https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_long_marriages
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| Names | Marriage date | Length of marriage | End date (husband's or wife's death) | Residence (at date of last report or death) | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karam Chand Kartari Chand | 11 December 1925 | 90 years, 291 days | 30 September 2016 (Karam) | Bradford, United Kingdom | [a][16][failed verification] | [17] |
| K. Philipose Thomas Sosamma Thomas | 17 February 1918 | 88 years, 2 days | 19 February 2006 (Sosamma) | Kerala, India | [a][18] | [19][20] |
| Herbert Fisher, Sr. Zelmyra (née George) Fisher | 13 May 1924 | 86 years, 290 days | 27 February 2011 (Herbert) | North Carolina, United States | Current Guinness World Record for longest marriage, recognized in 2008[10][21] | [22] |
| Temulji Bhicaji Nariman Lady Nariman | 1853 | 86 years | 1 August 1940 (Temulji) | Maharashtra, India | Temulji and Lady Nariman married as cousins when they were five years old. This was noted as longest marriage recorded through 1940. Shared Guinness World Record with Lazarus and Mary Rowe for editions up to 1998.[9] | [23][24][25] |
| Liu Yung-Yang Liu Yang Yang-Wan | 1917 | 86 years | 21 July 2003 (Yang Yang-Wan) | Taoyuan, Taiwan | Was recognized by Guinness World Records 2004 (published in 2003) as world's longest marriage[26][27] | [28][26] |
| Ralph Kohler Dorothy (née Redding) Kohler | 16 September 1935 | 86 years, 77 days | 2 December 2021 (Dorothy) | Indio, California, United States | America's longest living married couple | [29][30][31][32] |
| Lazarus Rowe Mary (née Webber) Rowe | 1743 | 86 years | 27 June 1829 (Mary) | New Hampshire, United States | Shared Guinness World Record with the Narimans for editions up to 1998[9] | [33][34][35][36] |
| John George Betar Ann (née Shawah) Betar | 25 November 1932 | 85 years, 291 days | 12 September 2018 (John) | Connecticut, United States | Winner of the Worldwide Marriage Encounter's Longest Married Couple Project in 2013 | [37] |
| Duranord Veillard Jeanne Hermina Veillard | 29 November 1932 | 85 years, 184 days | 1 June 2018 (Duranord) | Rockland, New York, United States | [38] |
I'll be married for 37 happy years this August.
How about everybody's else's marriage?
This topic came to mind because somebody at my dad's assisted living facility just celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary!
https://www.pressandguide.com/2022/05/23/dearborn-heights-couple-celebrate-diamond-anniversary/
my mom and dad 65 years 3 months
44 years for me and the better half
MarriageS for me.
2 yrs 5 yrs and a couple "Long Terms" along the way.
Talk about a risk factor.....
John
thanks…..Wow, 65 years. You have some good blue jeans if both your parents are still alive cutworm(-: