Lucy Kennedy has said her relationship with her husband Richie has evolved over the years as their kids grow up.
The couple face different challenges as Jack, who is 15, 12-year-old Holly, and Jess, who is nearly 8, navigate their own lifes.
They are celebrating 25 years together after meeting at Richie's sister's wedding.
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Lucy told RSVP Magazine: "Your relationship with your spouse changes as your kids grow up because you face different challenges.
"As the kids get older, they need you more in a different way. We’re at that stage where we’re consumed with every sport under the sun and we don’t really have weekends to ourselves.
"One is playing rugby, one is doing acrobats and one wants to hang out in Dundrum Town Centre. Richie and I are really busy in our relationship because we’re like ships passing in the night.
"We kind of high five each other as we go past in our own house. We’ve a tag team relationship and there is nobody else I could do this with after 25 years together."
Lucy can vividly remember the first time she saw him.
She recalled: "It was at his sister Jane’s wedding. I thought he was a funny and nice guy, and he hasn’t changed.
"He’s definitely more calm than me when it comes to parenting. He’ll say, ‘Jack is 15, let him breathe’. He’s more balanced than me."
Did the courtship begin straight away? It was love at first sight. We were only 23 and look at us now – 25 years together! He’s ageing so well compared to me, it’s insane [laughs].
"I promise you, if you look at us in pictures, he’s getting better and I’m getting worse [laughs]."
Lucy and Richie bought their first house together before they got married, and she always wanted a big day out.
She said: "We were together for seven years and I couldn’t have been more obvious about wanting to get engaged. I kept hinting.
"We bought a house together and I used to leave the Argos catalogue around with the page marked down on the engagement rings. I wanted a princess cut ring.
"Wherever he was, I would leave the catalogue down beside and eventually he got the idea and popped the question in Castle Leslie.
"From there, it was engagement, wedding and babies. It all happened very quickly. I always tell people to enjoy their engagement because everything speeds up when you get married."
For Lucy, Richie is a brilliant husband and he’s very hands-on with the kids.
She said: "I leave in the mornings and he takes complete control and gets everybody off to school. He’s kind and very funny.
"He’s clearly extremely patient because I get very overwhelmed when I’m busy. He’s the calm to my storm. He’s very placid and he’s firm, yet fair.
"Dare I say he’s the perfect guy, well he’s the perfect guy for me. We’re different enough to still find each other amusing."
The Virgin Media presenter joked that she is a "frightening" wife.
She said: "I’m an absolute nagging nightmare. I think I’m a cool mum, but it turns out that I’m not! I think I’m a nice wife, I’m always fussing about everyone eating enough.
"I always have the heating on and I’m very maternal.
"But if you were to ask Rich, he’d say I never stop nagging. He would also say I make him laugh and that’s the thing that keeps us together."
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