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Not too often is seen one that lasts

bigdaddyjuniorbigdaddyjunior Member Posts: 11,233
edited August 2003 in General Discussion
Thinking about what David is going through and what a lot of you know about. I try to understand how people can "grow apart" or "fall out of love" or any other euphemism for marital euthanasia. Its like the death of a family member, you don't know what its like until it happens to you. I equate breakups with a death in the family since I have experience with that.
My folks were highschool sweethearts, got married as soon as my dad got his stripes[and won enough in a poker game to buy a nice diamond ring] A couple of days ago they celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary. I'm one of ten kids they raised and none of us turned out to be bums. I've been with my wife for twenty years,so have all my married brothers and sisters,20 or more.Only my baby sister has been divorced,twice. Her men choosing skills have got to be seen to believe.
Well I was not trying to make anyone feel bad. I was just thinking of how my siblings and I stay married forever because we learned it from our folks by example. Except my baby sister, but shes blonde,runs three marathons a week[shes cut back from five],plays violin from Motzart to Foggy Mountain Breakdown,is ready to move up to a full size Harley and will frighten you tearing up the heavy bag. Poor thing will spend the remainder of her life waiting for an incarnation of Superman to happen by.She actually ran seven miles to meet me where I had fixed her car on the side of the road. I told her to atleast have the decency to perspire or breathe heavy. If I ran a block I would require knee surgery and dramamine.
I think I'll go see the folks tomorrow and tell them 9 out of 10 ain't too shabby.

Big Daddy my heros have always been cowboys,they still are it seems
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  • kingjoeykingjoey Member Posts: 8,636
    edited November -1
    Yep, divorce is so easy to get now that too many people don't think twice about getting married and many others don't forsee the repercussions of divorce on the kids. I also would be willing to bet that people from broken homes are statistically more prone to getting divorced themselves as they saw it as the way their parents stopped fighting or arguing or whatever. Really hurts to see even good people like David getting sucked into that bad experience.[:(]

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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    In the big picture, death is easier to handle. It is final, over, nothing to do, no second-guessing or worrying about what might have been. You grieve, then you go on.

    Death is a transition. Divorce is forever.

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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,535 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My parents were married for 31 years before my dad passed away. It will be 27 years for me this Sept. Before I got married I spoke to a Priest and he told me we would fight over the smallest things. Was he sooooooooo right.
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