A couple married for 79 years will make you believe in true love

It’s not unusual to find yourself wondering if you’ve already found true love.

After all, you may have intensely strong feelings of affection and adoration for your partner, but how do you know if these things are true love?

In order to figure out if you’ve found your true love, it is important to understand what true love actually means.

Essentially, true love means that you have an unwavering, unbreakable and unparalleled fondness and devotion for your loved one.

It’s also defined by an emotional as well as physical connection with him or her that runs immeasurably deep, and life without your significant other would make no sense.

According to Motherly, a 2011 study conducted at Stony Brook University, New York, found that it is possible to be madly in love with someone after decades of marriage.

Researchers found similar activity in specific brain regions among longtime, happily married couples, and among couples who had recently fallen in love.

The research team at Stonybrook performed MRI scans on couples who had been married an average of 21 years. They found the same intensity of activity in dopamine-rich areas of the brains as seen in the brains of couples who were newly in love.

So yes, true love can last forever!

Merle + Stella

Almost 79 years married.

We could tell you about their first dance, or we could tell you about how there was an objection to them getting married. Instead, we’re going to show you how their love survives.

After 80 years together, married for 79 years, their love persists.

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