Good movie. Good message... along the lines of “whatsoever is good, whatsoever is lovely... believe on these things.”
To another post here. We are closer to our 50th anniversary than I ever thought we would be at many times. It has not always been easy. From a generation of people who saw more divorce than commitment a young girl, the wife of one of our son’s friends, asked my wife and I how you stay married so long. My reply, “You don’t quit.”
I don’t want us to be alone when we get old more than necessary, I don’t want to be with someone who has not shared all our ups and downs, I don’t want our children or grand children to have to decide where they are going for Christmas or Thanksgiving or whatever. I don’t want us to be buried with someone else thought we won’t know the difference then I will know it now. I want someone to find us together just like I have found the last three generations of my parents and grand parents. They handed down the tradition of commitment. You don’t quit.
“I don’t want us to be alone when we get old more than necessary, I don’t want to be with someone who has not shared all our ups and downs, I don’t want our children or grand children to have to decide where they are going for Christmas or Thanksgiving or whatever. I don’t want us to be buried with someone else thought we won’t know the difference then”
You’ve touched on several reasons for a long marriage and how to get there. Thank you for sharing this.