# Thirty-five years and counting **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273 "2008-07-21T17:22:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/1 "2008-07-21T17:22:10Z")
I was going to write this glorious paean to the woman who has stayed with me all these years. Then I realized I don’t have to do that. Suffice it to say that my family members call her “Saint Kathleen”. She and I were married on this date 35 years ago, at the Catholic church in our little town – or, as my mother-in-law still calls it, “the scene of the crime.” As I kissed her cheek when I left for work before dawn today, I realized that I love her more today than ever before, and I didn’t think that was possible. Happy Anniversary, baby, got you on my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/2 "2008-07-21T17:23:37Z")
Awww! That is so sweet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rascal_s_Mom)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/3 "2008-07-21T17:35:54Z")
You know, there are a whole lotta things I love about being single (after a long and miserable marriage), but when I read stuff like this, it makes me kind of wishful. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/4 "2008-07-21T17:54:06Z")
Congratulations. Wishing you both many more years of love and joy together. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/5 "2008-07-21T18:21:55Z")
Oh, how sweet! Congratulations! So, what are you doing to celebrate? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/6 "2008-07-21T18:36:19Z")
That’s awesome. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/7 "2008-07-21T19:46:24Z")
Awww, congrats! ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/8 "2008-07-21T20:31:40Z")
Happy anniversary and congrats! Really sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/9 "2008-07-21T20:34:42Z")
She is not paralyzed or comatose? Wow, congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/10 "2008-07-21T20:56:19Z")
Way to go kids! ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/11 "2008-07-21T23:35:09Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] She is not paralyzed or comatose? Wow, congratulations! [/QUOTE] You are a bad, bad man! I want to drink beer with you. We’re celebrating tonight in a way that has become traditional – I am fixing dinner, we’re opening a bottle of wine we bought last summer just for this occasion, and we will call our sons and talk with them. That’s it. Pretty much. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/12 "2008-07-22T01:44:22Z")
That is amazing. You are now qualified to dispense unsolicited relationship advice at random. Wishing you many more happy years ahead. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/13 "2008-07-22T02:01:06Z")
Many congratulations! 'scuse me, I have a little bit of dust in my eye. ---
**Author:** ![Lavender\_Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b782af/32.png) [@Lavender\_Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lavender_Falcon)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/14 "2008-07-22T02:03:34Z")
Congratulations! And here’s to many more years of happiness together. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/15 "2008-07-22T03:41:14Z")
And, judging from the things you’ve said about your sons, you have some really good things to show for it. Congratulations. Here’s hoping for many more good years together. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/16 "2008-07-22T03:54:04Z")
Catholic eh? How are your 12 kids doing? Just razzin’ ya. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/17 "2008-07-22T12:05:45Z")
Congratulations to you both! My mom says the first thirty years are the hardest. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/18 "2008-07-22T23:16:21Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Catholic eh? How are your 12 kids doing? Just razzin’ ya. Congrats! [/QUOTE] Well, we got married in the Catholic church, but I wasn’t (and never have been) Catholic. In fact, we had both a Methodist minister and a Catholic priest officiate. Hence my mother-in-law’s description of the place. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mudkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@mudkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mudkicker)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-five-years-and-counting/457273/19 "2008-07-23T01:08:36Z")
Cheers Sunrazor. I am happily single, and now you’ve made me want to cry. 🙂