Married Poll

[fastfredy0]

I've been married 38 years .... first year was pretty good .... j/k ... first month was pretty good .... j/k ....

Aside: Seeing as we don't have spouses in heaven ... is a divorce proceeding the beginning of eternal bless? ...... j/k or not

 

[Eleanor]

I've been married 38 years .... first year was pretty good .... j/k ... first month was pretty good .... j/k ....

Aside: Seeing as we don't have spouses in heaven ... is a divorce proceeding the beginning of eternal bless? ...... j/k or not

I got you beat.

 

[fastfredy0]

I got you beat.

Is that a good or bad thing? *giggle*

Aside: the Mrs is wonderful, but that makes for poor comedy

 

[Eleanor]

Is that a good or bad thing? *giggle*

I plead the Fifth.

Aside: the Mrs is wonderful, but that makes for poor comedy

I knew that.

 

[civic]

I've been married 38 years .... first year was pretty good .... j/k ... first month was pretty good .... j/k ....

Aside: Seeing as we don't have spouses in heaven ... is a divorce proceeding the beginning of eternal bless? ...... j/k or not

Similar we started dating in 76 and married in 85. Together 47 years .

 

[civic]

I got you beat.

We want to know by how much. Those are some bragging rights

 

[makesends]

Was married 39 years (I think); now a widower. I can say "(I think)" without figuring it out accurately because she can no longer tell me what I jerk I am for not being sure.

 

[fastfredy0]

Similar we started dating in 76 and married in 85. Together 47 years .

I was getting near 30 so I had to 'pull the trigger' sooner (less dating)

 

[civic]

Was married 39 years (I think); now a widower. I can say "(I think)" without figuring it out accurately because she can no longer tell me what I jerk I am for not being sure.

Sorry for your loss brother. I couldn't imagine what life would be like without my wife. She is the glue of our family.

 

[fastfredy0]

Was married 39 years (I think); now a widower. I can say "(I think)" without figuring it out accurately because she can no longer tell me what I jerk I am for not being sure.

Gee, you made my laugh and be saddened at the same time.
My wife is almost 8 years my junior; figured I'd have someone to push my wheel chair in future years (NOT YET ... lol)

 

[fastfredy0]

Sorry for your loss brother. I couldn't imagine what life would be like without my wife. She is the glue of our family.

My wife is deeply flawed as shown by her willingness to marry me; otherwise, she is nearly perfect. The bible says she not perfect, so I have to believe it.

Aside: I was married May 31, 1985. Did I beat you? Ah, 'beat you' means longer than you.

 

[makesends]

Sorry for your loss brother. I couldn't imagine what life would be like without my wife. She is the glue of our family.

It was 7 years ago. I can't really say it was that hard for me, though it is strange how your body and brain don't always take orders, and you find yourself unable to say what you had meant to say sometimes. The words don't come out right. Reminds me of when I got lost in Miami, a third grader, full-blown panic going on and I couldn't breathe right, and my mind the whole time was saying, "What's wrong with you? C'mon! Let's go!"

 

[makesends]

It was 7 years ago. I can't really say it was that hard for me, though it is strange how your body and brain don't always take orders, and you find yourself unable to say what you had meant to say sometimes. The words don't come out right. Reminds me of when I got lost in Miami, a third grader, full-blown panic going on and I couldn't breathe right, and my mind the whole time was saying, "What's wrong with you? C'mon! Let's go!"

Makes me think of CS Lewis' title, "A Grief Observed". When I was in panic mode, my mind was saying, "This is both strange and frustrating, yet, very interesting!"

 

[civic]

My wife is deeply flawed as shown by her willingness to marry me; otherwise, she is nearly perfect. The bible says she not perfect, so I have to believe it.

Aside: I was married May 31, 1985. Did I beat you? Ah, 'beat you' means longer than you.

February 15th, 85.

 

[fastfredy0]

February 15th, 85.

Beat me.

... where "beat me" assumes being married longer is a plus *giggle*

 

[fastfredy0]

"This is both strange and frustrating, yet, very interesting!"

Re: Very interesting ...

That's one of the things I like about you, you're a deep, analytical thinker.

 

[Inertia]

Marriage and staying that way = easy. ( God prepared me for it. ) What I discovered is that raising children is orders of magnitude more difficult.
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[civic]

Marriage and staying that way = easy. ( God prepared me for it. ) What I discovered is that raising children is orders of magnitude more difficult.
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And grandchildren are easy by comparison.

 

[makesends]

Beat me.

... where "beat me" assumes being married longer is a plus *giggle*

HA!!! Reminds me of a conversation with my crew: Talking about how long the various guys were married, and I told them how long I had been, but that it had been a very tough marriage. One of the guys said, "Well, you must be doing something right! Still married!" And being me, of course, before I thought through saying it out loud, I said, "Or wrong!"

 

[Eleanor]

We want to know by how much. Those are some bragging rights

If I told you that, I'd have to shoot you.

< got ya' beat by four years, and @fastfredy by 13 years >

You've got me beat on the dating thing.