Sunday will be seventh anniversary.
14.15 years–same guy
10 years and counting…
Lived together for 18 years - married for the past 6 of them.
Boy, as things go, I didn’t think it had been that long, but it turns out to be third longest so far. Sorry, Contestant #3, I’ve got you beat by three months. But, considering that both my brother and my sister are reaching 25 years this year, I thought I was just getting a good start.
Married for three years and 3 months (lived together 2 years before that) …the best time of my life, so far. We had our new son 2 days before this anniversary.
Congrats to all the others out there who have posted so far. May you have many more happy years.
Warmly,
PR
If you’re not part of the solution you’re just scumming up the bottom of the beaker.
5th anniversary coming up on October 1 - yea! woo-hoo!
(In case you’re wondering, I chose the date because it was so easy to remember - I mean, the 5th or the 17th kinda sneak up on you, but the first of the month carries weight. Haven’t missed an anniversary yet! Would strongly recommend this to anyone contemplating parson’s mousetrap.)
Just over two years. Still new at this but married too long to make it onto The Newlywed Game!
Born O.K. the first time…
1 year and 1 week.
Dated 3 years
Engaged 17 months
Married 6.5 years
Total time together - 11 years next month.
We are 32 and 33.
33 Years! 20 to the first & 13 to the current Mrs. Zymurgist.
Zymurgist
Does this have to include actual marriage, or can you count the people who just live together, as if they were man and wife? I just got married last May, but I’ve been living with him for over five years. Since others are also including their former marriages into the tally, then I guess I have four years and one month total marriage time (first marriage lasted three years, nine months).
BTW, what’s the record here for longest engagement? My sister and her fiance have been engaged for 14 years now, still no marriage though.
Shadowfox
14 years in February.
Jess
Full of 'satiable curtiosity
27 years the first time (he died) – on our 25th anniversary, someone complimented me on our longevity – I think my response was “chalk it up to lethargy” or something.
Don’t want to burst anyone’s bubbles, but there’s nothing special about being married for a long time. Heck, I know couples who are just too busy with work and kids to take the time to do the divorce. Money is usually the main consideration, at least until the kids are grown.
My friend’s grandma was 82 when her husband (finally) died – they’d been married since she was 20. She tossed out the furniture that he insisted on and redecorated(she hated it), got herself a part-time job in a day care center (he never allowed her to work), and learned to drive (he wouldn’t let her do that either).
She had three good years before she died.
Now a long “good” marriage where the couple is still interested in each other, that’s something.
I’m married this time for 3 years on 11/1. Don’t pity the guy – I’m not as bitchy as it seems – I just have no illusions about long-time marriages. They’re often not what they seem.
20 years, 4 months married
3 years, 3 months dating/engaged/living together.
Sue from El Paso
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12 years and 2 months.