Mulveys

(Continued from page 11) land, the couple goes to the horse races. (Mrs. Mulvey’s father was a stud manager — the queen used to send all of her horses to be foaled at his place.) The couple hasn’t traveled for three years due to the pandemic, but they have a trip planned for the spring.

So what’s the secret to their nearly 57-year marriage? “For everything, we’re a team. I cook, he does the dishes. If I see the trash, I take it. If he sees it, he does. It doesn’t matter,” said Mrs. Mulvey. “The first thing I do in the morning is make the said their customers have also become part of their family story.

“It’s really a pleasure to come to work. To see the customers makes me happy,” Sharon said. “They’re like family to me.”

Most customers are not tourists, but regulars who have known Fred and Sharon for years. She said her greatest pleasure is talking and catching up with her customers.

“For example,” Sharon said, speaking over the phone from the store, “right now, a customer comes in. They know Fred’s name and say, ‘Hi Fred, how are you doing?’ It’s like somebody has come home.”

She considers their relationship very lucky. Through Larchmont Beauty, Sharon and Fred have built a community.

“We have a big family,” Sharon said. “This is how it feels to me and to Fred.” bed. When I go to bed at night, there’s not a cup in the sink. That’s another thing. We never leave dishes,” said Mr. Mulvey.

“We’ve always been two peas in a pod, [but] you both need your own time, too. I am a morning person, Cyril likes to stay up and watch things,” said Mrs. Mulvey. But they both emphasized that they always like to know the other is there.

And the advice they’d give to young couples? “You have to give and take,” said Mrs. Mulvey. Mr. Mulvey added, “And I don’t contradict her. I don’t care about being right. I’m not going to be a know-it-all.”

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