Aged 105 and 106, World's Oldest Couple Recently Celebrated Their 80th Marriage Anniversary

¡®Happily ever after¡¯ seems like a myth in modern age of ours. However there is one couple in the world who has been living it as a reality. The world¡¯s oldest couple recently celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary on December 22.

John is 106-year-old and Charlotte is 105-year-old and their aggregate age is 211 years and 175 days.

To mark their 80th anniversary, John picked up Charlotte in a 1920s roadster, exactly how he picked her up on their first date, with a bouquet of flowers.

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A few days ago their community in Austin, Texas threw them a party, friends and family gathered at Longhorn Village- there was food and nostalgia.

Jason Free helped his great uncle and great aunt get recognised by Guinness World Records in November as the world's oldest living couple. He said to CNN affiliate KXAN, "They are a wonderful couple, and an example of a very happy couple, glad to be around each other, travel together, and live life.¡±

John and Charlotte met at The University of Texas in 1934 and they were married in 1939, just a few months after the World War II.

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"They'll tell you stories of the past, but they don't dwell on the past," Free said to KXAN.

John, is the oldest living former UT football player and he makes sure to attend at least one Longhorn game every year.

Jim Bissett who is a resident at Longhorn Village and has been friends with the couple for 10 years said, "They're just gracious, nice, kind people. They're the salt of the earth."

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So what is the secret of long life and a happy marriage? According to John and Charlotte, it is to live life in moderation and to be ¡°cordial to your spouse¡±.

Here is wishing the two, many more years of happiness and healthy life.