The vicissitudes of a long marriage.

[Raynine]

I don't know why my wife and I have lasted so long. If there's one thing I hear on a regular basis it is that she is fat and it's my fault. I heard it again today. Ok then, that is settled. I have never been able to answer that. What do I say? It's ok with me that you are fat? I don't think that is a good answer. I still like her though.

 

[Anathema]

I know for my wife and I, our decade of successful marriage has been based around the fact that we treat the whole thing as a business arrangement, and don’t let emotions get involved.

 

[jwoodie]

52 years and counting. The blessings of family far outweigh the aggravations.

 

[Moonglow]

I have the best marriage in the world, my wife lives forty miles away, 26 years and counting.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

33 years and doing well.

 

[Foxfyre]

I have the best marriage in the world, my wife lives forty miles away, 26 years and counting.

Good lord. Are you my son-in-law? That would explain so much!

 

[JOSweetHeart]

I've never been married, but I've seen enough of how things go for those who have been married. In my opinion, it all comes down to these three things when choosing your significant other.

1.) You enjoy each other's company.
2.) You agree on whatever is most important to you.
3.) You know what a marriage is before entering into one. In other words, you understand the most important things like, "In sickness and in health till death do you part, through good times and bad, etc."

God bless you always!!!

Holly (age 42)

 

[Foxfyre]

Many decades for Hombre and me. The key to a good marriage is to care more about the other than we care about the sometimes rocky, unpleasant times that pretty much no marriage is 100% immune from. It's having the maturity to accept those times, work through them, and emerge to continue being a witness to each other's lives.

 

[JustAGuy1]

We are in our 28th year. We are best friends.

 

[SweetSue92]

We are in our 28th year. We are best friends.

31 years for hubby and I next August, and same. And we laugh a lot.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

42 years in august for us,

 

[RetiredGySgt]

42 years in august for us,

we had rough patch in 99 I was deep in depression and she got tired of it after 5 years and left me for 3 weeks but came back and we found the right meds for my depression and suicidal thoughts in 2004 been good since

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

we had rough patch in 99 I was deep in depression and she got tired of it after 5 years and left me for 3 weeks but came back and we found the right meds for my depression and suicidal thoughts in 2004 been good since

I am so glad for you both.

A devout spouse to the marriage is beyond measure.