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Old 08-30-2017, 07:50 PM   #21
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Old 08-30-2017, 07:55 PM   #22
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Twenty nine. Would have been 36 but she died.

The clock should start ticking again next year.
Congrats RobbieB. My mom and her second husband (nice guy, but weird to call him my step dad!), both had 50 year marriages before death interceded. They are getting close to 10 now, and seem to be blessed with another great marriage.

As for OP's question, DW and I have been together since 18/19, but waited all the way until 22/23 to get formally hitched. Will be 34 years this 12/31. (Free flowers in the church, and semester break for both our grad programs....) Looking forward to a very lengthy honeymoon, as we didn't get one the first time around!
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Old 08-30-2017, 07:58 PM   #23
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Old 08-30-2017, 08:17 PM   #24
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Last month, the young wife and I went to the wedding of a young couple in Atlanta. After much new music for all the young people, the DJ put on "Always and Forever" by Heatwave and invited all the couples to come up to slow dance. After a few moments, he told all the unmarried couples to sit down. Then the newlyweds of less than a year sat down, then less than five years, ten years etc. The young wife and I (33 years) were in the final four, but we couldn't hold a candle to the groom's grandparents, who were the last ones standing -- married for 51 years. I've never encountered this tradition at a wedding before, but I thought it was a nice thing to do...
The DJs in the weddings of my niece and my own daughter did this. I think this is common now. As our big family was there, of course my wife's eldest brother and his wife were always the last ones standing with close to 50 years (both my father and father-in-law had passed away).
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Old 08-30-2017, 08:18 PM   #25
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Old 08-30-2017, 08:26 PM   #26
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Old 08-30-2017, 08:35 PM   #27
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As was mentioned, the child rearing years were the toughest, but children are now young adults and doing well. Overall, the marriage is getting better with time.
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Old 08-30-2017, 08:35 PM   #28
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Old 08-30-2017, 08:36 PM   #29
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Last month, the young wife and I went to the wedding of a young couple in Atlanta. After much new music for all the young people, the DJ put on "Always and Forever" by Heatwave and invited all the couples to come up to slow dance. After a few moments, he told all the unmarried couples to sit down. Then the newlyweds of less than a year sat down, then less than five years, ten years etc. The young wife and I (33 years) were in the final four, but we couldn't hold a candle to the groom's grandparents, who were the last ones standing -- married for 51 years. I've never encountered this tradition at a wedding before, but I thought it was a nice thing to do. (of course, you need a long song to pull this off; Always and Forever clocks in at 6:15)
It seems to be a popular wedding game. At a recent wedding with 200+ guests, we were surprised to be the second to last couple to sit down (the parents of the groom were the only ones remaining after we left the dance floor).
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I married for the first time at age 77. That was 0.75 years ago. Marriages like mine (two men) have been legal only recently here in Nevada. (June, 2015) People have been wonderfully generous in wishing us well. I appreciate it, not knowing ahead of time what reactions would be. I congratulate all who have achieved long-lasting marriages. (Don't hold your breath for me!)
That is awesome Ted. Congrats. Find love where ever you can then hold on tight

Monday was our 24th. I was so nervous when I proposed. I was going to do it at dinner but i could not spit it out. We went next to to a little boutique hotel and i proposed in the lobby

I think DW believed in me sometimes more than i did. I am truly not worthy. The Great Recession brought us much closer together. Our business (construction) was tottering. But we made it through together
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