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You can't fall in love after 40; you know so much about life that you can't get fooled anymore.

My parents have been married for 42 years. Their marriage has been - from what I can see - a happy one.

When you're in your early 20s your love life seems to explode every 20 minutes or so. By the time you've reached your thirties, it is every five or ten years.

When you hear about people in the '50s getting married at 20, you're like, 'What were they thinking?' My grandparents were together for over 50 years.

As you get older you have more respect and empathy for your parents. Now I have a great relationship with both of them.

If you love somebody, you love them. My parents had a 25-year age gap between them and my mum was the breadwinner, my dad the house husband. I'm a strong believer that a good relationship can work, whatever the situation.

We're not meant to be parents when we're 50.

I think that love isn't what you think it is when you're in your twenties or even thirties.

But to sustain a marriage for 50 years, you have to get real a little bit and find someone who is understanding and who you can grow with. My mom always says, 'Marry the man who loves you a millimeter more.'

A healthy love life is not and should not be the preserve of those in their 20s and 30s. It's important at all ages.