We have a rare love. Been together 43 years now, 3 amazing (grown) children, and one grandson. We take care of each other…through thick and thin. We are living the dream.
But just so you know it hasn’t all been hunky dory, we did go through marriage counseling around our 14th year. All of our friends were getting divorced. We didn’t want to end up like that, so we needed someone to help us get through a rough patch. We knew we were in the same boat, but we didn’t know how to row together in the same direction. Our counselor helped us sort that out. Worth every bit of effort it took to learn how to be a team again. No problems since then, and that includes getting three kids though grade school, high school, and college, one married, one about to be married, and one in a relationship that we hope is his soulmate.
We talk about how we would have a hard time if the other passed. The hope is that we will die holding each other’s hands sometime in our 90’s. I know that sounds crazy in a way, but yeah, that would be pretty great.
Work on it with your wife. You never know. God bless.
I said the same thing with my girlfriend, but then the 1990's passed.