The true reason Oprah and Stedman never married
<p>Television host Oprah Winfrey has revealed the real reason why she never married her boyfriend, Stedman Graham, even after 31 years together as a couple.</p>
<p>The 63-year-old media personality touched on the issue in the upcoming September issue of <em>Vogue</em>, when she was asked about the lessons she learned from being in a long-term relationship with someone, without actually tying the knot.</p>
<p>“Live life on your own terms,” she said.</p>
<p>Winfrey elaborated, explaining the topic of marriage had really only come up once, when she asked her partner what would happen if they actually did get married. </p>
<p>“We wouldn’t be together,” he responded.</p>
<p>“We would not have stayed together, because marriage requires a different way of being in this world. His interpretation of what it means to be a husband and what it would mean for me to be a wife would have been pretty traditional, and I would not have been able to fit into that,” Winfrey said.</p>
<p>Winfrey and Graham seem content to live their lives as boyfriend and girlfriend rather than husband and wife.</p>
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