officiated the wedding in a garden at their Santa Rosa De Aguaray home. "It is the first time I am marrying someone of this age and I am very happy to marry these two,” Paiva said.

The couple has built a sizable family in their 80 years together with eight , 50 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and 20 great-great-grandchildren. The new bride, Martina Lopez de Riella said, “I am happy because all but two of my are here, but all the rest are here." After the ceremony, family and friends celebrated at the couple’s home.
( from news)

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Amazing, today so many people can't seem to make it 6 months.

beyondfantasy3 113M
4740 posts
11/1/2013 4:07 pm

Sometimes marriage makes people relax and expect too much... far too often people get the 'ownership mentality" when they marry.... then they fall into the dictation trap....
some people have been together decades, and then marry and they break up within a few years.
The choice to stay together, is often better than a thought of forced obligation holding two people together.