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Tears about how grandpa has documented every date with a wife for 60 years

The touching tictok of a granddaughter about her grandparents' love story has become viral.

In the video, the woman presented a carefully kept list of her grandfather Jim, who documented Every single date and each individual memory He shared with his wife Kay for over six decades. Since publishing the video, five million views and one million likes have been received.

“If girls can hardly get a good morning text, but my grandpa documented every memory and every date that he ever had for 60 years with my grandma,” she wrote in the caption. “My grandma is a happy girl.”

An older man holds a photo near his chest.

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The list that is carefully entered and printed records simple moments in often nothing more than one line.

“Kay came to Jim's place before she went to work,” says one entry. “Have the dinner together,” says another.

Even days when they did not see each other, an entry was found in which it was: “Don't see each other.”

A love story for eternity

Tikok users were overwhelmed by the commitment and care that Jim showed for Kay during her decades of love story. A commentator even pointed out the additional effort behind the list.

“What is even better is that they were all likely to be handwritten and that he took the time later in life to type and print it,” they wrote.

Another described the list as a concrete way of experiencing a life of love again: “This is like the saying” My life flashed before my eyes “, but like list form.”

The granddaughter, which was overwhelmed by the answer, announced more in the comments. She said that her grandfather was a computer programmer for Boeing and that she did not expect the video to reach the number of spectators who did it.

“I will show my grandma all the love that your relationship gets from this video!” added it.

After the viral success of her first video, she published a follow-up and shared photos of her grandparents over the years. “Grandpa Jim and Grandma Kay over the years full of love,” she labeled the photo carousel, which contained snapshots from her wedding, Christmas celebrations and moments of joint joy.

Nevertheless, the audience demands more love story that has increased their standards to new levels.

“There are no more men and such love, and I fear that my unrealistic expectations came there,” said one person.

“Please, can you somehow make this available publicly as a scanned document online?” Asked another person. “I would like to read it like a book.”

Newsweek has contacted @kaylastipsits1 for a comment on Tiktok.