Guest guest Posted March 15, 2003 Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 Well, Jacquie, I am PROUD of you! Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2003 Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 I can't tell you how awestruck this leaves me. I've totally defied the odds that everyone who ever knew me laid against me. > > Jacquie In this day and age Jacquie...this is so wonderful... a marriage is hard work to begin with, and to have a special needs child on top of it...well, congradulations to you and him... Im so happy for you all! nancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2003 Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 > > My husband is 34 today. I was lying in bed last night thinking about that. I have been with him since he was 20. That just blows my mind. > > What you have to understand is that NOONE in my family, or my friends, EVER believed that *I* would make a long-term relationship work. Everyone thought, and SAID, (including me) that my brother would marry for life and have a stable family, while I would probably flit from place to place, never settle down, and perhaps leave a string of divorces in my wake. > I'm right there with you Jacquie. Mike is 38 and I'm (dare I say it? I rarely confess) 37. We've been together since we were both 18. 18?? That's almost 20 years now! More than half our lives. My relatives were making bets that we wouldn't last the first 5 years of marriage. They were putting all their money on my cousin. Ha! She's 38 and is on her 4th marriage. That's not counting the numerous men she's lived with in-between the marriages. My sister is divorced, my sister-in- law is divorced... the list goes on and on and on. Doesn't it feel good to prove them all wrong? Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2003 Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 > I would probably flit from place to place, never settle down, and perhaps leave a string of divorces in my wake. < oh, you mean like me? > I can't tell you how awestruck this leaves me. I've totally defied the odds that everyone who ever knew me laid against me. Jacquie < well, congrats to you and happy bday to marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2003 Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 Hey, having a working marriage IS a big deal anymore. I think it's great you and he have the staying power. I don't think anyone should stay in a bad marriage...the trick is finding the real deal, surviving changes, compromise, and knowing who you really are. I've always said love plays such a small role in the great scheme of things. By the way, your hubby was born on a great day. It's my birthday too! I'll share my ides of march with him I guess (i'm only 31 today, so I guess it was really his first). Happy birthday! > > My husband is 34 today. I was lying in bed last night thinking about that. I have been with him since he was 20. That just blows my mind. > > What you have to understand is that NOONE in my family, or my friends, EVER believed that *I* would make a long-term relationship work. Everyone thought, and SAID, (including me) that my brother would marry for life and have a stable family, while I would probably flit from place to place, never settle down, and perhaps leave a string of divorces in my wake. > > My brother's first marriage didn't last as long as mine has. He's already left and returned to his second wife time and time again. And *I've* been with the same man since we were barely past children. > > I can't tell you how awestruck this leaves me. I've totally defied the odds that everyone who ever knew me laid against me. > > Sorry to clutter up the list with self-congratulation, but my mom's heard it all before and I've worn out this musing on her! LOL. But while SHE may be sick of hearing it, it never ceases to amaze ME. > > Jacquie > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2003 Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 > No, no, not like you. In a MUCH more heartless fashion. Nobody ever believed I would ever actually CARE enough about someone. You, OTOH, care lots. :-) My family would've put their money on ya! Jacquie < oh, shucks, thanks. think you could tell my dad that? ------------------------- gina, 31, ny single mom to - kailey, 8, autism, hyperlexia, depression, anxiety, OCD, DSI trevor, 3, multiple developmental delays, no " official " dx yet parker jade, due 7-20-03 :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2003 Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 I think it's a great accomplishment.....this is coming from someone who has been divorced before. Mark and I are nearing 14 years now and we married after only knowing each other about 9 months! Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2003 Report Share Posted March 16, 2003 My husband is 34 today. I was lying in bed last night thinking about that. I have been with him since he was 20. That just blows my mind. What you have to understand is that NOONE in my family, or my friends, EVER believed that *I* would make a long-term relationship work. Everyone thought, and SAID, (including me) that my brother would marry for life and have a stable family, while I would probably flit from place to place, never settle down, and perhaps leave a string of divorces in my wake. My brother's first marriage didn't last as long as mine has. He's already left and returned to his second wife time and time again. And *I've* been with the same man since we were barely past children. I can't tell you how awestruck this leaves me. I've totally defied the odds that everyone who ever knew me laid against me. Sorry to clutter up the list with self-congratulation, but my mom's heard it all before and I've worn out this musing on her! LOL. But while SHE may be sick of hearing it, it never ceases to amaze ME. Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2003 Report Share Posted March 16, 2003 ----- Original Message ----- > > I would probably flit from place to place, never settle down, and > perhaps leave a string of divorces in my wake. < > > oh, you mean like me? No, no, not like you. In a MUCH more heartless fashion. Nobody ever believed I would ever actually CARE enough about someone. You, OTOH, care lots. :-) My family would've put their money on ya! Jacquie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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