For me,it was a blind date. I showed up, knocked on the door, a nice girl answered, and her little dog immediately charged to attack me!
Suddenly the dog stopped, planted it’s butt on the floor, looked up at me with this “HI! I LIKE YOU!” and from that moment on the dog and I were best friends.(It had tried to bite other dates she had)
Not long after, I married the dog’s master, the girl.
We had a great marriage for 48 years when she passed away due to IPF. She was not the prettiest girl in the world, but SHE LOVED ME and I returned the love.
When we were married, I did not just mouth the words of the preacher. I spoke them to her from my heart. Over the years some HOT women came into my life, but I always remembered my vows and never cheated. Never.
My mom told me the secret of a happy marriage. “Keep your wife happy!” I did. In all those years we never had a fight although we had some arguments, but nothing like what my dad and mom went through.
After one of their fights, I, as a young teen, personally swore that if I ever got married I would never treat my family as my dad did ours.
It Worked! If I could, I would marry my little girl all over again. Oh I miss her! We were a perfect couple!
I’m happy for you that you had such a wonderful marriage and so sorry for your loss.
Deciding ahead of time to hold to those wedding vows and make a difference in the survival of the marriage.