Tell me again, how do people stay together and be married so long?

My recent column about couples celebrating long marriages sure generated a lot of comments. I thought these were wonderful. Here goes:

“My folks, who were married 45 years when my mom passed away, always said that ‘date nights’ were important. Date nights didn’t include kids, just time away from home doing something they enjoyed together. My mom always said ‘surprise’ date nights were the best,” recalled Leslie Blythe of Casper.

Diana Schutte Dowling, formerly of Greybull, recalled that it helps to be raised by parents who also had a long marriage. “My parents Art a...