how long have you been married?

[mopaul]

me? 34 wonderful years, my one and only intelligent decision ever.

some marriages last a long time, some a very short time. some are interrupted only by death. some were meant to be. what about you and yours?

[purr]

1. 1 year!

[KitchenWitch]

2. Just over 5 years

[Wetzelbill]

130. 5 years?

Nicely done KW. I didn't know you were married. Way to go! Keep making those regular sized kids and everything. :)

[gollygee]

3. 7 years

:D

[mwooldri]

21. Have you got that itch yet? I'm coming on 7 this year... n/t

[gollygee]

119. Not unless Jude Law or Ewan McGregor move to town

:D

They'd give me an itch. Short of that, my husband is pretty safe. LOL

[unsavedtrash]

4. 10.5 years but the state does not recognize our marriage.

[NMMNG]

54. F*ck the state!

:hug:

[Betty88]

63. 14.5

We took it to canada last year, so in Feb. it will be 1 year on the books.

[Terran]

73. Same here

19 years of unsanctioned togetherness.

[NewJeffCT]

5. 4 years next week

hard to believe for me.

[Left Is Write]

6. Eight years this past August.

[Pithlet]

7. 2 years.

We've been together for 6, though.

[LT TX]

114. Ditto

Married 2, together 6.

[ulysses]

8. 12.5 years.

I grow old, wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled, yadda yadda...:)

[LynzM]

9. 3.5, almost

3.5 going on forever, in a good way! :)

[In_The_Wind]

10. 10 years

We became MINO several years ago and have become friends as we share our home but not our bed. We are both happily and openly dating other people.

[faithnotgreed]

29. hi joan

hope you know i dont say this with any judgment but i was glad to see your explanation
as i had recalled that maybe i had seen a post of yours about visiting a special someone

was that correct or am i making that up

anyway
glad you and your husband are happy and heres to finding a special someone (or whatever it is that would make you happy)

i think i better go to sleep now since im not sure how much sense im making

[In_The_Wind]

38. Hello faithnotgreed.

My someone special is fully aware of all of the facts of my life. He has met my husband (house mate) by phone.

In this situation I feel free to live my life as a single person would. I am honest with everyone and never play head games. It works well for us.



Have a good night's rest. Sweet Dreams.

[faithnotgreed]

41. oh im sure

you handle all that just great
i didnt mean to imply anything at all

just thinking out loud that i had recalled someone special and at the time hoping that worked out
and then i saw you posted you were married 10 years so it all made sense when i read your post

and even if it didnt thats not your problem of course

but thanks for it anyway and im glad everyone is able to do what makes them happy and healthy

have a good nights sleep yourself

[In_The_Wind]

43. Thank you

[RockaFowler]

11. 5 Years December 10

We got married the day the Supreme Court decided the election of 2000.

[Kali]

12. Married 23

together one more.

[Justpat]

13. 15 years n/t

[astonamous]

14. We eloped 23.5 years ago after a 2 month engagement and

we only knew each other a total of 4 months before the wedding.

You know, when you know, you know. :D

[willing dwarf]

34. We got engaged two days after we met.

And we're married 17 years now. Still crazy about each other. Or maybe just crazy.

[purji]

65. wow thats spooky !

We have been married for 17 years ,we also got engaged on our second date

[willing dwarf]

140. Wow, that is remarkable!

Forunately, we were both in our mid twenties and knew a good thing when we saw it. We met in early December in a Youth Hostel in Austria, of all places. I think travelling together really made us see things clearly, it was travel together or go separate ways, and we didn't want to separate so we went on together. Within the first few days our money was all mixed together, and it's been that way ever since.

How about you? Where did you meet?

I think sometimes love at first sight really works! So far so good!

[rurallib]

15. Close to you - 31.5 years.

Wife had a brain hemorrhage when our 2nd child was born. It affected her personality dramatically. It's been rocky but now we grow old together and watch Bush destroy America and we have something to fight for together.

[graywarrior]

16. Lived together for 26 years, then got married 5 years ago

[Shine]

17. 12 years on June 12, earlier this year.

Our "golden" anniversary.
:)

Two kids, a house and mortgage later, we're still goin' strong...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. Hey Shine!

You have the SAME anniversary that me and my husband have......

EXCEPT for the year, of course!

How funny.......Congrats, my dear!



:toast:

[Shine]

68. I have a funny story about that:

On our honeymoon, we went to Maui and, of course, went to one of those big luau dinner things. At one point, during the dinner, the band leader announced that the next song was a "special one for all the people who had just gotten married, or were celebrating an anniversary", so my new hubby and I traipsed out onto the sand for a romantic dance....along with practically everybody else in the audience!! There we were, about 100 couples, celebrating the same wedding date!! It was pretty amusing.
So much for being "special and unique". hahah. :eyes:

Yeah, June is the most common month to get married in, apparently, and June 12th is a fine day, indeed. :thumbsup:

How very cool that you both share the same day in common with us. Yet another thing in common, Peggy! :loveya:

Have a great day!
Shine

[Deja Q]

18. Never. After all, I am a toad...

:rofl:

Being gay hasn't helped either...

[Southpaw Bookworm]

19. Two weeks, one day n/t

[faithnotgreed]

33. congratulations to you both

i didnt catch the wedding thread

[gardenista]

50. Felicitations!

:toast:

[Deja Q]

64. Eek! Do we really need to know what they do in bed?

Though we can probably guess most of it anyway?

:yoiks:

[gardenista]

110. At least I didn't say Mazel Tov!

or Effluvious Salutations, or something like that!

[AlecBGreen]

133. Damn ya beat me!

I thought me and Elf were the newest on the block! 2 weeks and 3 days ago. Thats right...HALLOWEEEEEEEEEEN!

edit - muhahaha

[SW FL Dem]

20. 20 years next spring

We're still going strong.

[Syncronaut Seven]

22. Coming up on 18 years.

Raised her 2 kids first, now I have a daughter of my own. It's definitely easier starting from scratch. :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. 40 years.......still going strong.......

[Ptah]

27. Wow, forty years. I'm amazed.

The best I can do is three years.

I still give her props.

My fureral music will pay her tribute:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4311960&mesg_id=4312495


Good to see you again Peggy. I've been wondering if anyone
addresses you as Margeret?

:pals:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. I ALWAYS say, my dear Ptah......that there's a lot of

inertia in a long marriage......and there is.....

We do love one another, however........

The music for your funeral is very poignant, my dear....very.....

Good to see you too....Yes, some people call me Margaret.....my doctors, mostly...

Everyone else calls me Peg or Peggy.....both work for me.....

Come see my pic thread!


:loveya: :hug: :pals:

[faithnotgreed]

30. yeah for mrs & mr cp

long may you run

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. I thank you my dear faithnotgreed.......

That's very sweet of you......

I strongly suspect that only death will separate us.....

[faithnotgreed]

42. wow

now thats a union to be ever proud of

all relationships take such work
at least (hopefully) after 18 or 20 years ones children move out and spread their own wings but with spouses (again hopefully) it can be so many more years together that its a shining achievement when people stick together for the long haul
and it can be a haul sometimes im sure

again im so glad for you both
what a wonderful example for all the rest of us....

[newyawker99]

59. Wow!!

:thumbsup:

[trof]

138. Damn. Ya beat me. Only 36 here.

[PassingFair]

25. 16 years.

Good thing I chose a Dem!

[tallahasseedem]

26. Ten years in August.

Wow!

[ZombieNixon]

31. Somewhere between negative 4 and negative 10 years or so at this point...

and as I mentioned in another thread, I am currently suffering from a dearth of any sort of -ogamy.

[rustydog]

32. 15 years!

[InkAddict]

35. 35 years on Monday

Wedded just after the OSU/Mich game in church by candlelight - the guys didn't want to get dressed 'cause they'd miss a play - LOL

Honeymooned in D.C. - Traveled the PA Pike in the rain. It was 65 when we arrived and woke up to 30 degrees-BRRRRRR....

[Hand]

36. Eighteen years last August...

Or as I sometimes say, "All fuckin' day." :rofl:

[Lautremont]

37. 2 years, 3 months.

[Broken_Hero]

40. :)

18 months for me....may of 2004....

[Mizmoon]

101. We have a newbie! n/t

[Broken_Hero]

117. yeah, a newbie...

but i have known her for over ten years, and dated her for a year and then some, before getting married...so it feels like a lot longer...:)

[BamaGirl]

44. 11 years

[tuvor]

45. 16 years, and she hasn't left yet.

:woohoo:

[lady raven]

46. 7 wonderful years.

and the first marriage was 6- Together for 4, Getting him to stop delaying the divorce for 2.

[dorktv]

47. I cannot even get a date so none!

[Wetzelbill]

55. Join the club, I can't get a date either

:)

I am a tragic clown. :(

[dorktv]

126. *dates you* according to this printout you are actually 35 years old.

[Wetzelbill]

131. little less than that

30. But, I'm an old soul. :)

[dorktv]

134. I know...I hope I will get to see you this weekend.

[RobbinsdaleDem]

48. 34 years on Nov. 27

We were pretty young when we got married. I was 21, hubby was 19 and in the navy. We've been through a lot together. It amazes me that it'll be 34 years in 10 days. My, how time flies!

[gardenista]

49. Eight years. I love seeing all the long marriages on here!

Very cool.

Hope we make it that long, and longer! So far so good!

[Brundle_Fly]

51. ONE YEAR LAST SUNDAY!

[Susang]

52. 10 years this May

Contemplating a vow renewal in Vegas with Elvis officiating. I will wear red or black, perhaps both. }(

[eridani]

53. 35 years

No regrets at all.

[hippywife]

56. 8 years, 4 months and 10 days.

Loving every moment of it!

[tnt-22]

57. 18 years (this time)

12 years with the ex ...

[Lumily]

58. 13 years.

We've been together 17 years.

[DrDan]

60. 38 years this coming Tuesday - Nov 22

the 42nd anniversary of JFKs death

[Tikki]

76. Congratulations.....

on your upcoming Anniversary....




Tikki

[DrDan]

81. thanks Tikki

not sure how we will celebrate yet. But a good meal and a fine bottle of wine will be a part of it.

[Spacemom]

61. 12 years

Sometimes you get lucky and it "just works." It helps that we really are best friends.

:loveya:

[AirmensMom]

62. We hit 29 years on August 21.

We were both very young and beat the odds ... still going strong. He's the love of my life. :loveya:

Congratulations, mopaul! It's great that you found someone wonderful to share your life with. :)

[ScreamingMeemie]

66. 9 years....Some of them the best years of my life, some of them

years I wish I could wipe off the board. But when I look at MrG, and the sum of our lives together so far (going on knowing him for 25 years) I wouldn't really change a thing. We've grown together. :hi:

[William Bloode]

67. 10yrs

Thats my 1st wife, 4yrs for us with #2 in the mix.

So thats 6yrs of monogamy, and 4yrs of polygamy.

[Shell Beau]

69. Almost 4 years, but we have been together for

13 years since I was 15.!! Yes, we were meant to be! High school sweethearts who will be separated by death in our twilight years! :)

[ProfessorGAC]

70. 25 Years Last March

We're peas in pod. Sense of humor is pretty much the same, sense of fairness identical, sense of loyalty exactly the same, and our wants and needs are pretty darned synchronized.

We were meant to be.
The Professor

[bertha katzenengel]

71. a little more than five years

:loveya:

:hi: Mopaul :bounce:

[China_cat]

72. 32 years come Groundhog day

[Tikki]

74. 38 years......

The Tikkis......:-) :-)

[TOhioLiberal]

75. 20 years...

this coming August.

[MissMillie]

77. Nobody wants me

Never married

[Mizmoon]

98. But you're cute as a button!

:loveya:

[MissMillie]

99. awww.. thanks

:hug:

[bmbmd]

78. The sign on our door says

"Balch House-established 1978". Will be twenty-eight years next June 10.

[cfield]

79. 3 years this July

We've been together 6 next month. Gets better everyday! And our families are finally coming to believe that we were serious about it even in our young age (I was 20, he was 18).

[Blue Diadem]

80. 31 years

Lots of ups and some downs..but always very worth it. We've watched each other grow and change and look forward to many more years together.

[jandrok]

82. 15 Years on December 16th.

Great ones, all.

[Deep13]

83. 5 years after an 8 year engagement.

[seemunkee]

84. Married 25, together 30, friends for 32

We've known each other since we were 16.

[NNadir]

125. Cool.

Being friends with your lover is the best thing.

[gpandas]

85. twenty years

[Serial Mom]

86. 36, coming up to 37 on Valentine's Day

We were 18 and going to get "secretly" married, but my parents found out about 5 days in advance, so we actually were rushed into finding a place to live together.

[SharonRB]

87. I, too, have been married 34 years

[mokawanis]

88. 23 years

and still very happy together.

[UrbScotty]

89. 0y, 0m, 0d, 0h, 0m, 0s (nt)

[ProfessorGAC]

104. Wow! You're Way Into Detail

Incredible precision on your part.
The Professor

[trackfan]

90. 6 years

[DancingBear]

91. Going on 31 years

to the best friend I ever had.

[SoCalDem]

92. almost 36 years.. (wedding cost less than $150)

Two young friends are planning their wedding for Oct 06, and "are trying to keep the costs down"...so far they have spent $12K.:eyes:..

Last night I "counseled" them on the stupidity of spening 20K on a one-day event that they will probably be to wired to even remember..


I do not understand the excessive expenses of today's weddings.. These kids both have a car payment, and are trying to scrape money together to buy a house also..Neither one has "family money"..They've been engaged for THREE years trying to "save up" for the wedding..

I just don;t get it :shrug:

Kids!!

[RetroLounge]

93. 9 years last month...

RL

[City Lights]

94. Mine lasted not-quite 16 years.

8 days before our 16th anniversary (and 1 week before my birthday), I found my husband's mistress's underwear on the floor in the kitchen. Within six weeks, the kids and I left AZ and were back in IL near my family. My birthday will be forever intertwined with the breakup of my marriage. :cry:

[Mizmoon]

100. Did he at least make some now-amusing attempts

to explain the underpants? Did he claim that the dog dragged them in or something?

[City Lights]

102. He said nothing at all until I confronted him (the next day) and then

claimed he had no idea whose they were or how they could have ended up on the kitchen floor. :eyes: He only fessed up after I threatened to ask my 11-year-old son if he knew anything about them. :grr::grr: :grr::grr:

[dajoki]

95. 27 years...

one wonderful wife and two amazing daughters!!:woohoo:

[LaraMN]

96. 7 years, last August. n/t

[Mizmoon]

97. Five years this month

and we've never had a fight!

:P Yeah right!

[miss_american_pie]

103. Almost six years

but we've been together for half my life now.

Some days he drives me crazy, but he gave me two beautiful boys that make it worth the work.

[kick-ass-bob]

105. 12 years next month.

And, no, I'm not that old. (married @20)

[redqueen]

106. 9 years

too long

[NNadir]

107. Twenty years next month.

I have lived with her for 21 years.

These have been the happiest years of my life.

[Arger68]

108. Since September 29th.

To a Swiss gal. I've got my out!!!!!

[Parrcrow]

109. 5 months--- 50 glorious years to go!

:hug:

[Lars39]

111. Almost 24 years.

Known each other almost 28. :)

[livetohike]

112. 30 years and 8 months

:-).

[dr.strangelove]

113. Married for almost 10 years

[rsdsharp]

115. 26 years today

as a matter of fact!

[mokawanis]

116. hey, rsdsharp

Congratulations. Hope there are a great many more for you two!:toast:

[SocratesInSpirit]

118. Got married June 18, 2005

We've been together for about 6 1/2 years, though. I was instantly attracted to him when we met - we were both 17 at the time and working at a local grocery chain together. It was the worst possible time, too! I was dating someone else, so I tried to swallow my feelings. Also, we had both just graduated from high school and would be off to different colleges in a few months. But when my then-boyfriend broke up with me, and I was single again, I decided, what the hell? and so I asked him out.

We've been together ever since, and were together all throughout college. It is all too easy to grow apart from a boyfriend or girlfirend during this time, but instead we ended up growing closer through the years - my husband is my best friend in the world. I never felt the desire to date anyone else or "play the field" or that I was "missing" anything. Like one of the earlier posters said, when you know, you know. Love doesn't come at a convenient time or "on schedule" - that's what makes it so beautiful and magical (and painful as well!).

[ashling]

120. In May I will have been married

to my wonderful wife for 26 years.

[Bullwinkle925]

121. Will be 31 years come December.

[JanMichael]

122. 2 years 4 months.

It's been great!

[fight4my3sons]

123. 6 years 2 months

[fishnfla]

124. 14 yrs last month

:hi:

[clyrc]

127. 12 years next month

I could never have guessed what I was letting myself in for when I got married, but some of it is more fun than I ever thought I would have.

[leftofthedial]

128. divorced on Sept 30

1 day before what would have been our 28th anniversary

[Ellen Forradalom]

129. 10 years

And I've had about enough. There's nothing wrong with the guy, he's a peach. I just didn't love him enough to have married him. We're getting along better now though.

I lost a great love for the second time in 25 years not long ago. Now that was obviously not meant to be.

[Wetzelbill]

132. yeah, like that's gonna happen, I am a confirmed lifelong bachelor...

Although, I am pretty easy so I suppose that does bring some hope to the situation. :)

34 years! Congratulations.

[ignatius 2]

135. 36 years for us. It wasn't always easy,there were times when I

though one of us would kill the other, there was even a 3 month separation in the mid 80's when we both thought we were missing something from life. It seems as if the only thing we missed was each other.

I truly love the big lunk, he is the kind of guy who loves to fish,drink beer ad tell fish stories and would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it.

Ironic that many of us dems have ben married for so long what with the gay marriage problem and our lack of family values.(sarcasm)

Anyway, congrats to all who have found their significant other and have someone to share live with,through good times and bad.

[Catchawave]

136. 36 years

...to a warhawk republican. Ask me anything....:silly:

[mopinko]

137. congrats, mo. me- 24 years in feb

love at first sight for him. took me a few days. been together ever since, 4 kids together, finally got it figured out. together for good.

[mcar]

139. 20 years

[Mr. McD]

141. 18 married, 20 living together.

[Laelth]

142. 8 years

We've been together for 13. Lots of bumps in the road, but, ultimately, I feel very fortunate to have been chosen by my wife, and I feel equally fortunate that she hasn't left me yet. She has certainly had the opportunity.

-Laelth


Edit:Laelth--spelling.

[cmd]

143. 33 years ago today

Mr. cmd and I were married by the mayor in our local fire department. The guys on duty were our only attendants. They didn't know about it beforehand. One of our attendants was on the phone with his wife saying you won't believe what's happening here right now.

[u4ic]

149. Happy anniversary, cmd!

:toast:

[kittykitty]

144. It will be 41 on Dec. 30!

[ChoralScholar]

145. seven years EOM

[YellowRubberDuckie]

146. About 3 weeks now?

We got married Oct 28th.
Duckie

[Missy Vixen]

147. Twelve years

Our anniversary is September 18th.

Julie

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

148. 1 month and 17 days

Redstone

[u4ic]

150. Never been officially married

but was common-law for 5 years.

[suzbaby]

151. 18 months

It's flown by. :)

[2bfree]

152. 25 years this January.

Still happy too. :)

[madrchsod]

153. 25 years

plus living in sin 6. first marriage 3 whole years

[tigereye]

154. 14 years this past Oct.

but together since the Reagan!(shudder)administration. ;) My advice, marry those cute lefty guys!

[KC21304]

155. 43 yrs in Aug.

I remember hearing on the car radio that Marilyn Monroe had died as we were going to pick up our wedding invitations.

Child bride of 19.

[MarianJack]

156. On 8/15/06...

...it will be 8 years. My ONLY goal in life is to someday be good enough for her!

Maybe I'll make it!