Candace Cameron Bure and Valeri Bure have set an example with their long-lasting marriage.

The actress and Winter Olympics medalist were originally set up by her Full House costar Dave Coulier. “[Lori Loughlin and I] were looking at these two cute men on the ice, and I was like, ‘I wanna meet that one, the blonde one,’ which was Val,” she recalled during a 2014 interview. “We went on a date the very next day, and in less than a year we were engaged.”

After the pair tied the knot in 1996, they expanded their family with kids Natasha, Lev and Maksim. Through the years, Cameron Bure offered glimpses at the commitment required to make a marriage work.

“My husband is a natural-born leader. I quickly learned that I had to find a way of honoring his take-charge personality and not get frustrated about his desire to have the final decision on just about everything,” she wrote in her 2013 book, Balancing It All. “I am not a passive person, but I chose to fall into a more submissive role in our relationship because I wanted to do everything in my power to make my marriage and family work.”

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