Fifty Years
Fifty Years
50 Years is a Long Time to be Married to One Person
Fifty years is a long time to be married to the same person. During that time we who have been married that long have changed significantly , both bodily and intellectually. Neither of us looks the same as we were on the day we were married. While we have grown wiser, we have acquired winkles and pounds. I, as many males in their 70s, have become bald. The woman we males have married is no longer the sexy, slim and smooth skinned beauty we lusted for in our raunchy twenties. Our sex drive today is less or nonexistent.
For most of us during those 50 years one or the other at times thought we had made a mistake, there was anger sometimes, there were regrets and misunderstandings, there were temptations to pare off with someone younger, seemingly more understanding and admiring.
Fifty years is a very long time for two persons with sometimes contrasting view points and tastes to live together in general, and particularly to live Every Day in harmony.
At times it is impossible. Particularly in summer and winter. It is then that we have differences about the meaning of warm.
Nevertheless, my wife and I have persevered, perhaps because of the vows we made to stay together richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, never suspecting at the time that we would experience both calamities during our term as a married couple.
During those 50 years my wife and I have resolved whatever differences we had. I confess I no longer remember what they were.
One of the keys to a long marriage is a bad memory.
We have forgiven and we have forgot. In part our being together is due to our five children, the products of our love and desires.
A god part of the reason we have been able to celebrate the golden anniversary of our wedding is a long life. But the greater part of the reason for celebrating the event is the affection for and the growing appreciation of each other.
We have shared much together births, weddings, victories, the arrival of grandchildren, defeats, praise and criticism, threats and disappointments. We have both experienced all of those and overcome the bad times, ignored the threats and the disappointments and the rejections.
And there is something else, something the most important of all: the sharing of memories.
I first went to Europe as a single available Young Man, an army veteran and a college student. It was a happy and heady experience, being desired and wanted, even if only because I was an American.
I have since been there a few times with my wife, Ann. Going there with Ann is better. Going on a pleasure trip anywhere is better. Better afterward because there is someone to share the experiences, someone who also remembers, someone who has seen what I have seen, heard what I have heard and we can talk about what we have seen and heard months and many years later.
And that’s what 50 years of marriage is: sharing the experience.
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About the Author
Joseph P. Ritz is an award-winning journalist and a published author and playwright.
He is the author of Two Books. Read more at his website: http://jritz.net
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Cartoon predicts the future 50 years ago. This is amazing insight!
