Are your parents still married to each other??

[RockaFowler]

The reason I ask is that my parents have been divorced since I was 4, so that is all I know. Anyway, my whole life my mom and dad always talked bad about each other. Now, they like each other. I wish it was like that back in the 70's and they were still together. I don't know maybe I am getting melancholy because of the holidays

[YellowRubberDuckie]

1. Mine probably would have been, but my dad died.

:shrug:

[bicentennial_baby]

2. Yep, 31 years last month

They fight like hell, but it works for them :)

[RockaFowler]

5. I wish they could have argued more

It was tough on my brother more because he was 10 years old and he didn't understand why they were no longer together

[supernova]

3. Mine were married for 48 years

They unfortunately passed away several years ago. But they looked after each other always.

[johnnie]

4. Yup

45 years. They like to argue, but it is funny to me.

[NNadir]

6. No, my parents are dead.

My father stayed married to my mother until she died. He married my stepmother and they stayed married until he died.

My stepmother says she's too old to marry a third time. (Her first husband died.) She's a young and quite beautiful 75 though, and she still has time to change her mind. No dates though.

I was a very lucky man in the parents department. None of my three parents ever said a bad word about one another.

[Fenris]

7. Yep.

[Duncan Grant]

8. 46 years and counting...

I don't think they've ever spent more than 3 days apart and that was only twice during the 70's. They're fiercely devoted to one another. :)

[RockaFowler]

I'd Love That

That was really sweet. I have 40 years to go to catch up to your parents

[elshiva]

9. YES! 27 years.

[miss_american_pie]

10. No

I was in kindie when they separated. TBH I have no idea how they stayed married as long as they did.

[Burma Jones]

11. Nope, they conceived me, got married and 16 years

and two additional sons later, they split. Dad stuck around, assumed custody and kept us going, rare in the late 1970s.

[RockaFowler]

12. My Dad raised us as well

My mom had issues in the 70's and my dad got custody. He was the original Mr Mom

[RevCheesehead]

13. 46 years, yesterday.

I am very fortunate. :loveya:

[RockaFowler]

15. Tell them Congrats

I feel like I missed something because they divorced when I was so young.

[eeyore]

14. My parents will celebrate their 50th next summer!

Pretty amazing, and they really are perfect together.

I'm one of the lucky few, I guess. :)

[sakabatou]

16. Yes and have been for.... about 26, 27 years.

[Left Is Write]

17. Yes. They have been married since 1959.

[greatauntoftriplets]

18. Mine were married 58 years when my father died.

My mother is still alive and will be 94 next month.

They were older when I was born.

[AwakeAtLast]

19. Will be 39 years for my parents on Christmas Eve

My cousing sang Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer at their wedding!

Two sets of great-grandparents were married Dec. 24th, too.

I did NOT follow suit! :)

:hi:

[MissMillie]

20. 55 years and they still hold hands

To be married that long, I have to marry a 20 year old man tomorrow, and I have to live to be 96.

My mother met my father when she was 12 years old (he was 15). They dated for 4 years before she became preggers, and they got married.

[Straight Shooter]

21. My parents have been married 57 years. Absolute devotion.

Among their 4 kids, though:

child #1 - married once, still married
child #2 - married 3 times, divorced 3 (probably 4 by now, LOL)
child #3 - married twice, divorced once
child #4 - married twice, divorced twice

Parents can set a good example of love and devotion, but sometimes it's just not in the cards for their children to have a lasting relationship with someone whom they can respect, love, and also have the hoochie-hots for over many many years.

[MountainLaurel]

22. Unfortunately, yes

We all would have been a lot better off if they weren't.

[LeftyMom]

23. No, they divorced in 1985.

I forgot to give them anything for the 20th anniversary of the happiest day of thier lives. Bad daughter. ;)

[Lavender Brown]

24. Yes - 35 years

[CatBoreal]

25. Yup...

...37 bloody years.

I wish they'd divorce.