My life’s road trip would not be the same, would probably not even EXIST were it not for the woman I married 20 years ago today. So on this day I give thanks, and offer some thoughts from others on what it means to be married for a long time…
Our wedding was many years ago. The celebration continues to this day. ~Gene Perret
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. ~Paul Sweeney
Love is the thing that enables a woman to sing while she mops up the floor after her husband has walked across it in his barn boots. ~Hoosier Farmer
The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds – they mature slowly. ~Peter De Vries
Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock. ~Author Unknown
Spouse: someone who’ll stand by you through all the trouble you wouldn’t have had if you’d stayed single. ~Author Unknown
It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. ~Rita Rudner
Marriage, n: The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two. ~Ambrose Bierce
The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character. ~Peter Devries
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. ~Mignon McLaughlin
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight. ~Phyllis Diller, Phyllis Diller’s Housekeeping Hints, 1966