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Hey there, everybody, and welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J.

This is on our special love stories feed where we are featuring couples who we all look up to,

who come from all different walks of life, but have managed to keep their relationships not just lasting but successful and our couple

today you know them well tony award nominated broadway star at melissa erico and her hubby you know his

name as well patrick mackenro of course former davis cup captain he's an esPN commentator a grand slam champ

and the president of the

International Tennis Hall of Fame. These two met at the age while they were elementary school

students. She was five. He was a few years older, but then fate intervened a few years later,

and the two met and never left each other's side. They are 26 years married. And here is Melissa

Erico and Patrick McEnroe's love stories.

Joining us now is Melissa Eriko and Patrick McEnroe.

This love story, we are so excited to hear all about, and we're going to ask you all the same questions we asked all our

couples and our first one's always the toughest one for whatever reason this is the tricky one

i'll start with you patrick this always trip people up first question in five words or less

describe your relationship today magical Magical, enchanting.

The wife is laughing.

Some tribulations, but all love.

All love. All right. Well, Lizzie, why are you laughing already?

Yeah. I'm laughing because we felt like like SATs, you know, because we have like all teenagers. He's like, all the like, no, I think it's funny. Magical. I mean, it is kind of magical. You know, we met when we were kids. So there's a lot of, there's a lot of, there's the magic in that and that we were children together.

But so there's a kind of an endurance.

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