Thirty-seven years ago today I made the best decision of my life by making My Beloved my wife. It’s been, and continues to be, an amazing adventure.
With Love,
Russ
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These are the best words a wife can hear from her beloved husband of 37 years. Happy anniversary to you both. Wishing you more amazing adventures and bliss together! Much love from Ute ♥
Thank you for your kind comment and love, Ute! May your wish for us come true, and your life bring ever-greater amounts of love and joy.
Russ
Happy anniversary to you and your lovely wife.
Thank you, Shian. I appreciate your kind message.
Russ
Congratulations! It is an amazing milestone and I’m happy for you both. But I’m wondering what makes you different than a man who could be married for 25 years and suddenly decide he needs to “go on a solo journey” to “find himself” after having had an affair that broke his devoted wife’s heart? What makes one man moral and upstanding and have character and another to abdicate all responsibility for his wife, family, and brand new grandchild?
Thank you, ES. I wish I knew the answer to that one. My guess it’s as varied as each couple. It breaks my heart to hear such stories, and My Beloved and I often say, “There but the Grace of God…” in gratitude. We’ve had moments when we wondered why we were still together, but the answers have always quickly come. I think our mutual focus on strengthening our relationship and improving ourselves rather than each other has helped us to stay together all these years. Our relationship is an appreciating asset in a world with many depreciating ones. Our stubbornness and selfishness also help. We’re too stubborn to give up on each other and too selfish to let go of the good thing we know we have.
May all hearts find a soul mate worthy of them.
Russ
I wondered that too, after 18 years… he needed adventure….All my friends said it is the Midlife crisis and no one understood why he left a lovely family behind. I feel your pain.
Thank you so much. If it’s not too personal, did he ever come back? Or realize he made a huge mistake?
No, divorced me and remarried very quickly again in another continent. Hope he has his adventure now.
Oh my. I don’t understand how one’s spouse can do that. I just don’t understand.
Me neither….
❤ ❤ ❤
Thank you, Mrs. P.
Russ
What a lovely day for a wedding!
(Big smile!)
Russ
Congratulations to you and your MRS!! 🙂
Thank you, Colleen!
Russ
beautiful –
Thank you, Beth. She is indeed.
Russ