Love Advice from 88-Year-Old Gladys
Hear love advice from an 88-year-old with a surprisingly candid take on marriage. This lighthearted phone call offers unique perspectives and humorous anecdotes about a long-term relationship. Enjoy some unexpected tips and relatable struggles!
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All right.
So since a lot of people are single,
I thought it might be nice to get some advice about love.
And Dr. Phil is busy.
I don't know his number anyway.
I'm going to call my friend Gladys
and see what she has to say.
88-year-old Gladys has advice, I'm sure.
Hello, this is Gladys.
Hey, Gladys, it's Ellen calling.
Well, what a treat.
Oh, well, what a treat for me, too.
Hey, you know, it's our Valentine's show today.
So I thought I'd call and find out
what kind of advice you have.
A lot of people in our audience are single.
Well, honey, I've been married to my husband, Floyd,
this June 20th for 55 years.
Wow.
Well, it ain't that big a deal when you figure out
he's been taking naps through most of all that time.
And when you do the math, it's probably 10 actual years.
And probably out of those 10, he ain't been
listening half that time, honey.
So when it comes down to it, I really barely know the man.
So the magic is still there.
So that's your secret.
That's great.
It is.
Half of life is just showing up.
And we've both been showing up for some time now.
Now, are you a romantic person?
Or is Floyd?
In the beginning, was there romance?
Well, I'll tell you where we are now.
We ordered a pizza.
And they delivered it just now.
And it was good.
And Floyd bought some fancy imported beer
last time we went shopping.
And it was good, but not $15 a six-pack good.
So live and learn.
So that's it.
Well, I'm glad you called me, honey,
because I've been wanting to tell you something.
Oh, what's that?
Now, you've been talking about being nervous about the Oscars.
Yes.
And I noticed you mentioned it a lot.
Yes.
I'm going to give you a secret here for the stage fright.
Somebody told me a long time ago,
imagine everybody's in their underwear.
And it works.
OK.
And it shouldn't be hard, really,
because most of them starlets are half-dressed anyway.
Yeah.
But I have to say, it leaves something to the imagination.
Yeah.
Yeah, so you don't approve the way a lot of starlets
are dressing now.
Well, Floyd never sleeps through that one.
Well, honey, I just love you.
And I think your show is some of the best TV on television.
Well, thank you so much.
And you, Ellen, are my funny Valentine.
Oh, you're sweet.
You know, I just need to call you every day
is what I need to do.
Well, honey, you call me, and I'll be here.
And we'll just keep on keeping on.
All right, we will keep on keeping on.
And so any last-minute advice to the people
here looking for love or?
Most important, this is the one thing,
and it is the most important thing.
Don't go to bed angry.
Work it out.
Talk it out.
And it's always a little bit better the next day.
That's good advice.
All right.
And so we'll say hi to Floyd.
Is he asleep right now?
Well, it's hard to tell half the time.
Well, nudge him for me.
Let me let him know that we send our love, all right?
Well, I will, honey.
All right, well, I'll call you again.
And thank you for that advice for the Oscars.
And I'm going to work out a secret signal
that I'm going to send you when I'm doing it,
because I'll be thinking of you.
Here's what you do.
Carol Burnett used to tug her earlobe.
Right.
Now you just come up with something close to that,
and I'll know what you mean.
All right.
I'll figure it out.
I'm going to, I'll figure it out, and I'll let you know.
Well, that's wonderful.
All right.
All right, Gladys, well, you take care of yourself, OK?
Well, I'll talk to you soon.
OK.
Bye now.
Bye bye.

