Speaking to Jimmy Carter in 2015, American journalist and writer Jake Tapper curiously asked him about the secret to his 70+ years of marriage with Rosalynn Carter and how they kept their marriage strong. Carter replied with three key things.
The first secret was “You have to pick your partner carefully and make sure they are the right one. “
The second was “You have to give each other space to do your own thing.” Basically not going to bed/sleep angry. You have to reconcile before you go to bed at night, he emphasized.
The third was to “Try to find everything you can think of that you like to do together.”Â
For the Carters, that common interest was family.
