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Do you realize how many couples have children thinking it will solve problems in their relationship and the kids they have end up suffering right along with the parents? I admire your belief that longevity has a correlation to the quality of a relationship but its not a very reliable indicator. Neither you nor I have any clue as to the quality of their relationship.

you are certainly adamant that longevity is not a reliable indicator of the quality of a relationship. that may very well be. but from where i am standing it certainly sounds like a 'stable' relationship, and i am hard pressed to come up with other criteria based on the data i have available.

im gonna go with UndauntedR here and say they are deeply committed. unless you have evidence to the contrary.

I was married to my ex husband for 21 years. I’s say that was a long term commitment. He beat the hell out of me all durring that “long term commitment”. I could’t leave. I was 1000 miles from my family, 4 kids, no job, no money, no place to go and was emotionally beat down and scared to death to leave. Back then, there was no such thing as crises centers and such. You were on your own. But I did have a long term relationship.