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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums42 years ago, this morning, my (and my wife's) lives were about to change (just added a pic).
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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
(18,635 posts)blueknight73
(295 posts)Love the pictures! And you live in a great place! We have a home in WNC as well!
Freddie
(9,258 posts)MLAA
(17,266 posts)You both made excellent decisions that morning 42 years ago!
happy feet
(866 posts)For sharing your joy in this tough season of America. Wishing you and yours continued blessings. 😊
Chainfire
(17,519 posts)Your wife still has a great smile!
whopis01
(3,499 posts)I loved Rollins Chapel when I was up there. Beautiful building.
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,957 posts)underpants
(182,726 posts)barbtries
(28,787 posts)Many more.
panader0
(25,816 posts)NNadir
(33,510 posts)judesedit
(4,437 posts)woodsprite
(11,908 posts)niyad
(113,213 posts)you indeed decades more. Thank you for sharing your joy and love with us.
Nevilledog
(51,055 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,444 posts)Bo Zarts
(25,392 posts)Congratulations!
70sEraVet
(3,483 posts)2naSalit
(86,502 posts)Congrats to both of you! Long marriages are hard to find these days!
twodogsbarking
(9,722 posts)Enjoy
NJCher
(35,644 posts)Last edited Tue Dec 6, 2022, 12:06 PM - Edit history (1)
Beyond, one learns that is what its all about.
Love.
Maybe that's why you specialized in the "love apple."
KS Toronado
(17,183 posts)snowybirdie
(5,222 posts)You've earned it. Many many more. We're heading out from home to celebrate 61 years on Friday. Life is good.
NewHendoLib
(60,013 posts)nightwing1240
(1,996 posts)Hoping for many more wonderful years for the two of you!
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)FakeNoose
(32,613 posts)Upthevibe
(8,030 posts)Congratulations!
LuvLoogie
(6,973 posts)Have fun, be safe, learn lots.
CanonRay
(14,093 posts)We're two years behind you...
Luciferous
(6,078 posts)TuxedoKat
(3,818 posts)Happy Anniversary and Happy Holidays to a lovely couple, and many, many more!!!
secondwind
(16,903 posts)ms liberty
(8,572 posts)NewHendoLib
(60,013 posts)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
(23,625 posts)malaise
(268,846 posts)Congrats
usaf-vet
(6,178 posts).... 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
(60,013 posts)thanks!
mahina
(17,637 posts)What a handsome pair you two are!
iluvtennis
(19,843 posts)c-rational
(2,590 posts)colorado_ufo
(5,731 posts)You look mah-vel-lous! I loved your story!
MissMillie
(38,545 posts)Wishing you many more, and continued happiness!
Loryn
(943 posts)orleans
(34,043 posts)hope you both have a wonderful day and week and wonderful years ahead
highplainsdem
(48,957 posts)And what wonderful photos! I love hearing about happy marriages, and this post made my day.
Mz Pip
(27,434 posts)And Happy Anniversary!
MontanaMama
(23,297 posts)Im happy for you.
peacebuzzard
(5,158 posts)Great careers, a beautiful place to spend time, and you look happy and peaceful!May you have the best of your lives now!
pandr32
(11,572 posts)Here's to keeping it going.
TexLaProgressive
(12,157 posts)It looks like you both aged well.
nolabear
(41,956 posts)First, congratulations. Youre 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 were in Seattlejust 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
(34,055 posts)we hit 42 in September!
dem in texas
(2,673 posts)Last Month - Nov 19 - 65 years. He was 20 and I was 18 when we married.
Ms. Toad
(34,055 posts)My parents celebrated their 65th during COVID - they are now at 67.
Always nice to hear of long-term marriages!
CaptainTruth
(6,582 posts)sdfernando
(4,929 posts)WestMichRad
(1,318 posts)and many happy returns! I remember being surprised that you two got hitched, but I wasnt in on the talk going around the department at the time. It seems to have turned out well!
NewHendoLib
(60,013 posts)calimary
(81,179 posts)Happy anniversary!
Niagara
(7,589 posts)Here's to a beautiful couple!!
fierywoman
(7,679 posts)wendyb-NC
(3,319 posts)MAY you enjoy many more happy years together. You guys are beautiful.
Faux pas
(14,657 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,514 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,381 posts)Bettie
(16,083 posts)Hekate
(90,616 posts)yonder
(9,662 posts)The photos are great.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)NewHendoLib
(60,013 posts)Kind words and comments!
My DU family is really amazing!
mcar
(42,287 posts)StevieM
(10,500 posts)riverbendviewgal
(4,252 posts)And may more, you are younsters.
Stinky The Clown
(67,776 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,309 posts)Congrats and may you enjoy each other many more years.
Raine
(30,540 posts)kellytore
(182 posts)electric_blue68
(14,848 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)the right stuff to build your life together on.
Happy anniversary, you two.
KPN
(15,641 posts)and sometimes hard earned luck Im sure. I know 43+ years here and feel the same way. May you and yours continue to be so blessed NewHendoLib.
bluestarone
(16,894 posts)May i suggest a song here? This is the song i chose for my wife and i. Been married 51 years!!
Tree Lady
(11,443 posts)Great pics. Hubby and I hike also with our dog. Keeps us healthy and mental peace!
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)Best wishes for the years ahead, and congratulations for the years before.
ZZenith
(4,119 posts)uppityperson
(115,677 posts)Hugs and weol wishes to you 2.
DFW
(54,328 posts)Sounds vaguely familiar, now that I think of it...............
secularhumanizer
(18 posts)Congratulations and thank you....I desperately needed to read something about the things in life that make being human a life worth living.
raising2moredems
(632 posts)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
(5,112 posts)Skittles
(153,138 posts)may I ask, has either of you retired from working yet?
NewHendoLib
(60,013 posts)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!