Among Friends

[Jo1313]

YES...in 1968..We will be married 53 yrs. in Jan.Nothing is ever perfect..

Raised to wonderful boys..and they married girls that I consider MY DAUGHTERS!!!

[Nightowlz]

Yes we have been married 47 yrs. There's not another man out there that would put up with my BS. LOL!!!

I met him day after my dad beat me so I took off. 

They told me it wouldn't work but here we are.  

[haddon9]

Well I thought that he was the "one" when we met.  We married in 1982 and we've had our ups & downs over the years. 

We're still together but he is disabled and has a neurological illness.  I think it's changed his personality a bit and he is obsessed with what he believes is the road to health.  It can drive me crazy at times. 

We still live in the large home where we raised our kids.  I don't want to move because he has his space and I have mine.  We still do some things together but it's nothing like I expected it would be.  There is a lot he either can't do or doesn't want to do.

So I have my friends and projects.  I try to get out and do my own thing on a regular basis.

My brother who had been living in St. Louis for 20 years just purchased a home in an over 55 community 10 minutes away from me.  He's retiring in a few weeks and is excited to move back to the northeast.

I can do some things with him that my husband can no longer do like concerts, exploring & some travel.  DH is fine with me going as he has no desire.  I can still get around easily and want to do things before I can't.

[RedTop]

Yes, I met him when I was about 8 and he was 12; he ignored me.  We've been married 48 1/2 years, and there is no doubt in my mind that he is the only man on this earth for me.  

[geezerette]

Met him, married him, spent almost 24 hours a day with him for nearly fifty years, and miss him every single day.  A true soulmate.

He was "the one" and will remain "the only".

[Trinity11]

I think the concept of "the one" may be a bit simplistic. I met a wonderful man in my teens who I became engaged  to be married. I planned to marry him at 19. He passed away from a brain tumor and I was devastated. My girlfriends tried to get me back in the dating scene to no avail. But one night, I decided to just go out with them and this December my husband and I will be together for 50 years, married for 48. Kind, highly educated he is everything to me. He knew going in I wasn't healthy and has supported me through thick and thin. And his sense of humor and loyalty...he's just a really wonderful dad, provider and human being. 

[JoyFilled Warrior]

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@Carmie wrote:

Tomorrow will be our 50th wedding anniversary.  

We started dating when I was 15 and he was 16.  We got married when I was 19.

The first time I met my husband, I was about 12 years old.  He came to our house with his father and brother to roast a pig on our property for their Christmas party.

I don't remember much about him from that time, but apparently he noticed me.  His father told me he said he was going to marry me and I was the most beautiful girl he ever saw.

Long story short, he married me. I am blessed to have him.  He is a good husband, father and friend.

I guess he's the one.  

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Hi @Carmie  

Mr & Mrs Carmie!

Congratulations, & continued blessings on your 50th Wedding Anniversary!!

@Carmie     Thank you for sharing this, such wonderful news!!   And hopes for contined blessings, & continued "best of times" for yrs.

               

[Carmie]

@JoyFilled Warrior   Thank you for your kind words.

[Jk9]

I personally don't believe in the concept of "the one".  I think there are "ones" out there who can be a compatible but not "the only one".   

[sugarbee]

@chicletSorry to say I never found "the one" and that has my dream forever and a day!