A
A LOT
A LOT OF
A LOT OF HAPPY VALENTINE'S OUT THERE, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE
WHO IS SHARING YOUR PHOTOS
ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH US THIS
MORNING , EVEN IF YOU'RE AT
A BEACH AND WE'RE VERY JEALOUS.
>> THAT IS A GREAT PICTURE,
THOUGH. VALENTINE'S DAY IS EXTRA
SPECIAL AT TRILLIUM WOOD SENIOR
COMMUNITY IN PLYMOUTH.
EACH YEAR, RESIDENTS SHARE THEIR
WEDDING PHOTOS AND MEET CUTE
STORIES IN A PUBLIC DISPLAY.
YEAH, THEY REALLY DO. CELEBRATE
MARRIAGE. THEY CELEBRATE COUPLES
AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT
FOR YEARS AND YEARS. THIS YEAR.
IT'S ALL VIRTUAL, OF COURSE,
BUT WE STILL WANTED TO HEAR FROM
A FEW COUPLES WHO ARE LIFELONG.
VALENTINE'S TOGETHER FOR MORE
THAN 60 YEARS APIECE. GEORGE AND
SALLY KELBYS AND JOE AND GWEN
LADNERS. I WAS A JUNIOR. MY BEST
FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR WAS
THE SENIOR WHO HAD NO DATE
FOR THE PROM AND GUESS WHO WAS
HIS DATE? YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE
THIS, BUT SALLY AND I HAVE NEVER
HAD A FIGHT. WE HAVE HAD MANY
DISICK STRAIGHTENED AROUND
BEFORE THE DAY WAS OVER. WE ALSO
HAVE TOOK ON EACH OTHER'S
INTERESTS AND THE PASSION
FOR SALLY AND I ENDED
UP CRUISING ON THE GREAT LAKES
FOR MANY, MANY YEARS IN OUR
BOARD AND WE BOTH LOVED AND THAT
WAS SO WE SHARED THAT . I GUESS
THAT'S A GOOD WORD. I'VE JUST
BEEN VERY HAPPY BOWLUS TOGETHER
FOR ALL THESE YEARS WHEN SALLY
WENT BACK TO MINNESOTA, MY DRAFT
NUMBER WAS COMING. SO I LEFT
STANFORD AND JOINED THE NAVY.
AND THEN WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE
NAVY GOING BACK TO STANFORD,
I WENT TO MINNESOTA TO FINISH MY
STUDIES. WHEN I GOT THERE,
I FOUND OUT THAT SALLY HAD
I GUESS SHE WAS ENGAGED TO THIS
GUY AND WE GOT MARRIED WITHIN
FOUR MONTHS OF THAT DINNER WHERE
YOU HAD WE HAVE TWO DIAMOND
RINGS FOR THEM TWO WEEKS.
>> I DON'T THINK VERY MANY WOMEN
CAN SAY THAT . SO DID YOU HAVE
TO GIVE ONE BACK?
>> OF COURSE, MY SISTER WHO WAS
DECIDED SHE NEEDED OR WOULD LIKE
TO GO TO A FORMAL DANCE AT HER
SORORITY WITH HOWARD, BUT SHE
HAD JUST BROKEN UP WITH HER LONG
TERM BOYFRIEND AND SHE CALLED ME
TO SEE IF THERE WAS I WOULD FIND
SOMEBODY TO TAKE HER TO THE
PROM.
PROM.
PROM. >>
PROM. >> WELL , I HAD NO IDEA WHERE
I CAN GO THERE. CERTAINLY I'VE
NOT SEEN OR HAD ANY MENTION
OF IT, BUT I DID CHOOSE A FELLOW
THAT I WAS DATING AND I SAW
THE STITELER COMING TOWARD
PSYCHOLIGIST NEEDED A HAIRCUT
AND HE WAS WET. HIS CLOTHES
ROTHSAY WAS WAUBUN ANYWAY. SO
I SAID TO THE PERSON WAS
STANDING WHO WAS THERE, YOU
KNOW, THAT'S GENOLA LADNERS. OH
MY GOD. YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST GOT
MY SISTER LINED UP WITH HIM.
>> WAS GETTING PAID FOR MY
BROOTEN ROOM AND BOARD. AND WHEN
I WAS COMING BACK FROM GUCCI'S,
SHE WAS STANDING OUTSIDE
THE DOOR DOOR. THE DOOR.
>> AND THAT'S WHEN SHE SAID
TO ME SEVERAL MONTHS LATER MY
BOYFRIEND ARRANGED TO HAVE
A DOUBLE DATE WITH THE TWO
OF THEM AND WE WENT UP TO HIS
GRANDPARENTS CABIN FOR THE
WEEKEND. AND IT WAS IT WAS FUN.
AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME EVER
THAT JOE AND I AND WE AT THE END
OF THE WEEKEND, WE BOTH KNEW
THAT WE WERE WITH THE WRONG
PEOPLE ON OUR DATES. WE'RE NOT
WHO WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
>> WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOGETHER
WITH THAT FIRE JUST LIT UP .
WE KNEW EACH OTHER. BUT HOW DO
YOU BREAK ONE SISTER IN , START
GIVEN THE OTHER ONE SO
I PROBABLY TOOK GENOLA MAYBE
A COUPLE OF TIMES AND WAITED
A LITTLE, BUT THEN GAVE GLYNDON
CALLED LASTRUP AND THEN THE REST
THE ABILITY TO LOOK BEYOND
XYLITOL, THE SMALL PROBLEMS,
PERSONAL PROBLEMS AND JUST MOVE
ON . AMOUNT'S SOMEHOW ACCEPT
WHAT'S GOING ON . ALWAYS PRETTY.
DON'T CONDEMN. YOU CAN'T JUST
SIT BACK AND SAY, OH WELL IT'LL
WORK ITSELF BECAUSE SOMETIMES
YOU HAVE