Houston – For 63 years, Bruce and Robin Webb’s love story has been unfolding one conversation at a time. Keep reading or watch the video player below for their love story in just three minutes.
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The couple were introduced by Robin’s coworker and eventually blossomed into more than just romance. It was a balance. Bruce is a year older than his love, and when she finally made it to college, they knew they needed each other in more ways than one.
“I needed somebody desperately to help me with mathematics when I was studying architecture,” Bruce says. Numbers were not his strength, but it was for Robin. She helped him with math, and in return, he helped her with writing. “I guess in a way we were piecing together a whole person out of two different people.”
That idea of two people forming something stronger together has carried them through more than six decades of marriage.
She became a math teacher. He built a career in architecture, leaning into his artistic instincts. Their minds work differently. She says she approaches life from a more structured angle. He sees things creatively. Yet those differences have not divided them. They have deepened them.
“Usually we’re on the same side,” she says. “But we do have some good conversations on opposing sides.”
Those conversations, they agree, have only gotten better with time.
Robin says she’s learned a lot from her husband, while Bruce claims that Robin keeps getting smarter. Bruce adds that their discussions now are infinitely better than they were in the early years. What once may have turned into frustration now often ends in laughter. Many disagreements, he explains, are handled through humor or simply allowing time to do its work.
They have learned that two people can see the same situation in entirely different ways. Instead of fearing that, they lean into it. They talk it through. Sometimes intensely. And in the end, they say it brings them closer. It’s something they say they have instilled into their daughter, whom they adopted in their 40s.
When asked what their secret to making love last, Robin’s answer is simple.
“Don’t just stay at home,” she says. “You have to get out and get with other people and do fun things. You don’t necessarily have to do them together, but it’s nice when you do.”
Maintaining individuality while nurturing togetherness has mattered.
So has laughter.
“Developing a sense of humor and appreciation for what you can find amusing,” Bruce says, “you’re going to need that a lot along the way.”
In fact, they joke that after all these years, they may be the best entertainment they have.
Sixty three years after that first prom, he still says she looks good to him all the time.
And she still sounds amazed by the man she chose.