# Personal Stuff I Must Share: 50 years today! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538 "2024-06-30T20:53:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **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:** [June 30, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/1 "2024-06-30T20:53:29Z")
On this date (June 30), fifty years ago (1974), Mr VOW and I were married. Like, WooHOO, people! We planned no party, cruise, spa day, or any biggie deal. That fits in with how we go through life. We had tentative plans to visit The Son and his family for the weekend, but due to some miscommunication that visit has been postponed. Then we talked about going out to eat with The Daughter and her family. Well, Mr VOW’s brother surprised us all by sending us a celebratory meal from Honeybaked Ham! Complete with side dishes! To Hell with sodium restrictions! We all are getting hammed today! Except the oldest Granddaughter might be going someplace. To add to our festivities (??!!?@#&%!!), I had special tshirts made for Mr VOW and me. The front says “50 years” and the back says “June 30, 1974. June 30, 2024.” Nobody seems to have noticed, except for maybe the cats. The tshirts are black and they are already collecting cat hair. ~VOW “The Old Lady” ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/2 "2024-06-30T20:56:06Z")
Congratulations! ---
**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:** [June 30, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/3 "2024-06-30T20:58:13Z")
Congrats indeed. 50 is quite the milestone. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/4 "2024-06-30T21:03:42Z")
Congrats! That’s a great accomplishment involving a little luck as everything does, but mostly skill. Now, onwards and upwards to 60! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/5 "2024-06-30T21:19:16Z")
Congratulations! 🪙 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/6 "2024-06-30T21:35:09Z")
Best wishes to you and Mr Vow! 50! Wow, Vows! 😁 ---
**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:** [June 30, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/7 "2024-06-30T21:44:19Z")
Yay! So happy for you guys!! ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/8 "2024-06-30T22:09:51Z")
My wife and I just celebrated 20 years a couple of weeks ago, so I can only humbly congratulate. Fifty years takes some stamina! \< tip hat \> 🎩 👌\< /tip hat \> ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/9 "2024-06-30T22:11:29Z")
SunWife and I are on our 30th year right now, so we have some idea of what an accomplishment 50 years makes! Congratulations, and best wishes for many more together! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/10 "2024-06-30T22:22:51Z")
Congrats! You have 10 years on us, and we mostly didn’t celebrate any of those years. So we’ll likely ignore 50 when it comes, too! But yay for getting a surprise dinner! Hope you have many more happy years! ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/11 "2024-06-30T22:30:03Z")
Happy 50th Anniversary! Enjoy the reminiscing together! I was a little kid in 74. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/12 "2024-06-30T22:58:37Z")
Hooray for you guys! 🎂 😃 💕 ‼ 🎆 🧨 🎇 ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/13 "2024-06-30T23:08:14Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/qmiVQJ9.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/qmiVQJ9.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/14 "2024-07-01T00:04:09Z")
Congratulations. It is indeed a fine reason to celebrate. I hope you don’t consider it a rain on your parade to mention that on March 14, we celebrated our 60th. The only thing we did was a fancy dinner. And our son who visited for it got us a cake. ---
**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, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/15 "2024-07-01T00:14:56Z")
Congrats! I hope the Mrs. and I reach that milestone!! We just hit 43 years married, 44.5 living together, and 50.75 of dating each other. [![](https://i.postimg.cc/nV49BZdX/50th-anniversary.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/nV49BZdX/50th-anniversary.jpg) ---
**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, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/16 "2024-07-01T00:18:33Z")
Many congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/17 "2024-07-01T00:23:18Z")
Good run! Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/18 "2024-07-01T00:42:51Z")
So whats the secret to a happy marriage? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/19 "2024-07-02T12:17:34Z")
Nifty! ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538/20 "2024-07-02T15:31:22Z")
In a few weeks we will be having our 60th wedding anniversary. It has been 64 years since we met - it took 4 years to convince her that we should get hitched. What a journey it has been! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-stuff-i-must-share-50-years-today/1003538.md?page=2)