Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman. California, USA.

On a Hollywood landscape littered with countless broken marriages, the Newman-Woodward pairing became the gold standard.

Newman once attributed their lasting union to "correct amounts of lust and respect."

He offered an oft-quoted response when asked in Playboy magazine about the temptations of other women: "I have steak at home. Why go out for hamburger?"

The couple met and fell in love while Newman made his 1953 Broadway debut in William Inge's "Picnic," in which Woodward was an understudy. Five years later, shortly after Newman and his first wife divorced, he married the petite blond in a Las Vegas civil ceremony.

The couple moved into an 18th-century Connecticut farmhouse, a decision that Woodward later said solidified their marriage. "We were never Hollywood people," the Oscar-winning actress told the Daily News in 2001. "We just liked it better here. It also probably helps that we always enjoyed each other's company."

When Woodward returned to Sarah Lawrence College to earn her degree at age 60, she graduated with youngest daughter Clea. Newman marked the occasion by delivering the commencement address.

"Joanne," Newman once said, "is one of the last of the great broads."

Source: NY Daily News










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Amanda's Story. Georgia, USA.

My love story starts 17 years ago when I met Mike.  I had just started working at the hospital in town, and Mike was in nursing school and working there as well.  He had been divorced about a year at that time and had two young sons.  I turned him down the first time he asked me out……I am so glad that reconsidered.

You see, growing up, I often had dreams of what my ideal guy would be like-tall, super-model handsome, wealthy, and doting-all wrapped into one.  We would meet, fall in love, and travel theworld- just like in the movies.  However, I spent so much time looking for this made up fellow, that I missed opportunities to date seemingly regular yet probably wonderful guys.  As a result, I had never gotten serious with anyone. 

The truth is, the dream man I made up in my head did not exist exactly as I pictured, and

I am glad.  I found something even better with Mike.  He accepted me – quirks and all – and made me feel special just as I was.  He is my ideal mate.  He is shorter than me, but bigger in

personality and still the most handsome and romantic man in the world.  He is a dedicated husband and father, and I could not be luckier to have him.  We have four wonderful children, and I hope

that they will be as fortunate in love as we have been.

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