I was the kind of girl that fell in love right away. So the next day I would tell my friend, ter­rific, I’m in love already! But after my first date with Sol I did not feel that way. I think it only proved to this day that you cant judge right away. It may not work out but as you get to know a per­son love comes.

—Glo­ria Holtz­man, Mid­wood, Brooklyn.

via Lau­ren Fleish­man: Love Ever After.

If you’ve not yet seen these pho­tographs and sto­ries of part­ners who’ve been together over 50 years, you’ve got to. Lau­ren was inspired by love let­ters from her grand­fa­ther to her grand­mother that he kept next to his bedcheck out her pho­tos and her kick­starter page.