{"id":3486,"date":"2023-05-03T17:02:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/?p=3486"},"modified":"2023-05-03T17:02:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:02:07","slug":"tom-hanks-and-rita-wilson-celebrate-35-years-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2023\/05\/tom-hanks-and-rita-wilson-celebrate-35-years-of-marriage.html","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson Celebrate 35 Years of Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2355\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2355\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/413\/2023\/02\/tom-hanks-rita-wilson_credit-featureflash-photo-agency-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Featureflash Photo Agency \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are celebrating their love after being married for 35 years. Wilson recently took to Instagram to celebrate their anniversary with a photo of Hanks presenting an anniversary cake to her. She captioned the photo, &#8220;35 years of marriage. April 30, 1988. Love is everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Crqc3o-tami\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Crqc3o-tami\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Rita Wilson (@ritawilson)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hanks and Wilson first met in 1981 while on set of &#8220;Bosom Buddies,&#8221; but remained friends until a few years later when they reunited on camera while starring in the movie &#8220;Volunteers&#8221; in 1985. The pair has openly spoken about how there were instant sparks between the two when they first met. &#8220;Rita and I just looked at each other and \u2014 kaboing \u2014 that was that,&#8221; Hanks told GQ. &#8220;I asked Rita if it was the real thing for her, and it just couldn&#8217;t be denied.&#8221; In 2020, Wilson spoke about their happy relationship on &#8220;The Kelly Clarkson Show,&#8221; saying, &#8220;One of the things, when we met, was that we just got along instantly. First of all, I love a good storyteller, so anybody who could tell a good story, I&#8217;m down with that&#8230;.I love that. He makes me laugh all the time. He&#8217;s a great storyteller.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While appearing on &#8220;The Oprah Winfrey Show,&#8221; Hanks spoke about the success of his marriage\u00a0 to Wilson, saying &#8220;timing, maturity and willingness to have an intimate connection&#8221; were major factors. &#8220;The success of our relationship was a matter of timing, maturity and our willingness to have an intimate connection. When I married Rita, I thought, &#8216;This is going to require some change on my part.&#8217; I won&#8217;t deny that providence was part of us finding each other, but our relationship isn&#8217;t magic \u2014 the way it&#8217;s shown in movies.&#8221; He continued by saying, &#8220;In real life, our connection is as concrete as me sitting here. Not that marriage doesn&#8217;t come close to being hell in a handbasket sometimes. But we both know that no matter what, we&#8217;ll be with each other \u2014 and we&#8217;ll get through it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are celebrating their love after being married for 35 years. Wilson recently took to Instagram to celebrate their anniversary with a photo of Hanks presenting an anniversary cake to her. She captioned the photo, &#8220;35 years of marriage. April 30, 1988. 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