As NBC News reports, President Carter said of his late wife, “Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished. She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it. As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me.” At the same time, 2018 Jimmy said that the “folks in town” — speaking of the small, countryside town of Plains, Georgia – “take care of us” per The Washington Post. That’s because, to the people in town, the Carters were just another mild-mannered, pleasant couple. Speaking of Jimmy, one local teenager said, “He’s a nice guy, just like a regular person,” while another said, “He’s a good ol’ Southern gentleman.” It takes the kind of stable, down-to-earth, community-minded decades that went into Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s marriage to build such a life and reputation.
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And to be sure, Jimmy and Rosalynn lasted so long because they put in the effort — they cultivated their unique, long-lasting relationship every day. Back when the two first started dating Jimmy had just joined the Navy, as The Washington Post explains, and the two maintained a long-distance relationship. That’s when they started their personal, secret message to each other: “ILYTG,” aka, “I love you the goodest” — back in the 1940s, mind you. They said it to each other often, and as People says, their children continued the tradition as the family grew over decades.
