Jon Bon Jovi and Dorothea Hurley (PHOTOS) married 23 years. Jon Bon Jovi is an anomaly in the rock world. He married his high school girlfriend and the two have stuck together ever since.

Jon secretly married Dorothea Hurley in a Las Vegas wedding chapel in 1989 and they now have four children together.

As for what has made their marriage last so long, Jon jokes, “Let’s get that right here, right now. I’m afraid of my wife.”

The couple has been dating since high school. Go here for photos.

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