Just an old-fashioned love song
One I’m sure they wrote for you and me
Just an old-fashioned love song
Comin’ down in 3-part harmony
Who doesn’t love a good old fashioned romance? A real, honest to goodness romance with real people in real situations? Last May I wrote a piece here entitled, “Fairy Tales, Princesses, Marriage, and Me.” In the comments section dozens of people left their wonderful stories about how they met and married their handsome prince or beautiful princess. In honor of Valentine’s Day, I wanted to share some of my favorite true-life love stories with you, and some of my favorite real life love stories with you from other Meridian readers. Will you share your love story with us? Leave it in the comments below and give us all something to enjoy this Valentine’s Day!
Heidi T.
I looked past the bald spot (really – the whole bald head) and snagged my handsome prince who is sweet, kind, wonderful, and whose sole purpose in life is to do what it takes to make me happy. My advice will always be (and I got married when I was 30) to marry someone who is nice and who you see serving others. If they are kind of geeky – even better.
Julie
I met my handsome prince at 27 and almost let him get away from me because I thought he was too young for me. A mutual friend set me straight and told me he was a lot closer to my own age then I had guessed and as soon as I realized that I turned my attention more fully on him. We had a few encounters, but it was a couple of 3 or 4 hour phone conversations that convinced me what a really wonderful guy he is. We met in January. Had our first official date on March 9th and got engaged a week later. We were married 6 weeks after that and the day before Catherine married her prince I celebrated 10 amazing years with mine. No one ever talks about how much hard work happily ever after really is, but 10 years later I still believe in Fairy tales, because I’m living proof that happily ever after happens.
Terry
The handsome princes ARE out there! I found one! It is a joy to live with a man who LOVES me (and my bossy ways), LOVES the Lord, LOVES our children and LOVES to work hard! I don’t know how I got so lucky but I thank my Heavenly Father every day. And I try to live worthy of his love every day, too. If I’m feeling witchy with a “b”, I remember that he NEVER acts that way and I can’t always use the hormonal excuse! I prayed for 23 years for a man to love and who would love me. It was my righteous desire that the Lord saw fit to answer.
Sylver
Just celebrated 37 years of marriage yesterday. I was married at 19, he was 20-most said it wouldn’t last. He doesn’t bring me jewelry, candy and flowers for our anniversary, birthday and such, what he does do is come home after 12-14 hour days and pick up the broom, wash the dishes after dinner, irons his own clothes (he said it is relaxing). He calls me beautiful every morning, even when I know I look scary. He does everyday things every day that let me know he loves me. I know he will always do what it takes to provide for our family and that is a great security. We tell each other, “I’ll love you more today then yesterday, but not as much as tomorrow…” and it is true. He makes me feel like royalty even though I am just a commoner.
Robyn
I really liked the part about true love being all about second chances. In my married experience, it’s about far more than second chances–loving another person with all your heart means overlooking their faults and shortcomings on a daily basis, and loving them anyway. Never confuse that with settling for less, just understand that we are working TOWARD perfection–we’re not there yet!
Joyce Broderick
At the age of eighty three, I still love a true fairy tale of love and honor.
Linda Sheldon
Yes, give each other a second look, and see their true beauty.
Mumzy
I fell in love with my Prince when I was 55. He was 57. It was the second marriage for us both, our first marriages ending in divorce. Both of us were single for well over a decade before we found each other. I was determined to never marry again, but love got the better of me. He had multiple sclerosis. We were married for Time and Eternity. He died five years later.Bruce is still my Prince. I am still his Princess Bride.
Elyse
So I married Prince Humperdink and he turned out to be a wicked, nasty sorceror beneath the sweet exterior, gave a balding, short farm boy a second chance and we are living happily ever after. (He really is a prince!) Loved your article, it is soooooooo true!!! Signed, An older, round princess in disguise who was given a second look by a sweet farm boy)
Leora Richardsen
Never dreamed when I went to dance at local air force base I would meet a blond curly haired shy man, we fell in love in short time and now we are 82 and 81 and can’t bear to be parted love does not die it grows if both try to make the other happy and share their lives and chores . not going off with so called mates. He is all I have ever wanted we have 5 children 20 grand and great grandchildren and hope to have a few more years on this earth and then spend eternity together with none of the aches and pains we now have
Joy Lundberg
I loved your article. So fun and romantic. We all need more of that in this crazy world. Oh, I married my prince in the Salt Lake Temple 55 years ago. And I love him even more now. Good thing he saw beyond the inexperience of the young 19 year-old farmer’s daughter. He was a cultured city boy. It worked! Now he’s a little bit country and I’m a lot more city.
Rebecker
Here’s to giving people second chances and looking at the true person inside. Some of the greatest people I’ve ever met (including my spouse) are people that didn’t fit “the resume” in my head of what was supposed to be… Really like that you pointed out the standard of the church they were married in which isn’t so different than the LDS having a temple standard.
Catherine Heiby
I met a farm boy many years ago when I was quite young. He was not a member of the LDS church at the time but I did not know that. I set my cap for him because he was a good person and for how I felt when I was with him; he was the kind of person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. He had been investigating the church prior to meeting me but was not very serious. After several months of dating, one night he invited me to stop in at my ward building to pick up something. I reluctantly I went in with him and much to my surprise there was to be a surprise baptism there that night, his! I watched his baptism and wept! 2 days later he proposed to me, 1 year later we married in the AZ Temple and now almost 40 years later I love him dearly and can only say that my farm boy is a prince.
Mary Jurgaitis
My handsome prince isn’t quite so handsome anymore (nor am I so young), but we have each other. He proposed to me on New Years Eve on Top of the Mark in San Francisco in 1965.
CB
What a fun article. I have been married for 3.5 years, and though that is a fairly short amount of time, my husband and I are still very much in love. It works out that way because we respect each other, trust that we will never purposely hurt each other, and do the important things like pray together and focus on Christ in our individual lives. He treats me like a princess and I treat him like a prince, despite our respective weaknesses. Together, we are royal! (P.S. I think it is interesting that there are so many comments on the column when it is about being single, and not very many when it is about being married. Anyone have thoughts on that?)
Winnie Rosenberg
No, My true love was not a ‘Prince”, one who would make the news like Prince William, but a Prince of a man who would be honorable and faithful, one who everyone loved and respected, one who could love with all his heart and blessed my life by giving me the pleasure of being his sweetheart and his wife for 60 years.
Melissa Ethington
I loved Pres. Uchtdorf’s talk on “Your Happily Ever After” in the May 2010 Ensign. We really can have a Happily Ever After with our spouse staring as the Handsome Prince. Be patient and it gets better and better every year, every month, and every day. With God, nothing is impossible.
Elaine
I enjoyed reading your article. Yes, many of us girls have grown up hoping to find our prince, and with true love become a princess ourselves. I found my prince, who was not a movie star, but a true prince inside, and we have been married for 40 years.
Danie
The Princess Bride is one of my favorite movies! The last time I watched it was about six months ago, and that was the night my husband first held my hand. It was two months ago today that I was married to my Prince. Until I met him, I didn’t believe there were guys like him anywhere in this world. Dreams do come true!
Sandy
After marrying young (18) divorcing after 6 years and two babies, and living 5 years as a single Mom….I met my handsome prince. He was everything on my prayer request list. Church member, Honored Priesthood, Loved me, Loved my boys, wanted more children, Well enough off I didn’t have to work outside the home, Handy Fix Things Man, and though not necessary…Good Looking with gorgeous blue eyes. We met on a Tuesday, were engaged by Friday, and married three months later in a Temple of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Thirty five years and two more children later…and fourteen grands….we love each other more than ever…and keep meeting the challenge of life with plenty of Spirit.
Yvonne Aston
My handsome prince walked up to me and we were introduced by a mutual friend. His first words to me, after ‘Hello’ were ‘I’m going to marry you’.I reacted as any normal 19 year old would and thought ‘Oh, good grief, a nutcase!’ Naturally, you have to be polite, so I laughed (nervously) and we had a conversation, a very interesting and amusing conversation. He was so good-looking, blonde, blue eyes, articulate, funny and very witty. We were married under a year later and were together for 42 years. Alas, he wasn’t a church member, but far more supportive of the church than many who are. Thanks to the temple, that has been remedied and I look forward to an amusing and romantic eternity!
