Together...
I just saw a commercial on TV for a show called”Surviving Marriage”. Are you kidding me? Who comes up with this stuff? I haven’t seen this show but am guessing two people (presumably married to each other) go through some crisis in their marriage while a few million people watch. I don’t know about you, but that doesn’t sound like anything I want to see.
Having been married 43 years, I know first hand that marriage is hard work and not always smooth sailing. Every couple fights once in awhile (unless you live in separate houses a mile apart) and every couple goes through at least one crisis (if not several). Most couples go through the ups and downs of learning to live together, raising children and growing older. You hang on for the ride and hope you come out on the other side the better for it, kind of like going on a scary roller coaster!
I think, as we go through the years, sometimes we need to make “adjustments” to our marriages if we really want to stay with each other. For example, Allan once told someone that the secret to our longevity was “she’s gone three days a week” (I’m not sure he was kidding) and when I retired from flying, our kids weren’t sure how we were going to handle being together seven days a week! I guess we’ve adjusted.
And here we are, 43 years, three kids and five grandchildren later, still plugging along, together…k
March 25, 2015