COUPLE MARRIED FOR 70 YEARS SHARE SECRET
One of
Britain's longest married couples have been wed over seven decades without a
single row.
Since
marrying in 1941, Ernie and Renie Hills from Tiverton, Devon, have survived
Hitler's Blitz, a bout of tropical thrombosis and a stint in an iron lung.
Not only
that, but the husband and wife endured it all without arguing once.
The
couple believe that if everyone used their fail-safe technique - talking things
through - then there would be no more war in the world.
Ernie,
97, an ex toolmaker and serviceman-come-milkman, and Renie, 93, who worked in
London's factories during the Second World War, first met when she was pushing
a bike near her home.
A man
walking nearby shouted out, 'Oi, would you like to hold me up like that?'
She said:
'That was it, we were together after that.'
Ernie
added: And you know what? We've never argued since that day,' he explained.
The
couple say the key to such a long marriage was mutual discussion, a clear
understanding of one another's needs.
Speaking
to Exter express and Echo, Renie said: 'I take no notice - if he's a bit up I
throw it away - throw it to the wind.'
If
there's a disagreement, the couple sit down and talk it out instead of raising
their voices.
She said:
'I say what's my view and he says what's his view and we argue it out like
that.
'We're
married - he's mine and I'm his and that's how we look at it.
'We talk
things over.'
Ernie
added: 'There's no need to argue.
'If we
find anything we're going to argue over we discuss it.
'If
people talked things over there'd be no wars on earth.'
Ernie,
who served in the Second World War, contracted tropical thrombosis, a life
threatening condition, while serving in Mombasa, Kenya and was rushed home.
Renie was
terrified for Ernie's life, but thankfully he eventually recovered.
She said:
'It was as if the heavens opened up for me on that day and it's like they've
never closed since.'
That’s the
couple on their wedding day back in 1941.
Wish them
as many more fruitful and loving years as possible.
Mature
Minds Talk.
This
lovely post was curled from Daily Mail.
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