I want to tell the whole world this,

[Mr.Bill]

and under the current circumstances, you folks are pretty much my whole world, so here goes...

I have spent nearly the past whole year in an 800 sq.ft. mobile home with my wife. We met late in life when we were about 40. She is now 70 and I am 67. I can't imagine another person on this planet that I could be so happy doing this with than my wife. Yes, we have family nearby who we have seen, and they have been an important part of this, as have our neighbors. We just spent New Years Eve alone and enjoyed it very much. We also spent her 70th birthday, my birthday and our 25th wedding anniversary together and alone. We have enjoyed every minute of it.

If you have someone in your life like this, you know what I mean. If you don't yet, I hope you find that person.

Oh, yeah, a couple of really good dogs have helped also.

[StarryNite]

1. That's wonderful.

I'm very happy for the two of you and your dogs. I don't really consider 40 as late in life though. Maybe because I'm way past that and right about now 40 sounds pretty young!

[Mr.Bill]

2. Well, I was single until I was 42

and before I met my wife I was beginning to think I would never find my mate. I never had children of my own and lived alone. She, meanwhile was going through two broken marriages and raising two kids. So I pretty much married a ready-made family with two adult children. I now have four great grandchildren and I've never changed a diaper. Her family is now my family and I love them all dearly.

Sometimes I joke that I never had children because I relied on my looks and personality for birth control which always makes people (except for my wife) laugh.

[StarryNite]

6. It sounds like you have a wonderful life.

I hope 2021 treats you well! Happy New Year!

[Mr.Bill]

13. Same to you!

[iemitsu]

3. I have spent the last year "trapped" in the house

with my wife (of 40 years) and my best friend. If you don't count the plague and Trump it has been a wonderful year.
Congratulations on your good situation.

[Mr.Bill]

4. Thank you.

I hope there are many more in the same position.

[iemitsu]

5. Me too.

Happy new year.

[c-rational]

7. Congratulations Mr. Bill. Very similar circumstances here also, similar square footage and a tad

more years together as we married more towards 30. We feel very lucky as do you. Happy New Year. To another 30+.

[Mr.Bill]

9. Thanks

and happy New Year to you also.

[yonder]

8. Happy New Year to you and Mrs.Bill too.

It's great to have a solid soul mate to share the journey around old Sol each year. I DO know what you mean.

Sure glad to see 2020 get away.

Best wishes for the next year to all.

[Mr.Bill]

10. Happy New Year to you and your soul mate.

[PatrickforO]

11. A beautiful wife and four cats, in my case.

I can also add a number of other wonderful blessings.

I am glad for you and your wife. And the dogs.

[Mr.Bill]

12. Thank you.

[cilla4progress]

14. Nice share.

40 years married in September!

Don't let anybody tell you young whippersnappers that getting old is a bummer.
We are having more fun together than ever!

And yes, privileged to make it through a horrible year intact!

Wishing life's gifts to all!

[betsuni]

15. My husband rather abruptly retired two months ago and I was worried it would be

weird being together all the time because he's a high-energy person and I prefer to rest. But it's been fine. He's the only person I never feel uncomfortable with, at some point, including my own family. He makes everything interesting. I'm so grateful.

[lillypaddle]

16. Nice!

Happy New Year to you both! Cheers

[Karadeniz]

17. Sounds like a great life to me! Congratulations on finding one another!

[Mr.Bill]

18. Thanks to all of you for your kind words. n/t

[Aussie105]

19. This resonates with me greatly.

Second marriage for both of us, and the world suddenly made sense again.

Now married for 33 years, we have our little spats, but not a problem.

Yes, good dogs help too.

[smirkymonkey]

20. Wishing you and your wife a very Happy New Year, Mr. Bill!

[malaise]

21. Happy New Year to both of you

What a beautiful post

[DFW]

22. With us, different and yet same circumstances.

We met when we were both 22. That was in 1974.

There has been much water under the bridge since then. She had never met an American who spoke her language, figured she‘d never see the place. We still don‘t speak English with each other, but at least now she‘s comfortable speaking it. Our daughters are 100% bilingual, and live on opposite sides of the Atlantic. After 46 years together, the concept of living with anyone else is more remote than the planet Neptune.

[snowybirdie]

23. Same here

Except we met in high school. Isolation with someone you love is OK. We can do this.

[LakeArenal]

24. We are married 45. When we retired we sold off our life and moved to Costa Rica.

We only wanted to hang out together for ever and rescue a dog. So far so good.
Our difference is our lock down is in Paradise. We are the luckiest folks in lockdown anywhere.

2021. 2021. 2021......Yay.

[Mr.Bill]

25. It's good to hear so many people

who are making the best of the situation and doing so with someone they love.

[brewens]

26. Great to hear. I've felt all along some of the people sounding the alarm about lockdowns causing

depression, stress, suicidal thoughts and whatever other horrors were disingenuous. By no means am I saying those real concerns are not serious, it's the phony assholes that really couldn't give a shit using that as a scare tactic.

It's that telling people how depressed and suicidal they should be over precautions was not helpful. How about handling the pandemic responsibly and doing everything possible to help people avoid those problems?

[MustLoveBeagles]

27. Happy New Year

To you Mrs. Bill and your fur babies.

[UTUSN]

28. Sincere (not sarcastic) congratulations. Some of us lost that one to the C19 and

the unfit president's criminal incompetence and outright malfeasance.