40th Wedding Anniversaries for PS'rs

[Missy]

Is it OK for me to share that my parents have been married 53 years and will be celebrating 54 years of wedded (mostly ) bliss this year?
I don't know very many other couples like my parents (with the exception of all the wonderful marriages of PSers who are in this thread) who have been dedicated to each other for all these decades. They truly have a strong and happy marriage. They love each other and are still in love with each other and have been by each other's side for the good and the bad and supported each other through tough times and also joyous times. 53 years is a long time to be going strong still and knock wood they have a lot of years (dare I hope decades) left. Love you mom and dad.


Wishing everyone happiness and health and love and peace always because no matter what turmoil we are facing in this world it helps immensely to have that soft shoulder to lean on and a partner with whom we can find comfort and support and love through it all. No matter how many years you have been together here's wishing you many more healthy loving decades to come.

 

[Sundial]

Yes my husband and I were married on 6/11/77, thanks for remembering! No anniversary bling for me though. I am actually quite content with what I already have. We are taking a long cruise in June to celebrate the occasion. We'll be sailing around the British Isles and up into the Baltic. I am really looking forward to it.

Congratulations and best wishes to all of my fellow 40 year Pricescopers - DS, MGR, Ann, and Deb!!! I'm sure we've all seen plenty of challenges and changes over the years. Deb I am glad that despite all of the difficulties you have endured you are still maintaining a relationship with your husband. Wishing you well.

 

[MissGotRocks]

Congrats to you as well Sundial! Your trip sounds wonderful - enjoy!!

 

[MissGotRocks]

Is it OK for me to share that my parents have been married 53 years and will be celebrating 54 years of wedded (mostly ) bliss this year?
I don't know very many other couples like my parents (with the exception of all the wonderful marriages of PSers who are in this thread) who have been dedicated to each other for all these decades. They truly have a strong and happy marriage. They love each other and are still in love with each other and have been by each other's side for the good and the bad and supported each other through tough times and also joyous times. 53 years is a long time to be going strong still and knock wood they have a lot of years (dare I hope decades) left. Love you mom and dad.


Wishing everyone happiness and health and love and peace always because no matter what turmoil we are facing in this world it helps immensely to have that soft shoulder to lean on and a partner with whom we can find comfort and support and love through it all. No matter how many years you have been together here's wishing you many more healthy loving decades to come.

Thanks for sharing their pictures - they still look wonderfully happy Missy! For better or for worse - that many years of sharing a life together is very, very special!!

 

[MissGotRocks]

Congrats to you as well Sundial! Your trip sounds wonderful - enjoy!!

Deb, I echo Sundial's sentiments regarding your marriage. Sounds like no matter the ups and downs, you two have managed to stick it out and still find ways to enjoy each other's company. That's really what it is all about!

 

[Skhii]

Congratulations to everyone celebrating anniversaries!
Your parents are adorable, Missy. It warms my heart knowing love like theirs still exists.

 

[AGBF]

Congrats to you as well Sundial! Your trip sounds wonderful - enjoy!!

Deb, I echo Sundial's sentiments regarding your marriage. Sounds like no matter the ups and downs, you two have managed to stick it out and still find ways to enjoy each other's company. That's really what it is all about!

Thank you, MGR and, of course, sundial. My parents were soulmates. They were married at 21 (my father) and 23 (my mother). In fact my father had turned 21 just 17 days before they got married. They shared religious and political views and agreed on the priorities in life, so they didn't argue about money or child rearing. They were married until my mother passed away at age 90 in 2008, which means for 66 1/2 years. Having grown up seeing them, I know what a great marriage looks like.

Deb

 

[Missy]

Is it OK for me to share that my parents have been married 53 years and will be celebrating 54 years of wedded (mostly ) bliss this year?
I don't know very many other couples like my parents (with the exception of all the wonderful marriages of PSers who are in this thread) who have been dedicated to each other for all these decades. They truly have a strong and happy marriage. They love each other and are still in love with each other and have been by each other's side for the good and the bad and supported each other through tough times and also joyous times. 53 years is a long time to be going strong still and knock wood they have a lot of years (dare I hope decades) left. Love you mom and dad.


Wishing everyone happiness and health and love and peace always because no matter what turmoil we are facing in this world it helps immensely to have that soft shoulder to lean on and a partner with whom we can find comfort and support and love through it all. No matter how many years you have been together here's wishing you many more healthy loving decades to come.

Thanks for sharing their pictures - they still look wonderfully happy Missy! For better or for worse - that many years of sharing a life together is very, very special!!

Thank you MGR!

Congratulations to everyone celebrating anniversaries!
Your parents are adorable, Missy. It warms my heart knowing love like theirs still exists.

Hi Skhii, thank you. LOL I will share with you that I think that their marriage is what made me so reticent to get married myself. I know counterintuitive right? But because their marriage is so special I just never thought I would find such a special guy to share a marriage as wonderful as theirs. I was wrong and thankfully my dh convinced me otherwise because I had planned on never getting married.

Deb, how wonderful about your parents and the love they shared for so many decades. Truly the very best and how we always envision what true love is.

 

[WinkHPD]

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LOL I will share with you that I think that their marriage is what made me so reticent to get married myself. I know counterintuitive right? But because their marriage is so special I just never thought I would find such a special guy to share a marriage as wonderful as theirs. I was wrong and thankfully my dh convinced me otherwise because I had planned on never getting married.
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You sound very much like me. My parents were a super couple and deeply in love all the time I was growing up and I just never thought I would find a lady to share my life with in such a meaningful way as my parents demonstrated was possible.

Ironically, it was while I was stationed in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil that I met the girl that I had been not looking for. I had known her for six months or so before I asked her on a date while "in between" Brasilian girlfriends. I knew within a few days that I was a goner, but it took me a couple of months to convince Resa that I really was serious about loving her for a lifetime. (I had a reputation at the embassy as a "butterfly boy" flitting from flower to flower.)

Convince her I did and she agreed to give up her job with the government agency that brought her to Brasil and the American Embassy in Rio to come live in the wilds of Idaho when I finished my tour in Rio. It is a decision we have both been happy with and the only flitting I do these days is from diamond to diamond.

Wink

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Awww, very sweet story, Wink! I just now saw your last post!

 

[azstonie]

Congratulations to all of you

I've been married 21 years and it's my experience that it got, ahem, "real" during a surprise major illness and then again at about year #10---in law problems, money problems, career problems, health issues, when those start rolling up you find out what's what with your spouse.

 

[december-fire]

I love reading everyone's story!

azstonie, so true! I've joked that its possible to be happily married to just about anyone if things are going great. Its when we're dealing with 'stuff' (financial stress, health issues, different views on parenting, etc.) that the pool of compatible mates gets smaller.