When I met Gordon and Beverly Griffiths last week I could tell the two were very much in love.

The couple has been married for 50 years and they still have that sparkle in their eye.

It's sad to say but in today's world there aren't many marriages that make it to 50.

According to the Australian Bureau of statistics divorce figures have reached more than 50,000 per year in Australia which is not something to be proud of.

You have to wonder what's so different now compared to when our grandparents fell in love?

Whatever it is, `til death do us part' doesn't seen to mean as much as it did 50 years ago.

My grandparents, Carmen and Louis, were married in 1942 and are still happily married today.

When I look at how long they have been together and how much they still love and respect each other it makes me feel very proud.

My nan still knows her way around a kitchen and pop knows his way around a tool box which keeps them both happy and a big help to each other.

When I asked nan why she thought her marriage had lasted so long she said she always knew that she would never find anyone better than pop and it was better to stick with the devil

you know than the one you don't.

Perhaps that's the problem with today's society we are always looking for something better.

Better cars, better houses, better jobs, better partners.

We might have lost the ability to ever be content with what we have because we live in a world that is always evolving and changing.

Today it seems like people don't realise how lucky they are to be in love and take what they have for granted.

I think my plan will be to follow the lead of my grandparents and trust that the person I love enough to say my vows to is the person worth loving forever.

Because one day we too will reach an age where all we need is love, a kitchen and a tool box.