# June 30, 2023 (that's yesterday) A significant date for me, and Mr VOW, too! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 1, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405 "2023-07-01T15:27:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/1 "2023-07-01T15:27:27Z")
Yesterday was our wedding anniversary. Next year will be the big, whoop-de-doo anniversary, but that doesn’t detract from this recent milestone. We’ve been married 49 years now. When I say that, or even think that, my mind is flooded with memories. A lot of miles, figuratively and literally. A lot of dreams, many got smashed to smithereens, and even more took root and blossomed that were entirely unanticipated. Of all the people in the world, Mr VOW was the perfect partner for me to share these years with. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/2 "2023-07-01T15:30:12Z")
Let me be the first to say: CONGRATS ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/3 "2023-07-01T15:30:34Z")
Wow **Vow** , 49 years is amazing. Congrats {ninja’d} We’re about to hit 31, I made reservations at the best place in town. Last year for 30 we did 5 days in Cape May, NJ ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/4 "2023-07-01T15:32:59Z")
Yaay! Be very grateful for what you have so carefully built and nurtured. As you quite evidently are. I would have loved to have gotten to 49 years with my first wife. 'Twas not to be. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/5 "2023-07-01T15:45:49Z")
Very nice! Many happy continued anniversaries to the both of you1 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/6 "2023-07-01T16:07:51Z")
Congrats! We hit 42 years married this year, and this October we’ll celebrate the 50th anniversary of our first date. What a trip it’s been! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/7 "2023-07-01T16:13:03Z")
Congratulations! We’ll be celebrating 31 years in August, and 40 years since we first met a few months after that. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/8 "2023-07-01T16:13:44Z")
Nice! ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/9 "2023-07-01T16:37:51Z")
Congratulations! We hit 42 years in May (44 years since our first date in April), and I firmly believe the marriage will last as long as we both do, however long that is. I kind of like the non-milestone anniversaries, since there’s less pressure to do Something Big to celebrate. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/10 "2023-07-01T16:42:02Z")
Wowza! Congratulations! Another one with celebrating 31 years this month, with 34 years since our first date. How does the time go by so fast? ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/11 "2023-07-01T20:13:34Z")
@Die_Capacitrix I think time speeds up while we’re sleeping. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/12 "2023-07-01T23:19:54Z")
Mazel tov! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/13 "2023-07-02T02:50:24Z")
Congratulations. My folks made it to 62. I made it to four. 2025 would have been our big one. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/14 "2023-07-02T03:54:56Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/15 "2023-07-02T07:07:41Z")
49 years together is awesome! ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/16 "2023-07-02T15:29:25Z")
Congrats! We recently celebrated our 21st. Our marriage is now old enough to legally drink. It’s amazing how vivid our wedding day is in my memory- like it only happened a year or two ago. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/17 "2023-07-02T15:44:40Z")
What’s painful is to look through our wedding pictures and see so many people who are now dead. That makes me want to shout from the rooftops: “Appreciate everyone around you, right this minute!” ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/18 "2023-07-03T19:25:24Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > What’s painful is to look through our wedding pictures and see so many people who are now dead. The last time my wife and I took a look through our wedding album, we made the same observation. As a number of the now-deceased in the pictures are from her family, and seeing those pictures hit her hard, I’m not sure she’s eager to look back through the album any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-30-2023-thats-yesterday-a-significant-date-for-me-and-mr-vow-too/986405/19 "2023-07-04T21:40:12Z")
A wedding is an event for a young-ish couple & their contemporaries, a few little kids of the next generation, and a lot of people from the prior generation. By the time the couple is 60-70 as so many of us Dopers are, that older generation, who might have been 50% of the guests and 70% of the professional family photos, is just about guaranteed to be mostly gone. 100% of the older generation present at my first (age 30-ish) wedding is dead. My wife from that wedding is dead. I am the sole survivor other than a few contemporaries and almost all of the very few next-generation kids. I’m only 64. With luck I’ll spend many years as “the last of the Mohicans.” But I’m damned near that already.