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Pat_B

I like the solid gold martyr button. I wonder if B-in-L knows that he has been talking to himself for 65 years?

posted by johnmacnab on June 20, 2008 at 7:31 PM | link to this | reply

Pat_B, That's quite a tale. I enjoyed it immensely because parts of it reminded me of family dilemmas of my own. In fact we just had one with quite a mixture of feelings and attitudes and I ended up entertaining a New Mexico relative that other family members were trying to ignore.

posted by TAPS. on June 14, 2008 at 4:43 PM | link to this | reply

65 years

that's amazing, commendable, awe inspiring.

If I've done the math correctly, that would mean that BigSis tied the knot at 19--imagine, marrying so young, growing and changing as people and as a couple, sticking it out for all those years.

After 65 years, I'm sure that neither of them is the same person who was standing at the alter all those years ago. They've changed, become different (perhaps more annoying) versions of themselves. But they've changed together--maybe that's why she's still with him, because while they were changing, they were also learning to accept the people they'd become.

posted by Sira890 on June 13, 2008 at 10:30 AM | link to this | reply

sweetheart, i can only envy those whose marriage last longer than i can imagine dear...

posted by __Purple_Mermaid11__ on June 13, 2008 at 5:01 AM | link to this | reply

Pat B, i once mused with a friend (once-married, now gay - draw your own conclusions..) that I wondered how people managed to stay married for forty or fifty - or 65! - years. She told me you just learn to accommodate. I might add, you should accommodate each other.. it tends to go wrong when it's one-sided.

posted by mneme on June 12, 2008 at 4:14 PM | link to this | reply

Pat-B

I think I agree with Nautikos, he is her husband and apparently he has some hidden secrets for that long lasting marriage. It is certain she does. She sounds lovely. Have fun with her when she comes by.

posted by Justi on June 12, 2008 at 10:55 AM | link to this | reply

Pat, I once heard a woman long married what her secret was

A high boredom threshold, she said. I have been reading all here about Amy and the avatar, and this and all other posts. Still here but quietly so. Been writing.

posted by Azur on June 12, 2008 at 7:25 AM | link to this | reply

LOL, Pat

I can see your point! But after 65 years of marriage, it's safe to assume that Sis saw more in and of BIL than you did - you only get the blather...

posted by Nautikos on June 12, 2008 at 6:44 AM | link to this | reply

Thank you for your sisters' story, Pat

posted by Kayzzaman on June 12, 2008 at 6:25 AM | link to this | reply

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