As we were driving home from dinner tonight, my parents told me about my great (or great great) aunt and uncle who got married at ages 15 and 16 and stayed happily married for 82 years. 82 years!! Many people don't even live that long! The husband passed away first. Forty days later, his wife decided to go too. It's great to hear that marriage can last forever. It seems like many marriages these days are based upon rash decisions and are dissolved within a few years. That's quite sad because you've made a vow to each other, your family and friends, and the peeps above that you would stay together for LIFE. From a 2002 survey, research shows that 46% of marriages in the US end in divorce. We're ranked #7 in the world with the highest divorce rates. Hm. That could have been a fun fact. Well, not so fun, but... Anyway, to all of you out there, and me too, I hope eternal happiness finds us. If you're already married... good luck. Heehee. That'll be another entry. =)
Oh yeah. We took my mom and dad out to dinner last weekend for their 35th wedding anniversary. It's good to know that my mom thinks that it's been a really long time, but certainly didn't feel like it. This is a pic of my parents on their wedding day 35 years ago. =)
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46% is actually a step up from what I heard where OVER 50% of marriages ended in divorce. Yep, take it from me that being married isn't always easy and requires a lot of compromise and hard work. Which basically means the husband says what he wants, the wife then denounces that as childish and "stupid", proceeds to describe the "right" way to do it and the husband then says, "Ok, whatever" in hopes of actually having intercourse sometime that week. Oh wait, did I just give away too much?
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Seriously though, when it's right it's right. And it can be wonderful. Just ask my 3 year old son who, when he hears my wife call me Joe, he quickly corrects her and tells her, "No, not Joe. That Babe." He wants her to call me "babe". LOL!
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