We look pretty good. What is it we’re all dressed up for?
(Helpful hint – put labels on old photos while you still remember the details…)
The Car Guy and I celebrated our 53rd Wedding Anniversary in 2022. Our Wedding Vows were very traditional, but if there had been an internet back then, I think we would have added some of these vows, which I found when I did some web research:
“I promise to get up and get our remote from across the room, even if it was not I who placed the remote so very far away.”
“I promise to love you through Ikea, be it during the buying or the assembly of furniture procured therein.”
“I promise to replenish the toilet paper that you almost certainly won’t remember the stored location thereof.”
“I promise that I will never ask you to sample anything to see whether it has gone bad.”
“I promise that I will clean up after supper when you cook it.”
“I pledge always to respect your musical preferences while you are driving. However, if you are not driving…”
“I vow never to steal your covers, unless you are hogging them.”
“I vow to agree that you really are the best driver on the road and that you always know exactly where you’re going.”
“I vow to always do all the stuff neither of us wants to do when I know that you really, really don’t want to do it a lot more than I really, really don’t want to do it.”
“I vow that for as long as we both shall live, I will guard you against spiders and mice.”
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
– eCards –
For more pithy quotations see this post: Love and Marriage
Amusives 
Congratulations! I heard that some younger people make contracts to deal with those issues before getting married.
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“…for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part…” that was our contract and it pretty much covers all eventualities.
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Congratulations! I keep getting reminded by someone I love dearly that I “promised to obey”. Some days I just can’t do it! Lol
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I will have to check our vows, but I don’t remember an obey part. Just as well because it is just not in my nature. “Forgiveness instead of permission.”
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Only the smart people figure out how to make it work!
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I hadn’t thought of the smart angle. I was thinking more of us being too stubborn to give up on one another…
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Congratulations, Margy! Your number reminds me of when we saw Bill Cosby in concert, a long time ago. He would have all the married couples in the audience stand up, and then sit back down as he progressed through five, ten, fifteen years, and so on. By the time he got to fifty he was down to just one or two among thousands. I’d say you found your soulmate.
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That was probably a fun concert back in the day. I always liked his TV show.
Apparently about 5% of marriages in the US last 50 years! Most of our closest friends have also been married almost as long as us!
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“I vow never to steal your covers, unless you are hogging them.” Yep, that’s marriage in a nutshell. Happy Anniversary!
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Thank you. We solved the cover issue a few years ago when we bought a king size bed – we use two single duvets.
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Congratulations, Margy. As another of those long-timers, I firmly believe that a good sense of humor is key. Since you are a maestro in that department, it’s no surprise to me that you are a five percenter.
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Thank you Al – and you are the bestest Maestro of Humour so that must be why your marriage is on the long-timer list.
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Love those Margy! I would also add for my husband to vow…I will always open the new pickle jar for you.
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That’s a good one! I can’t count how many jars The Car Guy has opened for me over the years!
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Congratulations! Happy Anniversary!
I love your additions to the vows.
Celebrate well!
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Thanks E.C. We hope 2023 is another year of healthy, happy marriage for everyone!
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Beautiful! Congratulations and Happy Anniversary! We will hit 43 this year.
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Congrats to you and Mrs. Herb! Also, thanks so much for linking to this post from your blog. That was very generous and kind!
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Happy to do it. I enjoy your blog a lot.
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Speaking of research, I ‘borrow’ from your blog a lot…
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😊
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Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Guy for being married and remaining alive for a majority of a century, a spectacular feat as far as I am concerned. Even rarer is winning Uncle Herb’s Award!
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The remaining alive part is a good observation. Covid wasn’t the first pandemic we survived!
Yes, it was quite an honour to receive Herb’s ‘I’d like to have Coffee’ award. The funny part is, I don’t drink coffee! I love the smell of it and would like to be a coffee drinker, but simply don’t like the taste of it all that much.
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