It's the only life we have, in any case.
It's not that I disagree with you. I do believed that they're *very* informed on marriage. However, all that information really only pertains top they're *own* marriage, and they're frequently misinformed about that! Anyway, judging from watching my sister and Brother in law since I was 5 when they got married, I'd say simply that they're comfortable with each other and know each other so well. I remember when my sister came up to visit the family every year, I remember my brother-in-law initially looking like he was bored, and my sister did all the talking. I've since come to realized that he just didn't talk that much, and my sister would often answer for the two of them or finish his sentences.
I think after a while you get understand each others thought process I will often think of something a few seconds before my wife actually vocalises the same idea and it works the other way around as well. That does not mean this is 100%, quite the opposite, but then that is where surprises come from and discoveries made. Even after forty plus years we still often discover little things about each other that are new.
Well, I *agree* with you!
I'm lucky in that my wife has come to the (usually right) conclusion that the first thing out of my mouth will be stupid (to some degree). So she safely tunes that out, and waits for the second thing. She long since gave up on me reliably "stifling the stupid". I'm assuming she came to the conclusion this was an easy compromise for her, and that, beyond the first thing I said, the rest was worth it. <gives self a high five>
Sweet. May Covid be a past tense thing by the time the 50 celebration comes around
We did the same thing. I think that's what gets us past the rocky times. Who dumps a best friend easily?
Well, to be honest, it depends on what your best friend did. My best friend found God and got saved. As a result he believed that he had to cut ties with his old life, which included me. It's funny to me because I actually thought I was one of the the more good influences in his life. Still, for his sake, I backed off. I'm still here if he ever needs me, though. And I've seen him from time to time. He's married and has at least one child.
It did prompt me to do a little further digging on another famous duo. Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson. Unfortunately, Ashford died about 10 years ago, but they were still married. If he were still alive it would have been 47 years. And then, there's Denzel Washington who's been married 38 years, and Michael J. Fox, who has been married for about 35 years. I suppose that's not that long, but then again, both actors are still in their 60s. I prefer to think that celebrities get a lot of bad press in a tabloid world.
