The line I use is one that gets me poked in the ribs by DW everytime "We've been happily married for 25 years! And the other 12 haven't been too bad..."

Talk about omens, Hurricane Agnes followed us up thru New England on our honeymoon.

That was my first marriage...

Y'know Izzy, it's statements like that which will get you ended up hitched before you know what happened. I went to the desert to give up on women and build my fortress of solitude. Next thing I knew, I was packing up my gear, quitting my job, and heading for the GF's digs a week before the wedding, our wedding...

Karma will git you if you ain't careful bro. I would advise against issuing too many of them there absolutes in life, they have a way of comin' round on ya. LOL

Something like that...I generally have a girlfriend who thinks my job is very cool and extremely romantic...until I drop off the face of the Earth for a few (or more) months. I usually come back to find myself single...which says more about the girls I choose to spend my time with, but still...

Doesn't keep me from taking jobs, though. Guess I'm doing what's important to me.

Oh, and if you need an alibi, I gotcher back.

Yep, well, all I can say is, just like there's a bullet out there with your name on it, there's a woman out there that will put up with your current limitations enough that you'll discover that, just like feeding a stray, you just can't seem to shake them off. Once they've made up their mind that you're it, there's not much more you have to say about it. If you ever watch the show "Two and a half men", you'll understand what I've come to label the "Rose" effect.

In the world of matrimony, I've come to the conclusion that men have little say in the matter, from proposition to affirmation. Any man who thinks he does is living under a carefully crafted illusion perpetrated by his soon to be better half.

Any married men out there care to validate? Any married women out there brave enough to own up to it and let the cat out of the bag?

All I know is that I used to swear that if I could get out of my first marriage, I would never do it again. Look at me now, happily married for the second and last time...

Congratulations, Aloha and wife!

Aloha – Congratulations

Warning, the following may be too sappy for some:

All I can say is my wife and I will hit 30 years this coming August. I love her as much, if not more than the day we married. We are in a rather unique position, in that we also work together in the same lab and have done so for over 30 years. So we are together almost 24/7. Although I direct her work, for obvious reason I do not rate her job performance. We try and leave work at work and home at home, doesn’t always work, but we try.

Our marriage is partnership, both of us have to give and take at times, we clearly do not see eye-to-eye on many things and argue/bicker enough, that if you did not know us, you might think we were mad at each other. Nothing could be further from the truth (although we usually have one drag-down-name calling fight per year, mostly to decompress) we are firmly committed to one another and God willing plan on growing old together. If our religious philosophy has any validity, we will have forged a union that will succeed this earthly realm. I view our relationship as two wings of the same bird, both must be strong, united and although our roles may be slightly different, both are required for the bird to fly.

Pete

ParamedicPete: Don't tell me,,,,,,the 4th of August?????

No, August 26th.

Pete