Congrats on 63 years!

Hi HG:

What's "Maragge"?

The bagagge of marriage?

For me, this year it'll 50 years of marriage to my teenage sweetheart, 55 years from when our relationship started.

The secret to a long and happy marriage?

Apart from abiding love it would be loyalty—on both sides. And commitment, equality, and responsibility.

Congratulations Happy Genius - you both must have done some things right these past 63 years - and you both must have extended one another an amount of grace when you didn't do things right .

Arnminius - 50 this year . . . along with the things you listed as secrets to a long and happy marriage you both also must have been gracious to one another along the way . 

Well done, both Mr. & Mrs. Arminius and Mr. & Mrs. Happy Genius - your examples are bright stars at this time in our world where commitment, loyalty, perseverance, and continuing love are not as commonplace as it once was.

we can all learn lessons from you guys. congratulations!

Congratulation, HG. To both of you!

Double

Mawwage! Is what bwings us togevvah two day! That dween wivvin a dweam...

(Well gosh i hope SOMEONE gets my Princess Bride reference.)

Wow, congratulations HG! 63 years -- that's amazing! If my wife and I make it that long I will be 107 years old. I hope you had a wonderful anniversary. All the best for the future. God bless you both.

Happy Genius,

Boring?

Really?

That is one of the most beautiful stories shared on WonderCafe.ca.

If only the world could enjoy more "boring" stories like that.

Grace and peace to you and your bride.

John

congrats!!

if you ever DO figure out 'the secret', let me know. 

That's no boring story HG. Wow, how nice for both of you couples, Arminius too, to have married your teen sweetharts. I wonder if there have been any studies to show that earlier marriages last longer? I married at 23, and I'm glad we have so much history together. If I married at 35, my husband wouldn't know nearly as much about my life, nearly as well.

Thanks for the secrets.

Thanks Elanorgold.

What is of especially precious to us in our old age is that we grew up in neighbouring villages. I intimately know her village, her family and her area, and she knows mine. Thus, we have a lot of common history to reminisce, going right back to our childhoods.

We just talked about a particular deciduous forest that we both knew, which was awash with snowdrops in early spring, and white annemones later, just before the trees burst into leaf.

I did not meet my wife as a youngster or as a young person, thank goodness. She would have fled as fast as she could, rightfully so. I had growing up to do and healing that needed to happen and learn to let love in and let love out.

I did dream of a woman like her my whole life though.

13 years ago my dreams came true.

Congratulations on 63 years to the same wife. 

Congratulations!!!

Two wonderful stories!