>>>>>>Nasty exes come in both genders. You wonder what the hell was the matter with you to have married them in the first place.
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>>>>>LOL!! I *swear* he was not like that when I married him and my my family and friend agree with that. He changed his personality 180 degrees several years ago .. and it wasn't for the better.
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>>>>Marriage is a weird institution. Few of us wind up with the person we thought we were marrying or the person we hoped they would turn into. The whole idea of being monogamously with someone for decades, till death do us part, seems to me contrary to human nature.
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>>>>I know about three happily married couples. My hat is off to them.
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>>>Hi Mike,
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>>>If I am not included in the three, make it four... Judy and I are approaching #42 with no end in sight.
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>>Congratulations!
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>>What's your secret?
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>No secret. Maybe we are just lucky but both of us have a very strong loyalty to keeping promises. It is no secret that we also share a strong Christian faith that has helped us through the tough times such as long war time separation, having a child go down the drug path etc etc. Plus I have always enjoyed bucking the trends.
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>Ken


I don't think luck has anything to do with it. When you and your wife said "I do" you really meant it. You've had the commitment to ride out the tough times. That's what Tricia and I thought, too, but we couldn't keep it up. 15 years is non-trivial but it isn't the eternity it was supposed to be.