It was at this time that Theresa became Yvon’s wife. She was only seventeen when she married Yvon. She remembers him as not being very outgoing. He thought he was homely. The first year of their married life was very tough. Yvon and Theresa had to live with her parents. Theresa had a good upbringing while Yvon was used to a rougher way of living. By 1952, he had earned enough money to build his own home. Theresa liked to keep their house very clean and Yvon had to change his ways.
There were other problems that Yvon and Theresa soon had to face. As Yvon became more famous, he began to have more “so-called” friends. He started to stay away from home too often. He was drinking too much with his new friends. Like most people, Yvon loved the feeling of being important. It took a strong person like Theresa to keep them together.