How many years wed?

and to all those celebrating anniversaries today. We're 44 years and counting. I think that having jobs that meant we spent short periods apart quite frequently was probably A Good Thing...

48 Years
well thats grand
do you remenber the first time he held your hand

Do you remember the very first day
when your handsom young man walked your way

If you do well thats great
It indicates the loves the same as your first date

As everyone else has done I wish you all the best, you are a very lucky lady.

Gosh, this is a thread that has lasted the course! Nearly three years old and still reappearing. Not a bad thing at all, I hasten to add.

It`s nearly 51 years now, and he`s still driving me doolally!

50 years for us! I was 21 and OH 23. You have hit the nail on the head 'number', mine too drives me quite potty, but I wouldn't be without him.

50 years together and 47 years wed - where did all those years go ?

OK so it looks like we lasted longest so far, wedd when I was 19 yrs and 20yrs ( just one day after) we sort of agreed to get married, nothing romantic!
It's nearly 60 yrs, was 58 yrs in march 1st,
But its been an up and often down life ! Three lovely kids who have given us 5 lovely grand kids, the youngest of whom is 28 yrs, eldest g/kids have provided 2 great grandsons, with I hope a g/grand daughter to be born in Nov:
I was always full of energy and tackled anything in home, dh never knew what to expect on arriving home from work...furniture moved room to room, redecorated ! Unfortunately he did not share this , rarely did anything, and even that done..was never 'finished'. Celebrated 25 the anniversary, because it was the done thing, had family gathering. But there after there didn't seem much point !
We had more rows than loving, when my youngest was about 3yrs, dh forgot how to say I love you !
Things grew cold between us , though as a family I fought to keep a happy home.
On our fiftieth wedd, I was so sick of missing out on celebrations, so I went ahead and arranged a big party, not that it made any difference to dh, nor our life together.
So why am I still here in it, I hear you ask? Money, and no place to run too!
When I went to write my will, I was told I could not leave my half the house in money to my gchildren, if I died first! This felt like the last straw, my father gave us deposit on our home, which had been my uncles home, so we brought it cheap! Then later my dad brought us a lovely car!
Neither the home nor the car was looked after by dh, he has been so lazy!!! I also worked to furnish home, putting into it all my wages! How worthless am I ??

Married 63 years!

Married 23 October 1971 so 44 years in the Autumn.

There was a lot of tut tutting in the family when I got engaged. No engagement party just a lot of disapproving faces.

Almost 44 years later we are still happily (most of the time) together - SO THERE !

44 years on 29th of May last.

22 years servitude (literally) with number 1.
17 years of joy with number 2.... 10 years married.
Both now retired happily.

19 yrs with number 1 although I hung on 10yrs longer than I should of till my youngest was 14 then met number 2 and we will celebrate 20 happiest years on July 1st.

First one I hung on also for 10 years. I'm heading to my 30th with my DH.

We celebrated 40yrs this April. A few hiccoughs but 98 % bliss

I was twenty years married to number 1 - his drinking brought it to an end then and he died three years later and this year will have been married to OH for twenty. Spent most of our married life retired - took early retirement - he always is busy with something. When I was back in UK couple of weeks ago bisiting DD - I came home to discover he had built a floor across our barn to make me a walk in wardrobe - it will be accessed from our bedroom. He said he needed a project!!

Bez your marital status almost mirrors my own including the demise of number 1 from alcohol and 20yrs married to number 2.. thats where the similarity stops sadly , OH is not a DIYER by any stretch of the imagination.. what a lovely surprise a walk in wardrobe would be , enjoy!!

7 years to first DH (wine, women and song), been with DH2 for 38 years and married for 35 of them. DM was very disapproving as we 'lived in sin' for 3 years! She came round after the nuptials. It was the 70's.

We have been married for 45 years in August. We lived together for about 2 years before that. I find it impossible to imagine that we have been together so long - it has gone by in a flash.

We celebrated our silver with a wonderful ceilidh in a village hall; and our ruby with lots of friends - a walk through the woods and fields in a stately home, then lunch in their barn, with a classical guitarist playing in the background. The children organised a cake with an icing top that had one of our wedding photos printed on it; and they had had an artist come to our house while we were on holiday and paint a picture of the view from our house. A brilliant day!

Too long helps

49 years in July, though, having just spent a week away together we might not last that long.
No court in the land would convict me!

57 years in August, we have celebrated each milestone but if we reach 60, Alzheimer's will more than likely rob us of a celebration for that. Well done to all though, our life together has been good.

52 next month, and he`s STILL getting on my nerves! Reason for staying? Similar to Greatmum. Now and again he does something that makes me think maybe I`m wrong, but it doesn`t last for long.

44 years in August. We rub along OK I reckon. I sometimes wonder how he puts up with me. But then I remember that I have to put up with him so we're quits . (OK, not original - I read that somewhere recently, and read it out to DH and we both laughed in recognition!)

This August will be our 58th wedding anniversary - I can hardly believe it myself. There have been the usual good and not so good times and some occasions when I felt that if I had had somewhere to take three children I would have walked out but we got through all that and with a bit of luck I shall be coming on to Gransnet in 2 years time to report on our Diamond Wedding Anniversary. Lots of
Anyway visit from DDG and gorgeous great grandson this morning.

P.S. I have just re-read Greatmum's piece and the thing is that our generation of women did not walk out on a marriage. For a start they had very few rights and were completely dependent on their husbands and this was why I became involved with the Women's Movement in the 60s. I can't generalise on whether sticking it out was a good thing or not but I do know that today's generation of women would not have accepted it.