They aren’t doing bad, eh?
Yesterday was our anniversary… the Big 40… and to this day I still don’t get it. It may come as a shock - but I don’t understand women! HAR HAR HAR! HAR HAR HAR!
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Fact is I don’t understand my fellow man all that well either. All our friends are divorced. We all raised at least one seriously messed up kid. Often the fricken kids drove the divorces we’ve seen. I dunno why our marriage survived when others didn’t.
I think a big part of marital success is being able to put the bullshit aside - and just go out and play. It’s pretty hard to be mad when you’re having fun. But some folks physically and psychologically can’t do it. They can’t relax, they’re always coiled up tight and maybe it’s just metal fatigue when things start breaking on them.
The wife and I know how to play when we’re together or by ourselves. Maybe that is the secret to a healthy relationship? Or one of them?
Happy Anniversary!
ReplyDeleteShe's quite beautiful, and reminds me that the kindness and generosity of some women will never cease to amaze us.
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They're either getting shorter, or better at growing sunflowers: that second sunflower is enormous. Either way, congrats to them, for the flowers and the marriage.
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary Filthies - warmest, heart-felt congratulations. Hope you celebrate in style friends.
ReplyDeleteI made it to my 12th anniversary but sadly - like your friends - probably won’t make it to number 13 (she’s not happy - what ever that means).
One of our kids TOLD us he was trying to destroy our marriage.
ReplyDeleteHis friend Colin got two birthday parties, two Christmas parties and his parents competed for his affection.
That sounded like a great deal to our kid, who was deliberately engineering the destruction of our marriage.
Congrats, Glenn. That's a big milestone these days.
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Glen! We passed #43 in December. we've had our share of rough patches, and yes, it was one of the kids who created them. At one point, the only reason we were still together was because divorce would've financially ruined both of us! The there was that promise I made to God that I wouldn't do to my kids what my dad did to us by divorcing my mom. When it all comes down to it though, it's history. Divorce, marry someone else, and say "Remember when?" and the new wife won't because you weren't together then. When you reach the autumn/winter of life, having someone who's walked the same path as you for most of your adult life is all that matters...
ReplyDeleteCongratulations and God bless you both. I'll look forward to seeing the 2034 sunflower photo.
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