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Couples who have been together for a long time say the key to staying together is to work as a team toward the greater good, tolerating some tough (even tragic) times to grow together and work toward a mature kind of union.

Amy Dickinson

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Amy Dickinson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
Columnist
Freeville
New York
Time
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Together
Toward
Tolerating
Women
Tough
Couples
Even
Couple
Mature
Work
Grow
Tragic
Long
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Staying
Kind
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Union
Good
Greater
Unions

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