# How long have you been married? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 14, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513 "2019-02-14T01:15:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/101 "2019-06-02T15:48:01Z")
5 yeas ago today I married my best friend. My wife was pissed, but Bob and I are very happy. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/102 "2019-06-05T03:22:09Z")
Twenty-one years. Texas recognizes common-law marriage šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/103 "2019-06-05T16:12:59Z")
I will be married 13 years in December but only the first 3 were good, and that might be a stretch. I basically donā€™t consider myself married outside of legal aspects for the past 5-9 years or so, depending on how I look at it. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/104 "2019-06-05T16:49:41Z")
Just celebrated our 25th anniversary. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/105 "2019-06-05T17:06:25Z")
It would have been 14 years of marriage in February, and 19 years total in August. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/106 "2019-06-05T17:28:12Z")
Two and a half years. Itā€™s my second marriage, and sheā€™s better looking than me and makes more money, so Iā€™m not sure who the trophy spouse is. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/107 "2019-06-05T19:55:33Z")
33 years on the 21st of this month. Classic exchange: _ā€œIn all that time, did you ever consider divorce?ā€_ _ā€œDivorce? No. Murder? Many times.ā€_ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/108 "2019-06-05T20:15:31Z")
26 years as of today. Iā€™m picking up dinner and roses on my way home. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/109 "2019-06-06T03:56:12Z")
In August weā€™ll (hopefully) hit 36 years. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/110 "2019-06-06T04:11:24Z")
Come August, itā€™ll be 19 years married. This past April marked 23 overall. Also in April was our sonā€™s 2nd birthday. Weā€™re 40 and 41; our chronology is, um, different. ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/111 "2019-06-06T05:39:17Z")
In July we will be living together for 20 years. Married for over 19. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/112 "2019-06-07T03:51:39Z")
Married 28 years as of this past Saturday. Weā€™ve been together though since Sept 1980, so thatā€™s pushing 39 years ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/113 "2019-06-07T14:22:49Z")
June 23rd will be 22 years. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/114 "2019-06-07T14:56:22Z")
About 29 years to two different baby mamaā€™s, with a 3 year gap in between. ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/115 "2019-06-07T18:30:39Z")
35 years. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/116 "2019-06-07T21:06:11Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > In August weā€™ll (hopefully) hit 36 years. Weā€™ll beat you by a month :D. In August, weā€™ll have known each other for 42 years. I was a math major in college, so I canā€™t quite figure out how all that is possible while Iā€™m still 29 years oldā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/117 "2019-06-07T21:10:42Z")
Until 2 years, 2 hours, and forty minutes ago, I had been married for 40 years. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/118 "2019-06-08T01:48:55Z")
September will be 26 years. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/119 "2019-06-11T12:29:06Z")
17 years this month. Together 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-married/829513/120 "2019-06-11T13:54:33Z")
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