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Candace Cameron Bure and husband Valeri Bure were just kids when they met, but growing up together hasn't caused them to grow apart. The couple celebrated 20 years of marriage last year.
"We've gone from loving each other as teenagers to loving each other as adults with teenaged children," Cameron Bure toldOK! in 2014.
The pair met when Candace's Full House costar Dave Coulier played in a charity hockey game with professional hockey player Valeri Bure in 1995. Nineteen-year-old Candace, who was cheering Coulier on with co-star Lori Laughlin, was immediately drawn to Valeri.
"We were looking at these two cute men on the ice, and I was like 'I wanna meet that one, the blonde one,' which was Val," she told Us Weekly.
Coulier introduced her to the 21-year-old Montreal Canadiens player after the match and things moved quickly from there. They went out the next day and were engaged within a year. They married on June 22, 1996.
Candace gave birth to the couple's first child, daughter Natasha, when she was 22. Son Lev came two years later, and another son, Maksim, two years after his brother.
Despite having a wonderful marriage, one that she feels proud to speak openly about, Cameron Bure said it hasn't been "all roses."
"There have been several tough years, in a row, ups and downs, bad attitudes and bad decisions, but we've persevered. We rode them out. We loved each other through them," she reflected in a Facebook post last year.
The couple put each other on a pedestal, the Fuller House star told Yahoo! in 2015. "When a man feels respected, that is love to him," she said. "For example, my husband does 98% of the cooking and I remind the kids to say thank you or I specify what I appreciate, whether it's a new ingredient or recipe."
They try to never argue in front of the kids, and they make time for dates, even if it's just lunch together. "It's worth it to make it a priority, otherwise, you see how it affects a marriage," said Cameron Bure. "Friendship is the foundation of marriage but you also need private time…You need that intimacy — not just romantic but also through conversation."
Now that their kids are growing up — daughter Natasha graduated from high school last spring — Candace said it's easier for the couple to have alone time. They celebrated their 20th anniversary last year with a romantic Pebble Beach, California, getaway, enjoying horseback riding and champagne al fresco. "I couldn't be more proud to be here and love my man the way I do," said Cameron Bure.
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