This is what 54 years of love looks like.
Freedom to Marry released a video Wednesday of New Yorkers William Campbell and John Hilton telling the story of their 54-year relationship, which began just before Hilton was drafted and sent to Europe in 1957.
Campbell wrote Hilton letters throughout his deployment, and when Hilton returned and began working and going to night school, Campbell did all the cooking and laundry.
"When I was getting ready to graduate and I got my degree I told Bill he will never, ever, as long as we live, do the laundry again, and that was in 1971," Hilton said. "And so he has never, ever done the laundry since."
After Campbell developed Parkinson's disease, Hilton described taking care of him as "payback time" for all Campbell had done for him. Campbell died in May 2011, less than two months before marriage equality was legalized in New York.
Watch the video above to hear Campbell and Hilton's sweet love story. Click here to watch another cute couple, Robin and Lucia, describe how they met and fell in love.
(H/T Buzzfeed)
Check out the state of same-sex marriage around the world in the slideshow below.
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The Netherlands was the first country to recognize gay marriage in 2001. Pictured: Jan van Breda and Thijs Timmermans.
Belgium legalized same-sex marriages in 2003. Pictured: Marion Huibrecht and Christel Verswyvelen.
Spain legalized gay marriage in 2005.
Canada followed Spain and approved gay marriage in 2005.
South Africa legalized same sex marriage in 2006. Pictured: Vernon Gibbs and Tony Hall.
Norway followed suit in 2009. Norwegian finance minister and chairwoman of the Socialist Left party Kristin Halvorsen (L) stands next to wedding figurines outside the House of Parliament in Oslo on June 11, 2008, where she celebrated the passing of a new law awarding equal rights to same sex partnerships as those enjoyed by heterosexual marriages. (Getty)
Sweden recognized same sex marriage in 2009. Pictured: Johan Lundqvist (L) and Alf Karlsson.
Portugal recognized gay marriage in 2010. Pictured: Teresa Pires and Helena Paixao.
Iceland legalized gay marriage in 2010.
Argentina legalized same sex-marriage in 2010. It was the only Latin American country to do so. Pictured: Giorgio Nocentino (L) and Jaime Zapata.
New Zealand became the first Asia-Pacific nation (and the 13th in the world) to legalize same-sex marriage. Pictured: Jills Angus Burney (L) and Deborah Hambly.
Denmark became the first country to allow the registration of gay partnerships in 1989. In 2012, Denmark's Parliament approved a law allowing same-sex couples to get married in formal church weddings instead of the short blessing ceremonies that the state's Lutheran Church offered.
The Uruguay Parliament lawmakers passed the "marriage equality project" in Montevideo, Uruguay,Wednesday, April 10, 2013.
Same-sex marriage is allowed in nine U.S. states, and Washington DC.
Some parts of Brazil allow same-sex marriage (AL, BA, CE, DF, ES, MS, PR, PI, SE, and SP).
Some areas of Mexico allow gay marriage, such as Mexico City.
France legalized same sex marriage in 2013. Pictures: an illustration made with plastic figurines of men is seen in front of the Palais Bourbon, the seat of the French National Assembly. (JOEL SAGET/Getty Images)
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