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Marriage bested Mom’s prediction by decades

Ruth Beck should have known it was true love when Herb Beck emerged from his hiding place beneath the cafeteria lunch table. Their high school in Eden, New York, had a Sadie Hawkins dance fast approaching and Herb was busy dodging girls eager to tag him. “I was the DJ at the dances,” he said. “I was popular. I dove under the table to escape a girl, but when I saw Ruth coming over I popped up and let her tag me.” He’d had his eye on Ruth since the first day of school. “When I saw her I said, ‘I’m going to marry that girl!’ ” recalled Herb. “I don’t even know where that came from. My buddies all laughed”/Cindy Hval, SR Love Story. More here.

Question: Did you think your marriage was going to last as long as it has?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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