42 years ago, this morning, my (and my wife's) lives were about to change (just added a pic).

[NewHendoLib]

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We were nervously getting ready to meet a Justice of the Peace and a small group of friends at Rollins Chapel on the campus of Dartmouth College (I was a few years into getting my PhD in chemistry, my soon to be wife a nurse at the Hitchcock hospital).

Here we are having our small ceremony. It is hard to believe that I was 23, Sue 22

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We had lots of laughs, music, gardens, great books - lots of vacations at Ocracoke Island

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Well, I finished my degree, we had our daughter - then another. We spent a year in Seattle, then 8 in Pennsylvania (Berwyn, Villanova, West Chester) - then 28 in Raleigh - now 3 in Hendersonville, NC

We still do all the things we love - I feel like the luckiest person in the world. The pic below is from one of our hikes in DuPont forest, a few weeks ago.

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Hoping for decades more of health and joy with this magnificent person!

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from our dinner out last night

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Best wishes for you two!

[blueknight73]

2. Awesome!

Love the pictures! And you live in a great place! We have a home in WNC as well!

[Freddie]

3. Congratulations!!

[MLAA]

4. Happy Anniversary!

You both made excellent decisions that morning 42 years ago!

[happy feet]

5. Thank-you

For sharing your joy in this tough season of America. Wishing you and yours continued blessings. 😊

[Chainfire]

6. Happy Anniversary!

Your wife still has a great smile!

[whopis01]

7. Happy Anniversary

I loved Rollins Chapel when I was up there. Beautiful building.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

8. What wonderful photos! Happy anniversary and many more!

[underpants]

9. Happy Anniversary!

[barbtries]

10. Happy Anniversary!

Many more.

[panader0]

11. You're a lucky guy. Congrats on 42 years!

[NNadir]

12. Congratulations! There's nothing finer than a long love.

[judesedit]

13. Congrats! So happy for you both. Most dream of having what you have

Great pics, too. Thanks.

[woodsprite]

14. Congratulations! Here's to many more years! nt

[niyad]

15. The happiest of anniversaries to you and your beautiful bride,, and wishing

you indeed decades more. Thank you for sharing your joy and love with us.

[Nevilledog]

16. Happy Anniversary to you and Sue!

[sinkingfeeling]

17. Congratulations!

[Bo Zarts]

18. Love it!

Congratulations!

[70sEraVet]

19. Happy anniversary!

[2naSalit]

20. How nice!

Congrats to both of you! Long marriages are hard to find these days!

[twodogsbarking]

21. Hendersonville is a good choice. Camped there decades ago.

Enjoy

[NJCher]

22. When you get to the end of your life and

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Beyond, one learns that is what it’s all about.

Love.

Maybe that's why you specialized in the "love apple."

[KS Toronado]

23. Happy Anniversary!

[snowybirdie]

24. Congratulations!

You've earned it. Many many more. We're heading out from home to celebrate 61 years on Friday. Life is good.

[NewHendoLib]

36. Spectacular! and thanks! right back at you.

[nightwing1240]

25. Happy Anniversary!

Hoping for many more wonderful years for the two of you!

[Solly Mack]

26. Congratulations!

[FakeNoose]

27. Thanks for sharing your story and many happy blessings to you both!

[Upthevibe]

28. NewHendoLib ......................

Congratulations!

[LuvLoogie]

29. Best to you and your family.

Have fun, be safe, learn lots.

[CanonRay]

30. Congratulations!

We're two years behind you...

[Luciferous]

31. Happy Anniversary!

[TuxedoKat]

32. Wonderful!

Happy Anniversary and Happy Holidays to a lovely couple, and many, many more!!!

[secondwind]

33. You are blessed. 💓

[ms liberty]

34. Happy Anniversary! Love the sweatshirt in that last pic, lol! n/t

[NewHendoLib]

35. Oh, that!

Well, I've been a Red Sox fan since I started watching games with my grandfathers back in 1967. It is a continuing habit!

[Fla Dem]

37. Adorable couple, then and now! Happy Anniversary, may you have many more wonderful years!

[malaise]

38. So lovely

Congrats

[usaf-vet]

39. Here is some good news 10 years from now when you have been married 52 years it will still.....

.... be as great as it is at 42 years. Except maybe a little slower....

My wife and I have been married for 52 years.

[NewHendoLib]

40. yes, I fully expect that - and congrats to you!

thanks!

[mahina]

41. Happy anniversary!

What a handsome pair you two are!

[iluvtennis]

42. Y'all are so cute. Happy Anniversary! n/t

[c-rational]

43. Happy Anniversary and many more to come.

[colorado_ufo]

44. Happy Anniversary, my darlings!

You look mah-vel-lous! I loved your story!

[MissMillie]

45. Happy anniversary!

Wishing you many more, and continued happiness!

[Loryn]

46. Happy Anniversary!

[orleans]

47. lovely story -- great pictures

hope you both have a wonderful day and week and wonderful years ahead

[highplainsdem]

48. Happy anniversary to both of you!

And what wonderful photos! I love hearing about happy marriages, and this post made my day.

[Mz Pip]

49. Congratulations!

And Happy Anniversary!

[MontanaMama]

50. A hearty congratulations and happy anniversary!

I’m happy for you.

[peacebuzzard]

51. congratulations, what a wonderful life you and Sue have!

Great careers, a beautiful place to spend time, and you look happy and peaceful!May you have the best of your lives now!

[pandr32]

52. Happy Anniversary!

Here's to keeping it going.

[TexLaProgressive]

53. Good luck that you found each other.

It looks like you both aged well.

[nolabear]

54. Boy have we traveled in similar circles!

First, congratulations. You’re a lucky, and obviously smart, man to have had such a long and lovely marriage.

Now, Mr Bear is from Winston-Salem and we met in Durham, when he was at Duke (computer science, hallelujah!) so I know Raleigh and Hendersonville well. Then we moved to Pittsburgh and had our two sons so I know PA well. Now we’re in Seattle—just north of it now but lived in the city for many years.

How we never ran into one another is a mystery. 😄

Congrats again. You sound like a good man, on and off DU.

[Ms. Toad]

55. Congratulations -

we hit 42 in September!

[dem in texas]

93. Congratulations, hope you are as lucky as me and my "old Boy".

Last Month - Nov 19 - 65 years. He was 20 and I was 18 when we married.

[Ms. Toad]

94. Congratulations!

My parents celebrated their 65th during COVID - they are now at 67.

Always nice to hear of long-term marriages!

[CaptainTruth]

56. Congratulations to you both!!!

[sdfernando]

57. Congratulations on your 42nd....Hope you have many many more. /NT

[WestMichRad]

58. Happy anniversary to you both

… and many happy returns! I remember being surprised that you two got hitched, but I wasn’t “in” on the talk going around the department at the time. It seems to have turned out well!

[NewHendoLib]

61. No one was in on the talk! We fooled everyone!

[calimary]

59. Awwwwww... So sweet!

Happy anniversary!

[Niagara]

60. Happy 42nd Anniversary!!

Here's to a beautiful couple!!

[fierywoman]

62. Congrats! Thanks for sharing your happiness with us.

[wendyb-NC]

63. Congratulations and Best WISHES

MAY you enjoy many more happy years together. You guys are beautiful.

[Faux pas]

64. Wonderful!

[Judi Lynn]

65. Very best wishes for many, many more. ⭐️❤️️👋

[mnhtnbb]

66. Happy Anniversary!

[Bettie]

67. Happy Anniversary!

[Hekate]

68. Love to you both

[yonder]

69. This is so cool! Congratulations to both on your 42nd.

The photos are great.

[SheltieLover]

70. Happy Anniversary!

[NewHendoLib]

71. This is simply overwhelming. TY so much for all the good wishes

Kind words and comments!

My DU family is really amazing!

[mcar]

72. Happy anniversary!

[StevieM]

73. Happy Anniversary!!!

[riverbendviewgal]

74. Happy anniversary

And may more, you are younsters.

[Stinky The Clown]

75. And may there be 42 more! Congrats!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

76. Keep your arm around her; she's liable to run off any minute!

Congrats and may you enjoy each other many more years.

[Raine]

77. Happy Anniversary to a lovely couple.. 💕🌹🥳 nt

[kellytore]

78. Two beautiful people.

[electric_blue68]

79. Blessed Be! Happy Anniversary, here to many more! Nice photos.

[Hortensis]

80. How lovely! You were such babies (!), but clearly had

the right stuff to build your life together on.

Happy anniversary, you two.

[KPN]

81. 42 years! You are a lucky man ... especially if you think so. Well deserved

and sometimes hard earned luck I’m sure. I know — 43+ years here and feel the same way. May you and yours continue to be so blessed NewHendoLib.

[bluestarone]

82. Happy Anniversary!! To BOTH!!!

May i suggest a song here? This is the song i chose for my wife and i. Been married 51 years!!

[Tree Lady]

83. Happy anniversary 🥂🍾

Great pics. Hubby and I hike also with our dog. Keeps us healthy and mental peace!

[lillypaddle]

84. Beautiful story, beautiful couple

Best wishes for the years ahead, and congratulations for the years before.

[ZZenith]

85. Ain't love grand?!

[uppityperson]

86. Happy anniversary!! Amazing how time goes.

Hugs and weol wishes to you 2.

[DFW]

87. Great story, great couple!

Sounds vaguely familiar, now that I think of it...............

[secularhumanizer]

88. Congratulations and thank you!!

Congratulations and thank you....I desperately needed to read something about the things in life that make being human a life worth living.

[raising2moredems]

89. Congrats!

40 years for me and the better half. One kiddo did the justice of the peace (and a very, very nice reception when the weather was NICER) but we opted for a ceremony, albeit a short and sweet one (no obey in either of our vows). I'm sure the economy was not gangbusters when you two got married either (unemployment was 25% in our area) but eh, we all made it through.

[OldBaldy1701E]

90. Congrats NHL! You two look wonderful together. (n/t)

[Skittles]

91. nice

may I ask, has either of you retired from working yet?

[NewHendoLib]

92. Oh yes.

I left big pharma in 2012, Sue nursing in 2000. She makes quilts, I write garden books and do workshops and an on lone course. We keep busy!

[LittleGirl]

95. Congratulations and many more! eom

[NewHendoLib]

96. we had a nice dinner out last night - waitress snapped a pic, which I added to the end of my OP