Elton John & His Husband Send Each Other Love Letters Every Saturday
One secret to Elton John and David Furnish's lasting relationship? Handwritten love letters. The couple has been penning and sending each other personal notes every week for the past 25 years, they revealed in a new video from R&B artist 6lack's confessional series about love.
"Every Saturday, we gave each other an anniversary card, because we met on a Saturday," Furnish tells 6lack (pronounced "black") in the clip, premiering exclusively on BAZAAR.com.
"So we wrote down, in like a little card that you put next to the bed, 'Happy Anniversary,'" he continued, "And you write about the week that's passed and the week that's coming, and you connect and you tell each other you love each other."
No matter where they are in the world, John and Furnish send their weekly cards via courier. If delivery would take too long due to extreme distances, it's no problem; they'll fax the notes instead.
"Every Saturday, without fail, in the last 25 years, we've sent each other a card or a fax," John assures.
What's most important is that, no matter how the message is sent, it still appears in writing. "It's not quite the same as a text or an email," Furnish explains. "I think seeing the handwriting on paper and feeling the person's humanity through that, and the fact that we do it religiously every Saturday, has been a very powerful bonding thing for us."
All of the opened and read cards are kept in a safe in the couple's home. "It's a whole catalogue of our relationship," Furnish says.
That includes the bad days, too. "We sort through [our difficulties] by communication, and one way of communicating is writing down on a piece of paper or card how you're feeling," adds John.
Furnish and John met in 1993, married in December 2014, and currently have two sons together. Their story fits in with 6lack's new album, titled East Atlanta Love Letter.
The project offers a brooding reflection on love, whether for the singer's titular hometown, his young daughter, a significant other, or himself. The record-which includes features from Future, Khalid, J. Cole, and Offset-is a mature follow-up to his Grammy-nominated debut Free 6lack in 2016.
While rolling out the album, 6lack featured fans and celebrities answering in-depth questions about love. Elton John and David Furnish are just two of the many who participated.
Stream 6lack's East Atlanta Love Letter below.
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