My mother had always wanted my parents to renew their vows on their 25th anniversary. But around year 19 the pastor who had originally married them suffered a stroke, and they really had wanted him to preside over the renewal. So they rescheduled the ceremony six years early and renewed their vows on their 19th anniversary.
Which kind of pissed me off, because at the age of 16, I had gone away for the summer on a short term project overseas with my church and they didn’t tell me about it until I got back. So I missed it.
Anyway, they’ve just celebrated their 47th anniversary and are still going strong.