# Are you happily married?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 25, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630 "2014-06-25T18:17:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/1 "2014-06-25T18:17:53Z")
Poll in a moment. And no, I’m not including options for people who are not currently married, because that would be stupid. But I’m also not gonna define marriage, because that would be too much work.
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### Author:  [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/2 "2014-06-25T18:18:29Z")
Yes. 37 years and counting.
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### Author:  [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/3 "2014-06-25T18:20:37Z")
Second time’s the charm.
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### Author:  [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/4 "2014-06-25T18:25:13Z")
Yes. I thank my diety of choice every day for this, and for the fact that I have a healthy and happy kid.
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/5 "2014-06-25T18:29:39Z")
25 years this year, still very happy.
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### Author:  [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/6 "2014-06-25T18:29:59Z")
> [@Malthus](#):
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> Yes. I thank my diety of choice every day for this, and for the fact that I have a healthy and happy kid.
Deity. De-it-y. First syllable homophonous with “day.”
This is your last warning. Next time I shoot Legolas in the face.
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### Author:  [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/7 "2014-06-25T18:32:29Z")
> [@Asimovian](#):
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> Second time’s the charm.
Third time for me. And I’ve never been happier.
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### Author:  [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/8 "2014-06-25T18:34:40Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> Deity. De-it-y. First syllable homophonous with “day.”
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> This is your last warning. Next time I shoot Legolas in the face.
I could have sworn it said “shoot Legolas in the fact” a second ago. 😃
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### Author:  [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/9 "2014-06-25T18:39:09Z")
> [@Malthus](#):
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> I could have sworn it said “shoot Legolas in the fact” a second ago. 😃
What do you think “fricking Gaudere” in the edit explanation meant, burlapan?
That was just one of the typos in the unedited post. There were so many I considered leaving them all there as a meta-comment, but I couldn’t make myself.
Anyway, the usual threats.
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### Author:  [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/10 "2014-06-25T18:46:53Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> What do you think “fricking Gaudere” in the edit explanation meant, burlapan?
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> That was just one of the typos in the unedited post. There were so many I considered leaving them all there as a meta-comment, but I couldn’t make myself.
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> Anyway, the usual threats.
Posted before I saw any edit explaination. 😛
You have to move fast, if you want to avoid meta-mockery. 😃
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### Author:  [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/11 "2014-06-25T18:48:55Z")
> [@Malthus](#):
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> Posted before I saw any edit explaination. 😛
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> You have to move fast, if you want to avoid meta-mockery. 😃
:: points shotgun at Legolas’s face ::
Sadly the previous warning was only about the word “deity,” otherwise the extra “i” in explanation would allow me to murder the elf right now.
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### Author:  [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/12 "2014-06-25T18:56:03Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> :: points shotgun at Legolas’s face ::
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> Sadly the previous warning was only about the word “deity,” otherwise the extra “i” in explanation would allow me to murder the elf right now.
For the love of diety, just shoot Legolas already!
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### Author:  [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/13 "2014-06-25T18:58:28Z")
> [@dracoi](#):
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> For the love of diety, just shoot Legolas already!
I warned Malthus, not you. Wouldn’t be cricket to shotgun Legolas unless Malthus misspells deity again.
That said
:: points Sig-Sauer at Galadriel ::
Legolas is not my only captive.
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/14 "2014-06-25T19:02:31Z")
Yes, 26 years in, separated for the last 4. Happy to be separated, not happy to be married.
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### Author:  [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/15 "2014-06-25T19:08:57Z")
Yes, almost 5 years.
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### Author:  [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/16 "2014-06-25T19:15:35Z")
Wouldn’t a “diety” be a cute kind of diet? And yes, the right diet can help in a marriage 🙂
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/17 "2014-06-25T19:30:55Z")
> [@Asimovian](#):
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> Second time’s the charm.
Sing it, my friend.
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### Author:  [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/18 "2014-06-25T19:47:36Z")
Yes, 4 days and everything has been great so far.
This is my advice for those of you that have only been married a short time (minutes or hours) and want to know how to make it as long as I have:
1 - Stay alive - if you have a pulse you can probably make it this long
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### Author:  [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/19 "2014-06-25T19:54:05Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#):
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> Yes, 4 days and everything has been great so far.
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> This is my advice for those of you that have only been married a short time (minutes or hours) and want to know how to make it as long as I have:
> 1 - Stay alive - if you have a pulse you can probably make it this long
Typically, if you can distract your new spouse long enough to get beyond the annulment phase, it can really help to discourage them from leaving. I have reminded my wife often, much to her chagrin, that there are no refunds or exchanges. Sucks to be her.
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### Author:  [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630/20 "2014-06-25T19:57:19Z")
My first marriage was to a fantastic man and I loved him wholeheartedly.
My second marriage is even better.
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