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Maricel Laxa, Anthony Pangilinan share secret to happy marriage

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div style="padding-top:66.375%"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1459740" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></div></figure><p>MANILA -- For celebrity couple Anthony Pangilinan and Maricel Laxa, accepting that there is no perfect relationship is key to their 23-year happy marriage.</p><p>In an interview with ABS-CBN morning talk show &quot;Magandang Buhay&quot; on Tuesday, the couple said they learned that they can&#x27;t be happy all the time.<br/> <br/>&quot;Ang secret ay hindi kami palaging masaya. Ang secret ay hindi kami palagi happy at kapag hindi ka nag-iisip na kailangan laging happy para magsama, doon pa lang ang laki na ng pagbabago. You don&#x27;t have to be happy all the time to stay together,&quot; Pangilinan said.</p><p>&quot;So &#x27;yung question mo na how do you stay happily married? (The answer is) by knowing that you will never stay happy in your marriage, dapat tanggap mo &#x27;yon.&quot;</p><p>Laxa added that pretending that you are happy together is not good for the relationship.</p><p>&quot;Halimbawa, &#x27;di kayo masaya, eh aminin niyo, at hanapin niyo kung paano maging masaya. Hindi &#x27;yung deadma. Kasi kapag nasanay ka na deadma, hindi ka magiging masaya,&quot; she explained.</p><p>Pangilinan and Laxa got married on December 19, 1993. The couple have five kids -- Ella, Donny, Hannah, Benj and Solana.</p>

<p>For celebrity couple Anthony Pangilinan and Maricel Laxa, accepting that there is no perfect relationship is key to their 23-year happy marriage.</p>

For celebrity couple Anthony Pangilinan and Maricel Laxa, accepting that there is no perfect relationship is key to their 23-year happy marriage.