What’s the secret to a long, a happy romance? Live in different states and stay single. At least that’s how it looks for Mark and Kim, both 51, who have dated for 19 years, have never been married before and have no children. The couple talked about their relationship before a Bingo game started at a Kiwanis Club one recent, winter afternoon. One day in 1995, Kim visited a phone company for her job as a corporate travel agent. Mark, an electrician, was doing repairs in the room in which Kim was working. “I asked her to go to the office Christmas party,” said Mark. “I said ‘no’ at first because I wasn’t an employee of the company,” said Kim. But Mark said he could get her a ticket. “It was a good party,” Kim recalls. “It was love at first date,” said Mark, who guessed it was a black frock Kim wore that night. “It was a green, strapless dress,” she said. So will the couple ever marry? They’re pretty sure – yeah – someday. But in the meanwhile, said Kim; “The way things are - keeps things fresh.”
Writer Stacy Milbouer and photographer Kathy Seward MacKay ask strangers about love for one year.
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Kim and Mark
What’s the secret to a long, a happy romance? Live in different states and stay single. At least that’s how it looks for Mark and Kim, both 51, who have dated for 19 years, have never been married before and have no children. The couple talked about their relationship before a Bingo game started at a Kiwanis Club one recent, winter afternoon. One day in 1995, Kim visited a phone company for her job as a corporate travel agent. Mark, an electrician, was doing repairs in the room in which Kim was working. “I asked her to go to the office Christmas party,” said Mark. “I said ‘no’ at first because I wasn’t an employee of the company,” said Kim. But Mark said he could get her a ticket. “It was a good party,” Kim recalls. “It was love at first date,” said Mark, who guessed it was a black frock Kim wore that night. “It was a green, strapless dress,” she said. So will the couple ever marry? They’re pretty sure – yeah – someday. But in the meanwhile, said Kim; “The way things are - keeps things fresh.”
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