June is the month for weddings

A friend of mine tells me today is her parents' 50th wedding anniversary.

That any two people can be together that long just astounds me. Props to them.

Then, reading the paper over lunch, I see a British couple has been married 78 years and are working on the 80-year record in their country.

But, here in the good old USofA, there was a couple named Lazarus Rowe and Molly Webber, who were married in 1743 and remained united in wedded bliss until 1829 - - that's 86 YEARS if you can do the math!

Only one other documented marriage has lasted that young, and it involved a pre-arranged union in India where the bride and groom were under age 5. So, that doesn't really count.

So, if my friend's parents are only at 50 years, they're just getting started, right?!?