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Very poignant dg. My parents are in the same (small) club. We're very lucky, and I try never to forget that.

And I'm loving the new blue

The Girl | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 1:51 a.m. | #

Who knows where my parents marriage would be had my Dad not passed away five years ago. Anniversaries are going to get more and more poignant over the years as divorce rates continues to rise.

Oh and Ms Girl; you need your eyes checked for colour blindness

Another Andrew | 07.10.06 - 1:59 a.m. | #

Well congratulations to them. Do we have to wait 15 years for the diamond geezer to return?

ian | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 2:10 a.m. | #

Happy Anniversary to your parents. I wish them many more.

I was very lucky to get the family that I did. I'm glad that I figured that out before losing my dad two years ago. Thanks for reminding me of that.

katy | 07.10.06 - 2:44 a.m. | #

That sounds like my parents, even the 1961 bit (June) but my father died in 1988.

Gert | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 2:52 a.m. | #

The colour on my laptop screen has gone all funny AGAIN! Last week it was green, now it's blue! WTF is going on?

Ian | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 3:36 a.m. | #

Damn! I thought it was a feature on Sapphire & Steel!

But seriously, congratulations to your parents from someone who I think must be in a very unusual subset of the population. My parents have been separated since 1984, but haven't divorced. (Yes, 22 years, which is now longer than the 20 years for which they were married and together.) Bloomin' Catholic church.

Chig | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 5:04 a.m. | #

Lucky you - my parents got married in 1965 bec my mum was pregnant. Disaster - 2 kids later - divorce. Old father left and new father came along with 4 awful step-monster children. Old father diappeared into the ether. Grew up with lots of arguments and stress, but I'm actually very normal (I think!). Just don't want the same for my children..

dyfunctional moi? | 07.10.06 - 9:29 a.m. | #

I know exactly where you are coming from. Although from from idylic, the best way to describe my childhood is poor and happy. Yes my parents rowed, but they remained together, and brough up two rather decent kids. It was only when I went to University and beyond that I realised that we were abnormally normal.

Gareth Wyn | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 10:45 a.m. | #

We do not know whether to laugh or cry.
It is nice though to know that your son thinks we have done a good job on bringing him and his brother up.

We thought we were quite ordinary really.

the 45ers | 07.10.06 - 11:23 a.m. | #

Nice one sapphire geezers! Well worth celebrating

NiC | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 11:24 a.m. | #

Well done DG's parents, many congratulations. Marriage is NOT a stroll in the park it is teamwork of the finest order when it's good it's very very good, but when it's bad it's horrid. I'm 31 yrs married myself, and hope to emulate your parents and get to Sapphire and beyond...emeralds would be nice...especially as earrings!

herschelian | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 12:00 p.m. | #

Oh that's lovely. My parents were much the same and I too assumed that's what all families were like until I actually started talking to some of my friends! Sadly my mother died not long after their 30th wedding anniversary.

Cal | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 12:17 p.m. | #

Nice one, dg.

sbs | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 2:25 p.m. | #

Nice one indeed

My folks the same but a mere 40 some off years

Used to think it was beuatiful, lovely, romantic etc

Which it is but it also can turn you into one helluva woman on a mission to meet a man like her Dad - and settle for nothing less

Not an easy order to meet!

City Slicker | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 3:10 p.m. | #

Congratulations to your parents, indeed. Of course they think it's "ordinary", but full credit to them.

My own parents celebrated their Golden wedding anniversary this year, but being a poor expatriot, I couldn't be there.

pugger | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 3:53 p.m. | #

The blue looks very cold, like an Icelandic Geezer.

Murphy | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 5:01 p.m. | #

Mmmmm, Blue

Congrats to the 45ers.

Blue Witch | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 6:51 p.m. | #

A lovely post, congratulations to them.

But will you show them this post? I think they'd like it.

dg writes: Look a few comments up, and you might spot that they've already read it

Tom Reynolds | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 6:52 p.m. | #

very touching indeed and congratulations to mr and mrs DG - may you have many more anniversaries.

zoe | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 7:07 p.m. | #

My congratulations to Mr & Mrs DG as well. Maybe it's the Norfolk air - my other half and I are on 33 years and counting.

I'm a bit young to have managed 45, but am working on it.

z | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 7:13 p.m. | #

This was so lovely to read. Glad you're proud of your abnormal family, congratulations to them.

Can't wait to see your emerald page, reckon we'll need sunglasses!

Kit | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 10:02 p.m. | #

Nice idea that blue, but ouch! hurts my eyes. My parents were together 44 years and after Mum died, Dad just faded away. They had argued like cat and dog, but he was devasted and couldn't carry on. That's true love. I'm into my second marriage, and trying hard to keep it together, want this one to work.

TowerBlockTina | 07.10.06 - 10:19 p.m. | #

All families are a bit odd - except one's own.
Congrats to your Mum and Dad, DG, and what a great opportunity for you to temporarily be another kind of little gem (reaches for dark glasses)

Great Aunt Annie | 07.10.06 - 10:21 p.m. | #

Mine were married six months after yours, but my mum died two years ago, making it 42 years and 8 months. Dunno if I'll ever get married, and if I am married 45 years I'll be incredibly old!

Matt | 07.10.06 - 11:04 p.m. | #

I hope you pass them our best wishes and heartiest congratulations. It's no small feat. Well done them!

Maybe they'll share the secret?

The Randomaniac | Homepage | 07.10.06 - 11:12 p.m. | #

Congrats to them, hope there's a slap up meal awaiting you

The Fly | Homepage | 08.10.06 - 12:41 a.m. | #

Keep going saphire DGs. My parents, also in Norfolk, celebrated 62 years of marriage, last June. So it seems there are a good few successful mariages about. Self and wife have only clocked up 28 years, mostly due to her extreme patience and loyalty.

Phin | 08.10.06 - 7:23 p.m. | #

Congrats to them!
My parents reached their 50th this summer. Lots of cross words through the years but I don't think I'm too dysfunctional...
With people marrying later and later these days, most of us will be lucky to reach 25 years.

GoodTwin | 08.10.06 - 8:00 p.m. | #

I was away this w/e, so I'll have to add belated congratulations.

Ham | Homepage | 08.10.06 - 10:33 p.m. | #

We're house sitting for my in-laws at the moment as they're away in Australia celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. Like your parents, they're still very much a happy couple who enjoy each others company and share interests. In contrast, my parents will be celebrating their 50th next year but it'll be more a celebration of having held out for so long in a relationship that was far from happy. I'm really not sure whether I should congratulate them or not.

Sharon J | Homepage | 10.10.06 - 3:23 p.m. | #

It's not just about dysfunction, though.

My parents were married for just over 10 years before my dad died.

I was three

But I grew up thinking that my situation (a one-parent family) was the norm and was fascinated by people with dads. "You mean, your dad *didn't* die when you were very little? Oh..."

anxious | Homepage | 11.10.06 - 5:49 p.m. | #











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