In Light Of The Kavanaugh Hearings, Where Wife Looks Unhappy How Many Of You Are Happily Married?

[ChubbyStar]

Not too many couples lately.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. She does look unhappy. It's unfortunate.

My husband and I are fortunate--we are happily married.

[ChubbyStar]

4. She just looked so sad

Not supportive or concerned just immensely sad.

[SunSeeker]

5. You are a lucky woman!

And your hubby is a lucky man!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Thank you so much, my dear SunSeeker!

We chose well!

He always says he's the lucky one, and I say, no, I'm lucky and you're precious! And we go around and around!

We really take care of each other and since neither one of us is young anymore, that really matters.

[Croney]

2. I like to say I had to kiss two frogs before I found my prince.

Third time's the charm.

[blueinredohio]

13. Me too.

[nolabear]

15. Me too! But he was a total keeper.

Thirty five years now.

[redstateblues]

21. LOL. I was just thinking that as I got ready to post!

Although I was probably the frog. Third time is the charm for me!

[dawg day]

3. She's probably saying, "Give it up."

Republican wives get dragged into these performances. It's hard to truly school your expression all the time, and the photos show her looking worried and unhappy.

[Jane Austin]

6. I was until my husband died.

He was an exceptional and wonderful man, and I was very lucky to share his life for 27 years.

I had hoped it would be so much longer.

[ChubbyStar]

7. Oh Dear Jane

So sorry for your loss of your best friend.

[Jane Austin]

45. Thanks.

It was harder than I thought it would be.

[DFW]

76. I'll bet it was the hardest thing ever.

My wife has had cancer twice, and I have had heart scares. If I had checked out, I wouldn't have been around to notice, of course, but if I had lost my wife, I would have been a permanent wreck.

[halobeam]

10. :(

I'm sorry for your loss Jane.

It does help immensely when it was such a treasured relationship, so much to look back and smile upon, and so much gratitude for having it all ))


Hugs!

[Jane Austin]

44. Thanks so much.

I had seen friends of my mother who actually blossomed when they were widowed.

They traveled, launched careers, and generally kicked up their heels.

So I was somewhat surprised at how complete was my loss.

After seven years, I'm doing okay. I owe a lot to my pack of sweet and loving Golden Retrievers. I never come home to an empty house.

[sprinkleeninow]

66. You are in my heart. 💙

[Jane Austin]

75. And the music you bring here

does my heart good.

[sprinkleeninow]

82. Much appreciated. It's as a 'balm' for me in doing this.

[demtenjeep]

8. Will be 29 years in a couple of months

My best friend
My other half
My sparing partner
My lover
My being

[ChubbyStar]

9. Good. That is what I want to hear!

[PassingFair]

11. 29 years married and 31 years together.

Love, love, love my husband!

[ChubbyStar]

12. Respect!

[sprinkleeninow]

16. 46 + years

Our secret: 'give 'n' take'.
He gives and I take.😆

Also, what's his is mine and what's mine is mine.🤣

JK

You need to inject humor in a relationship this long.

[mercuryblues]

54. Sure do

We are almost at 27 years. I tell him he is the lucky one to have me to drive him nuts.

[sprinkleeninow]

65. 😄

Wishing you 'many years' in health and happiness!

[nolabear]

17. Thirty five years and I adore the man.

He’s one of the best people I’ve ever met. I don’t know how I got so lucky. Took three tries but we’ve got two wonderful sons, a grand baby and we all love the hell out of one another.

I’m in awe, still.

[trc]

18. I knew my wife about 6 weeks and dated for 3 when we got married...

35 years ago on Oct 8. Never thought it was a mistake, never regretted a moment, never loved anyone else the way I love her. We click and that's it.

[Olafjoy]

19. 25 years in April

Absolutely adore my husband❤️❤️❤️ Now that we are empty nesters, having fun doing some traveling during work vacations.

[Flaleftist]

20. We are coming up on 8 years.

I would say very happily married and our relationship/bond grows stronger as time goes by.

[wishstar]

22. Almost 40 years and thankfully our only youthful drunken romps were consensual with each other

We were laughing and reminiscing tonight in midst of feelings of relief at today's events and astonishment that R's could possibly think such an appalling disgusting dishonest man belongs on Supreme Court.

[Wednesdays]

23. 24 years and counting!

And they've all been awesome!

[RB TexLa]

24. Right. It's so much easier to not deal with relationships

I haven't pursued anything romantic in like 10 years. Life is so much easier when you put that stuff beneath you.

[ChubbyStar]

32. I never said or implied that

Just checking in with folks who got the relationship thing right, have a good night.

[grantcart]

25. Let me ask my wife

"For the record, I am not only a very happy husband in a very happy marriage, it has been blissful for all of the 35 years I have been married.

Apparently the success in our marriage is due to my great fortune in marrying above by grade and in the generous humility my wife has shown in tolerating me."

[ChubbyStar]

33. You both sound fortunate!

[keithbvadu2]

26. Both Donald Trumps,,, senior and junior?

Both Donald Trumps,,, senior and junior?

[MontanaMama]

27. Going on 24 years here.

We didn’t get married until our 30’s and I didn’t have my son till I was 41. I’m not sure I could have been married much earlier...I was a bit of a wild child before that with no interest of settling down. Now I feel so very fortunate to have my two guys to look after and am a happy mama. Funny how life works.

[Dulcinea]

60. Yep.

I didn't get married until I was almost 32. I had things I wanted to do first. Our girls came along when I was 36 & then 38. We've been married 21 years & counting! I'm so lucky to have my wonderful family!

[SoCalDem]

28. 49 years in March...oh my

where did the time go

[sprinkleeninow]

68. Well, 'allo! Way to go! 😉

[Hoyt]

29. There are probably only two women ever born who would put up with me, even at my best.

— My late wife, and my lady friend now, who is essentially my wife, we own home together, etc.

At our age, formal marriage is probably not the best legal status. So I ask for exception to, or expansion of definition of, “marriage.” Both were/are very good relationships, but probably not Beaver Cleaver type marriages.

Glad to see other similar responses.

[Lunabell]

30. 25 years in November.

And still in love.

[onecaliberal]

31. 33 years and counting. Very lucky on the first try

[radical noodle]

34. I am but...

this is my second marriage. My first was horrendous.

[ChubbyStar]

38. Glad you found it the second time around!

Many of us suffered through the first bad rodeo!

[uponit7771]

35. 19 years this week of an only can dream of journey

[Raine]

36. Very happy together

since 1979 until he died in 2009. We had rough spots that are just part of life but those were easier to deal with because we never forgot how much we loved each other.

[ChubbyStar]

37. So sorry

I'm sure you miss him lots.

[Raine]

40. Thank you...

[sprinkleeninow]

69. 💙

[nadine_mn]

39. We will be married 20 yrs in Jan, together 22

I'm stunned by how much more I love my husband everyday...how each day is better than the one before.

We have had many trials and tribulations like any couple: financial issues, moving, death in the family, job losses, illnesses, etc but it only brings us closer.

Our early years were chaotic as we learned to argue better, compromise more, forgive and respect.

He is my best friend, my soul mate. I cannot imagine a day without him.

[KentuckyWoman]

48. "We learned how to argue better"

Oh the wisdom of that statement......

[Luz]

41. We've had 29 years together. I would do it again a million times

if I could.

[MLAA]

42. 31 years. Very happy. Really miss him on the rare occasions we are apart for a week or two.

We are lucky to have found one another.

[Solly Mack]

43. He'd trade me in for the right guitar and I'd trade him in for the right first edition

but other than that, 27 years and counting.

[treestar]

46. I'm not, but very happy single

which is better than being a Mrs. Kavanaugh.

I like hearing about the happy DUers, having heard that "only happens in the movies" and that it never lasts and it is a lot of work - I think those people didn't have it happen for them so they want to take the position it happens for no one.

[KentuckyWoman]

47. I have a good man.

I've loved him more than 50 years. There were some real challenges along the way that were downright painful to work through, not to mention the small annoyances.

[betsuni]

49. I don't know why a poker face is so difficult.

Seems like Republican women would be good at it. The wife and family members of Kavanaugh were trying to look disgusted at the "attacks" they think were directed at their God Brett, but they just looked weird.

[Tipperary]

50. I will not judge someone else's marriage by tv views when they are under immense stress.

I cannot stand Kavanaugh, but I can imagine his wife IS sad. For him, for her children, for this whole situation. The stress must be overwhelming.

[DFW]

51. I am quite happily maried. I even have DU witnesses!

California Peggy, Lionel Mandrake and Steve 2470 have visited my wife and me. We have been together for 44 years now, married for 36 of them.

After having been together for 7 years (we were both 29 in this pic):
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After having been together for 43 years (we were both 65 in this pic):
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Easiest thing in the world if you find the right partner.
Some just need a little more time to find the right person, that's all.

[Dale Neiburg]

52. I was...

for the not-quite-42 years we had together. I still miss her.

[Maeve]

53. 43 years next March

Could never split--no one else gets our jokes!

[FireandIce59]

55. 37 + years and still going strong!

He is my best friend, lover, and partner. He is not perfect, but he is perfect for me.

[HAB911]

56. Believe it or not

Together for 30 yrs, married for the past 10, very happy

[rampartc]

57. over 30 years

she can probably tell you how long with much greater accuracy.

it is not for everyone.

[Meadowoak]

58. She looks unhappy because she knows to expect a drunken beating when they get home.

[Dave Starsky]

59. William Shatner plays Brett Kavanaugh...

In the Hallmark Theater presentation "One Thursday in September".

[retread]

61. 44 married, together as a committed couple 49 years. Have been on the recieving end of a lot

of "stink eyes", especially the early years. Once I realized she was right 99.9% of the time, I shut up and listened.

[maxrandb]

62. 39 Years for me and my Bride!

Been through a lot together. We picked correctly, because we work at it. I'm as happy now as when we first met. If my bride wasn't, she'd let me know.

Obviously now in our 60's, we don't "run with the wolves" like we used to, it's more like "waddle with the ducks", but we still look forward to seeing each other every day.

You have to be realistic in what your expectations are. If you're counting on your significant other to be your everything, you've set unrealistic goals for what a relationship really is.

So yeah, happy, content and realistic. I'll take that every day

[Ilsa]

63. Over two decades mostly happily married.

It isn't always easy.

[Runningdawg]

64. After a short marriage to someone who could have been one of K's party buds

I have been happily married for 19 years.

[LAS14]

67. Happy 51 years. nt

[MineralMan]

70. 27 years this December.

[Sancho]

71. Just passed the 40th anniversary...

my wife thinks she is unhappy, trapped, and knows how Kavirginaugh really is...

[NNadir]

72. I've been with my wife for 34 glorious years, 33 of them in marriage.

No looks of disgust and pain between us, thank you.

[pintobean]

73. I wouldn't project any such thing on her.

She's been supporting the guy all along. I assume that's just her neutral, relaxed face.

Yeah, I'm happily married. 30 years, plus.

[BuddhaGirl]

74. 20 years for us, next week!

I am beyond blessed....he's my best friend, my partner, lover, my port in the storm.

We take care of each other, and learn from each other.

[Jarqui]

77. 34 Years with 'my girl'

married 31 years, we lived together before we married.

2 wonderful daughters

Those three are the best things that ever happened to me.

[smirkymonkey]

78. I must say this thread was very uplifting. I have always been very cynical about

marriage, but it's so nice to know that so many of you are still happy and in love after so many years together. I am fairly happily single, but there is always an outside chance that something could happen someday.

[Throck]

79. 35.5 dated 4 years prior.

Tag team wrestling, us against the world.

[greymattermom]

80. 48 years.

We did well for over 40 years, then my husband had a breakdown and has major depression. He's in assisted living in a different state, but close to our son and grandchildren. After over 5 years, he actually seems a little better, but I think that intractable depression might be worse than death. I live alone in the house we bought together for our retirement.

[woodsprite]

81. Happily married for 34 years!

Met in 7th grade, dated steadily from 10th grade, married after college. We have a good bit in common: values, politics, support systems, work, hobbies, art, music., keeping active. It certainly doesn’t seem like we’ve been together for 42 years. The time has flown by. After all these years, we’re still in love, best friends, coworkers, and partners.

Have two great kids: 24 and 18. The 18yo has found someone he said he hopes he can have a similar type of relationship with. Both hubby and I hope so, but we’re here to catch him if it doesn’t work out.

[DavidDvorkin]

83. 50 years

And I know a lot of other couples who have been happily married for a long time.

I doubt the rate of happy marriage has gone down.

[VOX]

84. 25 years together, married for 19 years.

Very happily. Finely tuned into each other, communication is top-notch and never goes wanting. We’re strong for each other when one of us is dealing with a lot. Differences get resolved quickly. We make each other laugh a lot. It’s as perfect as it gets!