Jimmy Carter, wife Rosalynn celebrate 75 years of marriage

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter on Saturday turned to his wife Rosalynn and thanked her for 75 years of marriage, telling her that she’s always been right for him.

“I want to express particular gratitude for being the right woman that I chose for my wife,” Carter said at a 75th wedding anniversary celebration in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. About 300 friends and family members attended the event at Plains High School, part of which was livestreamed.

Rosalynn Carter, sitting by his side, recounted how she didn’t care for dating young men while growing up and never thought she’d get married.

“I didn’t know how to talk to them, I didn’t want to go out with them,” she said. She added that she used to urge her mother to tell suiters calling for her on the phone that she wasn’t around.



Amy Carter, left, rises her glass during a toast to her parents former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary Saturday, July 10, 2021, in Plains, Ga.. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool)


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[hlthe2b]

1. Very happy for them...

[canetoad]

2. Beautiful people

[peppertree]

3. Touching and inspiring

So much history, so many memories - and so much given back. We're blessed to still have them with us.

[SouthBayDem]

10. They got this bike as a Christmas gift!

I reverse image searched that photo, that's how I learned the context and setting (Christmas Eve 1980 in their hometown Plains, GA).

[peppertree]

11. Is that right? What a thoughtful gift - all the more so in such a difficult holiday season for them

Besides being defeated by Reagan and George 'Hostages Wait' Bush, that December Carter broke his collarbone while skiing.

Then, of course, he returned to Plains to a bankrupt farm - thanks to his brother Billy (whose antics did so much to defeat his chances, as you know).

Little wonder he called 1980 'the worst year of my life'.

April showers, right?

[AZ8theist]

4. One of my VERY FIRST HEROES....

And the first exceptional person I voted for after turning 18.

The epitome of a true Democrat.

Congrats to Jimmy and Rosalynn. Both True American icons.

[twodogsbarking]

5. U.S. Census figures show

that fewer than 6 percent of marriages endure 50 years, and no statistics exist for marriages that make it to 75, because the incidence is so rare.

[peppertree]

12. +1

As the joke goes, 'my parents were married for 54 years - a few of them good!'

[pressbox69]

6. After 1980

I thought about never voting again. I had no idea there were more Reagan demons lurking in the shadows of America's future. Congrats to the first POTUS I voted for, in 76.

[clementine613]

7. Congratulations to President and Mrs. Carter.

Wishing them many more years of happiness together.

[clementine613]

8. As an aside..

.. I don't know that this really qualifies as LBN.

[oasis]

9. Beautiful.