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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 10:51 PM Jul 2021

They've been together for 35 years. Now their love has gone viral.

Peter Robinson and his partner, Murray Buchanan, have been together for 35 years and their love is just as strong as ever. But now the internet is celebrating the Australian couple’s anniversary after Robinson tweeted photos of the pair when they first started dating and now.

Robinson told our sister site, Queerty, that the two met while out on the town. “We met at a nightclub on a Friday night,” he said. “I was introduced to him by his ex-partner. It was just before the AIDS epidemic hit in Australia.”

Robinson says they registered their relationship with the government in 2000 before marriage equality came to the continent. He says a civil union fits their relationship just fine. “We registered our relationship as significant other as marriage wasn’t an option at that time. That was not legal until 2017 in Australia,” he said. “The registration gives us the same rights as a married couple and doesn’t bring religion into it. We did not see a reason for it.”

As Robinson’s photos swept the social media site, users quickly responded. The tweet racked up hundreds of thousands of likes and hundreds of well wishes. Others sent photos of themselves with their longtime partners.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/07/theyve-together-35-years-now-love-gone-viral/


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They've been together for 35 years. Now their love has gone viral. (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jul 2021 OP
Great pics and a lovely relationship! I'm coming up on my 34th year of marriage. MLAA Jul 2021 #1
We just had our 39th at the end of April. lark Jul 2021 #3
Yes, yes it does! MLAA Jul 2021 #5
That an accomplishment. I've been with the wife for 34 years. GulfCoast66 Jul 2021 #2
I have a couple of friends in Australia that have been together around 30 years MLAA Jul 2021 #4

MLAA

(17,288 posts)
1. Great pics and a lovely relationship! I'm coming up on my 34th year of marriage.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 10:56 PM
Jul 2021

I’m going to have to dig up ‘before and after’ pics.

lark

(23,099 posts)
3. We just had our 39th at the end of April.
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 10:31 AM
Jul 2021

Congrats to all of us long timers - it takes a lot of commitment & strength to make through life's twists and turns.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
2. That an accomplishment. I've been with the wife for 34 years.
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 11:23 PM
Jul 2021

It’s not alway easy in the early years. But, at least for us, the last 15 have gotten smoother.

They look like a great couple.

Is nice they have the option to marry but still have all the rights as married couples.

I have gay co-workers who got married as soon as they could. But one couple I know together for over 30 years kept doing what works for them.

MLAA

(17,288 posts)
4. I have a couple of friends in Australia that have been together around 30 years
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 10:35 AM
Jul 2021

and the registration approach works for them as well. Agree it is wonderful Australians have options.

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