Calling all HAPPILY married people for 20+ years...

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  • Mommert6
    Mommert6 Posts: 3 Member
    Looking forward to celebrating our 40th anniversary this August! New adventures as we adjust to the empty nest.

    Good post... I'd like to see a stop to the spouse bashing!
  • chocolatierswife
    chocolatierswife Posts: 19 Member
    happily married 14 years this december. at times i dont know how he puts up with me, but i couldnt imagine life without him.
  • jenniferwren
    jenniferwren Posts: 189
    Lovely topic :heart:

    We've been together 20 years this year and married 14 :smile: :heart:
  • SueGeer
    SueGeer Posts: 1,169 Member
    29 years in September this year. Having a 'patch' lately, but will overcome.....we always do.

    Love him, but don't always 'like' him.
  • MrsAgi
    MrsAgi Posts: 338 Member
    20 years together, 13.5 married. NOTHING is how I imagined/planned - life has thrown some real sh1t at us, and I still feel grateful every day (almost lol) that we met, and that he perservered despite everything;) I can't imagine what the next 20 years will bring (but surely things can't get much worse than some of the darkest times we have already made it through!), but whatever it is, it will be easier and better for facing them together. I can't imagine life without him, and wouldn't know where to start tbh.....
  • goodasgoldilox165
    goodasgoldilox165 Posts: 333 Member
    We began our adventure almost 26 years ago and haven't had nearly enough yet!

    People say you have to work at a marriage -I'm not sure exactly what that means but do spend a little of each day treasuring it.

    He still puts me first, looks out for me and tries to make the world right for me : I do the same for him (how could I not? )

    I remember reading that although you begin by looking into each other's eyes, to stay married, you have to turn a little and look in the same direction!
  • shanswan
    shanswan Posts: 32 Member
    Happily together for 25 years in September and married for 22 years in September. We just watched the movie touchback last night. We were both in tears when it was over because neither one of us could imagine this ride without each other and our kids.

    Thanks to whoever started this...I am all about positive thinking.
  • Otter1422
    Otter1422 Posts: 162 Member
    My wife and I have been married for 17 years and together for 22 years I can't imagine my life without her she is my best friend and the best person I know.
  • shanswan
    shanswan Posts: 32 Member
    LOL that is us...different as can be but it takes us both to work. I always say we are the two sides of the same coin :smile:
  • jmom376
    jmom376 Posts: 234 Member
    I have been with my husband for 23 years and married for 15 years on March 12. Like most of you, we have had our ups and downs, but we always work it out. I can't imagine this crazy journey without him.
  • DeAsh
    DeAsh Posts: 32 Member
    This October will be 30 years for us. He's a keeper!
  • TheRealParisLove
    TheRealParisLove Posts: 1,907 Member
    Fifteen years on we are still best friends. Sometimes we fight like we are best friends in middle school, but still best friends just the same.
  • BigDnSW
    BigDnSW Posts: 641 Member
    What a blessing for me to read all these wonderful posts. Yes indeed, for us it has not been perfect or easy, but we both love each other enough to make it work and work well. She's beaut! You can see her on my profile. Her nickname is SW... SuperWoman and SuperWife... I cannot tell you my nickname for propriety's sake :laugh:
  • BigDnSW
    BigDnSW Posts: 641 Member
    Happily together for 25 years in September and married for 22 years in September. We just watched the movie touchback last night. We were both in tears when it was over because neither one of us could imagine this ride without each other and our kids.

    Thanks to whoever started this...I am all about positive thinking.

    Your welcome and congrats!
  • coosmic
    coosmic Posts: 16 Member
    Awesome post, tribute to you for starting it. "Down with Bashers and bad actors!"

    We are posting this together: Been married to my best friend since 1981 and often wish I had known him longer!
    Many people think we are "joined at the hip" but we love it and they are just envious of what we have.
    I can't even imagine not being together, doing things together.
    And all I can say is it started off great and it keeps getting Better!

    Our favourite phrase: Forever and a Day!
  • mcsweetly
    mcsweetly Posts: 133 Member
    Married 8.5 years and together 16!
  • Multifacet
    Multifacet Posts: 66 Member
    Celebrated 30 years this past August. We are happier than ever!! Could have something to do with my new found energy! I was bringing us down big time, but that is all behind us! My husband is very supportive. Doesn't care if I cook or not. Can fend for himself if he doesn't want to eat what I'm having for dinner. Hasn't complained. Isn't worried about me running off now that I look and feel better. I just want to have more fun with him! Congrats to you all:drinker:

    BTW....we were engaged after dating for 2 weeks and married 10 months later.
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    A week from Saturday it will be 28 years of "Princess Bride" and "Happily Ever After" and "Married My Best Friend" and "all of our friends tell us how damned cute we are" and "even on my worst days I'm the luckiest girl in the world" true love.
  • lstnlondry
    lstnlondry Posts: 1,794 Member
    22 years this April. Whoop Whoop! We get better with time too.
  • Multifacet
    Multifacet Posts: 66 Member
    We celebrated our 30th anniversary August 7th! 30 great years I might add. The kids are grown and now looking forward to what life has in store for us!


    Yay!! We were married 30 years on August 7th too!! Cool:glasses:
  • MST13
    MST13 Posts: 20 Member
    We have only been married for 1 1/2 years, but he truly is my best friend! I am so inspired by all of these wonderful posts, and I cannot wait for many more years to come with my best friend and teammate in life. :)
  • TinaBaily
    TinaBaily Posts: 792 Member
    After what I call my "practice marriage" to the wrong guy, I married the love of my life (and he feels the same about me) 24 years ago last November. We have 4 children together and he adopted my son from my first marriage. We've been through difficulties, but who hasn't, right? However, those have only made our bond stronger. Communication is vital to keeping a happy marriage, we've learned!
  • GlassslippersAndFairyDust
    GlassslippersAndFairyDust Posts: 518 Member
    We've been together for almost 26 years and been married for almost 22. He's truly my best friend and he's awesome!
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
    I've only been married for five years but, I have a GREAT 20 year old girlfriend on the side.


    I'm kidding. This is a wonderful thread and I look forward to the next fifteen years with my wife to get us to twenty, and I hope we can have fifty years together after that. :drinker:
  • marlenefowler
    marlenefowler Posts: 11 Member
    33 years and counting. Yes I had to do the math! Lots of good comments here. My hubby is my best friend. Like many others we are easily entertained. We can play cards with friends. We don't have the need to 'go out' and spend lots of money to have fun. We know how to agree to disagree. I don't have to be 'right' (but that doesn't mean I'm wrong!). It's ok if I'm wrong though. We have 2 wonderful kids and a grandchild we adore. He has always been supportive of me. I don't mind the times when he works out of town and is gone for a few days at a time but I can't imagine the day when I might have to be without him permanently, but that will (hopefully) be many years away.
  • BigDnSW
    BigDnSW Posts: 641 Member
    August 4, 1979 at 7:00pm. I was cool, calm and in control...until I saw her walking down the isle...nearly fainted from WOW! Still do.
  • KatieLou1022
    KatieLou1022 Posts: 102 Member
    to KatyLou1022

    It's sad to lose a partner but you had 43 good (I hope) years. Memories are a wonderful thing! I dread losing mine! We are 44 years in April. J x




    Thank you for your thoughts. Forty-three years was just not long enough. I wanted 83 ... or more. But he is with me everyday in spirit and I know he is proud to see me carry on as I have.
  • VickiDiane22
    VickiDiane22 Posts: 117 Member
    We will celebrate 44 years April 4. He's my best friend and my supporter on this yet another try at weight lose
  • dakotababy
    dakotababy Posts: 2,407 Member
    Thank you so much for posting this.

    I am not married, though I have been living with my boyfriend for the last 3 years. I have debated getting married, because I do struggle to see a point when most of them end up in divorce. I have done so much research on why people "switch" once they get married, and why marriages end in divorce.

    You are right - we hear a lot about the marriages that end, and not enough awareness into the ones that last. I am 23, debating marriage. This has restored my feelings on a lasting marriage. :) so thank you. You will ALL be invited to the wedding! (whenever that will be!)
  • tycamsdad
    tycamsdad Posts: 126 Member
    It will be 23 incredible years for us in April. One of our milestones is scheduled around our anniversary and we are planning a trip to Ruth's Chris, a night at the theater and perhaps a stay in the nicest hotel in town. We are doing MFP together and we have made great progress but know that the best is yet to come.

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