Earlier this month, Alice and Vivian had their first wedding anniversary. Their relationship has now lasted an astonishing seventy-three years. I first wrote about this cute elderly lesbian couple last year. They got quite a bit of press for their long-awaited marriage - national and international. Follow me below the orange wedding decoration for a report of their first anniversary.
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Vivian Boyack and Alice “Nonie” Dubes were married in Davenport, Iowa on Saturday, September 6 of 2014, after 72 years together. They exchanged vows at First Christian Church. When the media got wind of this extraordinary event and these wonderful ladies, it made national and international news.
It seems that their first wedding anniversary celebration was much simpler than the wedding and far less publicized. The guests were just two close friends and they had cherry pie à la mode and iced tea. It sounds like a very pleasant event for these two women in their nineties.
From The Guardian:
“It’s been fine, because we were together for 72 years before. We just couldn’t get married,” Dubes told the Guardian. “Nothing’s changed. Still the same – very good.”
The couple are not interested in discussing the decades they have spent together. As Dubes spoke with the Guardian by phone, Boyack chimed in on the call.
“We’re old and grouchy,” she said, prompting laughter from Dubes.
“We get that way sometimes, but just think how many years we’ve known each other,” Dubes said.
Since their story made international headlines, Dubes and Boyack have declined press requests and book offers, communicating their wishes through a man they have known since they were both 19.
“We heard from 25 countries and all over the United States. People wanted to write books and all sorts of things,” Dubes said.
They spend most of their days as they did before they were married – maintaining their four-room apartment and zipping around their retirement village on electric scooters.
“After all, we’re 92 years old,” Dubes said. “And it’s time for us to go to dinner now.”
Hey! I'm getting older, and I am sometimes grouchy too. It happens. And, I never turn down an opportunity to have cherry pie à la mode. I'd prefer coffee with it, however. Anyway, it is delightful to hear from these two sweet ladies again. My continued best wishes to this happy couple!
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