47 Years and Counting

Congrats!

jackie schmidt said:
My Wife Marilyn and I celebrated our 47th wedding anniversary last eavening at Perry's Steak House.

I'm a pretty lucky guy to have married such a great Lady.

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Jackie that trip to Perry's is worth a lot of milage, jewelry even more. oh heck get her a new barrel or two. I will have my 38th this year getting her a new Nitght Force 42 All kidding aside a big congrats to you both! Dickie
 
Proof positive that "luck over skill any day"......

All jokes aside, you guys look great and all's I gotta' say is God Bless Ya's both, backbone of America right there.

You've made your parents proud.
 
Happy anniversary and congratulations to both of you for hanging-in through the ups and downs of life.
 
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59 years here in June. Congrats on your 47th. We're very lucky we married a gal we liked as well as loved. Many happy returns.

Best,

Virg
 
John S said:
Congratulations!

Do you have any advice for us that are working toward 47 years?

John
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You said the magic words...."working toward"

Like any other endevour in life, a little extra effort in making a relationship work goes a long way. My Wife and I do not simply endure marriage after all of these years, we continue to enjoy it. It's not easy to sum up 47 years in a few sentences, but suffice to say there is a lot of give and take on both sides.

I genuinely like Marilyn. Sure, I fell in love with her the night I met her, but I also really liked her. There is a difference.

I am not going to say it's always been easy. 12 years into our marriage, we came within a week of finalizing a divorce. Through the entire process, lawyers steered us toward one goal, that being divorce. One day, we looked at each other and decided that getting divorced was easy. Making a marriage work was what was difficult. So we cancelled the entire thing, and decided to give it a go.

No two people could be more opposite than Marilyn and me. Maybe the old adage that opposites do attract is true in our case.

I am looking forward to our Golden Anniversary.
 
jackie schmidt said:
You said the magic words...."working toward"

Like any other endevour in life, a little extra effort in making a relationship work goes a long way. My Wife and I do not simply endure marriage after all of these years, we continue to enjoy it. It's not easy to sum up 47 years in a few sentences, but suffice to say there is a lot of give and take on both sides.

I genuinely like Marilyn. Sure, I fell in love with her the night I met her, but I also really liked her. There is a difference.

I am not going to say it's always been easy. 12 years into our marriage, we came within a week of finalizing a divorce. Through the entire process, lawyers steered us toward one goal, that being divorce. One day, we looked at each other and decided that getting divorced was easy. Making a marriage work was what was difficult. So we cancelled the entire thing, and decided to give it a go.

No two people could be more opposite than Marilyn and me. Maybe the old adage that opposites do attract is true in our case.

I am looking forward to our Golden Anniversary.
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That's inspiring. Congratulations on #47!

GsT
 
Congratulations!

You both look great and make a nice picture.

Patricia and I have been together 57 years.

Mort
 
jackie schmidt said:
You said the magic words...."working toward"Like any other endevour in life, a little extra effort in making a relationship work goes a long way. My Wife and I do not simply endure marriage after all of these years, we continue to enjoy it. It's not easy to sum up 47 years in a few sentences, but suffice to say there is a lot of give and take on both sides.I genuinely like Marilyn. Sure, I fell in love with her the night I met her, but I also really liked her. There is a difference.I am not going to say it's always been easy. 12 years into our marriage, we came within a week of finalizing a divorce. Through the entire process, lawyers steered us toward one goal, that being divorce. One day, we looked at each other and decided that getting divorced was easy. Making a marriage work was what was difficult. So we cancelled the entire thing, and decided to give it a go.No two people could be more opposite than Marilyn and me. Maybe the old adage that opposites do attract is true in our case.I am looking forward to our Golden Anniversary.
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Congratulations Jackie. MY wife and I trod a similar path to the one you outlined. We made the same decision you two did. We'll be celebrating our 57th this July. Based on the background in the picture I believe we've been in that Perry's' when visiting my daughter and her husband in Houston. Quit a place and great food.
 
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