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Can we get back to being lovey dovey again? Any love stories (real or movie/book/whatev) that particularly move you and make you say awwwww...?

Chris'' grandma''s 2nd husband was an amazing man. Unfortunately, I never got to meet him, but whenever she speaks of him her eyes just light up and she always has the biggest smile. Her first marriage was uh...not good, so it makes me happy that she found someone like him, even if they only had a short time together. I always tell Chris that I hope I make him light up like that.
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Anyone else?
 
This isn''t really a "story" but it''s cute nonetheless.

My grandparents on my mother''s side had 3 special initials (I think it was KLM?) -- I''m not sure exactly what it was. Anyway, these three letters were inscribed on the inside of their wedding rings, and they signed every letter they ever wrote to one another with them. They were married for over 40 years when my grandmother died, and my grandfather died 3 years ago. They never told anyone what they meant. They took the initials to their grave and no one will ever know what they mean.

How sweet is that?
 
I think the movie "The Notebook" has got to be the greatest love story I have ever heard/seen and it makes me cry every single time I watch - and I am talking crocodile tears. I love the initials story elledizzy5 that is the sweetest thing, I would have to try and figure it out though, or it would drive me crazy - the good crazy!
 
Great idea! This is just a little story, but cute none the less. My grandparents have been married for 65 years. The other day I was at their house and in my Grandfather''s office and I saw a little yellow post-it note my Grandmother had written to him that said "You make existence bliss". Totally brought tears to my eyes!
 
My dad actually quit school because he was so eager to marry my mom. Luckily he thought better of it and the resignation never went through, but when I think of getting married, that''s what I want. Somebody who is so eager to marry me that nothing else matters.

And, while it''s not lovey-dovey in the traditional sense, BF''s parents marriage astounds me. BF''s mom was diagnosed with MS around 10-15 years ago. A ridiculous number of people leave their spouses after an MS diagnosis (I think I read it''s somewhere around 80% of spouses leave). But BF''s dad? He says he married HER, so why would he leave her just because she got sick? He does everything he can to make her happy, and he re-did their entire kitchen for her. Everytime I walk into that kitchen I''m overwhelmed by how much love and time he put into it purely because it would make her happy. Between their story and my parents'', I feel blessed to be able to see so much love on a regular basis, and to be reminded of the way love affects people day-to-day.
 
Date: 7/10/2008 4:43:49 PM
Author: lindsaylove
Great idea! This is just a little story, but cute none the less. My grandparents have been married for 65 years. The other day I was at their house and in my Grandfather''s office and I saw a little yellow post-it note my Grandmother had written to him that said ''You make existence bliss''. Totally brought tears to my eyes!
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Oh my goodness, that is sweet. I might cry over here at my desk! I love when super old people still do stuff like that. I remember walking behind an old couple at a CVS once, and the wife said "Are you following behind me, honey?" and the husband replied "I''d follow you anywhere"

I told SO that story, and now he tells me that all the time. LOL. It''s cuter after you''ve been married 40+ years....
 
Here is my grandparents love story:

My gma is engaged and 16 at the time. OK.. well she was walking home from the general store when a man on a motorcycle pulled up next to her. He turned to her and smiled and said "want a ride" she smiled back and thought..hmm he looks almost identical to Elvis! haha She said, "sure!" She hopped on the back of his motorcycle and he drove her home. That night she broke up with her FH and told him, "I''m sorry but I met the man I''m supposed to spend the rest of my life with today." She broke off the engagement right there and then, they were married a few months later. They are still madly in love and married 53 years later!
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Cute!! Elledizzy I would be going crazy trying to figure out what they were. That''s so adorable.

Dreaming I''ve never seen that movie for some reason...I love good love stories in movies. Ahh.

Lindsey - how nice that they are still ''in love'' after all that time. Know what I mean?

My grandparents just had their 50th anniversary and the fam threw a big party/reunion. My grandma wrote this poem that had the whole room bawling!!! It was so sweet. Then they danced cheek to cheek and he sang in her ear the whole time. I loved it!!!
 
Date: 7/10/2008 4:45:45 PM
Author: elledizzy5

Date: 7/10/2008 4:43:49 PM
Author: lindsaylove
Great idea! This is just a little story, but cute none the less. My grandparents have been married for 65 years. The other day I was at their house and in my Grandfather''s office and I saw a little yellow post-it note my Grandmother had written to him that said ''You make existence bliss''. Totally brought tears to my eyes!
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Oh my goodness, that is sweet. I might cry over here at my desk! I love when super old people still do stuff like that. I remember walking behind an old couple at a CVS once, and the wife said ''Are you following behind me, honey?'' and the husband replied ''I''d follow you anywhere''

I told SO that story, and now he tells me that all the time. LOL. It''s cuter after you''ve been married 40+ years....
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So cute! I always notice older couples that still hold hands, open doors for each other, that kind of thing too. I love it!
 
Date: 7/10/2008 4:45:19 PM
Author: princesss
My dad actually quit school because he was so eager to marry my mom. Luckily he thought better of it and the resignation never went through, but when I think of getting married, that''s what I want. Somebody who is so eager to marry me that nothing else matters.

And, while it''s not lovey-dovey in the traditional sense, BF''s parents marriage astounds me. BF''s mom was diagnosed with MS around 10-15 years ago. A ridiculous number of people leave their spouses after an MS diagnosis (I think I read it''s somewhere around 80% of spouses leave). But BF''s dad? He says he married HER, so why would he leave her just because she got sick? He does everything he can to make her happy, and he re-did their entire kitchen for her. Everytime I walk into that kitchen I''m overwhelmed by how much love and time he put into it purely because it would make her happy. Between their story and my parents'', I feel blessed to be able to see so much love on a regular basis, and to be reminded of the way love affects people day-to-day.
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Amen sista!! I feel so lucky to have parents married 27 years and BF''s have 33 under their belt. Gives us both hope!
 
OMG these stories are bringing tears to my eyes, they are all so inspiring. Keep going I want to hear more, I need to hear more, especially afterthe blood boiling forum today!
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Date: 7/10/2008 4:45:53 PM
Author: HeadOverHeels4James
Here is my grandparents love story:

My gma is engaged and 16 at the time. OK.. well she was walking home from the general store when a man on a motorcycle pulled up next to her. He turned to her and smiled and said ''want a ride'' she smiled back and thought..hmm he looks almost identical to Elvis! haha She said, ''sure!'' She hopped on the back of his motorcycle and he drove her home. That night she broke up with her FH and told him, ''I''m sorry but I met the man I''m supposed to spend the rest of my life with today.'' She broke off the engagement right there and then, they were married a few months later. They are still madly in love and married 53 years later!
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Whoa!! Gutsy!! LOL good story!
 
Date: 7/10/2008 4:45:53 PM
Author: HeadOverHeels4James
Here is my grandparents love story:

My gma is engaged and 16 at the time. OK.. well she was walking home from the general store when a man on a motorcycle pulled up next to her. He turned to her and smiled and said ''want a ride'' she smiled back and thought..hmm he looks almost identical to Elvis! haha She said, ''sure!'' She hopped on the back of his motorcycle and he drove her home. That night she broke up with her FH and told him, ''I''m sorry but I met the man I''m supposed to spend the rest of my life with today.'' She broke off the engagement right there and then, they were married a few months later. They are still madly in love and married 53 years later!
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Adorable! elvis!! hehe I love it!
 
This isnt a love story per se, but I wanted to mention my grandparents were married 50+ years. My grandpa died and my grandmother still tears up EVERY SINGLE TIME we talk about him. She always talks about what a great man he was, their time together, and how much she misses him. It kills me to see her so sad, but I love knowing how madly in love they were!!
 
Date: 7/10/2008 5:17:55 PM
Author: that_someone_special
This isnt a love story per se, but I wanted to mention my grandparents were married 50+ years. My grandpa died and my grandmother still tears up EVERY SINGLE TIME we talk about him. She always talks about what a great man he was, their time together, and how much she misses him. It kills me to see her so sad, but I love knowing how madly in love they were!!
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I think its sweet even if its not a story. You are so fortunate, both my grandpa''s died before I was born so I don''t really have the grandparents love story (they were both in their 50''s) I wish I did! However I have to give props to my Grandma, she is 84 and still kickin it good with her new boyfriend!
 
Mine is my best friend's aunt and uncle. I grew up with a very unstable childhood and everyone I'd ever encountered until I met them was divorced/abusive/unhappy, so maybe that's part of it.

He was a fighter pilot in WWII and she wrote him a note every single day. She never sent them because she worried he wouldn't get them, but she wrote them and kept them to this day. They are both very crafty and handy and she always said she wanted a space to do crafts in. She also said she always dreamed of living in a log cabin. So for their anniversary a few years ago, he built her a log cabin that she can craft in! He built it right off their driveway (but through the woods) and she had NO idea he was working on it. It's the cutest place and has her dream bathroom in it, as well, complete with rainwater shower head.

They are my neighbors and I love visiting that cabin! It's the sweetest thing I've ever seen and I love it that even though they are in their late 70's he still goes out of his way to impress her.
 
Date: 7/10/2008 4:43:49 PM
Author: lindsaylove
Great idea! This is just a little story, but cute none the less. My grandparents have been married for 65 years. The other day I was at their house and in my Grandfather''s office and I saw a little yellow post-it note my Grandmother had written to him that said ''You make existence bliss''. Totally brought tears to my eyes!
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Awww! That is the sweetest thing ever!
 
It''s SO cute when older people have bf or gfs.. it''s like they''re 15 again!!
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My grandpa used to work two jobs when my dad was growing up and my grandma worked one night a week every Tuesday as a nurse.. Every Tuesday after she worked, my grandpa would bring her home dinner from her favorite restaurant after he got off working his 2nd job.. My dad told me he would stay up late on Tuesdays to sit with her while she ate her dinner. My grandpa did this EVERY week that she worked..
 
Oh my goodness, that is sweet. I might cry over here at my desk! I love when super old people still do stuff like that. I remember walking behind an old couple at a CVS once, and the wife said ''Are you following behind me, honey?'' and the husband replied ''I''d follow you anywhere''

I told SO that story, and now he tells me that all the time. LOL. It''s cuter after you''ve been married 40+ years....
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OK- that''s the one that did it.. brought tears to my eyes. How sweet is that!!
 
I have a few stories in my family!
My PaPaw (grandpa) and MeMaw (grandma...not blood related) dated along time ago in their younger years. They went their seperate ways but always remained good friends (Memaw was my dad''s god mother). Well, when my dad''s mom passed away, my Papaw married my Memaw! She always said that Harry (PaPaw) was the man she was supposed to marry (and she finally did!). She embraced our family as hers and we did the same with her! Since is the only grandma (on dad''s side) that i know. And now i have her wedding set and feel super blessed.

Well, a smilar thing with my parents! They dated on and off in college, and were both engaged to other people. Well when my mom''s first FI went of for training (military) she and my dad reconnected and they both broke off their other engagements and married eachother! And 41 years later, they are still married! What i love the most is what they will do for eachother, and so much how my dad will take me shopping for my mom, and i love watching him pick out items on his own and trying his hardest to pick out the nicest things for her. it''s sweet to see that they still do that for eachother.

Lastly, not a love story, but i love to tell anyways (family love!). My parents had a child long before I, that unfortunately passed away. Well, when my Aunt (who was never supposed to be able to have children) became pregnant with a little girl, she wanted to name her daughter after my parents first AND MeMaw (My aunt grew up with her as a semi-step mom). I love the fact that my aunt kept these family names and the memories alive :)
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I was very close to my mom''s parents, and they were my relationship role models, since my parents'' relationship was rocky when I was younger. He died just a few months before their 60th wedding anniversary, and we were all disappointed they didn''t have a chance to celebrate. I was only 11 when they had their 50th anniversary celebration, so I didn''t fully realize how important and rare that was. Anyway, they had the kind of marriage I hope for one day. They were very simple people, not extravagant in any stretch of the imagination, but their house was so full of love.

My Paw-Paw (yes, I had one too!) was the oldest of 11 kids, and his family were sharecroppers. Half way through his senior year of high school, his dad lost his arm in a farming accident. As the oldest boy, my Paw-Paw had to drop out of school to take care of the family. He was very intelligent and very well read, but he never completed his formal education. He met my Nanny when they were both working at the cotton mill. Her dad was the supervisor, and he set them up. They were in their early to mid-20''s when they got married (old for back then!) and it was during the middle of the depression, so it was a very simple ceremony in my great grandmother''s living room. My mom''s oldest sister was born about a year later, and her middle sister was born a few years later. My mom was a late in life surprise when they were in their early 40''s (seriously - my grandmother thought she had a tumor!) My Nanny quit working when they got married, and eventually my Paw-Paw became a mechanic, which he still was when I came along. They never had a lot of money and lived in a tiny 2 bedroom house (they were so proud because it was theirs and paid for), but I loved it there. I remember her waking up early every morning to make his breakfast before he headed off for work. My Paw-Paw loved to travel, and they had friends who owned a house in Panama City. We went down there every year. My Paw-Paw always used to tell my brother that they were going to go to the beach to look at the pretty girls, but that Nanny would always be the prettiest one there. We spent the night with them a lot as kids, and every night, Paw-Paw would make us turn our heads away so he could give Nanny a kiss goodnight before she headed off to bed. My Nanny had a lot of health problems, and by the time I came along, she was legally blind and legally deaf. When I got to high school, she had deteriorated so much that she couldn''t really do anything around the house anymore. Even though they had a very traditional relationship for many years, Paw-Paw took over the cooking and household chores so he could take care of her. They did yell at each other a LOT (Nanny couldn''t hear anything!!!) but my mom has even said that she never once saw her parents fight.

Sorry for the book, but I could go on and on about them. My Paw-Paw died in 1997 and Nanny died in 2000, and I miss them terribly sometimes, like today when I''m thinking about them a lot. I''m really sad that current BF never had a chance to meet them - I think he and my Paw-Paw would have enjoyed each other because they have a similar spark in their personalities (and quite sarcastic too!). They were role models in many ways and were more like second parents to me than grandparents.
 
That''s such a sweet story, krispi, thanks for sharing it! Your comment about the wedding made me think of my grandparents too. They got married "old" at 29 and 30. Their whole wedding ceremony cost $140!
 
Thanks, Sunny! Like I said, I could tell stories about them forever. I really miss them sometimes. When we were little, my brother and I stayed with them all day during the summer and before and after school the rest of the year while my parents were at work. We were very close.
 
krispi, that story is so sweet. I love it that your Paw-Paw made you turn your head to kiss your Nanny
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I think my parents have a really sweet love story, actually. They''re musicians (my dad is a keyboard player and my mom is a singer) and they met when he auditioned to play keyboards for her when she went on tour in the early 70s. I remember the first time I asked about their meeting, I did it separately and they both got the same dreamy look on their face--my mom said that my dad looked like the Archangel Michael because he had long blonde curly hair and my dad said that when he saw my mom, his jaw nearly hit the floor. 35 years later and they are still madly in love. The last time I was home, I was in the backyard with my dad and mentioned how long they''d been together. His response was, "It''s really amazing--I just love her so much. I don''t know how we got so lucky, but I love your mom more every day, even after all this time."

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
 
Date: 7/10/2008 4:45:45 PM
Author: elledizzy5
I remember walking behind an old couple at a CVS once, and the wife said ''Are you following behind me, honey?'' and the husband replied ''I''d follow you anywhere''
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This kind of things always make me cry! I always tell FI that I want us to be the old couple walking in the park holding hands one day. I think being in love after so many years is just about the most beautiful thing ever.
 
My dad met my mom at a party. As soon as he spotted my mom, he told his friends, "she''s the one, I''m going to marry her." They thought he was crazy. Apparently, so did my mom! He introduced himself, and they talked briefly, and danced, then my mom continued her night of partying. After that party, my dad spent the next year looking for my mom and asking about her. It wasn''t until another party that he ran into her again and got her number. The rest is history. They will celebrate 29 years in less than 2 weeks!
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I have a good one about my grandparents too:

First of all, my Grandmother was born & raised in Shanghai, China. Her mother was Chinese & was married to a German man who refused to have children. When my great-grandmother went to the doctor for her 10th abortion, the doctor refused to do it, so he had the child- my grandmother. The German man left her and my great grandmother remarried to a British man.

Fast forward... my Grandfather, Willie was a piolet in WWII- he was a part of the China-Burma-India Humpback piolets & flew American soldiers over the Himalaya Mountains. He & one of his friends were stationed in China for a while, where he met my Grandmother Ann (and his friend met Ann''s best friend Bella).

They got to be pretty close, but my Grandmother Ann never thought anything of it. My Grandfather Wille was sick in the hospital, but he was going to leave to go back to the US soon. My grandmother Ann bought him an engraved cigarette case as a goodbye present. She went to visit him in the hospital one last time and deliver his present to him. Right there at his beside, he asked her to marry him.

They stayed in China for a little while longer and got married there! He brought my Grandmother back to the US and she NEVER went back to China. They were married almost 60 years when my Grandfather passed away.

Also, Bella (Ann''s best friend) married one of my Grandfather''s friends & she came to the US too. Bella & my grandmother are still best friends today and talk to each other in Chinese on the phone every day!

... makes my story seem so lame! Ha Ha.
 
Date: 7/11/2008 7:01:38 PM
Author: choro72
krispi, that story is so sweet. I love it that your Paw-Paw made you turn your head to kiss your Nanny
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Thanks, Choro! She always went to bed earlier than him, so it was something that happened often. I think they were a great example - it was the simple things, not anything extravagant or over the top, that mattered.
 
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