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Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter share the secret to married life on their 75th wedding anniversary

Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter are celebrating a milestone that very few ever reach: their 75th wedding anniversary.
The longest living married couple in the United States have been married for 85 years, and currently the Carters hold the title for the longest-married presidential couple at 75 years.
Previously, former President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush held that title. When Barbara died in April 2018, the Bushes had been married for 73 years and 111 days.
The Carters married on July 7, 1946 in their hometown of Plains, Georgia where the two nonagenarians still live.
And that’s where they’ll celebrate their milestone anniversary. The couple will be the center of attention when guests come to gather in Plains to toast to the Carters.
“We have too many people invited,” Rosalynn said. “I’m actually praying for some turndowns and regrets.”
The couple’s story begins in Plains, Georgia when Jimmy was just three years old.
His mother had taken him to see their neighbor’s new baby, Rosalynn. Little did anyone know that the two would get married.
As Rosalynn got older and became friends with the neighborhood kids, she became friendly with Ruth Carter, Jimmy’s sister.
She remembered Ruth kept a photo of her brother on her bedroom wall, and Rosalynn “fell in love with that picture.”
“Mother always said I married him because of his uniform,” she said.
Jimmy, 96, first met Rosalynn, 93, when he was home on break from the Naval Academy.
He felt they were a match and asked her out on a date.
“She was beautiful and innocent, and there was a resonance,” he told People.
Although there was some initial pushback from Rosalynn – she continued to date while attending college – the two eventually wed one month after she graduated.
She reportedly promised her father while he was on his deathbed that she wouldn’t marry before she finished school, and she made sure to keep her promise.
The couple tied the knot on July 7, 1946. He was 21 years old and she was 18 years old.
The beginning of their marriage found them moving around the country as Jimmy was assigned deployments in either the Atlantic or Pacific fleets. And while one may think the spouse of someone in the United States Navy may not like the constant moving, Rosalynn didn’t mind at all.
“I had been self-sufficient and independent from my mother and Jimmy’s mother,” she told The New York Times.
So when Jimmy told her he was giving up his career in the Navy so they could grow their family in Plains, Georgia, she was annoyed.
It was a move – making tough family decisions – Jimmy said he regretted.
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