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DFW

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22. With us, different and yet same circumstances.

Reply to Mr.Bill (Original post)

Fri Jan 1, 2021, 08:05 AM

Jan 2021

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.

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I want to tell the whole world this, [View all] Mr.Bill Jan 2021 OP

That's wonderful. StarryNite Jan 2021 #1

Well, I was single until I was 42 Mr.Bill Jan 2021 #2

It sounds like you have a wonderful life. StarryNite Jan 2021 #6

Same to you! Mr.Bill Jan 2021 #13

I have spent the last year "trapped" in the house iemitsu Jan 2021 #3

Thank you. Mr.Bill Jan 2021 #4

Me too. iemitsu Jan 2021 #5

Congratulations Mr. Bill. Very similar circumstances here also, similar square footage and a tad c-rational Jan 2021 #7

Thanks Mr.Bill Jan 2021 #9

Happy New Year to you and Mrs.Bill too. yonder Jan 2021 #8

Happy New Year to you and your soul mate. Mr.Bill Jan 2021 #10

A beautiful wife and four cats, in my case. PatrickforO Jan 2021 #11

Thank you. Mr.Bill Jan 2021 #12

Nice share. cilla4progress Jan 2021 #14

My husband rather abruptly retired two months ago and I was worried it would be betsuni Jan 2021 #15

Nice! lillypaddle Jan 2021 #16

Sounds like a great life to me! Congratulations on finding one another! Karadeniz Jan 2021 #17

Thanks to all of you for your kind words. n/t Mr.Bill Jan 2021 #18

This resonates with me greatly. Aussie105 Jan 2021 #19

Wishing you and your wife a very Happy New Year, Mr. Bill! smirkymonkey Jan 2021 #20

Happy New Year to both of you malaise Jan 2021 #21

With us, different and yet same circumstances. DFW Jan 2021 #22

Same here snowybirdie Jan 2021 #23

We are married 45. When we retired we sold off our life and moved to Costa Rica. LakeArenal Jan 2021 #24

It's good to hear so many people Mr.Bill Jan 2021 #25

Great to hear. I've felt all along some of the people sounding the alarm about lockdowns causing brewens Jan 2021 #26

Happy New Year MustLoveBeagles Jan 2021 #27

Sincere (not sarcastic) congratulations. Some of us lost that one to the C19 and UTUSN Jan 2021 #28