Dear Ask Candid Candace readers: I often get asked the secret to meeting and keeping a good man - I imagine they ask me since I've (fortunately) been happily married for 36 years. It got me thinking about other couples I know and what their tips might be for this happy state of wedded bliss. I think you will recognize most of them. I will start with my own story.

Chuck and Candace : I met him in a bar. Don't say a word— I know, I know … not the ideal spot to meet the man of your dreams, but this is how it happened for me. I met Chuck through a mutual male friend 36 years and six months ago at the old Palm Restaurant on East Lake Shore Drive. Actually, he wasn't the intended fix-up, but he was the one who I remembered after leaving the restaurant. And, after a few dates, I asked HIM to m

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