Ep 7: SPILLING Personal Tea, OMID’S Pre - Book PR, The Beatles, Your Thoughts Johnny Thompson!

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Welcome To the 7th Episode of A Gossip Before Bed...
In this video, I spill some personal tea and share how I met the love of my life!
From trips in a "Love Bug" to the Beatles reunited.
We even found out that Super Equerry Johnny Thompson has a tartan cape!
#agossipbeforebed #beatles #omidscobie #johnnythompson

[@alp6244]

We were high school sweethearts!👩‍❤️‍👨 My husband was a year ahead of me. He said he knew from the first time we made eye contact that I was “the one”. He was drafted upon his high school graduation into the Army, and ultimately shipped to Vietnam, was seriously wounded in an ambush, and hospitalized for 8+ months in military hospitals starting in Japan where he was transported after being airlifted by a brave helicopter pilot and stabilized in a field hospital. He praised those Army doctors and nurses with saving his life. When he finally returned home, he broke up with me. I was devastated as I had kept my promise to wait for him, and kept in close touch with his family, but his Dad, who was a WWII veteran, said not to fret as his son just needed time to acclimate to home life again. He was right as it wasn’t long before we were reunited, got engaged and a year later married on April 25, 1970. I had graduated from nursing school and he had become a police officer, and later a detective. We were married for 13 glorious years, with a beautiful son and daughter, when he suffered a catastrophic illness and became permanently disabled. I then became a full time caregiver for the next 25 yrs. He lived to see his children grow into adulthood, and passed away in our 38th year of marriage. He was a wonderfully kind husband, loving father, and a man who was always willing to help others. It’s been 15 yrs. since he passed and I still think of him every day and always will. It’s true that our most beautiful memories remain in our heart and can never be taken away.💞

[@Brightangel55]

❤ that's special ❤

[@kathyevans2968]

What a beautiful story and love that you shared! So Sorry for your loss.

[@alp6244]

@@kathyevans2968 Thank you💞

[@consolacionsunico8290]

Hats off to you for your true love and care for your husband!

[@bluerose_11]

young people could learn a lesson on what true love looks like, instead of the impossible ideal and expectation of perfection in a mate...heaven holds you both in high esteem 😍

[@Peonyrose-sk4bz]

May you be showered in pearls on your pearl anniversary. A very happy anniversary. Thank you for sharing your story - lovely.

[@thevintageread]

Not so far… 😂💗

[@DuchessDelusional]

Yes!! I hope you get a large pearl necklace tonight form your lovely husband. Sure it will spice things up!! Hahahhahahaha!!! 🍆💕

[@lornaackerman7022]

Happy Anniversary! We’ve been married 36 years, we were 21. We met at a bowling alley. I was supposed to go on a double date with my best friend to her cousin’s party. Another cousin fixed her up with his best friend, she wanted to make it a double date. Everyone agreed. Then the friend backed out last minute. We decided to just to go to the movies and stopped for a drink at the bowling alley after to see if any of our friends were around. It was dollar pitcher beer night, and the place was packed. We were at the bar with our first pitcher when a gorgeous grinning blonde man came up to us and asked me “ May I have the pleasure of accompanying you on the dance floor?” I was so caught off guard by the ridiculous question my response was “huh?” And he started to repeat himself grinning even more! I told him I had heard him the first time and couldn’t believe he’d actually said it. His happy response was “well do you?” Which made me laugh and I said yes how could I turn down someone that brave. Long story, we fell head over heels that night, had a whirlwind romance and he still makes me laugh with the ridiculous things that he says. A little bonus to the story is that this was exactly 2 weeks after Valentine’s Day, and in conversation he asked me what I had done to celebrate and how many cards I had gotten. Probably trying to find out if I had a boyfriend, I told him the truth, that I didn’t get any cards but I had gotten candy from my dad and drank myself sick with my best friend. He promised me no matter where he was in the world he would always send a Valentine’s card and he has definitely kept that promise.

[@thevintageread]

Oh he sounds gorgeous! I’m so glad you ended up together! 💗😊🤗

[@klgcute]

Born in 1947, I was a major Beatlemaniac, loving Ringo Starr most of all. A friend told me about a guy in our county who had a Beatles haircut and looked like Ringo. On March 1, 1965, that friend introduced me to the Ringo Starr lookalike, and on May 21, 1965, we were married. I was 17 and he was 19. We celebrated our 58th anniversary this year, have 4 kids, 7 grandkids, and 3 great-grandkids. Ain't love grand?? ❤

[@renekirebornrenekireborn4777]

Happy Anniversary!!! How thrilling to have a night out celebrating your incredible life together. Wish you many more wonderful years together! 🥂

[@thevintageread]

Thank you so much!!

[@jrsidebo]

I bought a horse colt and found a place to keep it at a coworker's mother's house. My future husband lived two doors down. He loved horses and would ride the other horse in the pasture and he'd come around when I was there. I went every day to take care of my baby. His sister later told me that she knew something was up when he'd put on a clean shirt to go to the barn. At first I didn't like him coming because the barn was kind of small and I thought he'd get all grabby - and then I hated it days when he didn't show up - and then I wondered when he would make a move! It all ended up with us marrying and apparently the neighbors had watched it all, hoping for that final outcome!

[@ronnie7075]

How lovely.

[@jackiegould1569]

aww romantic

[@thevintageread]

Awww what a fantastic story! Loved it! 💗💗💗

[@Andrea-Marie]

Great story! Greetings from Austria.

[@jennifer5130]

Remember, remember the 8th of November! Congratulations.

[@thevintageread]

😂💗

[@willawong6936]

My mother was pen pals with my husband's sister for years. They both decided to meet and his sister brought him to visit for 1 week at my parents' apartment. As my mom and his sister were conversing, I was hiding in the hallway, too shy to come out. Peeking from the door, I spotted this 17 year old boy with large gorgeous eyes. I was only 10 at the time. He didn't speak much English so my little brothers and I learned his language talking to him. He ended the visit asking if he could write to my brothers and me. We jumped at the invitation. Eventually, short letters came every few months to me and my brothers, until I decided to just write to him myself without my brothers. They were lazy about letter writing. My husband loved reading my long rambling letters. It was always a bit disappointing to get a short response that only said a few things and ended with a weather report and that he had to go to sleep. He started visiting every summer with his sister. It was annoying how my mother and his sister kept trying to set him up with nice girls. I had developed feelings for him but was too shy to say anything. None of those introductions led to anything even though a few of the girls were interested in him. I don't think any of them wanted a long distance relationship. He was never interested in any of the girls he met. Eventually, he asked my mother if she and I would visit Canada to meet his parents. My mother never clued in that I liked this guy or that he might be interested in me. We met his parents who seem to be checking me out. His mother liked me because I was shy and proper. My mother was quick to point out that I was quiet, but could turn into a lioness when provoked. Looks can be deceiving she warned. I was furious with my mother. How dare she point out my fault in front of "strangers"! My husband and I continued letter writing for many years until he wrote one day to tell me had fallen in love with me. I was only 16 at the time. My parents were concerned, so they wanted us to wait. We eventually got married when I was 21, and I moved to Canada. 42 years and three daughters later, we are still happy together. There were bumps along the way like losing a baby boy, losing jobs, etc., but we stuck together through it all. Now we travel everywhere, and enjoy seeing our daughters marry the loves of their lives. Just praying for the youngest daughter who is still searching for the "one". Your story is so inspiring. Sometimes we do start off as "mates" that can lead to a lifetime soul mate. Thank you for sharing. Loved the car story - made me chuckle!!!

[@kathyevans2968]

What a beautiful love story!

[@arlenepena6029]

When I met my husband, there weren't any romantic sparks from my end, I viewed him as a friend of a friend, but there was an inferno on his end, according to him. In the summer of 1976, I just graduated from high school. My friends and I were water babies surfed every morning before work or school.This was our routine. I met my now husband 6 months prior. Long story short, he wanted to talk to me, get to know me better, and the only way to accomplish this was to get a surf board. One morning, he paddles out into the ocean, where we happened to be waiting and watching for a big wave to ride into shore. He almost drowned (not a strong swimmer),he didn't know what he was doing or supposed to do on a surf board he almost ran into me with his board. He was yelling at me to help him because he had never surfed before. When we finally made it to shore, I went off on him and told him he could have broken my leg or hurt me physically. His reply was,"How eles am I ever gonna get to know you. At that moment, I realized this boy had a huge crush on me. And was willing to drown just to talk to me. We are still together talking. He is my best friend and my biggest supporter in life.

[@nana_ginny]

His family moved next door to us (in the country 😄), I was 14. We started going steady a year later I was 15 the next month, on Oct Friday the 13th 😊. I moved 3 more times including 2 1/2 hr drive which he traveled to see me many times. The yr I graduated from HS we married that was 48 years ago. 😂❤. Hope you had a very Happy Anniversary & dinner, and congratulations to you both. 🎉

[@thevintageread]

What a love story! Beautiful 💗

[@VKing-di9lo]

Happy Anniversary to you both. We too celebrated a special Anniversary this year - 60 years! Our daughter contacted our new King and Queen and I received an amazing surprise of a card! I had no idea it was possible, but she did! I hope your evening goes as well as ours. May you celebrate many, many more. 💐🎉

[@kathyevans2968]

Wow! Congratulations on 60 years and the card!

[@Andrea-Marie]

Congratulations from Austria. And your King and Queen are really nice!!

[@thevintageread]

Love it!! 60 years 🤗 congratulations! 🎉🍾

[@Always_Thinking]

In the US you can have a flag flown over the White House for a special occasion & the flag is sent to you. The last time I requested one was in May 2002. He was a WW2 veteran; passed on March 1st & the country was trying to recover from 9/11.

[@NH-Barb]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! I have 2 stories to share - the first - of my 27 year marriage. Immediately after being introduced to my late husband, he told the entire group at the bar that he was going to marry me. That was April 1, 1983, we were married June 18th of that year. Zoom forward to January 2010 - my husband has passed away after 3 years in hell dealing with Pancreatic Cancer. About a month later, my Brother and his wife were visiting to help me with all the paperwork, etc. It came up in conversation that a couple of weeks from then, they were flying from California to New Hampshire for their Godson’s Eagle Scout Court of Honor. He was the son of his best friend from the military (who was also a very long-time email buddy of mine, sending silly jokes and political cartoons back and forth for 20+ years. Anyway, on hearing that they were making the trip, I blatantly announced, well I WANT TO COME TOO! I’d love to meet him after all these years! Well, I did and of course we hit it off spectacularly. After that short visit, I went home, but returned 6 weeks later. Two more trips that Spring & Summer until August when my best friend and I drove across the country with 7 of my cats and my Border Collie, moving me to his home in New Hampshire. We were married the following June.

[@bluerose_11]

He was waiting for you!! I love this story and the fact he took in SEVEN CATS, what a man 😍

[@NH-Barb]

@@bluerose_11 He is definitely a keeper - he even does dishes. Every day!

[@Andrea-Marie]

How wonderful that you are happy again. Congratulations from Austria.

[@thevintageread]

Your story was so moving and such a HAPPY ending! Love it 🤗💗😊

[@Always_Thinking]

2 wonderful stories! Best of everything 💞💞

[@anitaszymanski3932]

40 years this past week! Were set up on a blind date. I chickened out and sent a friend. Met later at our matchmakers home. I ended up in the hospital (appendectomy). It was two days before Christmas and he came to the hospital with a huge poinsettia and asked me out. My thoughts were, I have ‘t showered in two days, I am high on pain killers. He must really like me! The rest is history!

[@Andrea-Marie]

What a great and - may I say it - funny and lovely story. Congratulations from Austria.

[@anitaszymanski3932]

@@Andrea-Marie thank you!

[@thevintageread]

Gorgeous🥰

[@Rina493]

I promised my then boyfriend to help a friend of his to steal a 6m H-beam (!) that guy needed for his blacksmith's shop. He had just escaped from the former GDR to West Germany. And yes, from the moment I saw him I knew... We knew... And we both did the right thing, too. The rest is history. We DID steal that big thing that night! The only thing I ever stole in my life, except his heart

[@thevintageread]

Haha love it! 💗

[@ruthsnively7248]

You are so much fun!!!! I am an American, and I take no offence at anything you say !!! I love how you talk to us from the heart. Thank you for this channel and for sharing so much with us. Happy Anniversary!!!!!!!!!!

[@renekirebornrenekireborn4777]

So heartwarming to hear your love story

[@thevintageread]

Thanks, there are a few good ones in the comments too! 💗

[@Horsefeathers30]

Happy Anniversary!🎉 This American is a little tougher than that, not offended, ya'll!

[@thevintageread]

I’m glad! 😘💗💗💗

[@janetsmith5665]

Here's another tough American,

[@susie2366]

Me too! I thought nothing of it.

[@graphiquejack]

Everyone has to have a sense of humour about these things. As a Canadian, we get the stereotype that we’re overly polite and say sorry all the time. I think you-know-who has rather tarnished the image of Americans around the globe. We are all in a little bit of shock and awe how a conman has succeeded so well for so long. But usually when I meet Americans there’s an open friendliness with them. I don’t like the politics, but I like Americans, typically.

[@debbrand8106]

Add me too!! We know how messed up La-La land is!! lol

[@drubee7793]

We went to the Paul McCartney concert in Sydney recently. It was amazing ! Hearing Hey Jude live was a very emotional experience.

[@thevintageread]

I bet! It sounded wonderful x

[@rachmunshine9474]

Hearing it on iTunes or anywhere is always emotional experience for me for some reason and my mom was the original Beatles fan. I wasn’t even born yet.

[@Kooka506]

My first car was a beetle and cost $300. The floor was rusted out as you said and as I drove my necessary around I had to check they didn't fall through. I met my second husband when my son was 5 and in scouts. He had a son 6 who had the same name.We were parent helpers. We've been married 22 years and have 4 boys between us. 20:34

[@thevintageread]

That is fantastic! Wow 4 boys… I bet you have fun 😊💗

[@Horsefeathers30]

I'm met my husband online back in the late 1990s, when AOL and dial up were the internet. I met him in the chat room and needed him for tech support. I was so bad at computers. His job eventually transferred him to my state, and the rest is history. Minus the divorce in 2016😂

[@thevintageread]

Wow! I remember those dial up sounds 😂😂😂

[@wren1114]

Beautiful sweet love story. Meeting over music, that’s wonderful! Happy 30th Anniversary to you Shauna & your hubby!!🎉❤🎉

[@thevintageread]

Thank you so much!!

[@The_Park-View_Crow]

🎉 Congratulations Shauna 🎉

[@Jaxson2-vk7so]

Congratulations, 30 years is a wonderful accomplishment 🎉🎂🍾🍾

[@thevintageread]

Thank you so much!

[@SharonSeaver]

Good morning, Shauna. Congratulations on 30 years🎉🎉. My husband and I will hit 40 in June😊❤

[@thevintageread]

Wonderful! 💗

[@Andrea-Marie]

Congratulations from Austria.

[@RussiaIsARiddle778]

As someone from Melbourne, when we go to Queensland in the dead of winter, we are still in shorts and T-shirts. Everyone around us is rugged up like they’re in the Antarctic. 😂 ❤

[@thevintageread]

😂🤣 We can always tell those from down south! 💗

[@kappy-nf6uh]

Exactly. Likewise when families come down to visit, they're dressed for the Antartica.

[@RussiaIsARiddle778]

@@kappy-nf6uh 🇦🇺

[@myinnermagpie]

Similar in Southern California. Shorts and sandals most of the year. Maybe a pair of jeans or a sweatshirt if the weather gets cold enough.

[@helenacuch9010]

Congratulations Lucky man 😅😮😊❤❤❤❤

[@thevintageread]

I told him that 😂💗

[@gonefishing167]

Happy,,happy anniversary to you both. Made me laugh because my late hubby saw my cousin and I walk into a dance and he said to his friend ‘ that’s the girl I’m going to marry’. And we did, 4 years later. In our day ( and I’m older than you) we took our time to get to know each other. There was no living together - or anything - before marriage. You knew each other before any ‘funny business’ got in the way. Enjoy your evening and blessings to you both 🙏🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

[@thevintageread]

Love your story! How romantic 💗🤗

[@Andrea-Marie]

It's amazing that a lot of men are able to decide this (their future wife) so spontaneously while they constantly need our assist for choosing their sockets or shirts or, or....... 😂 Greetings from Austria💛

[@christinachandler1687]

Congratulations Shauna , to you and your husband on 30 years of marriage. I was a bit down tonight, but as always , you have made me laugh. Your love story was meant to be. As my Mother used to say “ what’s for you, won’t go past you .” Unfortunately she mostly said to me , “ never mind , love is like catching a bus, if you miss one there will be another along in 10 minutes” Great words of wisdom. Doesn’t help much when your heart is breaking! Have a wonderful time tonight.❤️

[@alidabotes6264]

😅😅😅 Wise mother!

[@Andrea-Marie]

Wise words. Great mother. Thank you for sharing it. Greetings from Austria

[@Anna_Key]

A breaking and broken heart is so hard to deal with 😶‍🌫️💔❤️‍🩹 I have suffered through 3 broken hearts, all caused by/ with the same man, my ex/late husband. Love hurts. One good thing, I was very thin from the stress of it... except I was so stressed, I didn't notice at the time, LOL. But, I have learned that love isn't all it takes; love is not enough. I have also learned, like your wise Mum said, there will be another love on the way eventually. Take care of yourself and the people around you ❤

[@thevintageread]

💗💗💗 Your Mum was very wise! I’m glad I made you feel a little better, big big hugs x

[@jackiefruge5884]

Happy anniversary! We hit 40 years this year

[@thevintageread]

Wow! How fantastic 💗🤗😊

[@goldcoastlady5377]

Congratulations! We hit 36 years on the 23rd this month.

[@terryanderson7545]

1983 was a great year! We also hit 40 years in July.

[@Anne-zw6ef]

Married in March 1973, 50 years for us.

[@goldcoastlady5377]

Congratulations Anne!@@Anne-zw6ef

[@barbaracoleman6125]

Happy Anniversary Shauna, juzt had my 28th.❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@carolynwilson5662]

Happy Anniversary, Shauna! I’m in the U.S. and watching you in the very early morning. How wonderful to hear the story of how you and your sweetheart met! Too funny about the pillow on the floor of the car. 💕

[@thevintageread]

Very memorable! 😂💗

[@bookworm2409]

It was 1969 and I was invited to a Halloween party/hayride by my best friend in highschool. There I met this really personable, but nerdy guy that was 4 years older. After graduation, his 2 tours in Vietnam, 2 college degrees, 2 wonderful children, and becoming a VP of the 8th largest company in the world, we just celebrated our 52nd anniversary. My heart still goes pitter -pat every time he walks in the room and he is still a bit of a nerd, but aren't most engineers. As the commercial goes, I would easily marry him all over again.❤

[@sandramurray4987]

Shauna Happy 30 yr anniversary….I’m a 54yr veteran…..I would like to tell you my story but it’s too many pages to be sent on line and I am not great at writing a synopsis. Let’s just say two foreigners (Italian/Kiwi) meet in London and marry after 5 months without really exchanging a coherent conversation due to language barrier😁

[@thevintageread]

Well when you know you know 😉😊💗

[@SusanDwyer-mp6yv]

Happy anniversary , and have a great night out .🎉❤🎉

[@thevintageread]

Thank you, we did!

[@Linz2869]

❤ Happy Anniversary 🎉 well that brought a smile to my face 😊

[@thevintageread]

💗💗💗

[@joannmitchell1314]

Happy Anniversary

[@thevintageread]

Thank you so much 😀

[@colleengeyer1361]

Congratulations!

[@thevintageread]

Thank you! 💗

[@itsmesam1967]

What a hoot, loved hearing your story. Congrats on 30 years together. The sugars/Omid need to get their story straight.... either William hated the idea of being King and being trapped in the RF... OR he is power hungry, make up your minds lol. I was married for 18 years, which was about 18 years too long. Only 2 good things came out of my marriage, my daughter and son. Not wishing to be a downer I wont go into details other than to say it was an extremely abusive, toxic relationship. In hindsight I can see that I was never in love with him, I was just in love with the idea of being married. Look forward to the Judy Dench review, what a woman and actress she is.

[@thevintageread]

18 years is a long time Sam, sounds like you are an awesome Mum. Yes the story changes a bit regarding William! 💗

[@leandabee]

😂😂, photo arbour, 😂😂👌. Many people have cloth ears 🤦🏼‍♀️. Such a beautiful meeting story, my Daughter had a similar story to you two ❤. Too funny about super equerry scooting through the air and being distracted from this angle 😅. I've got the Beatles new/old song in my watch later videos. Lovely Noosa area, very lucky, I'll be in Brisbane for NYE 😊. I watched a KZbin reactor Charlie Smith, do a reaction to our John in the Fire Fight concert with Brian May, John was 70 then, and this guy was blown away at how he could still do the Your The Voice notes at that age🤗. Yes, I'm still waiting for a singing video, oh hey, wait, were you two like a Captain and Tenille😃? Still live that v8ntage picture behind you and it looks great with the light on it 👌. Happy anniversary, have a wonderful night Shauna and Hubby🥂🥂✨️✨️

[@thevintageread]

Yes! That fire fight concert was amazing! 💗

[@charmainepriestman915]

You crack me up 😂

[@thevintageread]

😂😘

[@charmainepriestman915]

Happy Anniversary 🎉❤ I love your love story thanks for sharing 💕

[@thevintageread]

Thanks for watching! 💗

[@leono7380]

Congratulations, happy anniversary.

[@thevintageread]

Thank you so much 😀

[@KatherineSpinks-cu9io]

Omg when I was a kid in the 60s we had a family station wagon that had the passenger floorboard you could see thru to the ground and we always fought over who got to sit there!

[@thevintageread]

😂🤣💗

[@paulalyus9237]

Happy anniversary 🎉 Enjoy your evening 😊❤

[@thevintageread]

Thanks! We did 😊💗

[@cherylhaas3051]

Happy anniversary! I hope that the next 30 years bring you and your husband the right notes, a piano always in tune and harmony in your family. I hope your supper was romantic and full of laughter.

[@thevintageread]

That was poetic! Thanks 😊💗

[@purpurina5663]

Oh Shauna, I just LOVED hearing the story of your romance with your hubby. It just fills the soul to know that two people can meet and fall in love and stay together for good, and make a good life. Happy anniversary! 🎉❤👰‍♀️🤵‍♂️ Can you share a bit about your singing (style, places)? Do you sin still?

[@thevintageread]

That’s lovely! Thanks 😊💗

[@robb2biago]

Happiest of Anniversaries! After my dad passed, I made sure I’d make a nice dinner for my mum on their Anniversary. Holy Cow, 63 years. I just watched the video on HBO about the Last Recording, Now and Then. It was really touching. River just mentioned that over the weekend, and he was so moved, so I added it to my Playlist. I met my person, on a boat around NYC. I was playing a trio gig, and he bought me a drink, cheeky. I wasn’t at all interred in dating at the time, but when I told him the only reason played this gig, was for getting money for a pair of Gucci shoes. He tapped his eye, pointed to his shoes, and it was the same shoes, in brown. We had a whirlwind romance, but after I got a job in an orchestra overseas, it was nearly impossible. He wasn’t the one that got away, he’s one in the “if only…” column. Being together for 3+ years, in gay NYC, that’s like 20 years, in non gayland. Maybe, we can have a weeks peace, without Henry and Rachel? Can that be my wish for the world?! And what was with that bizarre video of Henry, at a zoom comedy roast? He looks so puffy and sad. Cheers!!

[@Andrea-Marie]

I love your story, especially the part with the "Gucci shoes". Wish you all the best and a lot of Gucci shoes. Greetings from Austria!!

[@robb2biago]

⁠@@Andrea-Mariegreetings to you from Wisconsin. The shoe part seems silly, but it really was part of the connection, and love of fashion. Of course this was 1993, so it wasn’t so outrageously priced.

[@heatherleutscherwarren9459]

Happy Anniversary 🎉 I met my husband when I was 17 and he was 20 on a football coach trip to the Ardennes and he asked me out when we stopped in Paris! We have been married 44 years with 2 sons of 42 and 40. 😊 🇬🇧

[@thevintageread]

Paris! The city of love 🤗💗

[@virgiernelson4492]

I came home for the summer before my senior year in college. I was waitressing & told the cook. I needed to find someone with a boat so I could go water skiing. He said there was a guy who came into the restaurant every night on break from his delivery job. He was an avid weekend boater. I changed my schedule to work nights. After conspiring with the other waitresses, I waited on him and within a week had a date to go boating. I communicated with my college friends all summer how I had figured out how to have a great summer, ease how much I missed them and give my less than attentive college boyfriend some of his own medicine!! I returned to college in September committed to graduate on time in order to get married the following summer. My best friends said -no, you aren't going to get married!? I would reply - I am. He has a boat, and a new slalom ski!!! We did get married a year later. That was 49 years ago.

[@june6119]

Happy Anniversary. 🥂

[@thevintageread]

Thank you! 🤗

[@valiakloeppel7252]

Happy Anniversary 🎉

[@sophiedereans]

Aw...loved it!

[@thevintageread]

😊💗

[@carolinad854]

Happy Anniversary!!!🍾🥂🎉

[@thevintageread]

Thank you!!

[@user-pl8pq2xe4u]

My husband and I were married very happily for the first 30 and struggled the last 6 of 36 years the first time. I just heard a loud “SNAP” one day and it was over! We divorced but remained friends on my side; even still attended church together, with my mom, who I was caring for in her first years of Alzheimer’s. After 3 years, we began to see each other again and soon remarried; he knew we were going to live with and care for my mom. We were together for 8 years, but the last 2 were difficult because he was drinking and lying about it and dui at the end. We divorced again. This time he knew I couldn’t put up with those 3 things and he actually got help! We are now about to remarry!! This time for our golden years and really looking forward to spending them together!!!

[@thevintageread]

Wow! What a story. I wish you all the best and golden years full of love 💛💛💛

[@efstathiakositzidou2490]

Happy anniversary! Many more happy years together!❤❤

[@thevintageread]

💗💗💗

[@hildatrellis907]

Wishing you a very happy anniversary. You are right that friendships can turn into love. It happened to me. 46 happy years before cancer took him. I miss him.

[@thevintageread]

I ‘m sure you do…💔 Bloody cancer, I’m sorry. I’m so glad you had 46 years of love though xxx

[@Andrea-Marie]

I am so sorry for your loss and hope you will become happy one day. Greetings from Austria

[@hildatrellis907]

@@thevintageread I consider myself lucky because he was a soldier and I could have lost him a lot sooner when he was on active service. I feel blessed that I had him in my life for so long.

[@hildatrellis907]

@@Andrea-Marie Thank you Andrea-Marie. I have lovely memories of our visit to Austria whilst we were stationed in Germany. Beautiful country and delightful people. 😀

[@Carol-on]

Scabby the toad 😊.

[@thevintageread]

😂💗

[@pamelacox540]

Happy Anniversary!

[@thevintageread]

Thank you so much 😀

[@Fiona86555]

Happy Anniversary, I hope you had a wonderful dinner! I cry every time I watch the new Beatles song, it’s so bittersweet. I’ve recently come out of a relationship with a narcissist, who I really believed was my soulmate. Love bombing, gaslighting, the works. It’s been horrendous, but hey I’ve learned what narcissism is and now I can spot it a mile away.

[@goldcoastlady5377]

Congratulations to you both, may you have many, many more years of wedded bliss. 💐❤ My sweetie and I will reach 36 years on the 23rd then add 7 years of 'courting' prior to that! Seems like yesterday, then we look back in the photo albums! Wouldn't change a thing. Hope you had a wonderful evening, Love Goldie X

[@beckywebb1916]

Happy Anniversary!!! ❤ My husband and I have been married for 32 years! I met my future husband after bumping into my cousin who I never liked that said the words “You know what they say about kissing cousins!” I was mortified!!! I told him I was going to meet a friend in the billiard hall a few doors down. I didn’t know anyone there, but I was going to try to find someone to help me. So here I am in a billiard hall at all these huge bikers with tattoos and everything, trying to find someone who looked safe that could help me. I looked over at the pinball machine and saw a guy with long hair, cowboy boots, and a leather jacket. So I spilled my guts and asked if he could help me. He said okaaayy. So we met my cousin again and decided we’d all go to a movie after hours since my husband was an assistant manager at a theater in a nearby town. Long story short, my cousin got bored and left and that’s how we met! We saw each other for about a year or so. He’d come over to my apartment and spend the night occasionally. One time I heard my mom’s car pull up. I was 19. I had him hide in the closet when my mom came in. She saw these big cowboy boots and asked if they were mine. I did have cowboy boots, just not that size! So I said he was outside hiding in the bushes, even though he was actually on the other side of the closet door. So she finally left and we lost track of each other for a few years. I was a model for an art department when suddenly, I saw him again, but I must’ve been looking at him funny because he got scared and left. But I was just trying to remember who he was. A few more years passed and I was signing up for classes at the same community college. I laughed and he recognized my laugh and came to say hi. Well, I didn’t have much of a filter at that time and looked at him for a few seconds, remembered who he was and excitedly shouted, “You hid in my closet!” We dated for four years as I was divorced due to an abusive marriage a couple of years previously. We have a his, mine, and ours. Two sons and our daughter. He’s been a perfect companion for me and I’m so grateful to have met him. ♥️

[@Belevaqua]

We were high school sweethearts. We broke up….Two years later I had a VIVID dream of him. In the dream I saw him and wanted to greet him, but he was having none of it. The very next day I ran into his best friend at a burger stand. I told him about the dream I had and how SAD it made me! He said, “Do me a favor. Just CALL him. -He doesn’t hate you.” ☎️ I called him and we have been together ever since…We just celebrated our 42nd wedding anniversary! What a wonderful journey….Four sons and eight grandkids later! Sadly, his best friend only lived long enough to be our best man and baptize our twin boys. I will always be so very grateful to him!❤

[@francoisehugonet7068]

The song by John Lennon, is beautiful, the technical work by Jackson is incredible. I was all teary eyed listening to it.❤❤❤ Relation-wise, sorry I'm a 72 years old spinster: nothing to declare in this field.

[@thevintageread]

Yes Peter Jackson is amazing! 💗🤗

[@desiree32129]

Certainly could have done without the constant Yoko Ono in almost every single frame.

[@Andrea-Marie]

But, I'm sure you can tell us a lot of other stories, can't you? Greetings from Austria

[@kerryperry4819]

No worries about the spinster thing. Some of the most delightful people I've known have never married, and are quite content about it and so they should be! I'm glad you liked the song so much. I look forward to buying it. Take care!

[@lindafeinauer5634]

Happy Anniversary! Ours is the end of November 62 years. A fix up date. I told him that I would take another 62 years. We were lucky to find each other

[@jswjanjan]

O Shauna - I'm always fascinated by peoples romance origin stories.😊❤🎉

[@thevintageread]

😂💗

[@ValeriaPugliesiWashington]

Happy anniversary, Shauna!

[@thevintageread]

Thank you so much 😀

[@jswjanjan]

I guarantee that Now and Then is in heavy rotation on Catherines playlist. She adores them. The song is magnificent. It's an anthem of peace - a gift from John on the other side just at a time when this war torn world needs his energy of peace.❤

[@hebamadi265]

Good afternoon from muscat Oman, happy anniversary 🎉 ❤️ best wishes and many jolly returns ❤

[@thevintageread]

Many many thanks 💗

[@hebamadi265]

@@thevintageread ❤️

[@arlenejoan6209]

Happy Anniversary to you and your husband from El Paso, TX 🌵(where everyone is distracted by a 5.2 earthquake measurement in the wee hours of this morning 🫣), Shauna, you’re the best. ❣️

[@jennyhunter-beckinsall6411]

Happy Anniversary Shauna, enjoy your dinner date. I met my wonderful husband when i was sixteen on St James beach in beautiful Cape Town. I lived in johannesburg and he got transferred up to johannesburg and we started dating on my seventeenth birthday. We married just after my 21st and three wonderful girls later we had the best marriage. He called me his child bride, which was really funny after 40 years and more. He was the most healthy person, never ill, but he contracted the dreaded covid and passed away 5 months before our 50th wedding anniversary. Never a day goes by that i dont hold a conversation with him in my head. I chatted to him right through the rugby world cup final which, in retrospect is a little odd but it felt right at the time. I miss him terribly. He was the best of the best and i wish for everyone to have such a special person in their lives.

[@Stonebluegsp]

Happy wedding 🎉anniversary to you both!

[@thevintageread]

Thank you!! 😊

[@mousehouse3591]

My husband and I were set up by his cousin's four year old daughter. The fun story is my grandparents. They were at a dance in the late 1920s, in the days before good elastic for undergarments. My grandmother would have a great pal of Phrynne Fisher, that sort of character. She was out dancing having a great time, when the button on her drawers (panties) popped off and they fell to the floor. She just kicked them to the side and continued dancing. At the end of that song, a man stood up on the stage holding up her drawers and asked if anyone was missing them. My never embarrassed grandmother waved her arm up, their mine, she ran up to the stage and she was handed them from the man who would become my grandfather.

[@thevintageread]

Oh that is gorgeous! 😂💗

[@helendurfee8926]

A belated happy anniversary wish for many more years together. Your love story is precious-thank you for sharing It! I'm in the US and I don't understand how anyone could have been offended at your comment. They just weren't listening! At 84, I've mellowed. Your "gossip" is such fun , never rude and sometimes naughty. BTW, is Omid A.I😊? Keep doing what you're doing!💓

[@thevintageread]

Is Omid AI 🤣😂💗👏

[@colleenoehme240]

Oh, my word! My exact response - I have also wondered if his photo was generated by AI! He doesn't look real!

[@rosalynnmeacher156]

My Hubby and I first met 43 years ago. We were both married and next door neighbours. We were friends for 12 years before we ended up together. I am actually Godmother to my now stepson. We have been married now for 31years and we are still friends and have not had a argument. We talk as friends do not shout at each other. I would and do tell my younger relatives to find friendship first. Congrats on your anniversary here's to the next 30 years you have together.

[@thevintageread]

Love your story! 💗💗💗

[@mejustme474]

Happy Anniversary and good early morning from East Coast USA❤

[@thevintageread]

Thank you!!💗

[@robtooley4002]

Happy Anniversary! We are coming up on 11 years. We were both traveling solo on a cruise and were assigned the same table at dinner. We were married a year later on the same ship and our first dinner as a married couple was in the same restaurant where we first met. ❤️

[@mimib95]

Happy Anniversary to you both 🎉 I left my first husband to be with the man I was to marry. First husband waited until after I married him to say he never wanted kids. Along came my soulmate to rescue me from my miserable marriage and 29 years and two wonderful sons later we still love each other deeply.

[@leonieknowles2832]

Congratulations on your wedding anniversary . May you have many more

[@thevintageread]

Thanks so much 💗💗💗

[@dinagravanis5738]

Congratulations 🎊🙏

[@thevintageread]

Thank you so much

[@chippywelsh9040]

Happy Anniversary!! I first met my husband 40 years ago when he was my teacher but absolutely nothing going on then!! 13 years ago I met him again and we’ve been very happily together ever since ❤️

[@user-bm7en1lh8d]

Arrr Happy Anniversary both 🎉❤

[@thevintageread]

😊💗

[@MissusRyan]

Happy anniversary!! 🎉❤ My husband and I are coming up on 11 in December. 😁

[@MissusRyan]

We met when he hired me for my first job at a pizza restaurant at which he was the assistant manager. I was seeing someone else at the time and that guy worked there. My future husband also was seeing someone for a long time. Well, my boyfriend broke up and he ended up leaving the restaurant but I stayed on. It was one Valentine’s Day a year or so later, and (I don’t remember this, but apparently) my future husband told me he and his girlfriend broke up. I allegedly said “Oh okay.” (I must have been rather busy. Fast forward to late March and we went to the State Fair with some coworkers. We rode the drop ride, which I was terrified of at the time. I got off and my legs were absolute jelly! But he was very sweet and offered his arm to help me walk. We had a really great time, and then went back to his house to watch TV, which is how we connected in the first place. We were sitting together and he kissed me very sweetly and the rest is history. We got married at Disney World in Florida! It was an absolute fairy tale come true. 🥰

[@blr4076]

Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@loraineswinburne7153]

Happy anniversary!! I just need the say how much I look forward to these vlogs! Married 35 years met at 15/16 married at 20/21, 5 children, 3 grandchildren and a real rollercoaster ride! Cuppa will be ready, as will I, for the next gossip at bedtime!!

[@SusanField-qf7ku]

Love 'our' chats! Hope you had a wonderful anniversary dinner! Congrats on 30 years!

[@baz7055]

Happy Anniversary! I have a vision of the two of you performing together like "The Fabulous Baker Boys" . Can't wait to hear you both in a sultry jazz performance.

[@Nursiie]

Have a wonderful night you deserve it!!

[@Nursiie]

Omg you aren’t far from me in brissy! Woop woop!

[@thevintageread]

We did 😊💗

[@Nursiie]

@@thevintageread excellent news! X

[@Brightangel55]

My 'to be husband' boarded with an old couple. My grandmother was friends with the old lady and the two matchmakers set up a blind date for us on New Year's Eve 1977. Amazingly it was love at first sight for us both and we ended up dramatically eloping but then marrying 44 years ago. Congratulations Shauna and hubby on your wonderful 30th anniversary ❤❤

[@thevintageread]

Great story! X

[@kim-pd4fy]

Well it’s a little crazy, but I met my husband on a double date. The guy I was with invited him and his “ first wife” out with us for dinner. He was so charming and funny. We just seemed to hit it off laughing and joking around ( our dates were included)!! Later I heard he and his then wife had divorced and it really bothered me because I thought he was so nice, I truly hated it for him… Within the next couple weeks we ended up at a mutual friends house and again hit it off !! 6 months later we were married, and have 3 beautiful now grown children. Unfortunately he passed away 3 years ago from Covid. January 2024 will be our 35 anniversary…I miss him everyday .😢. But I’m surrounded by my kids and have 2 beautiful granddaughters that keep me busy ❤ I am very blessed!! Happy Anniversary,,enjoy every minute of it, you deserve it 30 years is remarkable ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@aidaville]

Happy Anniversary Shauna, and to many more, have a lovely celebratory dinner. Another entertaining video with lots of interesting bits !! My story is like a dramatic comedy, typical of conservative Asian parents - I lived in Hong Kong at the time and Mum refused to accept our relationship. I 'd gone home to Singapore for a short visit hoping to convince her that he was a good guy. Well, that night when she thought I was asleep, she locked my passport and bag in the trunk of the car..Luckily I saw her do it, and at 5am, got a wrench, then forced the trunk open to get the items back. Not wanting to risk another fight, I didn't dare go into the house but quickly changed out of my PJs IN THE GARDEN ....... walked out to the main road and hailed a cab to the airport. Took the earliest flight out back to Hong Kong feeling exhausted and miserable, my head spinning about what to do next. To my husband's credit, 2 days later he flew to Singapore, spoke to both my parents telling them he was going to marry me. We've been married 33 years, but It took more than twenty years (even after having 2 girls, them growing up) before my mum could have a normal conversation with my husband or about my marriage. I hear you speaking so warmly of your mum, with great affection and gentle humour. There is a relationship to be cherished, you are so lucky. Marriages can begin better, made smoother if the parents or in-laws are supportive, welcoming and open. Aida.

[@thevintageread]

Your husband was brave! I’m so glad you managed to be together despite all the resistance! 💗💗💗

[@susanread2637]

Delighted to wish you a very happy Anniversary and many more. My mate and I are half way through our 53rd year. My best advice to my children and grandchildren is to only marry a very good friend because being really good friends gets you through some of the challenging times that every marriage faces. A really good sense of humour helps a lot too. 😂

[@clarissavalencia9993]

My husband started off as my Salsa dancing instructor. Needless to say, I don't have to pay for classes anymore💃🕺 We just celebrated 5 years married and have since welcomed 2 beautiful baby girls 💕

[@wendyboardman6107]

Sauna you are a delight. Your husband has great taste. Wishing you both many more happy, healthy years together. God bless. 🙏🙏🇬🇧

[@despina5148]

Happy Anniversary! 🎉🎉You are a lovely person.😊 Wishing you many years of happiness

[@patriciakaefer2043]

Thank you for making my morning full of sunshine. I love your attitude!

[@thevintageread]

I'm so glad! Thanks for being here 💗😊

[@christineknight3717]

Ive never joined any other site but you feel like an old friend and always lift this old ladies spirits

[@thevintageread]

Thank you Christine (Members vid today!)

[@Wildflowers516]

Happy Anniversary…… I hope you both have a lovely evening ❤❤❤❤

[@thevintageread]

We did 💗😊

[@MyRedPoppy]

Happy anniversary Shauna & X 🎉

[@thevintageread]

Yay! Thank you!

[@crazydays7]

Nice to see/hear you again. I’m getting ready to leave in a few minutes to take my 94-year-old mother to lunch and run errands with her. I will have to watch later this afternoon. I wouldn’t miss it. Oh, and by the way… offense can’t be taken unless you choose to be offended. Cindy from the Wild West of the US.

[@pinkcarnation231]

My very first car had a rusted out hole in the floorboard beneath my feet and I watched the road fly by!

[@jbirdyhome-4050]

The lovely affinity of doing quiet things together with someone you adore just can't be beat. It is indescribably heartwarming to just do the simple things together, just knowing the other is there.

[@catherinepositano8544]

Me thinks that there's SOMETHING in that cup besides coffee!....Happy Happy Anniversary Shauna and hubs...Just think after another 30yrs you'll have done 3 Life Sentences!...😂😂😂🇦🇺...🥂

[@thevintageread]

🥰💗 No just happy (I had bubbles at dinner though!) x

[@catherinepositano8544]

​...such a lovely Testimony after 30yrs of marriage Shauna...Blessings your way ...from a S'Aussie...🙏