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Seventy-Five Years After the Wedding: Horses, an Electric Car, and a Buttoned Lip

Larry and Helen Frey are marking 75 years since their wedding day. They came home on a chilly November night in 1951 to a rugged prairie house with no cupboards or electricity.

They have seen huge changes in the world, from farming with horses and having no phones to zipping across the country in an electric car and FaceTiming their children on cell phones.

Larry's advice is short and to the point: keep your lip buttoned.

AI-generated discussion · Different perspectives

Take

That advice is either the most economical wisdom ever offered to a spouse or a warning that he has been holding something in for 75 years.

Pushback

The less quotable version is better: Larry says giving a partner space is sometimes the best thing in a relationship.

Based on publisher excerpts

CBC Canada ↗From horses to electric cars: Sask. couple sees world transform over 75-year marriage