For himself. Alas, for her ladyship: Condolences.
Today marks twenty-four years of married bliss. Well, not minute for minute, but you know: Close enough.
Last night I took the girls out to the bookstore. Which was nothing but a convenient fiction – with the added benefit of being true – enabling me to sneak in my dozen roses, bottle of champagne and anniversary card. The lady at the check out counter smiled approvingly: “Well, you’re on the right track,” she said.
I know, I thought to myself. After nearly a quarter century, I was bound to eventually get it right.
WOOT!
Congrats to you and the Hobbit, Cap’n. We’re closing in on 23 years in about 5 weeks. Amazing how time flies when yer havin’ fun…
Or something like that. In any event -
Mazel Tov!
Congrats, Lex! Here’s to 24 more.
Congrats, Lex! You two are now officially a statistical anomaly!
Me ‘n my sweetie will roll 25 on the odometer this year…
…as the “free love” crowd here in Seattle gawks at us in awe, slowly discovering that “free love” is neither…
Blessings!
-Mark
Mazel tov!
Congrats! Lex. I hope you get a great deal more!
Congrats to you both. I wonder how many anniversaries you were out to sea? Sounds like you know the drill
Congratulations, Lex! Wishin’ y’all many more.
Congrats, CAPT Lex. I am sure the Queen of Neptunus Rex will reward you equally. The journey may be long and arduous, but liberty calls like this make up for many an exercise in navigation of marital shoal waters. Your lovely wife is, I’m sure, worth every moment you have suffered from deployments past.
Next month will be 25 yrs for the Chief of Subsunk Operations, the Mrs. and the Chief Bottle Washer, meself.
I’ll let you know how that turns out, but suffice it to say, she refused to make it easy on me and tell me what she wanted. So number one son and I had something made despite her wishes. We’ll see whether it goes well, or is used later as shielding in the Subsunk Reactor Compartment. (Lead balloon, ya know)
I just hope the gesture is received in the spirit intended, and she’ll realize that it is important to mark milestones like this. I know you will agree.
Many Happy Returns, Sir. And my compliments to your lady.
Subsunk
Congrats to you and the Mrs. Marital Bliss..One of life’s great rewards..
Congratulations to you and your lady.
We just acheived 33 years on the 10th. Our three kids are grown up and out on their own, 2/3 of them married. (But they’ll never be far from us, even with one on Maui her sister in Minnesota.)
One word of warning; be careful of what might seem like a good idea.
In much earlier days, I was a biology major for a while, and while hiking about, espied a cluster of mushrooms growing from the trunk of a tree.
They were different, and caught my eye. Small caps, stipes (stems) up to about 1 ft. long. Hmmm…
So she receives a box (it had once contained fresh-cut roses), which looked promising.
And with a hand-written note in an envelope.
Which I really hoped saved me, as she opened a box containing one dozen long-stemmed…mushrooms.
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
(Nowadays, she comes home to find a couple of fresh-cut roses in a bud vase on her desk, at random intervals. I’m not completely incapable of catching hints.)
Kudos, Lex. Time to start planning for the big 25.
We hit that mark last year and spent a week in Las Vegas. Well, not exactly “in” Las Vegas most of the daytime. I put 1500 miles on the rental car.
Her favorite part of the trip was Death Valley.
Hmmm? I wonder if that means anything?
Many happy returns to you and the Mizzes. Twenty seven for Lipstick 6 and yours truly as of last Friday. Not unlike previous anniversaries, I was enroute home from a TDY. God bless you and yours!
Congrats, sir!
Congratulations.
Congratulations to you both, Lex. You are one year up on me and the boss.
And the nicest thing is, it just keeps on getting better. Even as the grey grows more prolific and wrinkly bits start to develop and creaking noises sound where there used to be a healthy silence, it’s all still absolutely magic.
Look forward to many more decades of marital joy for you and your Hobbit.