{"id":3016,"date":"2024-07-09T16:49:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T16:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/?p=3016"},"modified":"2024-07-09T16:49:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T16:49:28","slug":"jeff-bridges-and-wife-celebrate-48th-anniversary-reveal-secret-to-long-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/jeff-bridges-and-wife-celebrate-48th-anniversary-reveal-secret-to-long-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bridges and wife celebrate 48th anniversary \u2013 reveal secret to long marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Jeff Bridges and his wife, Susan, continue to be deeply in love after 48 years of marriage.\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recently, Jeff, 74, shared insights into maintaining a strong relationship, and let\u2019s just say it was some stellar advice!\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keep reading to find out what he said\u2026\n\n\n\n<p>Jeff and Susan first met in 1975 while Jeff was filming&nbsp;<em>Rancho Deluxe. At the time, Susan was a 21-year-old waitress at a restaurant in Paradise Valley, Montana. The couple tied the knot on June 5, 1977, and have remained together ever since.\n\n\n\n<p>In a 2018 interview with&nbsp;<em>Sunday TODAY&nbsp;with Willie Geist, Jeff admitted that securing a first date with Susan (n\u00e9e Geston) wasn\u2019t easy. \u201cI\u2019m doing this scene with Sam Waterston and Harry Dean Stanton and I cannot take my eyes off this gorgeous, I didn\u2019t know what she was, a maid, a waitress, I couldn\u2019t take my eyes off of her,\u201d Bridges recalled of their first encounter.\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn-main.newsner.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/sites%5C/11%5C/2024%5C/07%5C/08050425%5C/GettyImages-97376737-scaled.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-152172\"\/'>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGorgeous girl with two black eyes and a broken nose. That juxtaposition of that disfigurement and the beauty, it had me!\u201d he added.\n\n\n\n</p><p>Bridges explained that once he \u201cfinally got the courage to ask her out,\u201d she initially \u201csaid no.\u201d However, he saw her again at the wrap party for the 1975 movie. \u201cWe danced and we fell in love and boom that was it,\u201d Bridges told Geist. \u201cI actually have a photograph of that moment, when we met and my wife said no. Somebody just took a picture of that. I have that.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p>Ahead of being honored at the 49th Chaplin Award Gala in New York City earlier this year, Jeff, 74, told EXTRA&nbsp;\u201cDon\u2019t get a divorce \u2014 that\u2019s key. And meet all those ups and downs as kind of challenges and opportunities.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p>\u201cKeep it fun,\u201d Susan advised, while Jeff added, \u201cHave as much fun as you can,\u201d emphasizing that having Susan by his side \u201cmakes it all worthwhile.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p>Reflecting on their enduring relationship, Jeff noted: \u201cIt\u2019s when those big challenges, those upsets come up in your relationship, those are real opportunities to get to know each other more and become more intimate with each other, try to see what makes each other tick.\u201d\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn-main.newsner.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/sites%5C/11%5C/2024%5C/07%5C/08045903%5C/GettyImages-1252242477-scaled.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-152171\"\/'>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeff and Susan have shared nearly five decades together, building a life filled with love and resilience. Their relationship is a testament to the strength and joy that can be found in a committed partnership. Through all the highs and lows, they have managed to keep the fun and excitement alive, which Jeff believes is crucial.\n\n\n\n</p><p>The couple shares three daughters: Isabelle, 42, Jessica, 40, and Haley, 38.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><div class='\"mh-excerpt\"'><p>Jeff Bridges and his wife, Susan, continue to be deeply in love after 48 years of marriage. 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