How We Met & What Makes Our Marriage Work
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- A lot of folks have asked how Matt and I met since we grew up in two different areas of Western North Carolina so we decided to share the story of how we met and the reasons we feel our marriage is top notch.
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As a gen Z person, seeing this beautiful marriage is amazing and teaching!
Wow, thank you!
You guys are an example of what a good marriage is. It is a lot of work but if you have a good basis of love and respect you will do well. My husband and I were married 50 years. He died suddenly a year and a half ago. I am blessed to have had him all those years. Cherish what you have
Aaaaw Jo💚
You complement each other
@@jobearor2525 Ms. Jo, now I'm bawling, I'm in the same club us ladies don't want to be in....widows. Our first date, we went Christmas shopping. I thought he was buying for his mom. He showed up at my house Christmas night with presents wrapped. for me. I had 25 beautiful years with him before the Lord took him home.
I was almost 40 years old before I met my Darling, we were together 27 years untill I lost her to cancer. To this day over 5 years later she was the only one in my life no matter how difficult things became she was always there for me. Matt and Tipper cling to one another and never let go because your world can all change in a heartbeat.
🙏 God Bless you.
I’m so sorry you lost her!
Just to add to the thousands of comments haha… my grandfather worked as a cook when Lake Logan was a logging town before they created the lake. That area is one of our family’s favorite places until this day. We still live in Haywood County. My brother and sister in Canton and my husband and I in Maggie Valley (this is where to live if you love snow!). Thank you so much for your videos - they have been so comforting somehow after my sweet dad went home to be with Jesus right before Christmas last year. He grew up in Canton on Rocky Branch. So many of my family has gone on and it feels grounding to my heritage to spend time with you and your family! Thank you!
@@jessiroseh77 That is so wonderful! Love your connection to the lake and the area 😀 So very glad you enjoy our videos!
May God bless you sir, I am sure your wife was a wonderful person. I can definitely relate.
I think its funny how Matt remembered his truck real well but not the details of them dating. So funny. May God continue to bless your marriage and your family!
Thank you Karen 😀
Yes, that was one of the parts in the video that I got a good chuckle.
yes lol. also love to know the details of when she told him about her role in the prank.
Please don’t ever think that people aren’t interested in your stories! There’s always somebody who could benefit from it…People pay a lot of money for marriage counseling and self-help books… but sometimes just listening to someone tell their story about what works for them.. and the advice that they can share is absolutely priceless! Sometimes just listening to other wise or experienced people is some of the best counseling you can get! Thank you for sharing! Love your channel!
Love your stories . Be blessed forever.
Y'all aren't old. This is a terrific story. Your laughs are so cute, Tipper. Matt's sly and sweet grins are endearing.
This was a wonderful video. It was no surprise to hear that you two have a successful, long lasting, enduring marriage. You can see it in every video. And Tipper, you wonder why people are interested in how you and Matt met. It is because you two are friends of us viewers. You don't know us, or can't see us, but we certainly know you all. As such, we want to get to know you better, along with your history. I really appreciate you letting us into your lives. It is a special treat.
Thank you so much John 😀
I’m 80 years old, and teared up a few times, because your love story was so sweet, and funny. That sense of humor, and being such decent people made it easier to be a success. God bless your both!❤️😊💙from the piney woods of East Texas.
I agree! If I heard someone talking about Tipper I’d give them a piece of my mind! 😂
Thanks for sharing!!
As long as your lucky enough to find someone who is loyal, and not a cheater, that is a big part of it,and you can make it, but a cheater will kill everything, and there is a lot of them.
What a sweet story and that pick up line was smooth! LOL! A good marriage is a gift from the Lord.
Thank you 😀
Amen
Tipper, your genuine laugh is so beautiful to me and Matt's flash of a sheepish grin is so funny to me that you can count on me dropping by to help you celebrate Appalachia . You cannot say too much about Katie and Corie as we want to know it all. You could not have ordered up two better kids except for my two sons. This was a good little talk.
We appreciate you! Thank you 😀
@@CelebratingAppalachia I've really enjoyed this video Tipper and Matt. I loved your revenge of trying to sell Matt's truck out from under him! I laughed my head off listening to that story. Everything worked out well for the two of you in the end, even if Matt was an eejit for breaking up with you. Best wishes for years and years more happy times to come and I'm sure looking forward to hearing about how y'all found out about the twins coming along. Take care and hi from New Bern.
Matt can’t remember anything! 😊 He’s so romantic! 😉
My twins (boy and girl) are 37 now. She's a nurse, he's a Sheriff's Deputy (Sgt). My husband left when they were 2 - so it was just them and me. Their grandmother was a huge help! She passed when they were 9. We were by ourselves again.
What a beautiful love story, I was just talking to my husband about my grandparents when they first were married and started their life. They were given a few acres from my grandma’s momma and daddy and all the family banded together and helped build their house that they’re still living in to this day! Cousins, aunts, uncles, siblings and in laws helped from the ground up. Makes me so sad that families just aren’t close like they used to be.
Thank you for watching!
Greetings again from North Texas! So many of your subscribers really feel uplifted through your stories and posts...thank you!
I'm so glad you enjoy them 😀
My Mom gave me the best marriage advice about a month before my husband and I married. She said, "You always love him, but there will be days you don't like him." I was almost offended.... How could I not like him? Well, fifteen years in, there are days I don't like him and days he definitely doesn't like me, but we love each other always. If younger people would understand rough patches are normal and not fall apart thinking it's over, I think the divorce rates would drop. It's not a fairytale, but we have a good, simple life where we love and respect the other and put God first. If you imagine a triangle with God at the top and your name on one bottom corner and your spouse's name on the other, you will notice the closer you get with God, the closer you are together. I'm glad you have a great marriage for others to look to as an example. You have raised two fine women as a result!!!
Thank you! Love that triangle example 😀
My late husband used that illustration too! We were high school sweethearts and were married 45 years before he died 12-12-14 ❣️Years ago I did a cross-stitch poem (from a kit) “ Marriage Still Takes Three” by Perry Tanksley
@@lindadial7177 I bet the cross-stitch is beautiful. My father passed away 12/01/21, but "we don't grieve like those who have no hope" because I know I will see him soon as you will your sweetheart!
@@Psalmonetwentyone Thanks for your encouragement ❣️praying for you and your family 🙏
@@lindadial7177 Thank you. That means so much. I have prayed for you to have peace and comfort.
My husband and I have been married 52 years and we have had intense fellowship down through the years. 😄. Our main goal through our marriage was putting God first and following his word. That and our respect and love for each other has kept us through the years. We have been blessed with 2 daughters, 1 son. All of our children married Christians and now we’re enjoying our 7 grandchildren…..Love your channel.
Same here in Oct we're be 54 sweet yrs together. We still love but REALLY have to like each other as the years fly by. ;) We just had a beautiful great grandson. GOD IS GOOD!
Proof that God is all mighty !
I’ll be married for 23 years in April and 4 kids. Our oldest just turned 22 and the youngest is 8. And now I’m fighting breast cancer. But throughout all this my husband has been my best friend and a solid rock. Love and respect are key to a successful marriage and also our faith in the Lord Jesus. Thank you for sharing your story.
Praying for you!!
Thank you Tipper. Your videos have helped pass the time. Matt has been a great source of information for making deer meat. Thank you for all you do. May the Lord continue to bless you and your family.
Btw, my name is Lidia.
As a young person getting married next year, I just want to thank y’all for sharing your wisdom on marriage! Such good advice to hear
You are so welcome!
Congratulations on your engagement
Well congratulations on your upcoming nuptials young lady! Tipper's advice is really true and good! God bless your marriage! 💕
We were been married 55 years in Haywood County
Good for you folks on a long and happy marriage filled with joy.
Thank you 😀
I really enjoyed this! You can see the love and respect you both have for each other. I love that you all put God first. You don’t hear that very much any more.❤️
Sometimes those "blind dates" turn out well. That's how we met and have been married for 53 years. Just keep on doing what you're doing!
What a wonderful achievement-53 years!!
Tipper this might be your best video to date. You positively glow telling this story smiling and laughing. Matt even seemed to enjoy being on camera for a change and smiled and laughed more than he does in every video he has appeared in. To both of you 'Cent'Anni" may you live happily for 100 years.
Wow, thank you! 😀
You both look so cute telling your wonderful story . God bless
And Tipper, That truck story is hilarious!! You lil’ devil you…
This was so lovely to listen to! ♥ Thank you for sharing it with us. The lady who told you to just hang in there and things will come back around is right! So many people just give up because something is hard when that's exactly the time that you need to stick with it.
Glad you enjoyed it! 😀
My parents were married for 59 years until my mom passed away two years ago. It really is for better or worse. I think many marriages fail because people think they are not in love anymore because the excitement doesn't remain at the same level it does when you first meet someone and start dating. It mellows somewhat. Congratulations Tipper and Matt in 28 years together!
what about people that steal their spouses?
My husband and I have been married over 55 years we had the same approach regarding our roles that complement each other. We were always on a tight budget, I took a calculator to the grocery store and many times I had to put things back because I couldn't afford them. But we raised two children to be good adults who now help us out when we need it. You two are a great example to your girls and all the people who watch your channel.
You won the lottery, bud. Y’all just kept molding. That, love, and respect seems to be the secret.
We've been married for over 50 years. Our attitude is just the same about our marriage. We were in for the long haul. Just hanging in until it turns around is such great advise. It's so true. It turns around so many times in a long marriage. It's so nice to see other couples who love and respect their vows and each other.
After 46 years, I agree wholeheartedly. And having God in your marriage is vital.
Thank you for sharing your story of how you met. My spouse and I will be married 58 years in January. People often ask me how we managed to stay married so long, that’s easy, we just never got divorced! All of your advice is spot on. I once heard a preacher say some times you love them so much you could just eat them up and other times you wished you had. That just about sums it up.
Love that saying 😀 thank you!
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Lol
What an amazing video. I've been divorced for 36 years. (never remarried) I wish I had seen this video when I was younger. You guys are richer than anyone in the world. God Bless you all.
Can't wait to hear the story of the twins.
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Did anyone else see the hummingbird?? I saw it fly right up to the lens of camera right after she said they got married and lived with granny....so cool
Now the story of Matt's truck was funny, "Hades hath no fury like a woman scorned"
Thank you for sharing! The story about you putting Matt's truck for sale is absolutely brilliant, and hysterical. There are so many parallels between your relationship and my husband, and this made me smile. My husband passed away 2 years ago, and I miss him so much. I know you two cherish each other, which is wonderful.
I'm so sorry you lost him Kathy!! Thank you for watching!
Oh my goodness I got to the part about the truck and the radio and I cannot stop smiling. I have just discovered your channel and it is such a delight. I am now in my 60's and I see more and more the importance of sharing your story with others. My warmest wishes from my family in Australia to yours.
(I laughed until I had tears in my eyes about that truck prank!🤣 Hilarious!)
You both are a beautiful couple. Kindred spirits on the same plane. God bless you and congratulations!!
Thank you so much! 😀
@@CelebratingAppalachia After talking about when you got married, and then you mentioned Pap & Granny ~12:34 a Hummingbird !!! Wow !!!
Love your story, y’all are special. My husband and I are coming up on 50 years this June. He proposed in 4 weeks in February of 1973, had to wait until June to get married, I had promised my mama I would not get married until I was 20. Turned 20, on June 23, got married on June 30th. We are truly each other’s other half. We have 3 beautiful daughters, 7 wonderful grandkids and 3 great grandkids.(3 awesome son-in-laws). God keeps us strong, the big “C” entered our lives 8 years, but with tons of prayers and God’s willing my husband is still here. We look back and wonder where did the time go, no regrets, it’s been a blast. God bless 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
You and Matt remind me of my wife and myself. We have been married for 40 years and going strong. We rely on each other's strengths and support each other's weaknesses. We believe that if you put God at the head of your marriage you can endure all hardship. God bless you all. Keep the good videos coming.
Loved hearing your story. It does make me sad that I made a bad decision and my marriage didn't survive. It's very obvious how in love you both are still with each other.
I can't tell you how much I cherish this video. I feel like I'm listenin to my mama and daddy. I was born in Eastern Kentucky, but at a young age moved to NC. It's a different world here. When I was 17 I lost my mama and daddy to a traffic accident. Now I'm 34. I miss them so much & I missed so many stories like this. So after such a long time of being subscribed to this channel, I just cherish this on a totally different level, especially as a mom to 3 and a wife. Thank you.
I'm so sorry you lost them way too soon! I just can't imagine! I'm glad you enjoy our videos!!
It’s call making a covenant with each other!!! My husband and I have been married for 43 years. The covenant we made with God and each other has taken us through good times, hard times and the joy of raising 4 beautiful children. Two years after our son was born, we had our sweet little girl. She was born with a heart disorder that required her to have surgery within days after she was born. At that time we were told she wouldn’t live to be a year old but God had a special plan for her life. She lived to be 12years, 6 months and 6day old. What a gift she was to our family. After she went to live with her Heavenly Father, we started keeping medical foster kids. Our first placement was two week old twins, boy and a girl. We ended up adopting those sweet little babies. We have had 36 medical foster kids come through our home. Said all that to say this, when a family deals with situations they have no control over, it either pushes them apart or it bonds them closer together. That’s where a covenant with God and each other makes the difference!
On this monday in clyde, i wish 2 friends blessings and enjoy. What a great plan for life you have. Have a happy holiday witb joy and know thd lord is coming.
Anybody that makes it past 1 year nowadays is doing good and to make it 28 going on a lifetime is wonderful. I love the way y'all are with each other and the way Matt is always telling you how pretty you are, and you're too pretty to do that and I just think that's so sweet. Y'all are a very good example to you girls and others. Keep up the good work
Our story is so much like yours. We just celebrated 30 years. We were also a blind date (we got married two weeks later, to the day). The people who set us up divorced about a year and a half after we were married. We based our marriage on our love for the Lord and family and that has worked for us! We took those vowels seriously....still do.
God bless you both and may you enjoy many more healthy years together!
Tipper and Matt, I love your story. I believe the most important anchor in marriage is respect and you both have it for one another. Thank you for sharing. I wish you another 28+ years together.
My wife and I got married at the little church on Lake Junaluska 33 years ago during hurricane Hugo. I consider it a blessing to be from WNC.
Thanks for sharing your story. My twin sister and I were born in 1986 and grew up on a piece of land in rural Oklahoma that our grandfather gave to our parents before we were born. My dad is a carpenter by trade and built our family home, but it wasn't fully complete until 2007 when my sister and I graduated from community college and left home. 12 months sounds FAST in comparison!
Your description of love and commitment reminds me of a definition of love from a 2018 New Yorker interview with the world-famous couples therapist Esther Perel. I'm paraphrasing here, but "Love is a verb, and it's often surprising how it can ebb and flow. Love is not a permanent state of enthusiasm. Love is a practice."
The truck story was AWESOME! Tipper, you might not have thought it up, but you carried it through! I think anyone who watches your channel, knows how much you love Matt, the girls, your home, and Appalachia. Great video! 💖
Such a beautiful couple! Thank you for sharing your love story with us. I look forward to hearing about you finding out you were going to be having twins!
Thank you so much!! 😀
Very interesting, what a great story you two have. You showed us a side of your life we've never seen before! I really enjoyed it! Thank you for sharing it. 😀👍 (We have been married for 60 years now.)
My word, you were an absolutely gorgeous young couple! ❤
My husband and I got married on 7/30/1994. And we have been through so much together. Now we are both totally disabled, left the City of Pittsburgh for the Appalachian Mountains in South Central Pennsylvania, Somerset Pa. I wouldn't change a thing 💯❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍
You two are so great! Loved hearing your story, waiting for the story about your twins!
Thank you so much!! 😀
It seems like it wasn't us, but it also seems like just yesterday. You put into words how it feels about being married for 20 years to my husband. Time really does fly by like my elders used to say, and I never believed until recently. Thanks for sharing your story with us.
What a blessing for Pap to gift you the land for your home. Incredible. Thanks for sharing your love story. I appreciate the authenticity of it. My husband and I are 5 years in and times are tight with the recession and inflation. Two tiny kids. Y’all are incredibly inspiring. 28 years is incredible.
Keep loving each other and those two littles, it will work out!
Hi girl... I have been married for 15 years and my dear husband went through a financial crisis few years ago, it was hard for both but I prayed to God to give me the strength to support him and everything got better through the years. Always think about the happy moments you both have experienced together and it will bring you peace to keep going ! God bless you and your family
That was sweet of your husband saying “pretty like you!”.
It's difficult to believe you guys were married 28 years and that you're both nearly 50! You both look so young. Whatever you're doing, keep it up! And thank you so much for sharing your cooking prowess with the rest of us. I very much enjoy hearing you speak.
It is a gift to find that someone that completes the story. I feel my story is not much different than yours and we just celebrated 32 years together. There are challenges but as you say as the years pass by the relationship deepens into something you never realized possible. Thank you for sharing your story.
What a sweet and inspiring story, Tipper and Matt, and the old photos were a fun addition. One of my favorite of your videos. Can't wait to hear the story about the twins.
“We decided that we would put up Matt’s truck for sale”
LMAOOOOOO🤣 Omg I just laughed so hard at that!! For $500 too??? Loooool!!!!
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My husband & I are high school sweethearts who met at the mall in 1984. We didn't go to the same school, and we lived 30 miles away from each other. He graduated a year before me, but was so crazy in love with me that he wasn't going ANYWHERE! 32 years married!
My wife and I will be married 55 years in a few weeks, and we can say Amen to the wisdom you shared with everyone about marriage. As a retired pastor, I am also thankful that you had the courage to tell the truth about the importance of God in your lives and marriage. Yes, it takes courage, especially nowadays to include God. One other thing, at 55 years of marriage, you'll still be having that same strange experience of it seeming like ages ago when you were a young, carefree couple....but yet at the same time, almost like yesterday.
I do so enjoy all of your videos but especially today. My only aunt worked at Champion in Hamilton, Ohio. And hearing you talk about your love story lifted my heart. We were married in 1974 when lots of folks talked about marriage was just a piece of paper. We talked it all through before we walked down the aisle and made our marriage our own. One hard and fast rule was even if the heat of the worst argument neither of us would ever talk about divorce. And we never did. Your story reminded me so much of ours. Matt reminds me so much of the man I married…quiet strength, lives true to his principles. A decade ago my husband collapsed while riding his bike and could not be revived. The next day I had a call from the fire department with a message from the man who called them when he saw him fall. That man wanted me to know that while waiting for the EMTs my husband just wanted to get home to his wife. He never did. That all was the definition of “bittersweet.” It was the worst call ever but with the sweet knowledge that I was the one he was thinking of.
I hope you and Matt have so, so many more years together and that you will continue to share your popsicles and chats with us all.
I'm so sorry you lost him! What love that he was only thinking of you!! So priceless. I'm glad you enjoyed this one!!
Beautiful story!! A lasting marriage is something to be proud and thankful for. You simply can’t beat being married to your best friend! Thank y’all for sharing!
Always love hearing how we met stories. Good stuff and trust me you're not old, I know because I'm old.
How sweet. We've been married 50 yrs. Know what you're talking about and agree w/every
bit of it. Noticed how he couldn't remember dates, events when you asked, but when you
asked about his truck he could give you every detail! Lol
Making a marriage work is sometimes so hard , I have nothing but respect for both of you. May you continue.
This is so precious. Thank you for sharing your story. I love hearing the story of how couples met. Great hearing stories of strong marriages.
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Glad you enjoyed it! 😀
Enjoyed this visit with ya'll so much! My marriage started out that same way, but I'm sad to say that the challenges and opportunities of the corporate world drew his heart away. Hearing you talk reminds me of my aunt and uncle who have that same joyful, relaxed companionship of a life-long love. May the LORD bless & keep you growing strong even as we all get old!
I'm watching this video a year (Sept '24) after it was posted, so August 2023. The intro title read 28 years married, so now you've been married 29 years, which means you were married in 1995, the same year as my wife and myself (3/11/95). Happy 29th anniversary! Our two sons were born 1997 and 2000. Our first-born, William, got married in 2022 and 2023 saw the birth of our first grandchild (girl), and March 2025, our next should arrive. LORD willing.
I really have enjoyed your videos the last couple days and have shared them with my wife, Jennifer. I drive truck so I'm away from home for quite some time, but when home we like to cook together. Looking forward to more content!
So refreshing to see in this world that there are people dedicated to each other and willing and happy to share in the joy of a union that is successful. This principle that is biblical that God joins man and woman together and they become one flesh is sorely lacking in society. My husband and I will celebrate 40 years on 12/22 God willing. We met in the bowling alley when I was on a league and he was home on leave from the Marine Corps. He proposed in just 4 short weeks. We often say we got married and then dated! Always put God first and you will be successful. Loved hearing your beautiful story and I love the radio truck for sale prank!! That was classic!
You are a wonderful example of love and Godly marriage. Love watching your family. 🙏
Thank you so much! 😀
I admire you guys so much! We had twins, and we are simple people, we are just proud we have a roof over our head, clothes on our back, our health, and it’s a simple life, but we are truly blessed, loving the old ways, and in this day and time, we are blessed to know the old ways, our twins are 29, and we have a son that’s 24 now! We still live on the family farm, where I was raised, grow a garden, have chickens, and we even built an outdoor toilet this year, loving the simple life, going back to our roots as much as Possible! It’s funny how you go back to the way you were raised, instead of trying to be someone your not! God has truly blessed all of us! Thanks so much for sharing! Can’t wait for the twin story, ooh boy! That was a shocker for us for sure! 💞💞
I love a good "how we met" story! I've heard many of them from my sisters and brothers, and I also treasure the memory of how my late husband and I got together. I didn't know him at all and he teased me about a huge art textbook I was reading for Art 101. Soon our first date was visiting the Albright Knox museum across the street from Buffalo State College, where we studied. I know that for a marriage to be a success, love and respect and a loving relationship with God must be there. I'm so glad you two are blessed with each other!
What a beautiful story! Reminds me of a beautiful song…. “Even though we ain’t got money, I’m so in love with you, honey, and everything will bring a chain of love. And in the morning, when I rise you bring a tear of joy to my eyes, And tell me everything is gonna be alright”…..
Love that song 😀
I love your "how we met and are staying together" story! Miss Tipper looks like such a sweet gentle lady but she has a spunky side! Advertising Matt's not-for-sale-truck🤣 So sweet how you both turned around to find each other.
Tipper! I couldn't imagine you had that in you but dang I respect you even more now. Love the story of your marriage, thank you for sharing.
😀 Thank you Robin!!
Your family is precious, and beautiful to watch. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much!
I truly loved and enjoyed this! You know, we got married in the days when people started writing their own vows and that's what we did. I quoted Ruth from the Bible and, like you, I meant every word I said before God and our Pastor and all of our loved ones. Now, many years later, I mean them even more. I truly married my best friend. Thank you and Matt for sharing this with us and the pictures ❤️
So glad you enjoyed it 😀
You two are so uplifting. Thank you for sharing. I have been married to my best friend for 44 years next month, and I thank God everyday for him. God Bless you both❤
Congratulations and thank you!
That truck story is a country song in the making… love it!
These are so peaceful to watch. I keep telling young folks they should sit and do a video history of their relatives. It’s so wonderful you are doing these as part of your legacy. My late mother’s family is all from Eastern Kentucky. These make me think of her.
So true. We have to know that our commitment was/is to God. Thanks for sharing your story with us! (Jane in SC ❤🙏
Glad you enjoyed it Jane 😀
Ms Tipper. you two have selected a wonderful location to tell of the story of you and Matt! While the trees around you have shed their life again for this season, there is that special quality to the tone of your laughter that speaks volumes to the breadth of your loving relationship! Seeing the way you two interact during what could be a very personal story is clearly reflected in the growth and development of your girls! Congratulations and many more fine days like this. -Bob...
Thank you Bob 😀
What a great couple love the stories . My wife and i got married 1975 august 28 47 years so far when we said i do that was it .
I think we're the same age. I was born in 1973 and was 21 and 1994. My husband and I have been married for 3 years. We were high-school friends and then went our first date 20+ years later in 2016 and been together ever since. Too bad I didn't know he was my soul mate 30 years earlier!
It's fun listening to you talk about the ins and outs of keeping a marriage going. Our story kind of parallels yours to an extent. We started out with much of nothing and November 5th we celebrated our 57th wedding anniversary. Wasn't a cake-walk for sure, but love, like people, tempers with age and becomes much fuller, like a good set of broken-in boots. :) We were married in 1965 by a preacher in Cumberland, Maryland, without much fanfare and raised two children (now 53 and 56). Where's the time go? We enjoy your presentations a lot, they are like us...down home and not showy. God bless you guys.
Congratulations on 57 years!! 😀
I got married in April and we love watching you and Matt! Y’all are a shining example of what makes a marriage last and we follow y’all’s advice! Thanks for the story! I’m so excited to watch!
I've always enjoyed your videos, Tipper, but this one is really special.💖 Many thanks to you and Matt for sharing your early lives with us. I confess that I laughed until I cried about Matt's truck!🤣 The love, respect, commitment and friendship that y'all share is so beautiful, as is your abiding faith and trust in God. Ok, now y'all get busy on the video about the twins!😉😊⚘
Thank you!!
I just found your channel a couple of weeks ago but this may be my favorite video so far. It is so wonderful to see people who really care about each other and work together to make a marriage last. Plus the story about Matt's truck being for sale is hilarious! I am a proud Appalachian myself. Born and raised in Southwest Virginia.
Thank you 😊
Thank you for sharing your life, your girls look just like you when you were that age, very beautiful family, Merry Christmas and happy new year to you and your family
Yall are precious Thank you for sharing your story.
Thank you so much!
You guys are lovely. Thank you for sharing part of your story with us. In such crazy times when it seems like the country is so off track I for one am grateful for the yesteryear family values you exemplify. Your daughters are the proof you did it right:.)
What a inspiration you two are. Matt is so soft spoken. I really enjoyed hearing about ya'lls courtship & beginning. I think all young people that are about to be married should watch this video. We have been married for nearly 44 years & it's a rollercoaster that's a fact. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤🙏
Thanks for sharing again! We are coming upon 50 years in November. We have had those rough spots and the good times, and all that comes with marriage. We were never promised an easy life, but having our mate makes it all better!
50 years-congratulations!!
Molded our roles together. What a fantastic way of saying that.
Your story is fascinating, Matt and Tipper! Thanks for letting us viewers in on it. Advertising Matt's truck for sale as revenge for a broken heart was funny, but learning that the "glue" holding your marriage together is your common values, including mutual respect, and also your faith is an extremely powerful message. For virtually all my life I've heard "opposites attract" and have seen it disproved over and over, and have experienced the folly of it personally. Kudos to the two of you getting it right from the beginning and continuing to do it right.
What sweet story you make a lovely couple ,great parents and you play beautiful music much love and hugs and the lord’s blessing
Thank you so much!
I have sat here with a smile on my face so big that my jaws are hurting. LOL. You have brought tears of joy to my eyes. I absolutely think the world of you two people. God had a plan..... it was meant to be. Thank you so much for sharing these Precious Memories with us. I cannot think of enough good words to tell you how happy this video has made me. I'm telling you , and I mean it from the bottom of my heart you , people feel like family.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ . A beautiful, beautiful memory.
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Beautiful! The love and bond between you two is present in every moment! What a handsome couple you were and still are, even more so now. Funny story: Once, on the Tonight Show, Johnny Carson had a lady guest who had been married for 75 years. Having himself been married five times, Johnny had to ask her: "In all those years, did you ever think of divorce?" The audience laughed (at him). The lady guest became very indignant: "No! Never! Young man, in my day, a promise was a promise. In my day, we kept our word. I can swear that in seventy-five years of marriage, I have never once thought of divorce. Not once! ...Murder, yes, but never divorce!" God bless!
Definitely need to put God first. You both were so wise to do this. You were a blessing to each other!💞
Great story!
I first set eyes on my future wife when we were in third and fourth grade in a town 15 miles and four years away from where we would start dating in 7th and 8th grade. Married at 23 and 24, we've been together 46 years.
God first and foremost and then the division of labor in building the family and maintaining the farmstead, guy doing guy stuff, gal doing gal stuff, united when needed to accomplish the task of raising and directing the children. Nowadays we're the secure anchor for our children and grandchildren, a place where they can come to "recharge their batteries".