This month we’re doing something different for our “Dare to Believe” column.
Instead of featuring a woman and a man who exemplify characteristics compatible with our theme, we are featuring real life and fictional couples.
These couples prove that romance can be so much more than candlelight, flowers, and grand gestures. Being there for each other, loving and respecting differences, and the desire to be together are just as romantic. This month we celebrate enduring love.
Why did these couples make the list? We hope you’ll read about them to find out! Who would you add?
John and Abigail Adams – Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal – Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip - Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky - Clark Gable and Carole Lombard – Barak and Michelle Obama – Adam and Jackie Sandler - George W. and Laura Bush – Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward – Faith Hill and Tim McGraw – Julia Louis-Dreyfuss and Brad Hall - Dave and Julie Rafter – James and Lois Garner – Ronald and Nancy Reagan – Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze, Jr. – Mariette Hartley and Jerry Sroka – Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas – Sir Elton John and David Furnish – Robert and Elizabeth Browning – Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham - Marie and Pierre Curie – Elyse and Steven Keaton – Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth - Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan – Robert Capa and Gerda Taro (Endre Erno Friedmann and Gerda Pohorylle) – Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash – Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King – Heloise and Abelard – Florida and James Evans – Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick - Nick and Nora Charles - President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden – Keith Richards and Patti Hansen - Corey Matthews and Topanga Lawrence– Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest - Ron Weasley and Hermoine Granger – Tom Selleck and Jillie Mack – Meryl Streep and Don Gummer - Pacey and Joey – Stephen and Evelyn Colbert - Gomez and Morticia Addams – Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi - Marge and Homer Simpson – Ulysses and Julia Grant - Coach Eric Taylor and Tami Taylor – Tish Rivers and Fonny Hunt – George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush – Denzel and Pauletta Washington - Jim Halpert and Pam Beesly – Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld - George and Louise Jefferson – Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson - Harry Potter and Jenny Weasley – Calvin and Grace Coolidge - Rita Moreno and Leonard Gordon - Luke Danes and Lorelai Gilmore – Richard and Mildred Loving – Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera – Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy – Richard and Pat Nixon - George and Mary Bailey – Odysseus and Penelope – Leonard and Virginia Woolf – Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne – Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson.