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This should be good...
Since I'm starting life the first time over, engaged, house, thinking about making babies, how's the married<delete as appropriate- life treating you lot?
Miserable misanthropy welcome, obviously.
30 years in it's still good in the Sandwich household. (Next Wednesday is the day). We must be a reasonable example as my daughter wants to emulate us.
Stockholm syndrome is a powerful thing.
Married life is fantastic!
17 years so far.
Been with mine nearly 19 years. Better now than ever. She is still my best mate and I choose to spend all my spare time with her. She's pretty hot too, which helps...
Two daughters are brilliant too. Gave up my career for them.
It's great! Kids can be a bit 'restrictive' sometimes, I just read someone saying they're off to Whistler for 6 weeks, I couldn't do that, no way on earth, but I wouldn't want to either - I'm a soppy ****er and hate being away from them for long, I reckon a long weekend in the Alps will be my limit.
6 years ago I was single, living alone with tonnes of time on my hands, now I'm skint, i don't have a second to myself because I'm married with two kids - never been happier.
Ohh wheres me navel?
Oup, there it is.
Fine thanks, though no plan for kids ta.
It allowed me to join Ashley Madison
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<joke> mrs B <joke>
Me and mrsvader have been friends for almost 20 years, together as a couple for 12 (engaged for 11 of those) 2 kids, one of which was born last Friday morning... And it's bloody great, couldn't imagine life any different now.
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It allowed me to join Ashley Madison
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No misery from me. 10th wedding anniversary next month and I can honestly say I would not have got through the last 5 of those without Mrs Danny and I think her likewise.
Been through a really shit, tough time and the support that we have been able to give each other has pretty much made the difference to just about coping with it all and chucking the towel in.
Sure we have the odd argument (for some reason about once every month for a few days she hates me and wants to kill me) and you have to be prepared to compromise (i.e. let her have completely her own way) [s]sometimes[/s] a lot of the time but wouldn't change it for the world.
Of course babybgoode has been complete entertainment for the last threes years as well. Made us in to reasonably sensible people as opposed to the hedonistic party animals we were.
22 years, numerous kids, and I wouldn't change anything.
Almost-married-life-with-kid has made me the sane, balanced, completely normal person I am.
29 next week. I'm getting divorced. After my split I was seeing someone else that I was head over heels with.....she broke up with me a month ago. Yay me, can't wait for my birthday!
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bugger 😳
Met at work when 17 and 18 and just mates for 18 months ,then we got together and bought a house after 6 months and married 15 years later. Kids arrived 2 and 8 years after that now about to hit 27 years together.
Do you know I wouldn't change a thing , sure theres been ups and downs but we don't go to bed on an argument and whats mine is hers and vice versa.She's my wife/lover and bestest mate ever. By her own admission she has the mind of a 12 year old boy but maybe thats why we gel 😉
41yrs, 2 kids & 4 grand kids = nae rest as retirement approaches........ 🙄
25 years married together for 33 years.
just perfect.
do it chris, canonmills misses you
23 years of brilliant times and now empty nesters so riding together lots and looking forward to the next phase.
Always share, always talk.
Remember love is a verb... it doesn't happen passively
Love is like a bonfire [edit: wood burning stove]- you have to keep putting fuel on it to keep it going
Always have at least one project on the go that you can both input to
celebrate - lots and often, even the little things
Make time for yourselves, regularly and away from the kids house and work.
Together for 24 years, married for 16, kids are almost 12 and 10, and its all pretty amazing 🙂
Someone my wife works with asked her whether our kids see much of their dad - we seemed too happy to be a long-term couple!
You know that moment when you're staring down a steep, choppy descent and you know that if you commit and give it everything, the rewards are massive. But if you hesitate and dither, doubting you can do it, there's pain, blood and regret..............
16 yrs married on Thursday and 3 bairns. Never happier.
Marriage - a very good thing.
Didn't work for me, but after 17 years of 'togetherness' it probably should have ended sooner!
However, I've nothing against it and am always very pleased to hear people who are still at it or are about to get at it.
I won't be doing it again though.
25 years together and 16 years married last week. Best thing ever.
Single.
Shite.
😡
edit: not happy at all today as I tripped and nearly smashed my face into the wall luckily I managed to break the fall but in the process I damaged my titanium spectacle frame(broken the frame bridge) ... damn! damn! damn! Now I need to send it for repair ... will cost me. Dammit! I hate cluttered.
Never had a row with MrsMC. Truly, madly, deeply and all that.
single.
happy
Married the wrong person at the wrong time for the wrong reasons . Split up as those little things I had over looked ignored worked round and bigger things crushed my happiness. Happily single there after planned to stay that way for ever met crankygirl over ten years ago "different lass in it" as my friend said happily married now with a utterly fabulous Crankbrat . I would have been happy staying single but could not be happier now.
With the right person togetherness is the ideal with the wrong person it is the opposite .
Living the dream, been together 32 years married 22, she's fully trained, which helps.
Our 23 year old daughter is just starting a new job after 3 years at uni and now doing a masters in some genetics/chemistry nonsense.
Yes, bloody brilliant, no complaints here. 😀
Been with my wife for 21 years (since she was 18 and I was 27). Married 9 years ago, kids 6 years ago. She's still beautiful but still doesn't believe it. Arguments are almost always small and quickly resolved.
I enjoy it. I hope she does 😉
Ive been with the Mrs for thirty years now, never married, no kids and no house so I can only assume i'm there because I like her.
😆 Quality assessment 😆Sandwich - Member
30 years in it's still good in the Sandwich household. (Next Wednesday is the day). We must be a reasonable example as my daughter wants to emulate us.
Stockholm syndrome is a powerful thing.
Stockholm syndrome, that is exactly what it is, 30 yrs also just gone (june 29th 1985 was black friday)
well done on yours. I'm still battling it out at the foot of the food chain with the dog. Argue every single day, today she decides to hoover the breakfast area at 7.45 am is she mental? Aren't they all? It's the lack of logic that keeps you wondering, like a Sudoku puzzle you can't solve because someone deliberately set it up wrong in the first place.
After 22 years of it I spend a large proportion of my time plotting her demise/disappearance in fiendishly imaginative ways.
Walked away from 21 years "together" although I was on the road for many years. Not married.
Was a big step, but self preservation can be a significant motive.
Good to see others doing well, keep it up.
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12 years together, married for 2 of those. She's amazing, the most wonderful person I've ever met, she's my best friend and I wouldn't swap her for the world. We're kind of a team really, we both have our idiosyncrasies but we either tolerate them or work to counter them with each other. We also know we're different people and are both fiercely independent, we have our own friends, our own interests and our own bank accounts, this works for us as we'd both hate to be in each others pockets all the time or have to rely on each other (even though we do...).
As we say to each other, we do all right you know.
I'm well chuffed and surprised thousands didn't turn into a les-dawson "bloody wimmin" thing.
So far, we only have a good argument when we can't remember the last one. Since we've both dodged shaking hands with death, life's too short.
Edit: I'm only up the road Al, I'll pop in to see what a modern bike is. Did your ever use those Recons?
4 years married and an almost 2 year old jnrOath. I have full time care of the little one during hols due to being a teacher, and can honestly say if it wasn't for mrsOath I think I Would've topped myself. If you do pop out some sprogs, make sure you force your mrs out to socialise with her pals when on maternity.
Me and el bintos just been discussing this subject this arvo..
Her and I both had a coupla false starts each and have patchwork fams as a consequence..
We're both now incredibly happy with our love life, although we live in a shoe and have very little cash, but our work/life balance is superb.
We've looked carefully at all the folk that we know who are playing the mortgage game, caught up in the rat race etc and they all seem desperately miserable in their relationships..
We've concluded that maybe you just simply can't have your cake and eat it..
20 years in 2 weeks time. Could not imagine life without her.
Married 25 yrs this October.
All happy - nope! We've had more ups and downs than The Big One at Blackpool. Somehow there's a bond that keeps us together though!
Honestly? Shit. Though you won't find me on any leaked database either despite the huge temptation.
We met on Mrs Scape's 19th birthday, still together 32 years later with plenty of rough patches, plenty of good times. Currently reaping the rewards of having two 17 yr olds with their own cars and licences, so we no longer have to spend 75% of our free time running them around. Right now life's good.