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Bonus: Test of Time

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We know you appreciate a good love story, so we thought we'd bring you two more this week. They come from our sister podcast, Endless Thread, a show featuring stories found on Reddit. They just started a new season of episodes. This one is called "Test of Time." Give it a shot, and we'll be back on Wednesday with another new episode of Modern Love.

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We were in the same second grade class, and he had a massive 8-year-old crush on me. He wrote me a note professing his love for me and slipped it under my school box; another student noticed, gave the note to the teacher, which she proceeded to read out loud and mortified him. 2 years later, in 4th grade, his family moved across the country for his mom's job.
Fast forward 8 years (we were 16), he adds me on facebook and starts messaging me, asking me if I remember him. I had no recollection. He tells me all these stories about us when we were in second grade, and I was totally creeped out. I checked my yearbook, and he did exist, but it didn't jog my memory at all. We kept chatting, and he mentioned that his extended family still lived in my home state and he came up to visit frequently, suggesting that next time he was in town we should get together. We did just that, and from then on we were in a relationship.

Ugh so cute, right?

That's the story of Camille and Richie. They lost touch after second grade, and then took it back up as teenagers. They dated long distance for six years and then, they got married last summer. Aww.

Camille and Richie get married. (Courtesy Sam Bacon Photography)
Camille and Richie get married. (Courtesy Sam Bacon Photography)

Next up are Nick and Bobbi. You might actually recognize them.

In this August 1969 file photo, a couple hugs during the Woodstock Music and Art Festival in Bethel, N.Y., USA. (AP photo)
In this August 1969 file photo, a couple hugs during the Woodstock Music and Art Festival in Bethel, N.Y., USA. (AP photo)

That iconic photo, in full '60s color, is the cover of the Woodstock album. They were both 20, heard about the musical festival on the radio and got in the car and headed to Bethel, New York.

They didn't actually know their picture was taken, on Sunday, Aug. 17, 1969. Burk Uzzle took the photo that was later featured on the album cover.

He told Smithsonian Magazine, "Gracie Slick of Jefferson Airplane was singing, bringing up the dawn. And just magically, this couple stood up and hugged. They kissed, smiled at each other and the woman leaned her head on the man's shoulder. I just had time to get off a few frames of black and white and a few of color."

Two years and 10 days later, they got married.

Nick and Bobbi wedding photo (Courtesy Nick and Bobbi Ercoline)
Nick and Bobbi wedding photo (Courtesy Nick and Bobbi Ercoline)

They went on to have two sons and settled down in Middletown, New York.

And they are still together!! (insert heart-eyes emoji)

Nick and Bobbi Ercoline
Nick and Bobbi Ercoline

They've had some notoriety since the 20th anniversary of Woodstock rolled around in 1989. This fun fact about them getting married pops up on Reddit every now and then.

Their advice for how they make it work?

"Marriage is hard. There's good times and there's bad times. You've got to choose your battles," Bobbi says. "Sometimes it's a whole lot easier to be to be happy than to be right. And you have to ask yourself, Am I better off with or without this person? And if you're better off with, then you make it work."

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Amory Sivertson is a senior producer for podcasts and the co-host of Endless Thread.

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