15 years!

[Bat-mite]

My wife and I got married on this date in 2002. We are celebrating tonight with a dinner at a nice restaurant without the kids.

A lot of things have changed in those fifteen years.

• We had two kids.
• My grandmother died.
• Both my wife's grandmothers died.
• My father died.
• My best friend/best man died.
• We moved to a new church.
• I changed jobs twice.
• My wife got her master's.
• My wife quit her job to be a full time mom.
• We moved to a new house.

And yet it doesn't seem that long ago....

 

[H_Rocket]

Rookie

Call us back when you hit 30! We will teach you the secret handshake.


Seriously John, congrats! I love hearing about enduring marriages.

 

[Zeus-cat]

And not a single rocketry thing on your list...

 

[Bat-mite]

And not a single rocketry thing on your list...

Good point!

• Launched my first Estes RTF.
• Got addicted.
• Got L1, L2, L3.
• Launched every impulse motor from 1/4A to N.
• Joined NAR, TRA, MDRA.
• Bought my kids their first RTF rockets.
• Went to LDRS, Red Glare and URRF.

 

[Cabernut]

Congratulations! My wife and I recently passed the 10-year mark.

Over the last 10 years we've live in 8 different places in 2 countries, had 2 kids, 5 different jobs between the two of us... the list goes on. Life really changes once you get married.

 

[MaxQ]

Rookie

Call us back when you hit 30! We will teach you the secret handshake.
Seriously John, congrats! I love hearing about enduring marriages.

LOL.
Yeah...doing 29 this spring myself.

Congratulations John.
Passed the hard parts I think.

 

[SCP]

Congratulations John!!!

 

[cobra1336]

30 years, no kids ( people are jealous ) 3 houses ( 1 beach house ) sold, pain in the butt. Two dogs, gone. Still have my first new car I bought, 86 mustang GT. 1 hot rod. Maybe 3 arguments with wife but not really arguments just did stupid things and got the silent treatment for a day. Best thing to do is make each other laugh, secret to a good marriage. Oh, how does that handshake look like?

 

[H_Rocket]

Best thing to do is make each other laugh, secret to a good marriage. Oh, how does that handshake look like?

Laughter has gotten us through so many things in 36+ years.

It's a secret!

 

[Hardline]

Wayco and I passed 34 years last June, we met skydiving. No kids (made darn sure of that); 4 cats (gone); 1 home move, started a business, retired Wayne, 5 vehicles, 3 trailers and over 50 rockets with more in the build pile.

No secret - we just happen to like each other!

At TCC October Skies 2017 launch with new friends (photo credit: Nathan)

 

[RocketFeller]

Congratulations! We had our fifteenth anniversary last July as well.


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[Onebadhawk]

Wow,, that's really great John,, good for you both..
Sandy and I have our 6th coming up in April but we've been together almost 25 years...
I definitely agree about the laughter getting you through the tough times...
Cobra you sound like you've got it made, lol,, good for you man..
I can't say we never argue, but we always work through whatever is troubling us..

A great big congrats John...

Teddy

 

[DavidMcCann]

Congrats!

5 years, 5 kids, 4 motorcycles, 5 cars, a boat, a house, two cats, a pile of rockets, a few sewing machines, too many work shift changes to count, four kids into school, three into dance, one in scouts, cub master, committee chair, asst scoutmaster, a ton of hikes with family, camp outs, trips to the beach, and very very very little sleep.

 

[Steve Shannon]

Congratulations John and all of you who do what it takes to make your marriage work! I agree that the secret is the ability to laugh about things. Andi and I celebrated our 38th anniversary last July. As of this year neither of us have a parent alive, but we have a beautiful granddaughter, very good kids, and most importantly, each other.


Steve Shannon

 

[SS/EA 6BBL 71 Cuda]

Congratulations John!

 

[Zeus-cat]

Married 33 years. More cats than I am allowed to say if I want to post that I have been married for 34 years next year. New house last year. Both retired. We have visited 6 continents, 4 of them together (Asia and South America separately for work).

 

[Bat-mite]

Thanks to all, and my hat's off to those of you in for the long haul. Great stories. Keep them coming!