Longest marriage

[CBintheNorth]

Let the longest suffering jokes begin!!

J/K
With all the divorce threads that pop up on here, I thought this thread would be refreshing.

My wife attended a service tonight for a family member who was married for 70 years. That was astounding to me.
When my dad passed, my parents had been married for 48years. I thought that was a lot, but apparently not. lol

What's the longest in your family?

[vinny]

My wife’s grandparents just celebrated their 70th anniversary as well! Mind blowing! When her grandma heard me comment about how unbelievable that was, she said it was way too hard to train another husband after so many years. lol.

[Steve W]

My folks - 64 years.

[Maxwell78]

My grandparents were married for 75 years. The only time they were ever apart was when my grandpa would go to Winnipeg for cancer treatments Monday to Friday and returning Friday night. Sadly grandpa passed away 2 years ago. Grandma talks about him every day amd misses him soo much.

[catnthehat]

38 years on the 4th of this month and she hasn't killed me yet!
Cat

[CBintheNorth]

Originally Posted by Maxwell78

My grandparents were married for 75 years. The only time they were ever apart was when my grandpa would go to Winnipeg for cancer treatments Monday to Friday and returning Friday night. Sadly grandpa passed away 2 years ago. Grandma talks about him every day amd misses him soo much.

Wow. 3/4 of a century. That's awesome.
Going to be tough to beat.

[Sleddawg]

My great grandparents made 79 years. Great grandpa was 15 and grandma was 16. One of my favourite stories was my Great grandpa went to the steel mill for a job cause him and grandma were naughty teens so he needed to be a provider. They wouldn’t hire him until he was 16 so he went home and forged his birth certificate and went back the next day and handed it to another person in the office. They hired him on the spot. Fast forward 49 years and he walks into the mill and they were hosting a huge retirement party. He was confused. Why would they think I’m retiring at 64. Did some talking and found out he flew under the radar the entire time. So they paid him a years salary and sent him on his merry way at the age of 64.

[Hawkeye]

My parents got married on January 2, 1945, 4 days after my Mom turned 20.
My Mom passed in early September 2014 (when we had a big snowstorm in Calgary). So, they were married roughly 69 3/4 years.

In 2016, we gathered on my Mom's birthday to remember her, and my Dad had a heart attack. His heart stopped, but we got it restarted, though he died within about an hour.

My Dad had often stated that whichever one of them went first would not have to continue life without their partner.

They had their ups and downs but they stuck together and made it work.

My wife and I will celebrate 42 years of marriage in July.

[Sitting Bull]

My queen an will be 36 years this September. Great lady!

[wallz]

My parents just had their 65th.

Mine is a mere 26 this June, and counting, but I am still kinda young, well in my mind anyways.

[Sundancefisher]

Wife and I married 34 years.

Buddy and his wife married 45 years.

[Map Maker]

I only made it 10 years. Enough for me.
Traded in for faster sporty model.
Congrats to all the long terms. Takes true commitment.

[CBintheNorth]

Wow. Some of these are truly incredible, and some are real tear jerkers.
I can see how some lose the desire to go on after such a loss.

My wife and I got married fairly late in our relationship and will only be celebrating our 15th this year. Takes commitment and patience for sure.
Luckily our relationship seems to only get stronger with each passing year, and we fight a lot less. The kids seem to unify us for sure.

But it wasn't always rosy. I'd wager that in the first 6 months she said she was leaving, and I said "get out", at least half a dozen times.
So glad we made it through that period.

[CBintheNorth]

Originally Posted by Map Maker

I only made it 10 years. Enough for me.
Traded in for faster sporty model.

I don't think I'd have the energy.

[Dean2]

Nina and I, 50 years come Nov 2024. My grandfather had his last kid of 18, when he was 75. It was his second wife who was 50 years younger than him, first one passed away after 40 years of marriage. My parents unforunately only made 50 years because my father passed young in 1996. My mother is now 98 years old and still misses him everyday, despite it being 28 years later.

[tirebob]

My wife and I just had or 27th wedding anniversary. Not too shabby considering we met and got married in just three months. Nobody in our circle gave us a chance really but we proved them all wrong. I could not imagine my life without her and that is the honest truth. She is my world and irreplaceable.

[thumper]

My Mom was fond of telling others - "We've been married 70 YEARS!"

To which I'd respond " WOW - To each other?"

She never thought it was funny, but her audience often did!



When you're living with someone while still married to someone else, and then marry the second one, (once divorced from the first), can you claim the time period waiting for the divorce as 'double-time' ?

[nimrod]

my grande parents were married for 68 years but sadly my gedo died 2 months after there anniversary now both are gone, baba sitting on a bench gedo is fishing

[pgavey]

52 for my wife and I on JULY 08 this year.

[W921]

When covid hit my wife of 25 years just blindsided me and said I dont love you,never did and you are going to loose everything .Then she laughed at me.
Knocked me right down. I was as good husband and treated her well.
She left me and two troubled kids to put it mildly.
Apparently she met some married guy from thousands of miles away on internet. According to his wife and the texts she showed me these to had this planned out for a long time.
The good Lord blesses people according to their actions. Thank God I dont have that under my roof anymore. Good Lord blessed me with a way better one.
She has been blessed according to her actions.I feel bad for her but never want to see her again.

[slough shark]

My parents are still going strong at 48, I’m only at 12 so it appears I have to stay alive for a while to catch up to some of you guys.

[waldedw]

The divorce rate in Canada is pegged right around 48%, I have 4 brothers and 4 sisters and out of the 9 of us 4 have gone through at least 1 divorce so I guess the family is about average.

In our almost 49 years together the wife and I could have dug in and pulled the pin more than once when you are only thinking about yourself and not the rest of your family, dialogue, concessions and compromise, work through it and carry on.

My dad always said " life's wagon is a tough pull and it takes a dam good team to get it to the finish line "

[Gun]

I was born in Canada but grew up in the States. My Grandparents made it 75yrs and got a card from the President, hand signed note. I think it was Reagan.

[220 Swift]

75 years 7 months and 2 days was my grandparents. Grandpa died in covid and Gramma made a couple more years and passed this fall.

Grandpa was born on the farm and died on the farm. About 30 feet from where he was born. Gramma was about 20 years less on that farm.

[Savage Bacon]

The boss and I aren't even married yet. But I tell ya it sure feels like forever!!

Oh boy i hope she never reads this.

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[silver]

I was married for 12 years , 15 if you count wind chill.