{"id":4247,"date":"2024-05-21T14:53:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T14:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=4247"},"modified":"2024-05-21T14:53:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T14:53:10","slug":"celebrity-couple-marlo-thomas-and-phil-donahue-share-the-secrets-to-their-long-lasting-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=4247","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity couple Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue share the secrets to their long-lasting marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2020, celebrated couple Marlo Thomas, 84, and Phil Donahue, 86, shared the secret to their 40-year marriage in the book \u201cWhat Makes a Marriage Last: 40 Celebrated Couples Share with Us the Secrets to a Happy Life\u201d.<\/p>\n

The two reflected on their marital success and shared the advice of other couples in long-lasting unions. Rightfully so, the couple is very proud of this joint project, and they are certainly experts on the subject.For the book, the actress and the talk show host spent nine months interviewing other celebrity couples in long-lasting marriages, to find out what worked for them.They said, \u201cWe started to wonder if there really is a secret sauce to a successful marriage. And that\u2019s when we decided to break an ironclad rule of our marriage \u2013 for the first time, ever \u2013 and decided to work on a project together.\u201dThe book includes stories and tips from long-lasting celebrity couples such as Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, Chip and Joanna Gaines, and Viola Davis and Julius Tennon.<\/p>\n

Thomas and Donahue added, \u201cAs different as these couples\u2019 stories are, they share a common plotline: that of two people joining hands and stepping up to the most challenging, invigorating, inspiring, infuriating, thrilling, terrifying, delightful and heavenly job on earth \u2014 making a marriage last.\u201dThomas and Donahue also shared their own secrets to a long-lasting partnership: communication. There was also the simple idea that nothing could break them apart.<\/p>\n

Thomas said, \u201cThrough the years you learn that everything is not that big a deal, and this isn\u2019t going to break us up no matter what, so you get used to saying, Ok, let\u2019s just talk it out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Donahue shared that humor crucial to a long-lasting marriage. \u201cThe secret of good communication? Screaming helps,\u201d he joked. \u201cAt least then you know if whether the person you\u2019re screaming at is listening. Then go in the other room and count to ten.\u201dThe couple first met when Thomas guested on Donahue\u2019s talk show in 1977. On the show, Thomas actually told Donahue that she found him \u201cloving\u201d and \u201cgenerous\u201d and stated, \u201cWhoever is the woman in your life is very lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n

To them, it was love at first sight, and the two married in 1980. It was the first marriage for Thomas, then 40, and she became the stepmother to Donahue\u2019s five children from his first marriage.<\/p>\n

During their research for the book, Donahue found that, \u201cIf there\u2019s any common theme to the [interviews] we had, it\u2019s that you have to want to have a long marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\nThomas added that long-lasting couples also proved their strength in the way that they handled what could have been breaking points in relationships, such as deaths of loves ones, infidelity, and loss of money, among others.\n\nShe said, \u201cWhat makes a marriage last is what you do when you\u2019re confronted with the really big stuff.\u201d\n\nAnother piece of the advice that the two stressed was ensuring the trust and support of your partner. It sounds simple, but it\u2019s not simple to do in practice.\n\n\u201cAnd in a marriage, you gotta know that person has your back. This is the safest place I can be, he is going to be my everything \u2014 my cushion of life,\u201d said Thomas.Ensuring long-lasting success in marriage is certainly a challenge, but Thomas and Donahue certainly pulled it off. It\u2019s important to remember though that long-lasting marriages require sacrifices and plenty of hard work.\n\nThomas and Donahue are more than happy to share their secrets to long-lasting happiness. Their best advice? Be with someone who\u2019ll help you overcome things you can\u2019t by yourself. And be that someone for them too.
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