I'm married to a wonderful, albeit sometimes irritating, man, and I wouldn't change him for the world. He was my first boyfriend, but we split up after 2 and a half years as teenagers, and found each other again in our forties, both having been in unhappy marriages for 20 years or so. We've now been married for 20 years and we have a brilliant relationship and are very happy. He has supported me through all sorts of horrible situations including six months where we had to deal with my father, son and daughter in different hospitals in life threatening situations, though unrelated, where I lost my father and almost lost my son, now a very different lad after his accident now with life-changing disabilities, and I had to have 2 operations in that time too. And although he never buys me flowers or chocolates, he does occasionally give me little surprises like magnum ice creams cos he knows how much I love them! However, it's his unconditional love and support that means the absolute world to me. I just hope I can step up at the same level if he ever needs such support from me.