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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Happiness is inertia and two bathrooms

Elderly couple walking on a beach
Reader Emma Woolf reveals how her parents have made 66 years of marriage work. Photograph: Shutterstock

When asked about the secret of their long marriage, my parents’ answer is “inertia and two bathrooms” (Pass notes, 17 March). They celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary last week.
Emma Woolf
Birmingham

• Re your article (Thames Water on TV: pity the staff, this place is decrepit, 16 March), having recently had a water bill from Thames Water asking us for a 41% rise, set against our pension rise of 4.1%, I think we put-upon customers are more deserving of pity.
Carol Hedges
Harpenden, Hertfordshire

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