This Tennessee couple has ordered the same McDonald’s breakfast every Friday for decades

John and Jerry Carroll, a Tennessee couple married for 80 years, have a long-running Friday tradition: visiting their local McDonald’s in Murfreesboro and ordering the same dishes off the menu, decade after decade.

‘For breakfast, we usually eat the Egg McMuffin with sausage,’ John, a World War II veteran, told local news outlet NewsChannel5, describing what they order. He adds tomato slices to make it ‘his special order.’ The couple celebrated their wedding anniversary in April and Jerry’s 100th birthday in June; John is 101.

During their anniversary celebration, employees at the outlet customised the restaurant’s golden arches signage to read, in all capital letters, ‘Congratulations to the Carrolls 80 years and counting.’ Christina Crisp, the general manager, said of the couple: ‘We just love them. They’ve been here for a long time.’

John shared his advice for a lasting marriage during the interview: ‘Treat your wife nice and try to help her all you can and work hard. That’s all we’ve had our ups and downs over the years, but we still made it.’

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