Love is grand! Communication keeps love alive and well!
Celine
Dion and Rene Angelil have one of the most tender of love stories and
longest of marriages in show business.Their relationship began 26 years
ago, and they became engaged 22 years ago in 1991.
To this day,
they still smooch, sometimes unabashedly in public with a peck on the
cheek or a full-on lip lock. They still hold hands and wrap their arms
around each other’s waists. In fact, it was a mutual love tap or gentle
pat on their backsides that prompted me to ask Celine a question about
her secrets to a happy marriage.
She had an instant, one-word answer: “Communication.”
Their love story is now of legend: Rene and Celine met when she was
12 and he was 38 after her mom sent him a demo tape. That was in 1980,
and Celine was 19 before they had a first date. She was 23 when they
became engaged. They married in December 1994 and will celebrate their
19th anniversary this December. In January 2000, they renewed their
wedding vows here.
After many years failing to conceive, Celine
underwent treatments for in-vitro fertilization. Their first son,
Rene-Charles, was born in January 2001 and, in October 2010, her
fraternal twins Nelson and Eddy.
Celine told me: “Up until seven
years ago, we weren’t communicating properly. A very good girlfriend
talked to me about the real meaning of communication, the right way to
communicate and really properly communicate on an equal and respectful
level.
“It changed the way we related to each other. My husband
is also my best friend. We trust each other with our lives. We live for
each other.”
I complimented the two of them on
their obvious long-lasting and intense affection for each other. Celine
admitted: “Before my girlfriend taught me fully about communication,
Rene and I had our tough times. It wasn’t always easy. We had tension
between us. It’s never easy being husband and wife, but add to that we
are in business together dealing with all the added pressures of shows,
concerts, tours, traveling. It was hard — a lot of hard work.
“I
was old school and kept it hidden. Forget about it, and it will go away.
I talked about it with my best girlfriend, and she taught me it never
goes away. It sits there and gets worse. She taught me how to say things
the right way. It’s lessons that every married couple should know to
hold their relationship together.”
Celine said that before
learning from her girlfriend’s advice, she didn’t realize that things
could be said differently — instead of nagging or being accusatory and
instead of letting problems or differences fester by sweeping it under
the carpet, as we do in England!
“It’s sad that so many people
break up, their loving relationships end and divorce happens when, if
there was proper communication, they would be able to hold on to the
beauty of their early years together. We made it through, so everybody
else can, too.”
Celine says as a couple, Rene and she share
everything. “We made a commitment to each other not once but a second
time here in Las Vegas. Those promises are for a lifetime together, and,
because we respect each other, we will keep them forever. Talking
openly together about everything might start out as a challenge, but,
once you are through it the first time, it gets easier from then on.”
I asked Celine for the glue that holds a long happy marriage
together. She summed up: “We laugh. We joke. We kid each other. We want
our marriage to last forever. Talk over everything, and you’ll find you
are still on the honeymoon. We still miss each other when we are apart.
We couldn’t imagine life without each other."
“Communication — it’s the most important. It’s the secret.”
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