A young couple standing in front of a beige curtain. The young woman, on the left, has shoulder-length brown hair and is wearing a sleeveless light blue dress with a floral pattern along the neckline and waist. She has a white headband and is smiling. The young man, on the right, is dressed in a light blue suit jacket with a black bow tie and glasses. He has short dark hair and is also smiling. A white flower boutonniere is pinned to his lapel. Leslie Burger and Alan Burger at their StoryCorps interview in New York, New York, on November 12, 2025.
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Leslie and Alan Burger have been in love since they met in elementary school in Bridgeport, Connecticut in the early 1960s. But their romance wasn’t always fun.

At StoryCorps, Leslie told her husband how he was sometimes hard to love.

Alan Burger and Leslie Burger in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1966. Courtesy of Alan Burger.

Top photo: Leslie Burger and Alan Burger at Central High School senior prom in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in June 1968. Courtesy of Alan Burger.

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Originally aired January 30, 2026 on NPR’s Morning Edition.