Love birds, Dolly, 89, and Stan Izatt, 91, have been married for 70
years and have known each other for 74 years, and though they are all
lovey-dovey now, Dolly reveals that she did not love him at first. The
pair first met when they began living next to each other, but Dolly was
in love with Stan's best friend, never Stan. Two weeks after meeting,
Stan was already telling everyone that he was going to marry Dolly, but
she did not want same.
She even went as far as dodging into a corner store whenever she saw him coming, yet he kept stalking her everywhere.
The couple got married in 1947 after Stan, a World War veteran, returned
from the war. She was 19 and he 21 when they tied the knot. They went
on to have 3 daughters, five grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
As they celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary, Her Majesty the Queen
of England sent them a card to congratulate them on their impressively
long marriage. During the ceremony, Dolly revealed the secret that kept
their marriage going.
She said:
‘When our grandson got married in May, Stan decided he would give him
the benefit of his advice. He said to him in marriage you need love, you
need trust and you need a lot of bleeding patience. And for once I
agree with him and that doesn’t happen very often."
How sweet! More years to them.
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