5 Year Anniversary!
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From: Native Texan now traveling the Beautiful USA
Originally Posted by t-7 firefighter
I’m not sure how romantic I am. I started leaving her notes not long after we started going out and it just became a habit. A good one at that. We now have a safe full of notes of all shapes and sizes. Some of them funny, some sweet, some written in a hurry, some wishing the other luck for something going on that day, etc. etc.
Life is too short to not say what you feel. Too many things go unsaid and after a while you lose sight of the reason you wanted to be with this person the rest of your life. Then it just becomes someone you live with. I never wanted it to be that way.
I learned a lot by watching my grandparents. I NEVER once saw them get into an argument. I’m sure they did but if they did, they never did it around me. They couldn’t stand to be more than 15 feet apart from each other. They did most everything together. If there were two people destined to be together they were the ones. They were married for 55 years. When my grandmother was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, I learned more about what true love was by watching my grandfather take care of her that last year. It was the first time I had ever seen him cry.
I was lucky enough to find my wife. I don’t know what the trick is for making a marriage work. For me, it was finding someone that will put up with my crazy ideas, beliefs, and quirks. It’s a good thing she has a good sense of humor. I think it also helps that we have the same interest and goals in life.
Thanks for all the complements! I do feel fortunate.
Britt
Life is too short to not say what you feel. Too many things go unsaid and after a while you lose sight of the reason you wanted to be with this person the rest of your life. Then it just becomes someone you live with. I never wanted it to be that way.
I learned a lot by watching my grandparents. I NEVER once saw them get into an argument. I’m sure they did but if they did, they never did it around me. They couldn’t stand to be more than 15 feet apart from each other. They did most everything together. If there were two people destined to be together they were the ones. They were married for 55 years. When my grandmother was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, I learned more about what true love was by watching my grandfather take care of her that last year. It was the first time I had ever seen him cry.
I was lucky enough to find my wife. I don’t know what the trick is for making a marriage work. For me, it was finding someone that will put up with my crazy ideas, beliefs, and quirks. It’s a good thing she has a good sense of humor. I think it also helps that we have the same interest and goals in life.
Thanks for all the complements! I do feel fortunate.
Britt
Sounds like your grandparents set a wonderful example for you.
Mr Flash and I are so close we figure when one of us croaks the other won't be far behind.
His grandparents passed away within 24 hours of one another. His grandmother had taken care of her husband for years. He had Parkinson disease. She was in good health but when he died she just went to sleep that night and never woke up. True soul mates.
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t-7,
Congrats on 5 years. It's nice to hear that your happily married, I hear alot from guy here at work talk about their wives and I think to my self, why did they every get married. I'v been married for 18 years and I'm love her more today then when I married her
Congrats on 5 years. It's nice to hear that your happily married, I hear alot from guy here at work talk about their wives and I think to my self, why did they every get married. I'v been married for 18 years and I'm love her more today then when I married her
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Nice thread.
Congrats on the 5 yrs and many more I am sure.
Not to hijack the thread...I got married in Feb to a girl I have known since the first grade. We hung out as friends in school, party'd often and then went our seperate ways. When I moved back closer to home, I saw her name in the phone book. Called her up [about 3 yrs ago] and the rest is history.
We now have a baby on the way with a due date of Feb 4, same month we got married.
I plan to buy my wife a diesel. She loves the trucks and the safety factor.
Congrats again!
Scotty
Congrats on the 5 yrs and many more I am sure.
Not to hijack the thread...I got married in Feb to a girl I have known since the first grade. We hung out as friends in school, party'd often and then went our seperate ways. When I moved back closer to home, I saw her name in the phone book. Called her up [about 3 yrs ago] and the rest is history.
We now have a baby on the way with a due date of Feb 4, same month we got married.
I plan to buy my wife a diesel. She loves the trucks and the safety factor.
Congrats again!
Scotty
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From: JEFF,INDIANA
Originally Posted by winkle
t-7,
Congrats on 5 years. It's nice to hear that your happily married, I hear alot from guy here at work talk about their wives and I think to my self, why did they every get married. I'v been married for 18 years and I'm love her more today then when I married her
Congrats on 5 years. It's nice to hear that your happily married, I hear alot from guy here at work talk about their wives and I think to my self, why did they every get married. I'v been married for 18 years and I'm love her more today then when I married her
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Congrats T-7,
Wife and I had our 34th on 19 June. Four wonderful kids and five (almost six) spoiled rotten grandkids. Lord willing and no swinging skillets we'll have 34 more.
Shortround out
Wife and I had our 34th on 19 June. Four wonderful kids and five (almost six) spoiled rotten grandkids. Lord willing and no swinging skillets we'll have 34 more.
Shortround out
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Originally Posted by shortround
Congrats T-7,
Wife and I had our 34th on 19 June. Four wonderful kids and five (almost six) spoiled rotten grandkids. Lord willing and no swinging skillets we'll have 34 more.
Shortround out
Wife and I had our 34th on 19 June. Four wonderful kids and five (almost six) spoiled rotten grandkids. Lord willing and no swinging skillets we'll have 34 more.
Shortround out
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24 in December!
Congrats! Me and mine are almost to the 24th year! We did the notes too for bout 12 years then it sort of slipped away. I think it was the start of the cell phone era. I call her every day at lunch to see how her day is going and again the minute I get off work. We hold hands all the time and never fight in public. My kids were teenagers before they realized we don't always agree. They still haven't seen us fight because we usually don't. When either of us gets mad we back off, cool off, and then talk it out. She is my vocation!
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Originally Posted by Flashdancr
Now ya done it! Got tears in my eyes over that one.
I had something like you have back when I was 18. Lost that one but never forgot. Don't you DARE ever forget what you have Britt, or I'll come kick yer, um, well y'know.
Most people never KNOW what it is that you two have, let alone find it!CONGRATS!
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Originally Posted by chaikwa
I had something like you have back when I was 18. Lost that one but never forgot.
And yes, my wife knows about the other girl that I was speaking of. I'm not naive enough to think that I was my wifes first love. Although... I don't know what she would do without me because I ROCK!!!
Britt
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Originally Posted by t-7 firefighter
I did the same thing at that same age. I lost her because I was young, stupid, immature, and many other things. Took a long time to get over that one. Took 13 more years to find one better. Now that I’m older and a little more mature (although some may question that) I think I have a better grasp on what really matters. It’s not the material things in life. It’s not how nice your truck is (although we do drive the best), or how big your house is, or how much money you have. It is the people that are in your life that matter most. Your family, your kids, and yes… your spouse. We are only here for a very short time and we won't get to come back. If you can find someone to spend that time with then you truly have a life worth living.
And yes, my wife knows about the other girl that I was speaking of. I'm not naive enough to think that I was my wifes first love. Although... I don't know what she would do without me because I ROCK!!!
Britt
And yes, my wife knows about the other girl that I was speaking of. I'm not naive enough to think that I was my wifes first love. Although... I don't know what she would do without me because I ROCK!!!
Britt
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Way to go Britt, keep it real and keep the communication channel open. Talking out differences is so much better than arguing, as the couch gets old in a hurry!! Best of luck in your journey together, best of luck to all 3 of you.
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Dang Britt that was soooooo mushy I think I'm going to 
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Congrats! My wife and I have been married 6 years Sept.11 we had our newest little girl on Sept. 12 so we figure we won't get another anniversary for about 18 more years!
Man I didn't know you could be so sensitive! I almost wish I'd married you! Again congratulations to you and your wife!
!Congrats! My wife and I have been married 6 years Sept.11 we had our newest little girl on Sept. 12 so we figure we won't get another anniversary for about 18 more years!
Man I didn't know you could be so sensitive! I almost wish I'd married you!
Again congratulations to you and your wife!
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Originally Posted by PistolWhipt
We got married pretty low key in the Heart of Reno Chapel ... right there in between all the casino's. Anniversary #20 is coming up next August ... I'm going to marry her again only this time in a church in the Austrian Alps (she saw it in a picture somewhere). I'm a sloooow learner, but I do learn.
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My wife and I got married in the parking lot of the Big K Mart where we first met. I had just bought a house and she was just back in NC after finishing nursing school in Alaska so we didn't have any spare change between us. A friend of her's husband was a New Age (non-denominational) preacher so he did the vows, complete with the ringing of a Buddhist prayer bell. An older guy I used to work with and his wife (who had eloped 26 years earlier) were the witnesses and my little brother was the reluctant Best Man (I still think he feels like my wife took his best friend away - but he lives beside me now and we get to hang out alot more).
It ain't the ceremony, its the living afterward that makes the marriage. So far we have outlasted the KMart (it shut down a couple of years ago). Six years and counting on forever.