Thirty years of marriage is the milestone Mel and Chris Robbins celebrate in 2026, having wed in Michigan in 1996 after meeting at a party two years earlier. In this story, the number matters because of everything inside it: career reinvention, $800,000 of debt, depression, a near-divorce and a rebuild so complete the couple describe their life now as a second marriage.
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Mentioned in: Mel Robbins and Chris Robbins: The Marriage That Nearly Ended — and the ‘Second Marriage’ That Followed