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They have been married for 70 years and continue to love each other like the first day. Jacqueline, 93, and Jean-Jacques, 94, reveal their secrets to lasting over time.
In 1953, they fell in love with each other. Before long, he asked her to marry him. This is how the romance of Jacqueline and Jean-Jacques began, still married and happy after 70 years of living together. Since they have been a couple, if the arguments continue to happen (“and fortunately” specifies the wife), they made a promise to each other: that of never going to sleep angry. “So we do a little kiss, sometimes a little nervous, but it was given and the next day, it starts again” comments Jacqueline.
“I don’t think it’s good for us to be slaves to one or the other”
According to Jean-Jacques, it is essential that a couple continues to bring each of the two personalities that compose them to life. “I don’t think it’s good for there to be only one personality, for one to be a slave to one or the other”. It would also be important to share “a sense of values” adds Jacqueline. If sexuality is no longer really a subject “since a while”, the couple continues to be “very gestural. More than many people our age” confides Jacqueline, and “love transformed into great affection, tenderness and friendship. That’s a lot of stuff left” specifies Jean-Jacques.