Holding It Down! 15 Secrets of Celeb Couples Who’ve Stayed Together For Years

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2. Bill & Camille Cosby

When a couple has been together as long as these two have (married in 1964), it would be wise to listen to their words of wisdom as it pertains to love and marriage. Camille says: “The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns, then your marriage is a gift from the gods.”

While that is poetic, many couples don’t make it through the initial stages of marriage to build enough memories to savor. In an interview with O Magazine, Camille shared that you have to get over being selfish in the beginning  in order to get through – especially if infidelity could be involved. “You go through a transition, if you are committed to each other. You cleanse yourself of all of that baggage, and you look at each other and determine whether the relationship is worth salvaging, whether you really love each other and want to be together. Then you realize, “Wait a minute. I might have been doing this because I just didn’t want to think about how this would affect the other person or to allow myself to love someone with emotional intimacy. When we knew that we really wanted to be with each other, that we didn’t want to live without each other. That probably happened ten years after we were married, when we really spent time talking about what marriage means.” 

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