Ontario couple celebrating 65 years of marriage. Learn their secret to happiness
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Alec and Lois Boyter first met in Scotland in 1959. They are now about to celebrate their 65th anniversary in Wasaga Beach, Ont. What's their secret to happiness?
Not many couples get to the stage where they can celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary, but one couple from Wasaga Beach, Ont., is among the lucky few.
Lois, 84, and Alexander (Alec) Boyter, 88, will mark their 65th anniversary on March 28, but their family has a celebration planned for Sunday at the Wasaga Beach Community Presbyterian Church.
Speaking to Global News about their milestone anniversary, the couple was happy to share a few jokes and impart some wisdom about how they had made it this far.
“I would say number one would be commitment. You have to commit to it,” Alec said. “Respect. You have to have respect for your spouse or you would never be there.”
“I’m a little bit handicapped,” Lois added, “and Alec just seems to keep going, and he does so much for me.”
The couple, who share three children and many grandchildren, were married in Scotland in 1959 before immigrating to Canada in 1966.
“We’ve been here longer than we were in Scotland,” Alec recalled. “We came over to Canada to get away from life in Scotland. Because of life in Scotland, I was a clerical officer, but there was no future for our children…
“The one thing that’s important in the marriage is to be committed to your family and know what you’re doing. I think we did okay,” he said, laughing.
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